ITGuy11's Build thread: From OEM to BADASS [COTW 11/19/12] - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums

ITGuy11 · 10-23-2012, 09:20 PM

Since I have had the car for over two years now, I figured that I should actually create one of these build threads to document everything that I have done to the car so far. I am proud to say, that I have turned every bolt on this car myself.

A brief background: My first Camaro was a used 1995 LT1 Z28 with full bolt-ons, cam, and suspension upgrades. Once we bought a house and my son was born this didn't work as it was my only car... Fast forward 10 years and I now had a brand new Camaro in the garage!

July 26, 2010 Delivery
I took delivery of the car on July 26, 2010. It is a 2010 1SS RS M6 LS3

August 1, 2010 Mileage 460
I didn't waste much time with starting the mods. Just 5 days after owning the car I started modding it and it has spiraled out of control since

Bone stock LOL

Being used to working on a 4th gen, this thing is a dream to work on! So much space under the hood!

First mods were a Roto-Fab cold air intake and a set of Kooks long tube headers purchased from Marylandspeed.

I decided that now was as good of time as any to void the warranty, so I ordered an SCT tuner from Jannetty Racing and loaded Ted's tune into the car. These mods made a huge difference in sound and performance of the car.

August 18, 2010 Mileage 652
I was not happy with the sloppy and mushy feel of the stock shifter. I knew that a short throw shifter was in order. After some research, I discovered that MGW made the only complete replacement shifter for the 5th Gen Camaro, so that is what I ordered along with a race knob and installed them both. I am extremely happy with how this shifter feels and performs.

August 25, 2010 Mileage 752
With the Kooks headers and stock cat-back the exhaust sounded okay, but it was lacking the deep growl that I was looking for. That and the fact the OEM trash cans look horrible! I wanted the exhaust to be a little louder than stock with a deeper tone and little to no drone. I chose the Borla Touring Cat-back system. Again I ordered from Marylandspeed.

September 1, 2010 Mileage 1034
Elite Engineering Catch Can installed.

October 2, 2010 Mileage 1625
Installed Raptor Dual Mode Shift light and Bluetooth Onstar VCIM

April 9, 2011 Mileage 2053
After sitting in the garage for nearly 6 months for winter storage I treated the car to a Vmax CNC ported throttle body.

April 29, 2011 Mileage 2145
Nitto 555R 305/35/20 Drag Radials

Tinted windows

May 4, 2011 Mileage 2150
Installed Pfadt Rear Trailing Arms Toe links

August 17, 2011 Mileage 3327
Installed Hawk HPS brake pads front and rear

September 8, 2011 Mileage 3495
Time to crack into the motor! I wanted a cam with a nice healthy lope at idle, made good power throughout the entire RPM range, and was also blower friendly. I ordered the JRE 470 Rough idle blower cam package from Jannetty Racing.

Here is the list of parts installed:
JRE 3 bolt cam
Hardned pushrods
Dual valve springs, seats, seals, retainers, locks
Trunion upgrade
3 bolt timing gear
Katech C5R Timing Chain
LS2 Dampner
Meling HV Oil Pump
Katech heater hose relocation kit
New gaskets and seals

Here are a few pics from the install

I also installed the 4 Pack Auxiliary Gauges

With the new cam installed and Teds tune the car made 455RWHP 441RWTQ

Here is a video of the cam at idle

Here is the car on the dyno

April 19, 2012 Mileage 4801
Took the car out of winter storage. While it was hibernating, I ordered a bunch of suspension goodies from Apex Speed. Time for another mod session!

Here is the list of parts installed:
Pfadt Solid Subframe bushings
Pfadt Differential bushings
Pfadt Upper Rear Control Arm bushings
Pfadt Lower Rear Control Arm bushings
Pfadt Lower Front Control Arm bushings
Pfadt Lowering Springs
Pfadt Sway Bars
Pedders HD Radius Rod Inserts
Brake calipers powder coated by Mike the powdercoater

Here are some pics from the install

While I had the cradle dropped I installed a ZL1 fuel pump

The result

June 27, 2012 Mileage 5311
Time for some new wheels. I went with TSW Nurburgring 20x9 et20 front 20x10 et35 rear.

August 4, 2012 Mileage 5816
Time for some gauges. I went with Dual Aeroforce Interceptor scan gauges and Wideband O2 sensor kit. These gauges can read pretty much every parameter in the ECM. The ones that I am most interested in are Air/Fuel ratio from the wideband, fuel pressure, boost, and knock retard.

August 5, 2012 Mileage 5816
When I bought my Kooks headers I never had them ceramic coated. That was a mistake! I decided to remove them and have them coated by a local guy at QC Coatings.

I also added a bung for a wideband O2 sensor on the drivers side header. Here are the before and after photos.

August 13, 2012 Mileage 5995
Time to clean up the appearance of the car. This mod session consisted of the following:
Installed Heritage Grill
Debadged Camaro letters from sides of car
Removed gold bow tie from trunk and installed Sparks Restorations "SS" emblem.

September 13, 2012 Mileage 6269
My goal for the car was to add forced induction somewhere down the road. I wasn't really shopping for a blower, but I came across an absolute awesome deal that I couldn't pass up on a TVS2300 Magnacharger from Jessika at Supercharger Connection.

Along with the Maggie I ordered the following items:
OD Cog Drive setup
ADM Fuel Control Module
FIC850 fuel injectors
ZR1 Spark Plugs
ZR1 3 Bar Map Sensor
CAI Maggie specific cold air intake

Here are photos from the install:

With the Maggie and OD Cog drive setup installed the blower is producing 9.5 PSI of boost. Car made 630RWHP 624RWTQ on the dyno. This transformed the car into a complete beast! The amount of power from idle to redline is insane! 1st and 2nd gear are basically useless now, car doesn't hook good until 3rd gear even with the suspension mods and drag radials.

September 29, 2012 Mileage 6425
With all of the extra power on tap, some drivetrain upgrades were in order. I would have loved to install a complete 9" replacement rear end, but after the blower, the money tree was pretty bare...
Here is what I installed.
Driveshaft Shop 1 Piece Aluminum Driveshaft
Metco driveshaft safety loop w/extension bracket
Gforce 1000hp axles

November 9, 2012 Mileage 7000
After installing the blower, I was having an issue with starting the car once it was warmed up. It would crank for 10 seconds before it would finally start. My short term fuel trims were also all over the map.
Taking the advice of uncle Ted at Jannetty racing, I ordered a set of Injector Dynamics ID-850 fuel injectors. Once I installed them the car starts normally now, and the fuel trims are much better.

November 19, 2012 Mileage 7179
I got the car back on the dyno to get the tune tweaked with the new injectors. Lidio at Alternative Auto dialed it in and the car made moar power! I highly recommend Lido to tune your car if you are in the Metro Detroit area.
The numbers were 644RWHP 615RWTQ. Here is the dyno graph.

ITGuy11 · 10-23-2012, 09:21 PM

To be continued...

Lil' Nasty · 10-24-2012, 12:35 AM

Lycanine · 11-19-2012, 01:33 PM

Congrats on COTW! Great build!

pierre777 · 11-19-2012, 01:42 PM

Wow great build man lovinn it, keepem cominn.

RJT Impala · 11-19-2012, 01:58 PM

Congrats on COTW!

scottyvegas · 11-19-2012, 03:11 PM

RED DEMON SS · 11-19-2012, 04:41 PM

Congratulations on COTW!

c4maroboy · 11-19-2012, 06:21 PM

Wow!! sounds like you take great pride in your camaro. I wish i was educated enough to perform all my own modifications to my car..thats really awesome!! keep up the good work my friend!!!

10black1ss · 11-19-2012, 06:44 PM

Great Build car looks awesome!

laditee · 11-19-2012, 06:45 PM

Very nice build....congrats on COTW well deserved

ITGuy11 · 11-19-2012, 07:27 PM

Thanks so much guys, it has been a fun ride so far! It is a shame that I have to store the car for the winter. Can't wait until the Spring.

Nitroman28 · 11-19-2012, 07:44 PM

So is the ZL1 Pump and ADM controller keeping up? And what pulley are you using with the OD Cog to get 9.5?

GunnyG · 11-19-2012, 07:59 PM

Congrats on COTW! Car looks, and sounds AMAZING...enjoy!

10-23-2012, 09:20 PM	#1
ITGuy11 Burning up tires Drives: 2023 ZL1 Vert Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Macomb Twp, MI Posts: 717	ITGuy11's Build thread: From OEM to BADASS [COTW 11/19/12] Since I have had the car for over two years now, I figured that I should actually create one of these build threads to document everything that I have done to the car so far. I am proud to say, that I have turned every bolt on this car myself. A brief background: My first Camaro was a used 1995 LT1 Z28 with full bolt-ons, cam, and suspension upgrades. Once we bought a house and my son was born this didn't work as it was my only car... Fast forward 10 years and I now had a brand new Camaro in the garage! July 26, 2010 Delivery I took delivery of the car on July 26, 2010. It is a 2010 1SS RS M6 LS3 August 1, 2010 Mileage 460 I didn't waste much time with starting the mods. Just 5 days after owning the car I started modding it and it has spiraled out of control since Bone stock LOL Being used to working on a 4th gen, this thing is a dream to work on! So much space under the hood! First mods were a Roto-Fab cold air intake and a set of Kooks long tube headers purchased from Marylandspeed. I decided that now was as good of time as any to void the warranty, so I ordered an SCT tuner from Jannetty Racing and loaded Ted's tune into the car. These mods made a huge difference in sound and performance of the car. August 18, 2010 Mileage 652 I was not happy with the sloppy and mushy feel of the stock shifter. I knew that a short throw shifter was in order. After some research, I discovered that MGW made the only complete replacement shifter for the 5th Gen Camaro, so that is what I ordered along with a race knob and installed them both. I am extremely happy with how this shifter feels and performs. August 25, 2010 Mileage 752 With the Kooks headers and stock cat-back the exhaust sounded okay, but it was lacking the deep growl that I was looking for. That and the fact the OEM trash cans look horrible! I wanted the exhaust to be a little louder than stock with a deeper tone and little to no drone. I chose the Borla Touring Cat-back system. Again I ordered from Marylandspeed. September 1, 2010 Mileage 1034 Elite Engineering Catch Can installed. October 2, 2010 Mileage 1625 Installed Raptor Dual Mode Shift light and Bluetooth Onstar VCIM April 9, 2011 Mileage 2053 After sitting in the garage for nearly 6 months for winter storage I treated the car to a Vmax CNC ported throttle body. April 29, 2011 Mileage 2145 Nitto 555R 305/35/20 Drag Radials Tinted windows May 4, 2011 Mileage 2150 Installed Pfadt Rear Trailing Arms Toe links August 17, 2011 Mileage 3327 Installed Hawk HPS brake pads front and rear September 8, 2011 Mileage 3495 Time to crack into the motor! I wanted a cam with a nice healthy lope at idle, made good power throughout the entire RPM range, and was also blower friendly. I ordered the JRE 470 Rough idle blower cam package from Jannetty Racing. Here is the list of parts installed: JRE 3 bolt cam Hardned pushrods Dual valve springs, seats, seals, retainers, locks Trunion upgrade 3 bolt timing gear Katech C5R Timing Chain LS2 Dampner Meling HV Oil Pump Katech heater hose relocation kit New gaskets and seals Here are a few pics from the install I also installed the 4 Pack Auxiliary Gauges With the new cam installed and Teds tune the car made 455RWHP 441RWTQ Here is a video of the cam at idle Here is the car on the dyno April 19, 2012 Mileage 4801 Took the car out of winter storage. While it was hibernating, I ordered a bunch of suspension goodies from Apex Speed. Time for another mod session! Here is the list of parts installed: Pfadt Solid Subframe bushings Pfadt Differential bushings Pfadt Upper Rear Control Arm bushings Pfadt Lower Rear Control Arm bushings Pfadt Lower Front Control Arm bushings Pfadt Lowering Springs Pfadt Sway Bars Pedders HD Radius Rod Inserts Brake calipers powder coated by Mike the powdercoater Here are some pics from the install While I had the cradle dropped I installed a ZL1 fuel pump The result June 27, 2012 Mileage 5311 Time for some new wheels. I went with TSW Nurburgring 20x9 et20 front 20x10 et35 rear. August 4, 2012 Mileage 5816 Time for some gauges. I went with Dual Aeroforce Interceptor scan gauges and Wideband O2 sensor kit. These gauges can read pretty much every parameter in the ECM. The ones that I am most interested in are Air/Fuel ratio from the wideband, fuel pressure, boost, and knock retard. August 5, 2012 Mileage 5816 When I bought my Kooks headers I never had them ceramic coated. That was a mistake! I decided to remove them and have them coated by a local guy at QC Coatings. I also added a bung for a wideband O2 sensor on the drivers side header. Here are the before and after photos. August 13, 2012 Mileage 5995 Time to clean up the appearance of the car. This mod session consisted of the following: Installed Heritage Grill Debadged Camaro letters from sides of car Removed gold bow tie from trunk and installed Sparks Restorations "SS" emblem. September 13, 2012 Mileage 6269 My goal for the car was to add forced induction somewhere down the road. I wasn't really shopping for a blower, but I came across an absolute awesome deal that I couldn't pass up on a TVS2300 Magnacharger from Jessika at Supercharger Connection. Along with the Maggie I ordered the following items: OD Cog Drive setup ADM Fuel Control Module FIC850 fuel injectors ZR1 Spark Plugs ZR1 3 Bar Map Sensor CAI Maggie specific cold air intake Here are photos from the install: With the Maggie and OD Cog drive setup installed the blower is producing 9.5 PSI of boost. Car made 630RWHP 624RWTQ on the dyno. This transformed the car into a complete beast! The amount of power from idle to redline is insane! 1st and 2nd gear are basically useless now, car doesn't hook good until 3rd gear even with the suspension mods and drag radials. September 29, 2012 Mileage 6425 With all of the extra power on tap, some drivetrain upgrades were in order. I would have loved to install a complete 9" replacement rear end, but after the blower, the money tree was pretty bare... Here is what I installed. Driveshaft Shop 1 Piece Aluminum Driveshaft Metco driveshaft safety loop w/extension bracket Gforce 1000hp axles November 9, 2012 Mileage 7000 After installing the blower, I was having an issue with starting the car once it was warmed up. It would crank for 10 seconds before it would finally start. My short term fuel trims were also all over the map. Taking the advice of uncle Ted at Jannetty racing, I ordered a set of Injector Dynamics ID-850 fuel injectors. Once I installed them the car starts normally now, and the fuel trims are much better. November 19, 2012 Mileage 7179 I got the car back on the dyno to get the tune tweaked with the new injectors. Lidio at Alternative Auto dialed it in and the car made moar power! I highly recommend Lido to tune your car if you are in the Metro Detroit area. The numbers were 644RWHP 615RWTQ. Here is the dyno graph. Last edited by ITGuy11; 11-19-2012 at 07:23 PM.

11-19-2012, 01:33 PM	#4
Lycanine Drives: 2011 IBM Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 485 View My Garage	Congrats on COTW! Great build! __________________ Build Journal: My Dearest Mina

11-19-2012, 01:42 PM	#5
pierre777 HT5 COTW 9/3/2012 Drives: Cyber Bullet Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: lebanon Posts: 4,555 View My Garage	Wow great build man lovinn it, keepem cominn. __________________

11-19-2012, 03:11 PM	#7
scottyvegas X SS Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SSRSM6 1988 Sportside Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: iN tHE zEN dEN Posts: 661	__________________ MODS: PEDDERS XA COIL OVERS, STAGE 3 CAM, McLEOD CLUTCH, SKIP SHIFT, , HURST SHORT THROW, CAI INTAKE, SCOOP, WASHER RELO KIT, KOOKS HEADERS, KOOKS HI FLOW CATS, CUSTOM TUNE, QTP CUT OUTS, PAINTED STRIPES, PAINTED SS EMBLEMS, PAINTED FIN, PAINTED REAR TAIL LAMP BEZELS, HERITAGE GRILLE, DUCTS, AAC STUFF, BAER ROTORS, HAWK PADS, FUZZY DICE, LASER BEAMS, DISCO BALL, SYBIAN & 3 CHROME VALVE STEM CAPS................

11-19-2012, 04:41 PM	#8
RED DEMON SS OFF THE CHAIN Drives: PSHHH UWISH Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: This Side Of Hell Posts: 8,406 View My Garage	Congratulations on COTW! __________________

10-23-2012, 09:21 PM	#2
ITGuy11 Burning up tires Drives: 2023 ZL1 Vert Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Macomb Twp, MI Posts: 717	To be continued...

10-24-2012, 12:35 AM	#3
Lil' Nasty [COTW 4/13/15] Drives: Supercharged LLT Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Florida Posts: 5,957

11-19-2012, 01:58 PM	#6
RJT Impala Stovebolt BluFlame 6 Drives: '12 2LT/RS, IBM; '20 Traverse Prem Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Wherever! Posts: 893 View My Garage	Congrats on COTW!

11-19-2012, 06:21 PM	#9
c4maroboy [HOONIGAN] Drives: 2012 ZL1 #1848[The HOONIGAN MOBILE] Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 639	Wow!! sounds like you take great pride in your camaro. I wish i was educated enough to perform all my own modifications to my car..thats really awesome!! keep up the good work my friend!!! __________________ 2012 ZL1 BLack M6 ECF

11-19-2012, 06:44 PM	#10
10black1ss Drives: 2010 black 1ss camaro Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Lincoln Nebraska Posts: 44	Great Build car looks awesome!

11-19-2012, 06:45 PM	#11
laditee Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Jerzy Posts: 2,665 View My Garage	Very nice build....congrats on COTW well deserved __________________

11-19-2012, 07:27 PM	#12
ITGuy11 Burning up tires Drives: 2023 ZL1 Vert Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Macomb Twp, MI Posts: 717	Thanks so much guys, it has been a fun ride so far! It is a shame that I have to store the car for the winter. Can't wait until the Spring.

11-19-2012, 07:44 PM	#13
Nitroman28 Drives: 2010 Camaro SS 416/4L80 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Arkansas Posts: 1,834 View My Garage	So is the ZL1 Pump and ADM controller keeping up? And what pulley are you using with the OD Cog to get 9.5?

11-19-2012, 07:59 PM	#14
GunnyG Da WHALE Drives: 2014 Stingray, 2015 Panamera 4 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Oceanside, Ca - Originally from KCMO Posts: 8,878 View My Garage	Congrats on COTW! Car looks, and sounds AMAZING...enjoy! __________________ Project MantaRay...Underway