I've been building both of my cars to be all around performers. One is a little more fun and less practical, and the other one is great for year-round daily duties while still being able to raise the hair on the back of your neck.

Little by little I've been building the Camaro from the ground up. I retrofitted a T56 6-speed manual with a SPEC 3+ clutch and flywheel, Pro5.0 short shifter, HD Denny's driveshaft, driveshaft loop, 8.5" rear end with 4.10 gears, posi differential, Moser girdle and Alloy axles. I added subframe connectors, solid body bushings and engine bay bracing to stiffen things up. The suspension was rebuilt with poly control arm bushings, Hotchkis coils, PTFB leafs and KYB shocks. It has sticky Mickey Thompsons and CE adjustable traction bars to keep the tires planted. Once it's going it stops with 12" 1LE front disc brakes and 11.5" ZQ8 rear disc retrofitted from newer GMs. I also rewired the electrical system with the upgrades from M.A.D. like the remote start solenoid for the battery in the trunk and kill switch that NHRA requires. The new 100 amp alternator makes it all happen and lets me use an electric fan and water pump to free up more horsepower.

Power comes from the 355-cube small block with 10.5:1 flat top pistons and a Comp Cams bumpstick with .480" lift and 230° duration at .050". The Vortec heads, RPM AirGap intake, and Edlebrock 750cfm carburetor fill the cylinders with air and the fuel supplied by the carter pump through braided stainless AN-6 lines. Exhaust consists of Hedman headers to a 3" x-pipe and cutouts down to 2.5" chambered mufflers and tailpipes. Desktop Dyno and my 106mph trap speed both agree it's good for about 400hp, while still able to knock down 21mpg on the highway.

I replaced most of the interior and added leather seats, seatbelts, center console, shift knob and shift boot all from a 4th-gen Camaro, along with a full set of Equus gauges, and a new dash. I also removed the heater and stereo to keep things simple, I'd rather listen to the engine anyway.

The Beretta is my daily driver that also has a few goodies. The tired old 3100 SFI v6 was replaced with a 4k 3400 SFI v6 from a 2004 Impala with some bolt-ons for more power and added reliability. It has an FFP underdrive pulley, Tranzgenic cold air intake system, custom 2.5" exhaust and a cut out for track time. Before the swap it ran 17.1@79, and now it runs 14.9@93.

The suspension consists of 17" wheels, Eibach lowering springs, KYB struts/shocks, Addco solid rear swaybar, poly bushings, strut and shock tower braces. Before that came the whole black interior, tinted windows, and K&N intake and Borla muffler. Currently I'm brainstorming a rear disc brake conversion, and I've already gathered most of what I need to swap the 2.93-geared automatic out to a 5-speed manual with a 3.61 FDR.

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