I will tell from experience a wide open 454 big block is like a feeling you can’t imagine. These modern engines are powerful and these cars can handle it with their frames. A 454 on a car frame built in 69 at full throttle. *Insert Johnny bravo woah momma voice* lol great video, I’m in love with the car keep up the vids
Yeah man, I'm glad that you had your Father with you when you dropped the beautiful Classic Car Chevrolet Camaro off. It's just a great thing that you are sharing this experience with him. I even a bigger fan more. I'll be watching all your videos, keep your Dad involved. It's going to be the best time years of your life sharing this with your Father. Can't wait until the next video, and I really hope that you keep him involved with everything you do to the Beautiful Classic Chevy Camaro.
Enjoying the content with the new Camaro definitely a breath of fresh air that nobody else channel has, this is the stuff I was doing when I was in my 20's🇺🇸💪
Hey Nick. Loving your new '69 Camaro. Here is a tip for you from a guy who has been there. I've built a bunch of '69 Camaros starting in the late '70's in high school, and you can learn from my experiences. Definitely a good idea to put a safety chain on the driver's side of the engine between one of the accessory bolt holes on the front of the head, and bolt the other end of the chain to the sub frame with the chain not pulled tight. With a solid rod throttle, when the motor mount breaks, and the driver's side mount will, the engine will lift on the driver's side and the solid rod throttle will hit the intake manifold or valve cover depending on routing, and the torque from the motor will pull the throttle to wide open. Then when you take your foot off the gas, the throttle will still be at wide open throttle, and the only way to throttle back will be to slap it into neutral and turn the key off at the same time so the RPMs don't go thru the roof, and let the engine drop back down on the mounts. The chain will prevent the engine from lifting in case the motor mount breaks. You can change to solid motor mounts with no rubber to separate, but the vibrations are annoying. The first time this happens to you, you won't forget it. A couple of bolts and a small length of chain is cheap insurance . Make sure if it does happen, you turn the key back just enough to kill the engine, and not enough to lock the steering wheel. Take care Bud. Speed safely.
Awesome choice with the 3:73’s man. That’s crazy that you are not getting full throttle lol. I can’t wait to see how she feels with full throttle. Great video brother I am loving these videos.
You need a set of headers on that big block. Need more flow lol You should be able to shorten that rod that goes to the carb or put a bend in it....which should give you more pedal travel which will give you full throttle .
The throttle arm where it connects to the firewall was a pain for me in my big block 67. Had to grind the arm down to clear the head. I was then able to shorten the rod to the carb and it brought the peddle off the floor and allowed wide open throttle.
3:73 is a great gear for all around drives. Get you some drag wheels/tires a little shorter that will help a little more at the drags. Great video and sweet ride..
God I sure miss my youth and my 68 Camaro with 373s , man I could smoke two city blocks with street BFs :))))) :) love your car bro :) class of 1978 still rocking
Pop Mazzoc. I tried solid mounts. With a choppy cam there is way too much vibration. With the power steering pump shield you have to really look to see the safety chain. I'll take safety every time. To each his own.
too late now but best compromise would be a built 4L60 trans, so u get the short 1st gear and the overdrive, and a 3:42 rear gear... and maybe a 2400 stall converter...
Whoever had it before you obviously had it on the old granny setup with a 3.08 gear and a limited throttle linkage. You already took care of the gear. All you need to do to fix the throttle (temporarily) is to literally turn a couple of nuts to shorten the linkage and get more pedal travel.
Looks like there's about an inch or more of adjustment on the throttle linkage. Turn that in and it will take up a bunch of that slack... it'll raise the pedal up...
I went with bouchillon performance engineering for my throttle and kick down cable and I am super happy with it. Good instructions and just a real quality product. Just to let you know if you go that way
She sounds sick bro I think my favorite part of this car I how clean it is especially in the engine bay not many car this old are this clean the previous owner must have taken good care of it. Hope you and your family is well I'm watching this with stomach bug but dam she sounds good
3.73 Gears ,headers, Flow masters, Medium Cam and ported and polished Heads, Intake manifold, you will have 500+ HP yet will run for 100,000 miles and smiles. Been there and done that with an 392 powered IH Scout II
I had a 456 set of gears in a 1972 SS Nova with a built 400 small block . With the stall converter talk about a launch out of the hole ! Top speed clearly was shit lol but it was fun
When you change the gear ratio, if you dont change the speedometer drive gear on the transmission, or put taller tires on it, you will show the same mph at same rpm as the old gear. But you're going slower than the speedometer says by the % difference.
There a throttle cable rod support that's plastic and it cracks or breaks at times, which can cause the problem . It's on the firewall. Check that before you buy anything.
Nick that car had a small block from the factory that uses a throttle arm , it wont work with a big block , it needs to be changed to a cable , and it will get full throttle , The problem is the arm hits the back of the head with a big block , cause of its size.
You need to buy a throttle pedal for a 6 cyl or 302 cross ram Camaro and convert it to a cable throttle. That linkage is scary stuff it it sticks at WOT.
GuitarmageddonZL1 Great Video I'm sorry to hear that you're having a problem with your 69 Camaros Throttle Linkage and I'm you're going to have it taken care of so you can have some real fun
Bigger cam next?? Also, yeah it hasn’t sounded like it’s hit the other barrels yet, there’s a pretty noticeable difference in sound when the other two barrels open
Even if you don't go full pro touring or full on pro street build I would love to see some actual handling modifications instead of mods made towards drag racing.
@@JayJay-de8vq doesn't matter what trans is in the car, overdrive or not. The gear vendor unit depending on configuration changes the trany output so you have more or less rear gear.
You should put a 6 speed in your camaro then you'll have the best of both worlds. Great exelleration and good top speed also low RPM highway cruiseing. I was thinking you had a 4speed manual. Lol
Hello….What Tranny are you running with the 3.73 rear gears? I have a 454 in my 69 Camaro & it sucks bad on gas! I also have a turbo 400, automatic. Thank You 😊
Nick do me a favor check out the 69 ss upgrade wheels they’re similar to the 70 Chevelle SS wheels it would bring the car to the next level especially with the black stripes I’m telling you I had 6 69 camaro’s
Those gears basically just turned 3rd gear into 2nd, 4th into 3rd and so on. The torquey big block doesn't care. Should have left it because first gear doesn't have traction anyway. I daily drive a supercharged 350 with a turbo 400 and can't wait to install a 4L80E with overdrive and a lockup converter so I'm not screaming at 4000rpms on the highway. It's more for putting less wear and tear on the motor.
Are you sure it’s the right carb for the intake? Cause my 82 c20 with a big block did the same thing because the carb was a spread bore instead square bore
3.08 to 3.73 was not enough of a change to even make it worth the 700 bucks you probably spent on that gear change. With that overdrive transmission 4.11 or 4.56 would have worked very well.
Unless you change the speedometer gear in the transmission it's likely that the RPM's would not change it all. The car still thinks you're going 65 but now your Speedo will be off quite a bit you're probably only doing 55. Check it with your GPS on your phone or some other device
06goatm6 I actually think the speedo was off from the beginning, because of the tire height. I’m gonna be switching to a bigger tire soon, so it may fix it. I have a GPS speedo I’m gonna use to see how much it’s off.
Did they change the speedometer gears? If not, it's going to say the same MPH at a certain RPM, but you won't really be going that fast. If they changed speedometer gears for the new rear end then the MPH should be correct.
I have the 4 11 gears with a 700 r4 behind a big block in my 72 chevelle i haven't had the chance to really drive it but I thought it was a great setup for both the hwy and all around driving.
Also when you change the gears in the rear you need to change the speedo gear tooth to get the speedometer reading right again
It’s great seeing bigger channels get into classic cars
Throttle linkage gave me fits in my '67, changed to the Lokar cable setup. Save yourself the headache.
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I will tell from experience a wide open 454 big block is like a feeling you can’t imagine. These modern engines are powerful and these cars can handle it with their frames. A 454 on a car frame built in 69 at full throttle. *Insert Johnny bravo woah momma voice* lol great video, I’m in love with the car keep up the vids
Put a 4.11 in with an overdrive transmission. Get the best of both worlds
Yeah man, I'm glad that you had your Father with you when you dropped the beautiful Classic Car Chevrolet Camaro off. It's just a great thing that you are sharing this experience with him. I even a bigger fan more. I'll be watching all your videos, keep your Dad involved. It's going to be the best time years of your life sharing this with your Father. Can't wait until the next video, and I really hope that you keep him involved with everything you do to the Beautiful Classic Chevy Camaro.
Enjoying the content with the new Camaro definitely a breath of fresh air that nobody else channel has, this is the stuff I was doing when I was in my 20's🇺🇸💪
Hey Nick.
Loving your new '69 Camaro. Here is a tip for you from a guy who has been there.
I've built a bunch of '69 Camaros starting in the late '70's in high school, and you can learn from my experiences.
Definitely a good idea to put a safety chain on the driver's side of the engine between one of the accessory bolt holes on the front of the head, and bolt the other end of the chain to the sub frame with the chain not pulled tight. With a solid rod throttle, when the motor mount breaks, and the driver's side mount will, the engine will lift on the driver's side and the solid rod throttle will hit the intake manifold or valve cover depending on routing, and the torque from the motor will pull the throttle to wide open. Then when you take your foot off the gas, the throttle will still be at wide open throttle, and the only way to throttle back will be to slap it into neutral and turn the key off at the same time so the RPMs don't go thru the roof, and let the engine drop back down on the mounts. The chain will prevent the engine from lifting in case the motor mount breaks.
You can change to solid motor mounts with no rubber to separate, but the vibrations are annoying.
The first time this happens to you, you won't forget it. A couple of bolts and a small length of chain is cheap insurance .
Make sure if it does happen, you turn the key back just enough to kill the engine, and not enough to lock the steering wheel.
Take care Bud. Speed safely.
No. Gaudy. Solid motor mounts.
You can see threads showing on the linkage, loosen the jam nut and adjust. If all the adjustment is used up shorten the rod and cut some new threads.
Awesome choice with the 3:73’s man. That’s crazy that you are not getting full throttle lol. I can’t wait to see how she feels with full throttle. Great video brother I am loving these videos.
When the secondaries kick in the entire attitude of the engine is gonna change. You're gonna be happy. 100%
You need a set of headers on that big block. Need more flow lol
You should be able to shorten that rod that goes to the carb or put a bend in it....which should give you more pedal travel which will give you full throttle .
Clayton L I’m gonna try that first, but I may end up just switching to a cable setup
GuitarmageddonZL1 go cable it is much safer those old linkages tend to bind and stick wide open at some point
Looks like you need a similar one for the 302, given the height of that intake.
Holley makes a nice throttle cable bracket that bolts to the carb mounting flange . I’d get a new cable and get rid off the rod assembly
The throttle arm where it connects to the firewall was a pain for me in my big block 67. Had to grind the arm down to clear the head. I was then able to shorten the rod to the carb and it brought the peddle off the floor and allowed wide open throttle.
3:73 is a great gear for all around drives. Get you some drag wheels/tires a little shorter that will help a little more at the drags. Great video and sweet ride..
God I sure miss my youth and my 68 Camaro with 373s , man I could smoke two city blocks with street BFs :))))) :) love your car bro :) class of 1978 still rocking
Pop Mazzoc. I tried solid mounts. With a choppy cam there is way too much vibration. With the power steering pump shield you have to really look to see the safety chain. I'll take safety every time. To each his own.
too late now but best compromise would be a built 4L60 trans, so u get the short 1st gear and the overdrive, and a 3:42 rear gear... and maybe a 2400 stall converter...
Whoever had it before you obviously had it on the old granny setup with a 3.08 gear and a limited throttle linkage. You already took care of the gear. All you need to do to fix the throttle (temporarily) is to literally turn a couple of nuts to shorten the linkage and get more pedal travel.
Can’t wait for it after a few more mods, It’s so good now imagine then. Congrats Nick.
alec. micah thanks man!
Looks like there's about an inch or more of adjustment on the throttle linkage. Turn that in and it will take up a bunch of that slack... it'll raise the pedal up...
I went with bouchillon performance engineering for my throttle and kick down cable and I am super happy with it. Good instructions and just a real quality product. Just to let you know if you go that way
She sounds sick bro I think my favorite part of this car I how clean it is especially in the engine bay not many car this old are this clean the previous owner must have taken good care of it. Hope you and your family is well I'm watching this with stomach bug but dam she sounds good
3.73 Gears ,headers, Flow masters, Medium Cam and ported and polished Heads, Intake manifold, you will have 500+ HP yet will run for 100,000 miles and smiles. Been there and done that with an 392 powered IH Scout II
PS That Scout runs with the 70-80'S Vettes
That throttle rod is adjustable have some one hold the pedal all the way down and adjust it till it’s all the way open
See if you can change the position of the linkage on the throttle lever.
I had a 456 set of gears in a 1972 SS Nova with a built 400 small block . With the stall converter talk about a launch out of the hole ! Top speed clearly was shit lol but it was fun
Get rid of that throttle linkage and install a cable! You'll love it!
It’s never too soon to go fast
Some die to soon going to fast
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When you change the gear ratio, if you dont change the speedometer drive gear on the transmission, or put taller tires on it, you will show the same mph at same rpm as the old gear. But you're going slower than the speedometer says by the % difference.
Make sure your kick down cable is adjusted correctly as well or you will have premature damage done to your transmission!
Check the total timing and the curve also.
The throotle like that is nice cause you can floor it everywhere and not speed as easily lol
I always liked 3.73, they're a good all around gear, especially with that big block, have a good one man👍
There a throttle cable rod support that's plastic and it cracks or breaks at times, which can cause the problem . It's on the firewall. Check that before you buy anything.
Don’t fear the gear ⚙️ 4.10s baby.
Nick that car had a small block from the factory that uses a throttle arm , it wont work with a big block , it needs to
be changed to a cable , and it will get full throttle , The problem is the arm hits the back of the head
with a big block , cause of its size.
I have a 71 nova with a four speed manual and 373 rear gear. At 55 mph in fourth gear I am turning 3,500 rpm. Not a highway runner
Looking great Nick, awesome car!
You need to buy a throttle pedal for a 6 cyl or 302 cross ram Camaro and convert it to a cable throttle. That linkage is scary stuff it it sticks at WOT.
My neighbor's son had a 1968 Camaro in his parents garage he waited 10 years and got it fixed up completely.
3.73 is what I have in my '69 Camaro...perfect gear I think.
Beautiful car Nick glad you got your dream car
GuitarmageddonZL1 Great Video I'm sorry to hear that you're having a problem with your 69 Camaros Throttle Linkage and I'm you're going to have it taken care of so you can have some real fun
Nick you could have put a 3:23 in the rear
3.73 is the same rear gears i have in my car. good all around gears.
Newer to the channel. Really like the videos. Hope to own my own camaro soon.
Thread the rod in at carb it will lift pedal off floor
Love the first gen videos bro
Honestly the shop should of fixed linkage. It’s a easy quick fix and they took the time to diagnose they should of tool courtesy and fixed it.
Put a Holley terminator x max with built 4l80e in it and be able to run the rear gear u want and still have decent highway cruising rpm
Shorten that throttle linkage, it will pull the pedal off the floor, then you'll get full throttle
Take it to Andy in his new shop..🤭
did you get the speedo gear changed?
Nick make sure that there are frame connectors on the 69 before you beat on it to hard.
Bigger cam next?? Also, yeah it hasn’t sounded like it’s hit the other barrels yet, there’s a pretty noticeable difference in sound when the other two barrels open
LIGHT EM UP NICK!!
I feel like you would benefit from one of those 0-60 data loggers before and after the linkage fix.
I love it my boy nick keep up the work and love video 💯💯💯💯💯
You go from 1000 hp cars to this no shit you’re gonna want this thing faster
Even if you don't go full pro touring or full on pro street build I would love to see some actual handling modifications instead of mods made towards drag racing.
Whenever you do upgrade the rear end you mind as well get a 9" ford
A good 12 bolt will do, 9-inch ford are heavy and eat up more power! Excellent for drag racing though.
You should look into a gear vendor over or under drive depending on the direction you want to go.
It is an over drive transmission. 700r4 he said.
@@JayJay-de8vq doesn't matter what trans is in the car, overdrive or not. The gear vendor unit depending on configuration changes the trany output so you have more or less rear gear.
@@MrHomeland yea I understand. They are generally used to add overdrive to a 1:1 unit.
Speaking of the weather: here in the Netherlands I've seen the sun twice in the past 4 months, the rest was constant rain, no exceptions
5:45, shoulda went with those 4.11's lol j/k
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Nick your Camaro is really cool
Roots blower.....big brake kit.....everything off the “whoa that’s cool” shelf at every auto parts store haha.
Keep them 308s for when the twin turbos go in!
You should put a 6 speed in your camaro then you'll have the best of both worlds. Great exelleration and good top speed also low RPM highway cruiseing. I was thinking you had a 4speed manual. Lol
I had 4.56 gears in my nova and it sucked on highway 65 was about 3600 rpms
Bump the compression up on that big block and send it
slap bars 👍,the peddle needing a tweeker
Hello….What Tranny are you running with the 3.73 rear gears? I have a 454 in my 69 Camaro & it sucks bad on gas! I also have a turbo 400, automatic. Thank You 😊
Nothing worse than half throttle just think when you have full wide open throttle it'll be like NITROUS LOL absolutely love the new car Nick.
Nick do me a favor check out the 69 ss upgrade wheels they’re similar to the 70 Chevelle SS wheels it would bring the car to the next level especially with the black stripes I’m telling you I had 6 69 camaro’s
Those gears basically just turned 3rd gear into 2nd, 4th into 3rd and so on. The torquey big block doesn't care. Should have left it because first gear doesn't have traction anyway. I daily drive a supercharged 350 with a turbo 400 and can't wait to install a 4L80E with overdrive and a lockup converter so I'm not screaming at 4000rpms on the highway. It's more for putting less wear and tear on the motor.
It’s not the linkage. Over time the pedal bends and works it’s way down. Just put a new pedal in it and adjust the linkage accordingly
At least you know the car wasn’t beat on before you owned it because it has never had full throttle 👍
Making MY 69 Camaro faster for my dads birthday.
Donald Duck005 I think you hit the nail on the head! Just a matter of time!
My 68 Camaro has 308 gears also. Interested how you like the new gears.
I have 3.36 in my 68 impala...love'em
Are you sure it’s the right carb for the intake? Cause my 82 c20 with a big block did the same thing because the carb was a spread bore instead square bore
3.73 best all around gear for cruising
Sweet car man 👍💪😁
3.08 to 3.73 was not enough of a change to even make it worth the 700 bucks you probably spent on that gear change. With that overdrive transmission 4.11 or 4.56 would have worked very well.
Unless you change the speedometer gear in the transmission it's likely that the RPM's would not change it all. The car still thinks you're going 65 but now your Speedo will be off quite a bit you're probably only doing 55. Check it with your GPS on your phone or some other device
06goatm6 I actually think the speedo was off from the beginning, because of the tire height. I’m gonna be switching to a bigger tire soon, so it may fix it. I have a GPS speedo I’m gonna use to see how much it’s off.
The linkage needs to be adjusted. Your pedal will still be hitting floor at wot.
Did they change the speedometer gears? If not, it's going to say the same MPH at a certain RPM, but you won't really be going that fast. If they changed speedometer gears for the new rear end then the MPH should be correct.
Are you planning on adding a limited slip as well.
3.73 is a good all around gear ratio.
You need a GearVendors overdrive
Pa weather is crazy this yr not like pa at all good early spring
MD is crazy too
Take the pedal off it will be much better...got to a circle trace race store and get adjustable throttle linkage
here is a mod you can do..
Put the original shoulder belts back in the car . looks weird without them .
long tube headers.. big carb and intake
You could of done 4.11 with a 700R4 with a lock out converter. 3500 stall. Good highway driver and fast off the line.
I have the 4 11 gears with a 700 r4 behind a big block in my 72 chevelle i haven't had the chance to really drive it but I thought it was a great setup for both the hwy and all around driving.
Good choice!
Might be able to shorten up that rod enough
Beautiful car
Bigger brakes first✌
In tune autoworks? Why not take it to andrew over at CSP?
Rear ends are k8nda tricky to do and get right. Not disrespecting CSP but you're better off going to guys that specialize in it