Blank Slate: No Show, All Go for this 1969 Camaro 

+David MuscleGuy Thanks for watching and stay tuned for more!

+Garrett Jurgens Thanks for checking out the video and be sure to follow the build at www.chevyhardcore.com to get the latest scoop on what's going on!

+Power Automedia Thanks I will....really great car though

my 68 firebird is an oven too. a 461 stroker and dual 3 inch exhaust doesn't help the cause but it's SO WORTH IT

Put vintage air in my 69. Best thing ever.

+Jason O'Connell Thanks for watching and be sure to stay tuned for more as Blank Slate has limitless potential

Tall deck refers to the height of the deck of the block when measured from the centerline of the crank shaft. Standard deck height for an LS is 9.240 inches. With tall deck blocks, that height is increased (typically) to 9.700 inches. This allows for longer strokes to be use in the engine and thus increases displacement.

No, it's a different casting. www.texas-speed.com/p-606-rhs-tall-deck-ls-race-block-9750-deck-height.aspx

so is it really an LS? or LS-geometry aftermarket casting

LS geometry after market. Just add a bit more on the cylinder for extra bore stroke.

No such thing as a stupid question, on stupid answers. Good to you got some really good answers

+Sai Namuduri With the weight of the car changing with each modification, here's the link to follow our build thread of Project Blank Slate: www.chevyhardcore.com/project/project-blank-slate/

I agree with everything you said but they don't make performance tires in 15" other than slicks. If you want a sticky tire , you gotta go with at least 17". I love the look of bfg's on 15" ralleys but very little traction.

I get the whole looks thing but from the performance side a thinner side was does help turn in

Thats the beautiful of creating thats why its personal preference go build it your way and enjoy it

Them Were The Days Back Then !! i Had a 1969 SS Camaro Sounds Just Like Your Car Was ! Rock On Man !! Maggie Rezac !

god damm sound like the woman of my dreams I'm building my 72 Camaro right now hoping to have it ready by 4th of july

I'll guess the "full inch" cam was a reference to a full inch of valve lift. It would be interesting to know the duration of lift, since that full inch would have to clear the piston dome, and to get 12:1 CR I'll bet there was a bit of dome or some cylinder heads with real small combustion chamber. It probably bled a lot of compression off at lower RPMs for loping around the street. Meanwhile, was the lift kit a spring setup or did you put the rear axle under the rear leaf spring or was it "slapper bars".

@@albertgaspar627 Greetings! What a delightful blast from the past, so to speak! And yes indeed, 'loping' is the perfect word for that idle! Had my tach set at 2G to idle, just to keep the damned 'thumper' funning. That was part of the whole sleeper thing 😉and being the proverbial blonde girl! I actually bought it from my big brother for, ready, $500.00! Glory! I did drop a valve early on which led to the rebuild with the 12:1 pistons and so on. Yes indeedy the lift kit was the spring setup and I am impressed that someone remembers those bastards! Have an outstanding day! Cheers!

@@maggierezac5820 the "old technology" is fun to play with still. I have an Olds 455 with variable duration lifters--they bleed off oil below 3,000 RPM, so my .490 lift/260 duration hydrualic camshaft really idles nice since its lost lift and therefore lost duration. But after 3,000 RPM, it runs like the cam grind that it is. I can actually leave the automatic transmission in top gear and it will pull clean away from idle to 5,500 RPM that way. Matched up to it is a GM torque convertor used in the early 1960's, called a Switch Pitch Torque Converter. With a push of a button, I can change from an 1,800 rpm stall speed to 3,300 rpm, and that allows me to have a "race" type torque converter for fun or a normal one for driving around town. Now transmissions have lock up torque converters to create a similar effect, but its a toy to play with. In the end of the 1970's, Bruce Crower came up with a cam design that held the intake valve open almost until detonation. It required a 14:1 compression ratio since it bled so much of the intake charge back into the intake manifold runners as the piston rose up to TDC. but it was intended to use the higher compression to obtain fuel economy via efficiency and make power. The result turned out to be not a lot of power at lower RPMs but sustainable power in the upper RPMs. Around that time engine builders were learning how to work with the lower compression ratios needed for low octane fuels, and so Bruce Crower's design disappeared--but i saw it once on a car and surprised its owner by knowing all about it :) I'm glad you had those memories, and I hope that soon you are able to get back into the "toy game". I got my Oldsmobile with the 455 engine for a song and dance as the owner was going to electric cars--there's some deals to be found out there.

Exactly what I said above, but I Don't have one! :-(

Not really.