Camaro third gen 383 hot rod Smeding Performance 

thank you very much .... already 8 years that I did everything for the restored .... I have always wanted a third gen camaro with the character of the muscle car ..... I will keep for life

Thanks 😊😊👍

the same I only had 86 and this one will be the last

We love American cars in France 👍👌

hello thank you for the compliment 😉🤙.... you made a good choice it still works very well even if the passage to the body shop did not do it any good 4 years at the stop a little maintenance has do but it still sounds like the first day

She will soon be back with a new paint job and some upgrades..... she has been with the bodybuilder for 3 years 😢

👍👍👍😘😘

For me too ..... I can't wait to find her at home

Yes it was nice but dangerous in heavy rain my lights were not visible, the new edition will be without the tint but entirely red

@@RemySSpeedshop59 I see. Although they look nice, they are hard to see, and is dangerous.

Currently again in bodywork / paint restoration Brandywine house of color and hockey strip by transparency rather than vinyl

We really like US cars in France Not obvious to have the parts but when we love we do not count .... Several modifications have been made since this video as a borg Warner 9bolts Autometer counters, a complete gray vinyl interior The hood grilles trackspecs.... The complete restoration of wheel arches and floors ... I will make a new video soon ... This camaro is almost new

Hello Thank you for the comment and the compliment If you like the current painting You are loved next because it is currently in restoration I have put some videos / photos of the work ..... I have my Camaro since 2008 😁 Not as long as you but I think the same story of love .... Do not hesitate for your smeding performance engine will you find the one you need .... See you, I live in France and have knew how to help me 😉 ..... For the box actually the original one will not follow the couple of a 383 ..... Thank you for taking the time to watch my videos ... 😉👍

@@RemySSpeedshop59 Wow, that sounds great. Yeah I’m getting old (I’ll be 58 in July) Did you install the engine before you painted the car? I’m thinking about having mine repainted, I took it to a shop to get an estimate for paint, the guy said If I was wanting to get a new engine, that I should get that done before I get it repainted. I subscribed to your channel btw

You are from July also 😘😊 37 years old July 27 for me .... Still young but passionate about old cars I like the good times where life was good .... Yes I painted the engine compartment ,, chassis , interior wheel arch before taking it to the bodywork it is preferable not to damage a beautiful paint it must be the final .... 😉😁 .... I miss her a lot 2 years that she is in the bodywork ... Thank you for subscribing it makes me happy ... I will try to grow my channel with some other catering projects that I do for my friends 😉👍

They’re literally if you find one it’s hard to find one either restored so you pay quite a bit obviously or they need a full restoration. Not to say you can’t find one but I’m just gonna have to settle for t-tops

@Byrd's Do It Yourself garage 😉👍 like any American V8 they should all sound like the great era......the more the years pass and the smoother the world becomes without noise without smells...it feels so good to hear this melody once in a while 😉🤙🤙

@@RemySSpeedshop59 damn right brother! I love it. I’m going tomorrow to look at an 87 z28. I’m restoring my 71 challenger at the moment, but this is my next project. The most iconic car of my childhood, and always been my dream car. I can’t wait. I hope mine turns out half as sick!💪💪💪💪😎🇺🇸

@@byrdsdoityourselfgarage7330 hummmmm you have a 71 chally 😍😍 certainly one of the most beautiful muscles because!!! . I think you were lucky to see the car rolled during the Belle Époque, how lucky it was ..... I got to know the Americans thanks to the television series, cartoon 😉👍 mask, k 2000. .... it was not easy to restore this car here in France but after almost 15 years I finally see the end of it..... I hope that the 87 that you are going to see will please you and that you won't have any surprises 👍🤙.... thank you for your comment and this exchange makes Cool people happy because most often it's the haters who comment 😂🤣...@ soon friends

@@byrdsdoityourselfgarage7330 I subscribed to your account 😉 to stay in touch

@@RemySSpeedshop59 you’ve got a friend in me buddy! Like Woody and Buzz :) cheers

Thanks man.... Minousa dash trim kit 😉👌To see if they still exist it was 12 years ago...... The new version of my camaro will soon see the light of day 😉👌 I'll make a video 😉

Thanks bro 👌👍😘

Thanks bro 👍👌

Hello the camaro is still in my possession and will be for the rest of my life .... Today it has again undergone a total restoration of the body ,,, a lot of things changed since this video ... I am waiting to finish it to present it to you again ..... I am French and live in France ... I greatly appreciate your cars and the culture that revolves around them

Brandon HustleHeavy Rear spoiler from duraflex(not easy install)

@@RemySSpeedshop59 I've heare the spoiler isn't an easy install. How come, does it not go into the factor holes from the factory spoiler?

@@blueeyeswhiteguy3399 It's not just the bindings but the shape and alignment that are bad

@@RemySSpeedshop59 Oof alright. Where did you get it from? Cause I've seen 2 types of this spoiler on different sites. I don't remember the first one but I know the 2nd was Hawks Motor Sports and the Hawks was like $200 more but it had better reviews.

@@blueeyeswhiteguy3399 Yes the hawk's and better than the duraflex but not by much if you want it to be in place as originally you will have a few hours of adaptation I see a lot of it installed without really being aligned it does not necessarily show at first glance but i won't stand it on my car

Good evening, I'm living in the north of France not very far from Calais 😉😁 ... The dashboard kit comes from the United States, it no longer manufactures it from memory today .... My camaro is currently being restored soon a new video 😉👍

@@RemySSpeedshop59 hey! It's funny how you automatically think all classic Camaro owners are in the states!?? Lmao it's a beautiful car, I like the way that you said that you are restoring it, it already looks restored my friend. I got mine last July but haven't been able to do much with it because of covid-19. Long way to go compared to your beauty, but it makes me giggle like a 10yr old every time I start it. 😁👍. I will subscribe so I don't miss it. Thanks for getting back to me. Rob👍

Just because you have specified that we live in UK and that we are neighbors ... The third gen are widespread in Europe despite everything we are 250 in France so far .... Yes it was restored in 1999 but not as I said would like ,, the stigmas of accident to camouflage with putty .... So we put the body to white changed the two doors, the left rear fender, front bumper ect ect ,,,, since this video a lot of modifications like a complete autometer speedometer, new interior, carpet, seats, a 9bolts borg Warner disc deck ,, a wilwood 12.19in kit for the front ,, trackspecs hood grilles ect ect 😉👍

thank you very much I try to do the best for the highlight

Currently in full body restoration, entirely sanded to metal 😉 .... The hockey strip will remain but will hardly be visible since under a rather dark candy brandywine red

Thank you...... More complicated to have an LS here at home in France.... Then I also like the old-school side of the engine, it will perhaps be embellished with a Holley sniper injection. .... Its engine to develop 432hp on the bench is more than enough for me

@@RemySSpeedshop59 I'd be going for far more power to the wheels than that, and can easily be done with an LS-3. They're plentiful here in the States, just a matter of how much you want to spend. I absolutely love the LS platform, so many options on a build. I think it's by far the best engine ever designed! I have a couple friends who have LS-3 T-56 swapped GTA's and they are fast as hell and a blast to drive! They do cost a lot of money though, but well worth it! Your Camaro sounds Badass and I'm sure you can gap a lot of cars on the street!

@@chucklucas5326 Oh yes the LS are light engines and like to rev and a lot of configuration with big turbos maybe one day I will have the chance to have an LS but for the moment I will be satisfied with my 383 and finish the bodywork

@89wm1 Hello thank you indeed the original th700 will not hold the shock I installed a tci Street fighter with the valve body at constant pressure a few years before the 383 😉👍

Hello thanks,,front 18*8, 5 (245/40) rear 18*9,5 (275/40)

Hello thank you I did not assemble the engine but smeding performance Texas I would have to look in the specifications 😉👍

Francisco Medina Thanks😉😉😉... Dash pièces brusched in mimousa

Hello amigo yes I did everything at home but I did my studies in mechanics and I practiced for a few years before leaving to work at the factory ..... no worries with the engine even if today today we will have to restart it and do a major maintenance because my bodybuilder has kept my camaro for almost 4 years.....the mechanics don't like it...but for the Smeding perf quality and for me the best and you know what you are buying with them but it is also difficult to say certain things because I am French and I had the engine come here in France ..... so to get an opinion I had to browse the forums and others and I took the plunge ...... at home there are a lot of books explaining how to do its mechanics yourself,, bought a hoist and some tools took your time and did it yourself .... .do not neglect the transmission the 383 will greatly shake them

@@RemySSpeedshop59 Hello again, Thanks for getting back to me quickly. Just so happens my Trans Am is in the shop, I took it a week ago yesterday an oil leak (that I thought was minor) the check engine light comes on after you drive it about 10 minutes even though the car would still run really well & I told them to do a tuneup. Well the minor oil leak was the oil pan gasket leaking, the rear main seal was leaking, plus the front valve cover was leaking, it will cost me between $3,000 to $3,500. And as of 2 hours they still haven’t got all the parts in, and me & my wife are going on vacation next week. I read somewhere that if you can’t work on your own car you’re at the mercy of other people, I spent the majority of my career 32 years (yes I’m old) working in an office. My dad was a mechanic, but he told me that I didn’t want to get into that type of work. Plus he told me I could learn by watching him, that’s the way he learned, I learn by being shown. He’s been dead 36 years so I am not blaming him for what he didn’t do, I am grown man. The main thing that hinders me is I have nerve damage in my feet & legs, from a botched lower back surgery that I had several years ago, I can still get around well, but lifting is pretty much out of the question. Sorry I don’t mean to whine, it’s the way it is everyone has their problems. You said that your bodybuilder has had your car for 4 years, Is that like a paint & body shop? 4 years, is that normal there in France? I’m sure speaking a different language can be a hindrance for you, and I’m sure the shipping and handling is especially expensive from Texas to France. I look at www.thirdgen.org sometimes and I feel really bad for people living in other countries trying to build their cars. Well I better go , my friend, you are always very helpful, and someday I too may take the plunge and buy a Smeding crate engine, they look more trustworthy than Blueprint or West Coast Customs, who seem to raise their prices every time I look at their website at their 350’s. Well thanks again, you are always very helpful.

indeed complicated the language barrier,,, because I like helping it would be simple to call you and tell you the procedure to follow to install this engine it's funny but we have an almost similar course with the difference that I still have my father and that I am younger than you because I am 38 years old I would like to help you because it is not that complicated if we know certain things here in France I had to manage on my own because the Americans were a niche market not necessarily known and neglected because of a higher fuel consumption than our cars knows our fuel and taxed at 60% by the French state ....... a little more than $2 per liter for a long time .... to come back to Smeding yes they are more serious than the others who do in the show, Smeding and discreet .... indeed it was complicated to import this engine here but I am lucky to having a friend living in Miami who took care of it but sending it still cost $1500 ..... for your car it's not surprising this kind of leak on the rear seal and the rest have broken down sensitive points but there are certain solutions, silicone seal, modifications of the seal in 2 parts with a plate and a conventional spy seal Smeding does this by the way so you no longer have a problem ...... with the third gen forum You will be able to find answers to your questions when you start the project and I will be there if you need me ..... I will soon make a video of the Camaro with its brand new body ... after 15 years of restoration little by little I finally see the end of it

and no it's not normal that the painting body shop took so long but she got there just before the damn COVID happened.......

@@RemySSpeedshop59 I’m glad you would be willing to help, but all I know about cars is what I read & having lots of things go wrong with my car (but have to have someone else fix) over the 33 years I’ve owned the car. Yeah I’m old I’ll be 60 in July, physically I feel like I’m about 80, but mentally I sometimes feel like I’m a 20 something year old kid who likes to drive fast & turn the music up loud. Being older has its advantages, I got to see some classic muscle cars when they were new, in the little town I grew up in there was a guy who had a Plymouth Roadrunner only a couple of years old, also someone had a Mustang Mach 1. I got to see a Smokey & the bandit Trans Am brand new on a car showroom floor. I remember my dad had to drag me away from it. I also go to see original 1970’s bands live. I got to see the original Black Sabbath (with Ozzy) in 1978 when I was 15, also Kiss, O.K. I’ll stop lol. I usually just only look at thirdgen.org. I don’t want to seem stupid to some people who know a lot more about cars than I do. I would like to ask you some questions, one thing is I got some aftermarket wheel caps from Hawks motor sports years ago. I can get the back ones to fit, but the fronts won’t stay on I can pull them off with my hand, I have put the car in a few small car shows a few years back, (won a couple of little trophies) I would just stick them on during the show & take them off afterwards. I assume it’s because the years ago the wheel bearings went out (I guess that’s what happened) it slung grease all over my wheel & the shop that fixed it put a big silver caps on it, (I’d just have to show you a picture of it) I’m assuming it doesn’t fit on there well enough because of the caps and I would have to get the thing completely redone, to get it to fit, and I’m sure it would be expensive. It’s aggravating as hell. I did have a friend come over a couple of years ago & help me fix the hatch (had to purchase a refurbished one on eBay) but it fixed it and stopped the drain on my battery that had been going on for years. Also I bought an aftermarket spoiler from Hawks and he helped me do a trial fit & hauled it to the body shop in his truck. He would help me do more things, but he’s doing a project on his house that will take months or longer. Plus he had grandkids, I talk to him on the phone, and he answers some questions. That’s why I appreciate all the help I can get, from other sources.

Thanks 😊😘

hard core Yes, and I have spent

@tommytookalook2863 432hp ,,626 N.M torque good engine 🤙👍

Thanks man,,,, magnaflow exhaust 👍

The rear drums were painted but today replaced by a 9bolts warner borg with disc ..... the camaro and in bodywork currently a new video to come once the work is done

Hawk's third gen

Thanks bro 🤙👍

Thanks bro 👍🤙🤙🤙

@@RemySSpeedshop59 if you dont mind me asking how many ponies is that 383 kicking out. Im building an 85 Iroc z and an 87 iroc z and im trying to figure out a direction with the engine's.

@@jadesparenblek5654 Exactly 430hp torque 626NM more than enough for a third gen to have fun and walk around, it wouldn't take less either

I had found this on eBay at the time well 8 years ago, simple backlit counter bottoms

thank you not any problem with the crate engine performance Smeding I recommend .... just make sure you prepare your car s power increase

Rémy cointe thanks!

Thanks bro 🤙,,, boss 338 wheels

@jerrymisere hello my Friend carb Quick fuel 680cfm vaccum secondaries,,intake edelbrock 2701,there are some short videos of the carb intake setup in my playlist 😉👍

Hello thanks.... 383 "hot rod" from smeding performance 423hp/463ft/lbs torque 😉

Merci 😉

No problem with the engine .... I highly recommend this company

Thank you. I am planning on ordering next month and I just read a review from some guy who had problems with his new engines. I’ve searched the internet and literally can’t find anything else bad about them.

I think that the problem must be isolated because they are very well tuned ... The engine works very well and has no problem for 4 years

Lowered 1po,, wheels front 18*8,5 245/40 rear 18*9,5 275/40

@tht_zx6r hello Yes of course with pleasure it comes from Hawks third gen but you are going to have a lot of work to make it fit well and look original

@@RemySSpeedshop59 awesome thank you

@@tht_cb1k 😘😘😘👍🤙🤙

Tyler Nunn front 18#8 235/40/18 Rear 18#9.5 275/40/18

Tyler Nunn futur upgrade 245/40&285/35

brand of wheels?

Boss wheels

Magnaflow

@joseph Duncan 😜🤙🤙🤙

@Timothy Ward the clown is you my friend it was time to restore the borg Warner 🤣🤣🤣 and to have the parts in France it's something different than at home!!! if you watch my other videos it is installed 😉 and then what if you know the Third gen the z28 not much more even the iroc could have the banal LG4 🤣🤣 .... watch the video carefully if you really know them you will see that all the stupid reinforcements in the engine compartment which are specific are there.... always the criticism before the dialogue

@Timothy Ward just look at the photo of my video when she was on the bridge for the change of the rear wing you will see your disc bridge !!!! ask before criticizing and being clever it took me years to gather the parts for the borg Warner so I had to not drive my car !! I preferred to put a basic 10bolts in the meantime

The Borg Warner was under restoration, it is pictured on one of my other videos 😊👌It is rather complicated to have parts of an Australian borg Warner in France 😅😅

News tanks 👍😉

Have you tried Hawks?

That's an idea. Thanks!

Yes Hawk's parts

Not anymore a borgWarner 9 bolt bridge has taken place and wilwood 4 piston at the front.... This video is a few years old now