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Re: January 2024 COTM **Voting Thread** - Veterans!
INSANE
It’s been said that a nickname is not chosen, but is given or earned and this car’s came from the responses it received during its inaugural show season. “This car is insane”, “That is an insane amount of fabrication“, and “Who puts this much work into a 3rd gen Camaro, that’s insane” are just a few reactions. This project began with a challenge from my brother while attending a swap meet and we came across the rolling chassis of a’92 Corvette and he said “I bet you can’t put this under your Camaro”. That was in 2004, it took me 19 years, but I did it and it turned out amazing. I hope you enjoy it.
The powertrain consists of a 600+ hp 408 ci LS2, a close ratio Magnum F, and a TruTrac differential in the DANA 44 IRS.
The suspension is from a C4 Corvette SLA/IRS and has Baer 14” 6P brakes with hydra boost assist and 4 channel ABS.
The above drivetrain and suspension are all aluminum.
The exhaust is custom built dual 3” stainless steel with X-pipe and two Magnaflow “mufflers”. Yes, it is loud!
The body modifications were extensive, but I tried to make them subtle. The roof, right quarter panel, and the hatch are the only pieces that are unmodified. The front nose is a heavy reworked Stinger Fiberglass piece, the tail panel is a one of a kind handmade fiberglass piece of my own design with a custom fabricated aluminum diffuser, the IROC hood is from a recycle yard with extractor ducts formed and welded in, the front marker light openings were filled, Kingit door handles were installed, and a motorcycle gas cap replaced the flip door in the left quarter panel.
The interior is relatively stock with the exception of Vintage Air HVAC, modified console, Corbeau RRX seats, custom door panels, rear seat delete, and a custom built harness bar.
The car was repainted in the original blue and a set of Forgeline wheels complete the build.
Re: January 2024 COTM **Voting Thread** - Veterans!
Here's my 1986 Drag Car. The car started life as a 305, digital dash Berlinetta. A lot has changed....
383 stroker on 98% Ethanol
11.5 to 1 compression
GM Bowtie angle plug D port aluminum heads
GM Bowtie single plane high rise intake
Quick Fuel E85 850DP carb
Quick Fuel fuel pump
Eagle stroker crank
Eagle H beam rods
Flat top pistons
.585 lift solid roller cam
1.6 and 1.5 roller rockers
Gear Drive timing set
MSD ignition
Moroso vacuum pump
TH400 transmission with reverse manual valve body
Trans brake
B&M Pro Ratchet Shifter
5,000 rpm stall converter
Currie 9 inch rear end, full spool and 3.90 gears
Drive shaft loop
Koni adjustable drag shocks
Drag springs
28x10.5x15 Mickey Thompson Slicks out back
6 point cage
Frame connectors
Corbeau seats with harnesses
Trunk mounted battery
Line lock
S10 manual steering box
Car weighs 3,120 pounds
All lights are functional. No windshield wiper parts at all. In its current configuration, it is running open headers and slicks, otherwise it is titled and insured, and could be street driven with exhaust and street tires....if you wanted to feed it fuel. I drove it on the street a few times last year, and it gets around 2 mpg.
It's going to get a gear change before next season, and a fuel cell. I'm going to run somewhere around a 5.00 gear
I was plagued with engine trouble in 2022, so it got a new engine block in 2023 and everything freshened up. It was mid June before I got the car to the track in 2023, and was IMMEDIATELY making it to final rounds!!!
It took me until September before I got my first win, and it was at the biggest race of the year at my local track. I then backed it up with another win the following weekend!
I made a couple more final round appearances before the end of the racing season. I ended up 6th in points. I was super happy with that considering I missed the first 2 months of racing.
My quickest 8th mile time so far was a 7.34 @ 90mph. I'm hoping the gear change will get me in the 6's. The day it ran the 7.34 it actually ran a 7.34 FOUR times!
It's a Super consistent car, and im having the time of my life with it. Its soooo much fun! My local track will let us give rides during test and tune, and this summer i even gave my 83 year old Dad a ride down the track, as well as my 79 year old Mom! My 2 daughters have each had a rip down the track, too!
Re: January 2024 COTM **Voting Thread** - Veterans!
I am the second owner of this 84 Camaro I have owned it since High School, she was the first car that I had ever purchased. She was originally a no option, V6 Sport Coupe. I daily drove this car for many years to work, over 100 miles a day. I did this until the little V6 said no more, and then I parked it for a several years. I had 2 options with this car, sell it or restore it. I chose to restore it!
This is how she looked back then, my tastes have changed a lot since then. Those wheels are long gone!
V6 is gone, and replaced with the 5.7 TPI.
Now that she's been restored, she is my cruising car. I look forward to every Spring when all the cruises start back up and I get to take her out. She much more fun to drive now.
At a car show August 2023
The interior was also completely replaced, and upgraded. I replaced the dash with the more modern looking 91/91 style, also I'm one of the few who actually liked the look of the air bag wheels. I had this recovered in Alcantara and perforated leather with red stitching. The seats were also replaced with those from a 2015 Camaro. These seats are so much more comfortable compared to the 3rd and 4th gen seats I had before. You can also see my audio upgrades, custom made kickpods and my 7 inch touch screen being run off of a Raspberry PI.
Speaking of Car Audio, can't have a system without subwoofers! I made a custom fiberglass box for 2 12s.
My custom made LED tail lights, I made these 15 years ago. Still going strong. I would like to make a V2 someday, but I would need a new set of tail lights. You used to be able to buy a set for like $50, not anymore.
If I ever find a cheap set again, I want to try building a new version with addressable LEDs where I can program the LEDs for special affects.
Re: January 2024 COTM **Voting Thread** - Veterans!
Neat! Here's some info on mine. Started off as a bone stock car. Ran a 14.8@93mph. Bolt ons, full exhaust, bumped up timing, AFPR, ran a 14.0@98MPH. That's with a 2.77 9 bolt rear. No times with the new setup.
The car now has:
427 SBC (Dart SHP block)
AFR 220 heads
Large Comp Cam
HSR intake
32lb injectors
Hooker long tubes to a true dual 3" exhaust
Moser 12 bolt with 3.73's and a truetrac
Rebuilt 700R4 with a kit from Dana at ProBuilt. 3600 Vigilante torque convertor
Spohn SFC's
Full Spohn/UMI suspension
KONI Adjustable shocks all around
Corvette C6 front brake upgrade
Re: January 2024 COTM **Voting Thread** - Veterans!
Hello everyone and welcome back to COTM. Quick TY to QWK for putting this all together...Happy new year all!
Below are pics of my 91 vert I picked up a little over 8 yrs ago. It's a FL car originally and has spent all but 2 yrs of its life in the FL sun. Paint is mostly original outside the plastics. I did a full color correction a few years back and that brought all the shine back. It hadall the TPI problems and the guy I bought it from did not know anything about TPI but hey neither did I !The car was rough but the bones were solid including the original top. It was the perfect start for me and my capabilities. It took a large dose of me to get her where she is now with a few years and a few $$$ along the way. I have done my best to upgrade the suspension to the usual aftermarket stuff. Went through all the engine systems, fully upgraded the intake system and got a computer tune. Full exhaust upgrade also. The interior is mostly original, seats and door panels where all in great shape, just really dirty. I cleaned, painted, polished everything I touched including the nuts and bolts.
Re: January 2024 COTM **Voting Thread** - Veterans!
Pretty cool car Darin. If I am ever in Iowa I would love to go for a ride down the track in that beast! My 1st exposure to racing was when I was 7 and I went for a run in a Camaro at English Town NJ. One of my dad's friends car. I don't remember much except it was a red 1st gen Camaro and I was hooked on cars ever since.
Did you beat that red Mustang Grande in the video?
Re: January 2024 COTM **Voting Thread** - Veterans!
Originally Posted by vinny R
Pretty cool car Darin. If I am ever in Iowa I would love to go for a ride down the track in that beast! My 1st exposure to racing was when I was 7 and I went for a run in a Camaro at English Town NJ. One of my dad's friends car. I don't remember much except it was a red 1st gen Camaro and I was hooked on cars ever since.
Did you beat that red Mustang Grande in the video?
Thanks Vinny! Come on up and I'll give you rip down the track!
Yes, i did beat the red Mustang in that video. Theres a green win light that comes on at the end of the track on my side. That was the final round of the first race that i won. Its bracket racing, so i had to run him down the entire track. It's my daughters that were doing all of the screaming at the end of the video
01-01-2024, 02:57 PM
