I figured I'd throw my hat in the ring of other great project cars. Mainly to try and keep my self motivated to get the car back on the track.
Some of you with a keen eye towards the 4th gen Camaro's will catch the title don't match up to the car. It however is a 95' but I swapped to a 2002 SS front clip after a minor run in with a pot hole. I liked the SS hood of the later cars as well as the headlights.
I know its like putting lipstick on a pig. Eventually it'll have an LS based engine and transmission.. but for now it is what it is and I need seat time..
Here's a brief run down of mods to the car.
It has a tubular K member with adjustable lower tube control arms and non adjustable tube uppers. I believe it is all PA racing stuff. I how ever have never been too impressed with the construction of this kit.
I used to have single adjustable QA1 front coil-overs but those are currently getting swapped out for Viking double adjustable's.
Front brakes are 13" corvette c-5.
Rear suspension is double adjustable control arms with heim's, cut springs,bilstein shocks, double adjustable pan hard bar with drop mount, and a stock torque arm.
It has BMR weld on sub-frame connector's.
Rear axle is currently the stock 7.5 with an auburn posi unit and 4:10 gears. I upgraded to the 98-02 larger rear disc brakes.
The wheels are TSW Indy's they are 18 x 9 in the front and I believe 18 x 10.5 in the rear. Tires are old BFG's KDW in 265/35 and 295/35.
This car hasn't seen the track since the photo above was taken in 2010 at the first Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car event.. back when it was just one event and not the current series it is now.
Life happened and the car has sat for all this time. Since 2010 I became a volunteer Fire Fighter. That has a big part in why this car has sat. In the time that has passed, I have seen my brother pass away after a year long fight with congestive heart failure, my childhood best friend burned to death in a house fire, as well as my parents losing their home to a structure fire. Then my mother going into a 7 week coma before she passed away due to complications due to the fire. The story is even more wrenching but that is for another time.. so the story goes on that the car has been in the garage since that race.
So fast forward to today. I am currently trying to get the car updated and ready for track duty in 2020. Currently I am in the middle of doing a T56 swap and preparing for a rear coil over setup. I hope by starting the rebuild thread here that it'll somehow keep my motivated.
