Cris, thanks for the Mopar updates! Nice rendering. I'll keep watching for what you come up with for the front clip.


Wes

Custom Header Fabrication
 

Another new thing we are involved with.. Custom header fabrication.. We are currently working with a local exhaust company that will be making custom headers & exhaust kits for JCG.. Here is a quick method of making headers...

Fitting & routing of tubes..

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Fabricate jigs for bending & welding headers...

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Final set of headers!

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Great work!

Got this 69 in Dec. that Jake Rozelle won the SoCal Challenge in points in 2013..He wanted it to handle a bit better! All Detroit Speed front & rear suspension, JRI Shocks, Kore3 Z06 brake kits, Forgeline wheels with Falken tires, & Speedway Engineering floater.. Roy & Jake have been great to work with.. This Saturday we throw it on the Auto-X.. Next weekend we go to Buttonwillow to get it dialed in to prepare for USCA event in Laguna Seca..

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The car looks and drives amazing, thanks Cris! You and the whole JCG crew did a great job on the car and got it turned around incredibly fast in time for the new season as well. Can't wait for testing this weekend!

Thanks for all the props Jake! Here is an action shot of you driving your dad's car from this weekends testing.. Car is working pretty damm good!


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Will it be out this weekend? It looks like a badass car.

Very cool pic!

I'd say so, from the get go it was pretty darn close and with those tweaks from Casey it felt phenomenal! The JCG team definitely knows how to set up a car, looking forward to driving again this weekend.

That is a great looking car.

However I think it's time you share some info on the yellow 2nd gen in the background.:underchair:

I'm with Marty on this one.

That's a really good action picture of the car.

Later is week guys.. Jsut came out of the body shop & getting its front sheetmetal assembled..

SO the last two weeks before the Laguna Seca event a descision was made to convert Jake's 69 to an LS engine.. A LS7 conversion! We slammed this conversion in 2 weeks! and made the event.. Crate LS7 with the same cam we use in Blu Balz.. This car not now only handles but has the power to back it up! Jake finished 3rd place in the Auto-X behind Mike Maiers & Danny Popp! And also in the Speed Stop.. The road course he knocked down a 1.51!


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Amazing!
 

Cris, what an accomplishment and testament to the skills of your crew! A 2 week swap and having the car do so well, I bet you are feeling great. Keep up the awesome work, I love watching the stuff you guys come up with.

Jake will be surpise some people this year! I have one of the best crew a business owner could ever have..

Thanks for the props!

one of my favorite cars of the weekend!

Jake Rozelle lately has been doing very well in his dad's 69 Camaro that we built for them a couple of months ago.. All I can say is that Jake will get faster & better with time as we find what suits his driving style.. Jake is also getting his car prepped for Fontana USCA event!

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We got another C5 Z06 Corvette in the stable! We will be moving here in the near future setting up Corvettes for race duties with Danny Popp.. This one has left the shop & currently in OH with Danny getting the last details of it dialed in.. Danny ran a 1.15 @ Putman Park this past weekend @ a 10/10th event.. Pretty damm fast for a stock Z06 with suspension upgrades! This will be the car I will be driving @ the Mid-West event..

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Cris,
Is that a 2002 Z06? The silver on black wheels look good.

Correct! 2002 Z06 with 15k orginal miles..

That's gonna be a fun ride.

So we have finally given Jake/Roy Rozelle 69 Camaro a nickname! "SCRAPPY" Yesterday we went to an event that Speed Ventures was having @ California Speedway on the Roval.. We were getting some practice & dialing in the car before the USCA event that will be held in June @ Fontana.. We found some simple setting that help us go from Auto-x to road coarse.. Jake is one hell of a driver & with time he will only get better.. He was fearless on the Roval.. We hit 151 mph! but had an incident with some oil leak that caused us to get the car off the track ASAP & put out the FIRE! This to date has been the most intense test session we have had..

That car is wicked fast. I'm the guy in the orange 71 Camaro.

Was kinda cool, Tom in his 67 the 69, and our 71 all together on track.

Will it be going to spring mountain on the 17th?

great video

Can you share more info og the cam? Was there anything else than just a cam?

Cris, you need to Machine some o-s**t bars for that car so you don't destroy the dash pads....and a fire system.

It was nice that the run group had the old Camaro's in it! It was pretty intresting riding in the pass seat..

We are not making it to Spring Mountain.. WOuld have liked too.. Maybe Laguna Seca in July

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The cam info. is something that I do not share.. It is the same cam I use on Blu Balz.. I know that sum will think what is the big secret but it cost us some R&D to find the right combo that works for us in the LS7 for what we are doing.. The motor is just a basic LS7 crate motor with cam & works great.. But the motor will come out to change out to ARP fasteners, diamond hone, change pistons, & most important valves.. Stock LS7's are known for dropping valves..

Working on both Vince!

Roger that. How about selling same cam?

I have same setup in my car and would be intrested of just cam and tune. Many cams ( like torquer ) require head work what i dont plan to do in near future.

As for dropping valves.. Is that really a risk? If so i really believe GM would done something to fix it.

PM me & will discuss the cam details..

Our cam is a torquer speced cam & we stick with stock heads.. Their is alot of opinions on engine/cam combos work the best.. We have found that 600 hp is where we like to be for our cars & it does not take much to get their..

let me clarify the GM dropping valves.. We ring our motors pretty steady to 7000 rpm.. & when you are racing the LS7 it is better to upgrade the exhaust valves on a side of procaution plus the tune will be key when you are running them hard.. I have two core LS7 that I have bought from GM pull outs with a cracked cylinder & broken piston.. Motors leaned out somewhere.. The third one was with upgraded valves & broke a valve on the exhaust..

The LS7 motor is my favorite of them all but expensive.. It is hard to buy one from GM & then throw more $$$ @ it so that you can prolong the life of it on the track.. Currently we looking @ different method of how we will get our LS7 track motors built..

I have customer that has requested something different from us.. A chrome moly Camaro sub-frame.. The goal is weight reduction which we have accomplished not only by using the thinner lighter material but by optimizing the design with less components.. This chassis has the same suspension geometry as the Challenger which we have proofed the prototype with many road course & Auto-x events.. Plus the Challenger has over 3000 street miles on it.. The install will happen soon & will share it then..


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How wide of a front tire will this new sub fit?

Depends on what year of car.. 67-68 has not been fit up with stock fenders but the new lower control arms have been changed to fit the widest tire I can.. that will be determined here pretty soon..got a 69 that we will trying to put 305-30-19 in front with this sub and Anvil stretched fenders..

This one is built for a car that is already running 315-30-18 on 18x11.. 68 Camaro

Looking good Chris, you and Primo knock out some awesome work.

-Evan

What kind of front sub is on the 68? Are the fenders already stretched?

This one! My test mule for for the new Chrome Moly chassis! Blu Balz will be a totally different car in 2015! :thankyou:

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That's one he'll of a "mule"!! I didn't think that car could be any nicer but you keep turning it up a notch.

I have a 69 running 305/30-19 on 11 inch. Stock inner and outer fenders

Ah ha, never would have guessed that blue was going in for upgrades. Very cool.

May be an attempt to keep it together this time around?

Chromoly frame, missing trunk lid and header...major weight loss mods coming.

I guess we will both be attempting something.. I will try to keep the Camaro together.. & you will try to keep a motor together on the Mustang! :poke:

The header is already in Carbon.. The trunk is getting a mold made right now & we will have a 6 lbs trunk soon..