Awesome write up Duston. CONGRATS ON YOUR 2nd place finish in GTV!!!!

It was an absolute blast running together in the intermediate class. Even though its been a week since the event, reading through your thread put me right back in the drivers seat on the road course with your high winding Camaro, Meekers Mustang, and Tony's Viper. We were all having a great run during the final session. All within tenths of one another or even hundredths. Man you are right...if you are on the fence for one of these events...GET OFF THE FENCE!!!!

Hope to see you and your dad out an event soon.

Nice recap. Thanks for letting me relive it through your experience.

Nice build thread. Im now subscribed. Let us know if/when you have another event to do. Maybe we can join you.

Thanks Lance - I've gotten into your thread a few times but never managed to get more than a few pages before something comes up - very cool build. Always loved those Montes, and seeing one going around corners is even better!

Thanks Jay, my plan is to run the wheels off of it this season. Brake work and some other smaller things are already on the to-do list!

Thanks, Chris. April is kind of screwed thanks to a sparse calendar and a busy schedule outside the car, but my plan is to at least make the Equipe Rapide and probably several NTAXS events from May on with it.

I'll definitely post in here as we go - love having more old iron out with the Miatas!

Congrats on the podium finish. Your car has come along ways from being a drag queen. I love a corner carver. Great build.

Awesome! Congrats, Duston.

Do you have any more pictures of the cage? it looks nicely made

Thanks! We set out to be able to do both - I'm pretty pleased with how adaptable and tuneable it's been.

Thanks, Trey!

It's got some compromises in some places, as we didn't have a bender and were working with a kit originally intended for an S-10 that we had on hand.

We've learned a lot since the original build - there's several places it could be pushed out closer to the body to free up passenger space, and it could stand to have gussets in many of the joints. To the best of our ability and knowledge it's structurally sound.

Here's a few more pics.


There's quite a few more in the old photo galleries on our site -

Early build - http://www.acmeautopartsonline.com/camaro/beginning/

Finishing up - http://www.acmeautopartsonline.com/c...slideshow.html

Kind of last minute, but it appears we'll be getting back at it this weekend at the second Texas SCCA autocross of the year at TMS. We've done literally nothing to the car since Optima, but it will hopefully get at least a wash before Sunday.

First time getting back around the cones, and first time back in the car at all in over a month - should be interesting!


Should be fun - come join us!

Also, since I'm here, a few more pics from Optima that have surfaced since my last post.


In other track-related but less Camaro-related news, got one more trip to Texas World Speedway in the Z this past weekend with NASA. Still sick to think about it going away..support your local racetrack!

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Dustin,
heading out form Cali the week after next 16/17th to run TWS with the
Pantera group... I guess it will be one of the last weekends
for that track... hate to see any track go away.
It will be my first time on the high banks

Bob

Very cool - you will definitely enjoy it. Dropping off of the front straight banking into 1, banked uphill 7, and really fast sweeper 11 are the highlights for me. Managed to do 7 without braking (still lifted a long way out) a few times this time, it is terrifying and awesome.

Have a safe trip!