Great numbers Mark! Thanks for sharing!! :thumbsup:

Track Test
 

I ran my Camaro at a small track close to my house yesterday - Waterford Hills Race Way. I wanted to shake the car down after tuning it up. We also made some changes to try to get it to run cooler than it did at Gingerman. At Gingerman my coolant temp got to 245 F and my oil was over 280 F (off the gauge). We redid the calibration; I added a larger cooling fan and sealed off the rad to the rad support. The other big change was getting all the soap out of the intercooler system. (Tech Tip) NEVER USE DISHWASHING SOAP TO LUBE YOUR HOSES! I was looking for something to make trial fitting the hoses easier on my intercooler system so I used a little dish soap. My whole system was full of tiny bubbles. We finally just hooked a garden hose to the system and flushed it for 30 minutes to flush it all out. Oh well live and learn. That change alone gained us 50 HP on the chassis dyno due to be able to keep the charge air temps down.

I was able to run the car flat out for two 20 minute sessions with no issues and the coolant temp stabilized at 220 F and the oil was 260 F. On a hot humid day in MI on a moderate speed track I feel that is good. On my cool down lap I was to do a good 3 gear burn out down the back straight. :thumbsup:

I drove the car to the track and drove it home with the A/C on. ;)

I got home and put the car up on jack stands to look the car over. The car leaked no fluids - NONE! I love LS engines. The whole bottom of the car is bone dry. If you have ever built a car like this and beat on it at a track you know how hard it is to keep the fluids in it. I'm very happy with the car and how all the DSE chassis works.

I still need to get the ABS up and running. I'll get on that next week. All the wiring checks out so no I think it may be a module issue.



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The car looks great Mark!! Nice heads up on the soap....I have used it in the past and surely would have again....thanks!

Who would have thought you would gain 50 hp by flushing bubbles out of your IC!!

I can't wait to see it at Optima!! :thumbsup:

Who would have thought soap bubbles could cost 50HP! Good info there. Awesome as always!

Congrat's Mark you have rised the bar of what a real protouring/Gmachine should be. Look forward to coming to Pahrump as a spectator this year and realing enjoying myself,and seeing your newest project.Thank's Scott.Litterly your biggest fan.:thumbsup:

Any chance I can get a pic of where you placed the oil tank? Thanks Mark

Nice work Mark, photos look great. :thumbsup:

Let's see it run at the events all tuned up.

Awesome car, can't wait to see it run at Pahrump.

Just read all 45 pages....

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Hope to see this car eventually - going to be at RTTH?

Sorry I'm not going RTTH but, I am going to VIR next week for the Ultimate Track Car Challange.

Stielow

Damn... thats almost closer then TN.... LOL.

I talked to Charley on the Power Tour about this site, and he mentioned your car... your both leading me down an expensive path! LOL :thumbsup:

Good luck Mark give em hell.

Thanks :thumbsup:

I think I found my wiring error on my ABS tonight. I hope to have it fixed by this week end.

Slowly working all the bugs out of the car.

I ordered my BFG R1s today. I'll get a heat cycle on them next week to be ready to go at VIR. UTTC has only a DOT tire rule.

I'm really looking forward to VIR. It is a beautiful track with a lot of high speed sweeping turns.

I'll try to get some in-car video to post next week.

Mark

Have fun man. Good luck :thumbsup:

what and when is the event at VIR?

July 23 at Virgina International Raceway in Alton, VA.


http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/events/UTCC2010

There is a discription in the Events area.

Thanks

Stielow

Hey Mark, I'm going to VIR with my Mustang. Not sure if the car will be running or not, but I'm doing the school Sat & Sun. Really interested in seeing how your car(Pro Touring car) stacks up against all out track cars. Should be a good time. Ron

I'll also be at VIR next weekend, I'm going to assist Jake and his Camaro entry for the UTCC then running my WS6 for a hyperdrive session on Sat. Anybody up for a lat-g mini gathering?

In Print??
 

Does anyone know if Mark's car will be featured in any upcoming magazines?

NEWFAVR8

I believe they did a photo shoot at Motorstate
 

for Camaro Performers.

Mark,

Good seeing you again at VIR. My kids were digging you 69. They took lots of pics..none of them good. LOL

You definitely have the driving skills! Amazing watch you wheel Mike's Camino around the track.

The guys from GrassrootsMotorsports took a lot of pictures of Mark and Jake's cars. I think I heard them say they were going to run a feature on them in the next edition.

Camaro Performers shot it while it was at the Motorstate Challenge.

That car is a BEAST!!!:faint:

Awesome build. :thumbsup: Way awesome build!

Anyway, I've read this whole thread trying to figure out what ABS controller that is. :(

Mark, do you mind telling us a little more about the ABS controller and associated wiring?

thanks!

jp

John,

I spoke with Mark at that motorstate challenge, he has access to software to program it. Us mortals have to deal with a system that will not be optimized for the application. Matt from Morrison has adapted one to his 69 and seems to like it, but I have no idea if he was able to program his or not.

Matt

Yes, Matt Jones and I have had several discussion about his setup, and I'm going to use the same wheel sensors (C6 front/4th gen F-body back) he is using. It's the controller that Mark is using that intrigues me. It looks like a Bosch 8.1 unit (CTS-V, maybe?) and I'd just like to know some more about it.

jp

Mark stopped in at a local car show with it briefly today, you should have seen the size of the crowd slobbering all over it (me included). Got to talking with him a bit about the various systems, during which he mentioned the ABS system is from a 2006 Z06.

The car is spectacular in its execution. Nothing unnecessary or out of place, just purposeful components and systems. All while looking mean, kicka$$, and gorgeous. Made me want to junk all my stuff and start over. :thumbsup:

Well, I have a dilemma. This weekend I can take my car to Gingerman Raceway to a Ferrari Club track event and kick sand in the face of some uber Euro cars and eat brie and drink wine. Or I can go to Detroit and do an AutoX in a parking lot on Belle Isle (they find a few dead bodies on Belle Isle every year). Hmmm.

Ferraris, wine & cheese OR gunfire, grumpy SCCA people while standing in the sun shagging cones…..such a tough decision.

Well, due to the fact that the AutoX counts as the same amount of points at Optima as the road race portion, I need to go sort out my car for AutoX. “Honey where did I put my Glock and my AutoX tires”?

Since the Wal-Mart went to 24 hours I can’t practice there anymore.

Oh well, could be fun. I moved my speed limiter up to 60 mph because they said it would be a “fast” one.

I have been beating on my car a bit. After the VIR deal I got the rack fixed and the ABS working. The car hauls now.

We did Woodward Dream Cruise. Fun doing 3rd gear burnouts on Woodward.

Looking forward to the LS Fest in Bowling Green, KY and then SEMA and the Optima Shoot out.

My only problem with the car is I have to wash and polish it all the time because the paint and body work is so nice…. I blame Paul and Joe… Thanks guys everyone loves the paint. :bow:

Stielow

Go beat up on the preppies in their Ferrari's! lol sounds like so much fun... :lol:

That's awesome :thumbsup: Can't wait to check it out at an event some time.

John

Very cool :thumbsup: ...wish I could have seen it at Woodward...

Good to see ya using the car and having a blast! See ya in 'Vegas!! :cheers:

Mark if you need someone to polish & clean at Optima I will work for free.Want you to get a ton of style point's.My money's on you this year.Scott:thumbsup:

That right there Mark - is just too much fun!

EEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAA

See ya at SEMA.

:lol: :cheers:

What was wrong with the rack ?

I never did read any real details on how you implemented ABS. Is it a straight vette setup ? Did you have to "reprogram" it ? if so, how did you interface it ? What is the path for more people adopting ABS into these cars ?

Great question!

jp

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Mark, this was a few pages back, but did you get your bolts baked after the zinc coating. Some companies want to bake, others state that they are on the edge if grade 8 and dont need to be done????

thanks, Tim

I'm not sure. I just dropped them off to be done. Sorry :rolleyes:

Mark