Wow, great build thread and incredible Camaro. :thumbsup:

Hey Mark, read the article in GRM and felt bad the car didn't cooperate. Would have been great to see how it stacked up. Are you planning on taking part again next year? What did you think of that Challenger?

he raced it at beech bend at the lsfest. I can't remember what he ran. it should be posted on the lsfest.com website.

Mark just ran again today at Gingermen and I think he beat his Motorstates lap times by 3 seconds..

Looking forward to seeing his times, any idea what tires he was running?

I was timing him in the car, fastest lap was 1:33.3. It was a blast.

probably running 220 treadwear F1's if he's practicing for Optima.....................

Mark just dropped off Red Devil on his way home from gingerman and photo shoot with Robert. Paul and I are going to do a little polishing and detailing for sema. Looks like Mark been driving it like a rental car. We'll get it touched up and looking good in no time. :thumbsup: Joe

Can't say Mark doesn't drive them!! :lol:
I still remember the Mule's cover shot of PHR....very cool action shot! :thumbsup:

Thanks Jody:)

that's just a guess, figured he want some more track time with the tire he'll be running at Optima instead of the sticky race rubber. I'll get him to verify in the thread.

Jody

An impromtu practice. We were doing a shoot on the car and the track was open and he was itchin' to try out the new tires, so we took it out and timed it. That think is a rocket.:thumbsup:

I'm testing tire above 200 treadwear. I need every edge I can get for the Auto X............

When I pick a tire I'll let you know when I sort out what works on my car. I picked up 3.5 seconds a lap with Rob in the car so I think the tuning I have done over the summer worked out. I'm going back to Gingerman and Walmat on Sunday to make my final choice for tires.

Stielow

Hi Robert,

Which PHR issue will those shots appear in? Any sneak peaks?:_paranoid :D ...just kidding.

And which Walmart will that be?...lol

thanks for posting Mark.

Jody

Thanks for posting guy's, I imagine the tires Mark ends up going with will be the same ones I end up using.:)

I took my car back to Joe and Paul VanNus's last night. They looked at my car like the guys at Avis after we rented car to run at a track event for the weekend. :_paranoid

They will have the car looking great for SEMA.

They did say I kept it shiny. :cheers:

Thanks for the help guys the car is killer.

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But I'm taking it back to Gingerman to sort out the ABS issue.

Stielow

I'm not liking all this practice. :unibrow:

^ than get out there Todd. I'll meet you at Willow if you need it...!

hah, great picture lol...Yea Mark said it the best, but nothing a little buffing wont take care of!:thumbsup: The car is just sick though. :hail: hard to believe a year ago it was sitting here in bare metal!

We also installed the new Ring Brothers hinges, they are sweet! and fit great. and for Charley...I hood opens just as far as stock lol

Paul

few pics.....

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Mark I'm Hoping all your hard will pay off in the long run.Good Luck :thumbsup: Scott

Looking forward to see it run..

Finally a hinge that works like it should. I might just have to get a set.

I also see there is a little more red under the hood also (a la ZR1) on the blower cover...Is the front piece gonna get some color too?

Good luck, Mark.:thumbsup:

John

You'll get 'em when you buy the car... :rofl:

I don't know....with the new design I may have a hard time closing the hood! I will keep my v.1 Ring Hinges!! :lol:

love all that black under the hood. looking forward to seeing this car soon!

Or silver... in all the stock blue and silver areas. :yes:

Bad ass car. :yes:

Mark, What size kooks headers are you running. i noticed you made mention that the fitment was dead on with their motor mount adapters, how do you think this would translate to a stock subframe.

thanks in advance

The standard Kook's size for an LS-conversion into a 1st gen is 1 7/8". I believe that Mark said earlier that he purchased the set unwelded so that he could assemble them the way that he wanted, likely optimizing clearances.

BTW, I have a brand new set of these which I just purchased but will be selling. I'm going a different route, haven't even opened the box yet. PM me if interested, I'll post an official for-sale ad next week.

SEMA Prep
 

I dropped my car off to the VanNus's Tuesday night to get "tuned up" for SEMA. I got to their house Saturday night late. The car looked great they had fixed all the road rash and track abuse from the summer.

So undaunted we loaded it up Sunday morning and took it back to Gingerman race way for the last testing.

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The car is working great! They had us on the new longer course so the lap times aren’t comparable. We were blowing by C-6 Z06s like they were sign posts. Lots of fun. I ran the car hard and only found a couple small problems with ABS calibrations and high speed track use.

After logging about 50 miles on Gingerman we had to take the car back to the VanNus's house to clean it up and fix more paint chips. Joe did not look impressed. lol I took his perfect car and trashed it again. We were lucky with a very good weather so we washed it out in the driveway.

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We had a small pile of rubber under the car after we scraped off the wheel wells.

When I left Paul and Joe were touching up paint chips again. Sorry guys. :thumbsup:

The car leaves for SEMA today. The car looks better than it did in June. :hail:

Stielow

Mark are you going to be with the Optima cars at Sema?

My car will be in the Optima battery booth at SEMA. :thumbsup:

Stielow

:lol:

How do you like the new pavement ? I was there in April .still under construction .
Crissy there ? My all time favorite flag person :unibrow:

What kind of times were you running on the old configuration ? Flying lap ?

that reminds me of our last session at Thunderhill in Charleys Mustang with you driving. We were flying through the field, picking off everyone at ease, like being in the zone. :thumbsup:

Are you keeping Joe and Paul on retainer for touch-ups? :lol:

Jody

HA HA! I love it. I can only imagine the people driving the C6 Z06's. Getting passed by a '69 Camaro?!!? lol So awesome!!
Glad to hear Mark.:thumbsup: :cheers:

I think I'm testing Joes' easy going nature with all my antics.:_paranoid

We kept joking “that will buff out”. The car looks awesome they did a great job fixing a summer of abuse.

Stielow

Joe is the man with that wheel.