73cpcamaro Im from europe so no treat to you competition !! im building a road race car just curius what sping rate your using im going to use 850 up frond and 350 in the rear...

That thing is a "mean machine" for sure. Very well built.:thumbsup:

Brian......not too late to register for the National Tour in Packwood in three weeks......come on......you know you want it........:unibrow: :P

Dan,

Not this year. I will be putting away the Hoosiers for a 200 + tread wear tire in the next week for the rest of the year. They will not be a very good CP tire. I am going to concentrate on getting the car dialed in on them. Next year is a different story. I will be gearing up for Nationals in 2012.

Brian

I'm really looking forward to seeing this car next week.

I know.....but it's fun to poke fun....:fluffy:


Now, you do realize of course that all the work you do to set the car up on 200+ treadwear tires will have to be redone when you go back to slicks for nationals?

I have been tuning the Camaro and it is getting closer and closer to getting dialed in. The car was at K&N's headquarters having a custom air intake made for it. I will post some more photos later. Here is a photo from K&N while it was on the dyno.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...aroatkandn.jpg

More updates later :D

Dude, I feel like I took you out on a first date with no kiss. :unibrow:

Thats funny lol lmao....

A nice action shot I stumbled upon during my internet travels:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5309/...82c9ea0d_b.jpg

Can we get the full size of this it would make an awesome background

Nice shot of the car. Looks like the right front tire is about to achieve liftoff!:unibrow:

Brian, would you be willing to share the build specs of your engine? Very nice numbers (611hp, 538tq)

The photo shows how the car was not handling the way we wanted it to. It is much better now.

Here is the information on the engine. Mast Motorsports built it. It is the 416 SS

http://www.mastmotorsports.com/2010/index.php#

Brian

I picked up the Camaro from K&N yesterday. They did a great job building a custom intake for my car. They got 16+ hp and 16+ ft lbs more than my previous setup.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...b/KNintake.jpg

That intake looks nice and sounds like it is functional to boot. This turned out to be my favorite second gen Camaro. Gives me something to shoot for with my Firebird.

Thanks for the info on the engine.

Now, could you post some pics of that exhaust setup. I noticed that it seems to be poking out of the bottom of the rear quarter in front of the driver's rear tire. Pretty slick setup.

I guess you have not read the entire thread :question: I know, it is a lot of pages. Here is a link to the page:

https://lateral-g.net/forums/show...=23997&page=11

Brian. Do you mind if I ask how much caster you are running?

Pappy

It is now official so I can let the cat out of the bag. I am the driver and my Camaro the car for Wilwood Disc Brakes entry for this years Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitional. I am looking forward to working with Wilwood in the next few months on getting the Camaro ready for this years very competitive event.


http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...nouncement.jpg



http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...ouncement2.jpg

This is going to be fun!

Congrats Brian! I'm sure you'll give 'em a good run for their banner...:thumbsup:

My pick for best build of the year! Im running out of drool. This will be the best Optima ever! You gonna run the carbons?

Big grats! I'm gonna have to make it out there this year!

Big congrats! Been following this build since the beginning. Awesome ride!:thumbsup:

John

How cool is this! Congratulations! Beautiful camaro.

Congrats Brian. This is going to be the year to watch.

This is going to be a blast. Huge competition this year. The current announced group has some really good cars and drivers. I know of at least one more that is going to be a MAJOR player and I am sure there are more.

Well, now I feel like an idiot. Thanks for the link. Very cool way to do it. I don't think I'll be able to to it, but you have inspired me to start on my project 78Z.

Well deserved Brian. Hope I can make it this year to see it run.

Makes my junk look simplistic.. lol

Crazy build, can't wait to shoot it for our magazine..

Would be fun to have a shootout where we had the same driver.. sorta hard to compete with 335 freaking front tires though.. :lol:

Very badass Brian.. how's the sorting going?

Congrats Brian. That is awesome! Well deserved.

Brian, I finally went through the entire thread. A truly awesome car.

I know I won't be going as far as you did, but I really love the look, especially the rear quarter flares for fat tires. I figure with a 1-1.5" wider quarter, I can fit 315/35R17 tires with no problem on a 17x11 wheel with 5.5" backspacing.

Is that all factory metal that was just pounded out to form the flare?

Yes, the quarter panels are all pounded and stretched original sheet metal. If you look at them close, they do not go out much. Just a couple inches. Because the car is so low, most of the flare is room to go up.

Steve,

I am also looking forward to having my car in your magazine.

This weekend will be a big deal as it will be the first autocross on real "street" tires. The rears are larger that what you have already seen. The fronts are taller but just a bit narrower. I will post photos in a few days. They go on the car for the first time tomorrow night. Custom DPE wheels with Michelin Pilot Super Sports.

Congrat's,Brian.Now go have a good time,go fast & be safe.:thumbsup: Scott M.

I have 315/35R17 on 17X10 and have no problems with them fitting inside the stock wheel wells.

Really? That's great. I have a 325/50R15 tire on a 15x10 (5.626" BS) rim that I test fit on the car. It was just touching the leaf on the inside and just barely made it on the outside. I don't think I would have wanted to drive it as it probably would have cut the tire. Now I know the the tire's section width is about 11/16" wider and the tire is 2" taller, so that may account for it. But I do want to drop the car about 2" also.

I'm trying to get a junk one now to use for fitment. I have a junk 17x9 wheel with 4.5" BS. That should be close enough so I can get exactly what I need.

But I must say that I still do like the slight flaring of the wheel well. Don't know that I need to go to the extreme that Brian did. As for the front, I'd like to put a 255-275 up there. I'd ditch the inner fender wells, but I'm not sure if they'd fit without some mods to the fender.

I have been looking at cars as I've been driving around and have seen a number of them that actually have pretty good sized flares from the factory. In particular, a 2000-2005 Grand Am's front fender. I'm thinking perhaps I could just "cut and paste" the flare part onto my stock fenders/quarters. But I'm not sure if that would be easier or harder than just massaging the factory steel out. I'm going to pick one up off Craigslist (about $25) and see what I can do and how it would look.

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After watching this thread I have been doing the same thing!

My new DPE Wheels are built and installed and I am ready to get the car ready for the Optima Challenge. We are going to have some center caps machined in the next few weeks. I wanted to get the most tire possible under the car. 20 x 13 in the rear with a 345-30-20 and 19 x 11.5 fronts with a 305-30-19. The 305 front is wider than my 315 NItto NT05.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...b/IMG_4079.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...b/IMG_4068.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...b/IMG_4078.jpg

New wheels look great Brian...that polished black lip looks awesome. Every time I look at your Camaro, I just sit in awe. :drool:

I'm really liking this car. One of my guys in the shop that moonlights at Maiers place every once in a while told me about it. Cant wait to see it in person!:thumbsup: