Nice. Maybe I will have a kitchen pass & come down. Not with the Monte though.

Car looks great Mills. Sorry to hear about the trans but hey, that's racin'. I'll be running at T-Hill in May on a fresh rebuilt trans myself.
I'm with Payton......try a little more spring in the rear and see how she feels.

Trans is all swapped out and runs and shifts great! Best $150 ever! Also scored my last pair of Z06 rear wheels this week, and they showed up today! These are the best ones I think I've ever gotten, and they were the cheapest too! So now I have a complete set of 18's for the Hoosier Track tires and a complete set of 18's for some BFG Rivals so I can play in the Goodguys and new Classic American Muscle autoX class sand box. Both require a 200 TW rating, and my Kuhmos only were 180 and riding on 17's. No tires big enough for me in the 200 TW range that would fit 17's. May be selling the set of 4 Z06 (real ones) 17's sometime this summer if anyone is interested.

Please, Tire Rack, BFG, big corporate take offs, anyone! sponsor me? I need tires!

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Looks just like the transmission I got in trade for building an LS1 harness. I got the short end of that stick... just need to snip a few wires to make it even. ha!!

Rear End
 

Was the width of the 96 Corvette rear end much of a problem compared to the stock Camaro width? Would love to install that same rear end in my 69 Camaro

Packaged with Duct Tape?

Damn....

I used the later C4 rear end which I think is just a bit wider, as you can see I'm using Corvette wheels which have a lot of offset, but I have 315's back there on 10.5" wheels and there is no rubbing anywhere. I'm also Mini-tubbed.

Another weekend at VIR in the books, this time nothing really bad broke except my ego. 1st session out Sat Morning I got a little greedy passing cars lap after lap, when I finally caught up to a Porshe GT3 I got an oportunity to pass him on the front stretch, while my car was faster it took me a while to get by him and I ended up going into turn One a little too hot and on tires that were starting to go away. I ended up off track and spun the car several times trying to scrub off speed, I almost made it, but ended up just kissing the tire wall about 20mph, That was enough to break the grill and put some charactor dimples in the front fenders. Oh well, Because Racecar. It'll probally pop out but I got to take it off to get behind it. Car ran all weekend with the only issue being that I threw a belt once. I need to upgrade to a Katech tensionor which is on the way. The Craigslist trans is also coming out of second gear, so I think I"m gonna just throw an input shaft in the other trans and see how it does. Next race weekend is at Summit Point June 6-7 up in West Virginia.
I also got my time trial license taken care of and sent in my application for the Ulitamate Track Car Challenge in July. This past weekend I ran a 2:09 lap with a top speed of 143.7mph. I think the car has a 2:02 or 2:03 in it once I fix the trans and get better tires. I was driving half the track with one hand on the wheel and one hand holding the trans in 2nd. Hard to be fast doing that!

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Well Summit Point is now in the books, but not a good chapter. The car was all done and preped and ready. Got to the track and unloaded and decided to go meet my friends over at the Go Kart track. Bad Move! I drove the Camaro... Since it was HyperFest the main road to the track was diverted around a gravel path behind the maintence shop, no problem. On the way back to the padock the sun was right at the horizon and in my eyes when I turned onto the the gravel path, Who Knew there was a Rock in the way? Well, one in a Billion, I hit it with the drain plug of my oil pan and guess what happened?

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Taken the next day at about the same time, can you see a rock?
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