nice job with the vid but what place did your thumb come in?

Yeah great pics and write up Dale... thanks for sharing it all.

As much Ford trash as I talk, I don't care what car/manufacturer is your favorite, that Torino kicks ass.

:lol:

I live close by and never went either... It was better than expected, I'll be back next year to.

Thanks Skip... heck of a driver.

At least I got my thumb out of the way by the time the Torino finally went by... :D

I agree... seriously it was great to see it out there running :thumbsup:


Check out the difference in front spoiler size between the two gen 1 Historic Z28's out at the race this weekend.

Much more area on this guys spoiler. This is the car running 155+ mph's on the straights.

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...ps82db8c18.jpg


This looks like a stock spoiler on this one

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8a4c7118.jpg


More pics of another gen 1 Z28 at the race.

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3db95184.jpg

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1ca64dca.jpg


Intersting cold air intake on the cross ram set up.

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...pse9b647dd.jpg


Looks like the GW CAT-5 leafs

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...ps365e4d50.jpg

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3a2fb40d.jpg


Custom air duct for cooling the front brakes

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8f39a840.jpg

Am I the only guy that thinks it looks more like a 68 ?

Other than it missing the wing window up front what would seperate em?

Different parking lights etc.

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...ps24868a52.jpg

http://bangshift.com/wp-content/uplo...m_Camaro03.jpg

You are right... I did a search for the entries at the 2013 PIR Historic races and here is the listing for the car:

"Kunicki Dave Surrey BC Canada 1968 Chevrolet Camaro 5000cc 67 Red"

Like Skip showed in the pics, 67 round parking lights, 68 rectangular shaped parking lights.

Good eye!

Sorry about that.

:lateral:

Good catch Charlie

Nope!

It's car number 67 which I believe lead to the confusion. I'd just about guarantee Kunicki (owner/driver) would have a humorous explanation as to why it's a '68 with #67.

If you get a chance to watch this car run do it! You'd really appreciate it. :thumbsup:

GW Cat-5 leaf spring install
 

Since installing my new 427” LS engine I have had some problems with my rear leaf springs wrapping and the car squatting under hard acceleration in the low gears. The leaf’s wrapped enough that I could feel a very slight drive-line vibration. I had to use wedges to change the pinion angle by 3 more degrees to eliminate the vibration problem. The car still handled good with the Hotchkis multi-leafs and rear sway bar set up… but I didn’t like the squat and the wrap.

My plan was to switch out the leaf springs and rear sway bar set up with a Quadra-link this winter. After getting some input from a couple guys on here, I decided to try the Global West Cat-5 road race leafs as a next step, rather than go to a Quadra-link.

The GW leafs have spherical bearing mounts on both ends, and a full floating, heavy duty shackle mount. When I called Global West they said the Cat-5 leafs were rated to handle up to 700HP. I bought the Cat-5’s with the reverse eye mount, so I could get the car as low as possible and not have to use a large spacer between the leaf and axle.


Cat-5 with reverse eye in the back and Hotchkis multi-leaf in front

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2886ca20.jpg


The GW leafs have a spherical bearing mount at both ends vs a rubber bushing.

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...psa1707f84.jpg

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...ps89b83d17.jpg


These GW springs were expensive, but well made

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7b53fd97.jpg


Close up of the spherical bearing and spacer

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...pse5495dff.jpg


Spherical bearing with spacer removed

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...pseb0f0c2a.jpg


Here is a shot of the shackle and bushing set up with built in grease fitting

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...ps64c13aac.jpg


The blue anodized aluminum sleeve presses into the rear sub frame, and the white delrin bushing slides inside. The bushing fits very precise and does not allow for lateral movement of the shackle and leaf spring.

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...psb3afd6ab.jpg


Installing the leaf in the car

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0fb9280b.jpg

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0a7b9d52.jpg


Here is a shot of the front spring mount with the reverse eye set up on the leaf spring

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...ps865b1feb.jpg


I used a 3/4" thick spacer with a 3 degree angle between the leaf spring and axle to set the pinion angle

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...ps74ee7eb5.jpg


Cat-5 leafs installed with wedge spacer

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...psc74badbf.jpg


Spring swap completed!

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...psb0932cb3.jpg


I have been driving the car with the new leafs for a couple of weeks now. Major improvement... the car does not squat on acceleration... hooks up much better... and feels way more stable in corners. I will be doing another track day in two weeks and I can't wait to try out the new set up.

Thanks again on the good advice guys.

:cheers: