For now...

:king:

Steilow is coming...

Since I added the two small carbon fiber vents, I found a supplier that has very high quality vents made with aluminum. I installed Trackspec vents on my C5 and love them. I got with them to make one large vent for my Camaro. I installed it a few weeks ago and I really like it. Next week, I will be running the car at the Optima Search of the Ultimate Street Car event at Charlotte, North Carolina. Hope to see you there.

http://trackspe.nextmp.net/

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Did that stop the hood lifting Brian??

Any under the hood pics?

It should do wonders. I have not tracked the car yet. Charlotte on the big oval should be a huge test.

Brian is that the standard c5 or 6 center vent or did they custom contour it for your second gen?

Looks good man :cheers:

Cool tip Brian.

I've been thinking a lot about hood vents lately but hadn't researched add on manufactures like these. I like that they are local too.

That looks good, Brian. Hope it works well for you. Good luck at Charlotte.

Ron,

This was the first production of this size. It should work on any 2nd gen Camaro. We made mine to match the angle of my stripe on the sides and nose.

Brian

Looks good Brian. :thumbsup:

It was cool to finally see your car in person this weekend...sorry it didn't go so well.

Hello Mr. Hobaugh,

I've found a photo of this car on a quick search on the net, followed the link to the "HeelToeDriving" article and from there to this great thread here. I'm completely blown away by this build. An absolutely amazing work!

The car is basically perfect except for two things. The second set of wheels you've chosen are absolutely fugly. Infact they actually aren't but they simply don't suite the car as much as the satin black ones. Then there is the new hood with the vent. I know there are simple functional reasons for it but the old, slightly raised one suited the car much better. But that's just my personal opinion and taste. Infact you could have painted it pink and it would still be awesome.

Just as a sidenote. I've also found the video about your families '65 Sting Ray and want to mention that this one is a stunning car, too.

Good luck to you and your whole family. Keep up this great spirit!

Digging up an old post here, but why steering box? Obviously the fabrication for putting a rack in didn't scare you guys. Assuming bump steer, ratio, etc. are the same, shouldn't the steering feel be exactly the same? Could the desirable amount of bump steer not be achieved with a rack in your situation? I'm stuck between the the two for my car right now.

I am not a steering rack expert by any means, so I am not the one to give you the best answer. For packaging, ease of changing ratios relatively cheaply, and for the proven and simple old way of doing things, this worked best for me. I like the feel of a good old box and good pump and with our custom steering arms it seems to work good.

Two very nice builds.

amazing build!

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With my photo bucket links gone, I will need to upload a bunch of old photos. Here is the latest.

I will running my Camaro at Fontana and Road America Optima events the OUSCI in Las Vegas in November.

This thing was, & still is.... bad arse.

Since all the photos are gone due to Photobucket, I will load a few photos to summarize the build of my Camaro for those that have not seen them.

This is how the build started.

Disassembly begins...

Stripping it all down...

Yes! :popcorn2:

Mike Maier gets the car to build the complete cage and suspension....

more cage work...

Holy Tomole Bat Man!!!

Love seeing phase II come together....

You feel all warm and fuzzy driving in that thing, talk about well built!

Its awesome you reposted them, photobucket has ruined so many references I was using to build my car

Just a slight improvement from the original purchase. :D :thumbsup:

Here are some more in process body shots...

The body work looks awesome, looks like it's supposed to be like that. And holy cage!

The Camaro gets paint.

I stumbled across this video made of the build of my 1973 Camaro. Since all of the photos are gone from the original thread, here they are in a video.

Love this Camaro -- and that 'Vette ain't bad either! LOL



Hi buddy!!


When you need some touch up painting -- I know a guy!

Amazing work, great build.

In all the years since this thread was started... this is still THE coolest track-inspired no nonsense 2nd gen around. Sure there are more expensive ones, ones with more billet or fancy leather interiors and turbo's and superchargers.. but this one is just so raw and purposeful.

Wow, very nice !

How did you mount your hood latches?

I am still fighting with the location of mine, for the carbon fiber hood.

Great Video! Mike Maier did one hell of a job fabricating that all up!

What was the final weight total full of fluids less driver?

Man, do I ever so agree with this statement.

I'm pretty sure that given the size of Brian's engine his car has to weigh 3200lbs. I'm not sure if they had to add lead to get to that weight.