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mitch_04 08-02-2019 01:16 PM

Give it a few years, 3rd gens will come up in value as people (like me) who wanted them in high school but couldn't afford them start coming into money. I'm not coming into money yet, but I am surely watching this thread and hoping it times out to where I have the money once it becomes available.

Look at square bodies, 5 years ago when I bought mine you hardly ever saw one built to the 9s, now they are everywhere.

ur-n-8 08-02-2019 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by mitch_04 (Post 695336)
Give it a few years, 3rd gens will come up in value as people (like me) who wanted them in high school but couldn't afford them start coming into money. I'm not coming into money yet, but I am surely watching this thread and hoping it times out to where I have the money once it becomes available.

Look at square bodies, 5 years ago when I bought mine you hardly ever saw one built to the 9s, now they are everywhere.

Agreed, until now no one has offered anything modern for the third gen. I don’t know what the cost will be, but if it’s on par with a first gen subframe I don’t know what’s to bitch about. I can’t imagine how much time it took refine and develop it.

Hugger67RSSS 08-02-2019 09:52 PM

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This car is waiting to be built this winter and waiting to see my options, could be interesting!

RT_66_Pro_Touring 08-03-2019 06:45 AM

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This car is waiting to be built this winter and waiting to see my options, could be interesting!

Nice! What are your plans for the car beyond the suspension?

HellPhish89 08-03-2019 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ur-n-8 (Post 695307)
I can see where it would be difficult to make a state of the art suspension that would bolt in and sell for a couple grand.

While SLA's arent state of the art anymore this is based more on what I know of the 3rd gen community.

I have zero doubt the system will be amazing just not something that I see doing well due to its price obviously required price point.

Hugger67RSSS 08-03-2019 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by RT_66_Pro_Touring (Post 695357)
Nice! What are your plans for the car beyond the suspension?

Built LS3/T56 9” rear nothing real crazy. Keep the interior stock appearing with some cage work

ur-n-8 08-04-2019 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by HellPhish89 (Post 695364)
While SLA's arent state of the art anymore this is based more on what I know of the 3rd gen community.

I have zero doubt the system will be amazing just not something that I see doing well due to its price obviously required price point.

I guess when I stated 'state of the art' I was referring to Corvette style geometry/componentry as opposed to say Mustang 2, but I have to admit I was unaware of any designs better than SLA.

Blake Foster 08-05-2019 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by HellPhish89 (Post 695299)
Thats what I was afraid of. High dollar starting point and labor intensive to the point that most 3rd gen owners will just look past it. Its going to an amazing system but Im very doubtful it will sell well with what I know of the community. Sorry if Ive offended you its just disappointing to me

I AM TOTALLY OFFENDED!!! lol JK
So here is the deal. We have an amazing front suspension, and torque arm system. We could have (and still probably will) just made lower control arms and caster/camber plates and called it done! But then what sets us apart from EVERY other system? The car will get more popular, it already is.

The price for the complete kit will be about the same as a full chassis for any other application it just is what it is. We probably will not sell 50 a year I am sure of that, but it is another product that people are asking about. Did we go over board? Probably but I am confidant it will be the BEST system you will be able to buy for this model.

Install will not be that bad we have designed it to be pretty straight forward although you will need to do some cutting and welding (welcome to car building 101) on the front, the mid frame requires some trimming of the factory frame rails to allow for true dual exhaust. other than that it is bolt in and weld to finish it off. there are front roll cage mounts built in as well. the Torque arm is all bolt in with coil overs and an adjustable panhard for roll center adjustment.

No mini tubbing so that saves a tone of time and money to off set the cost. I bet that it will actually be easier and faster to install than a mini tub and that does not seem to scare anyone away. 315 tires square.

Blake Foster 08-05-2019 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by RT_66_Pro_Touring (Post 695267)
And the flanges in the wheel well for the top strut mount? Will the kit clean this up in some way or would we be left to figure out the body work?

At this point we are thinking of including some sheetmetal cover plates to cover over the strut mount. but it will remain in place as it is a structural component of the body.

Che70velle 08-05-2019 02:16 PM

Indeed Blake, these cars are gaining popularity big time. Prices are going up almost daily, and low mileage survivors are bringing big dollars at auction, especially IROC’s. I think your timing on bringing these parts to market is great and I’d expect to see you guys selling Gen3 camaro parts by the truckload next summer. These cars are gonna be the next big thing.


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