Project Terminator Camaro-An American Supercar by Fast Lane Performance ATL
 

Goal: To create an American Supercar. I believe the term "Supercar" is relative. I believe a "Supercar" is a vehicle that is an over achiever. Something that is spectacular on a road course going through turns, yet is very fast and thrilling in a straight line, but could also be driven on the streets. To me, one of the things that really puts a car in the super car category is very phenomenal engineering feats such as balance, huge cooling ducts, aerodynamics, big oil coolers, etc. And lastly, something "luxury". I think the "luxury" ties it all together. Not to get confused with comfortable, as a 10 hour trip in an Aventador really isn't too pleasant, but its "nice". Leather/suede interior, nicely designed dash/controls. I want this thing to laugh at modern cars such as C7Z06s, Viper ACR, Porsche GT3s, and put an Aventador, or maybe even a Koenigsegg up for its money. Am a crazy? Probably. But lets give it a shot.

The Shop:

The shop doing the work is Fast Lane Performance located in Atlanta Georgia. Super nice shop with great group of talented guys! From tube chassis, cages, to performance work for new and old American muscle cars. (Camshafts, Superchargers, Etc)

Quick Run down

Chassis: We are going with a full tube chassis. It's going to be rigid, but hopefully still pretty light when finished.

Suspension: Cantilever Front and Rear suspension.

Engine: LSX Based Twin Turbo

Transmission: Thinking of the GM 10 Speed. Something different. Which says alot because I am a huge Manual guy. I've never owned an Automatic before.

Body: 1975 Camaro. Why 1975? Because I have never seen a super cool 74-77 Pro touring camaro for obvious reasons. We will be doing a 1970 split bumper conversion though.


Quick CAD Models to just give an idea.

Exterior

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Chassis

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Edit: Sneak Peak Keep scrolling for more :popcorn2:

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Phase 1 - Tear Down of Camaro

The car was found for sale at a Storage Unit. The body was straight, so it made a decent candidate, considering we only needed a shell. We started stripping away everything we don't need.


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Phase 2 : Chassis Design

We wanted something strong and somewhat light.

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Rear Main Hoop time! Tested inside the body before tack welding it to the chassis. It fits tight!

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Lets keep it going! A few tubes are "placeholders" until we test fit the body onto the chassis.

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Engine Placement and Wheel Base time! Bring out the chalk and plum bobs.

The engine is offset a tad for driver weight and steering wheel/shaft, etc. Furthermore it is set back quite a bit. The entire engine is behind the center line for the front wheels. This give us some room for an epic twin turbo system and more importantly keeping that weight to the middle of the car!

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Very cool, I would love to see a high tech one off build. My question is what is the reason for cantilever suspension? Is there not room for the shocks?

Thanks! Honestly I was always fascinated about cantilever suspension. I think its pretty cool design! It tucks more of the weight inboard and can be more adjustable. The coil overs will be easier to get too, plus changing the cantilever ratio's.

Really cool! Do you have a target weight for the completed car?



Jeff-

Thanks! I don't have a weight in mind. I would love for it to be under 3,000lbs, but there will be some heavy items such as twin turbo system, coolers, full interior, big brakes, wide wheels, etc. I did a rough estimate and I calculated the weight of the chassis was around 350-400lbs, not including the engine block the way it sits. But I have to run numbers again to see if that's accurate.

Fun build for sure! Welcome to the site. Keep us updated. Hope to see it out at Caffeine and Octane when it's done.

Looks killer. And you're right, I don't remember seeing a badd azz 74-77 Camaro anywhere!