[EVS Motors Inc.]

Originally Posted by Radlark

I applaud you and YOUR take on making a camaro stand out, let's face it now days it is EXTREMELY difficult to make a 1st gen stand out! BUT you have done something different to differentiate your self from the "I got one too crowd".
I am sure EVERYONE with a camaro can post their cars and SOMEONE will say "oh I don't like this or I don't like that" so for the love of god let the man enjoy the fact that he took the time to fabricate something different. That's what I love about this hobby...........it is constantly EVOLVING and the ability of someone to have an open mind and EMBRACE change!

I hope people don't get me wrong. I've been doing V8 swaps for about 6 or so years now. It was time to motivate myself and my mechanics with something new and exciting. The whole reason behind the car is because I do have a lot of experience with MKIV Supras. I've owned MKIV Supras with 950-1,620HP, all proven reliable on and off the strip. So why not give it a try.

"Embrace Change" is one of my mottos in my work environment!

Originally Posted by conekiller13

Bravo for standing up and doing something different. Who cares if it's a Toyota motor. It makes gobs of power and the car, especially the interior, looks absolutely stunning. I really like the interior, in fact that is similar to what I'll be going for eventually. What I would really like to see is this care compete at that event after SEMA who's name suddenly escapes Me. I'd like to see this car go head to head on the track in more than a straight line and see if there are any advantages to the ay it makes power or if there are any weight distribution advantages.

As far as all the people complaining about this car, there is a really simple solution. Go build your own car. Why tell some one how wrong there project is when it's done well. I mean making fun of an '86 Camry with a $40 shopping cart wing screwed to the deck and 13" spinner hubcaps is different. This is a very well project done in good taste with an alternative power train. A friend of mine was shunned at pro-touring.com a few years ago for describing his project. A 1976 Toyota Corona sedan that he got for free. He has a middle of the road income and a family to support so making do with what he has is his only option. He described his long term plans of building the suspension( very similar in layout to a 1st gen Camaro) and sourcing a 2JZ supra motor. Everyone ridculed him for building an import saying it wasn't pro-touring because it wasn't an American muscle car. Taking an old car that's not a sports car and turning it in to one is very pro-touring. It doesn't matter where the car came from or where the parts came from. The beauty of this hobby is to each his own.

I'll quote Rajunz from the Hot Rod Magazine forum. He pretty much explained how I feel and the definition behind Hot Rods.

"Extremely cool, and it's about time Hot Rod has the balls to feature such a car. It's hot rodding at it's core, it's what the hobby was founded on. Back in the day when the Turbo Supras came out, Hot Rod Magazine embraced the cars with opened arms, but somehow through the years things got skewed to where it has become basically just another domestic (mainly GM) publication. Don't we have enough of those on the newsstands already. Personally, I think that it's almost the duty of Hot Rod Magazine to get out there and open up people's minds to all of the possibilities of hot rodding. Half of the readers out there are afraid of anything besides a bolt on carburator, there's a whole other world of performance out there. What does it matter that it was made in a land far, far away? So are their big screen TV's, car stereos and most everything else out there today. "

Let's also not forget that 90% of the reproduction parts for our 1st Gens are made in Taiwan or China.

Originally Posted by TOM NELSON

Great Job on the car it has some really neat ideas .

Tom thanks! You sir make some bad ass motors!