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73CPCAMARO · #1 12-02-2009, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by MtotheIKEo

Pretty sure I have seen your vette at some events.

What hubs are you using for the front?

I am using Speedway Engineering hubs on the front and rear. The are proven quality products and Maier Racing has used them a lot.

My Dad and I have run autocross events all over Nor Cal for 25 years and have traveled to Kansas a few times for the National Championship. In the 90's we ran all over the western US.

David Pozzi · #2 12-02-2009, 11:04 PM

Brian,
Great project! Can't wait to see it run! Thanks for posting.
David

MtotheIKEo · #3 12-03-2009, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by 73CPCAMARO

I am using Speedway Engineering hubs on the front and rear. The are proven quality products and Maier Racing has used them a lot.

My Dad and I have run autocross events all over Nor Cal for 25 years and have traveled to Kansas a few times for the National Championship. In the 90's we ran all over the western US.

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I went to Castle a lot when they still used the big lot with Fresno SCCA and AAS. The BSPV vettes are the best looking cars out there.

**WSSix** · #4 12-03-2009, 06:27 AM

I love this build. Keep the pictures coming please!

**tones2SS** · #5 12-03-2009, 07:07 AM

Great work. Keep us posted.

73CPCAMARO · #6 12-03-2009, 09:06 AM

Here are a few more shots of the transmission tunnel fabrication. We made it removable so if we ever need to access the transmission, removing the cover makes it very easy.

Mean 69 · #7 12-03-2009, 01:50 PM

Brian, this is a fantastic looking project so far! Maier is obviously well known in the Mustang world, neat to see that it translates over to the Chev's too. I really like the approach of the front spindles, in a previous life we had intentions of developing a very similar piece but scrapped the idea, looking back I wish I wouldn't have changed my mind. These look to be fab'd out of 3/16" plate cold roll steel? Very nice, very functional.

In the CP rule set, using the front frame is required to prevent a weight penalty, but obviously you can change the suspension. How about the steering gear? Could you, if you chose, run a rack in place of the box and not get hit with a weight penalty?

Sure I'll have other questions, but have to run. Really awesome, thanks for sharing the progress.

Mark

BLACKJACK · #8 12-03-2009, 02:05 PM

awesome fab work

73CPCAMARO · #9 12-03-2009, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Mean 69

Brian, this is a fantastic looking project so far! Maier is obviously well known in the Mustang world, neat to see that it translates over to the Chev's too. I really like the approach of the front spindles, in a previous life we had intentions of developing a very similar piece but scrapped the idea, looking back I wish I wouldn't have changed my mind. These look to be fab'd out of 3/16" plate cold roll steel? Very nice, very functional.

In the CP rule set, using the front frame is required to prevent a weight penalty, but obviously you can change the suspension. How about the steering gear? Could you, if you chose, run a rack in place of the box and not get hit with a weight penalty?

Sure I'll have other questions, but have to run. Really awesome, thanks for sharing the progress.

Mark

Maier does great work. These are one off spindles and we have a lot of time into them. It would have been very easy to purchase off the shelf spindles, but there are certain things we wanted and the only way to get them was to make them ourselves.

As far as the subframe, it is legal to change it out to another like the DSE or others, but you would then have a 10% weight penalty. Not worth it in our case. For most, that would be the way to go. Much more cost effective!

With the steering, we tossed that around also. After much discussion and pooling all of our driving experience with many similar cars, we decided to go with the stock type steering but with quality, race proven products. Reliability, part availability, and most important, driver feel were considered. We all picked stock design over rack and pinion. Others may have a different opinion, but we are very confident with our choice.