Updates to the LM7-67 Camaro

[Blake Foster]

Nice work, that would be the first use of our Hiclearance UCA with a spindle other than the ATS. all you need now is the Chicane coil over kit and you can have true coil overs as well.

[lhkustoms]

Tom looking good. Glad you were able to get it all finished in time.

[waynieZ]

Nice project. It must drive nice.

[LM7_67]

Originally Posted by mdprovee

I have looking into the L&H spindles, how do you like them...I need to plan so I can get 275 up fron too.

they're great. from looking at autoX photos with and without them, you can see my outside tire stays much more parallel to the surface

Originally Posted by killer69

Nice work, that would be the first use of our Hiclearance UCA with a spindle other than the ATS. all you need now is the Chicane coil over kit and you can have true coil overs as well.

don't tempt me there was no issue with running the high-clearance arms with the L&H spindles.

Originally Posted by lhkustoms

Tom looking good. Glad you were able to get it all finished in time.

just barely!

[LM7_67]

Time for updates!

After a few SCCA SoloII events, a couple GoodGuys AutoX's, a Super Chevy AutoX, and RTTC 2, I decided I needed more. After getting home from SuperChevy Vegas, I started taking the front end of my car apart. The goal is to clean up the sheet metal and make the whole engine bay look good. Also, I'll be finding another subframe to perform some serious modifications on. Thinking coil-overs and even more tire clearance. The goal was to have the car back together for the Camaro Performers Summer Jam in August. With that event possibly not happening, that's still approximately my goal. Can't stand going more than 3 or so months without driving my car :6gears: Currently, all the sheet metal in front of the fire wall is apart, some pieces already at the blasters. I hope to find another subframe next week so I can start the modifications to that. I'll keep this thread updated as I make progress. For right now, just time lapse steps of front end disassembly.

The easy stuff:






This is about where I started thinking, "oh ****, am I ever going to get it back together?!"


This is exactly 1 week after I began the tear down:


Open wheel racing, anyone?


And when I was going through the pics on my camera, I found these gems from right after RTTC II.

After I covered my car with mud Saturday morning spinning out on the road coarse, I hosed it off and I thought I got most of the mud off. But I was wrong. This stayed with me all through the rest of Saturday, all of Sunday, and a 400 mile drive home.


This is what happens when you don't have enough static camber.


Hopefully more updates in a few days

[itsals1]

Looks like your really having some serious fun. Keep us posted!

Travis

[Vegas69]

Nice to see you using the car to it's full potential. I need to introduce myself at the next event.

[6D9]

Sweet ride man....If I ever pick up a second car I would love to do something very similar to your car....

[Tuske427]

Originally Posted by LM7_67

Time for updates!

After I covered my car with mud Saturday morning spinning out on the road coarse, I hosed it off and I thought I got most of the mud off. But I was wrong. This stayed with me all through the rest of Saturday, all of Sunday, and a 400 mile drive home.

I was there that Saturday. At least you can say the track was cold and wet from the crisp morning condensation. The folks who spun out later that day didn't have that option...

[LM7_67]

Chicane brackets showed up last Friday. Working on the ideal position that gives maximum room for the coil-over while still clearing the UCA.


Using a super high-tech wooden dowel to mock up the sway bar. Bending the arms is going to be a blast...




Mid-September finish date is looking pretty shakey at this point. We'll see how things go.