I second the old wheels....Looked a lot much more 'Business'...
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I would agree.. the grey had a nice look.. I am enjoying the variety though. In a year I might get these done with grey centers. I think I prefer the polished hoops though, looks better with the orange paint.
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Originally Posted by KPC67
I was wondering the same thing.
I think Steve has been busy with some events.
Yea, actually real busy with work.. lots of stories lately. Plus I was pretty burnt out after Optima.. might have been a tad bummed over the broken sway bar deal. That's two years in a row I'm broken something there.. sucks.
Anyways, working on the car. Not many mods left to do besides install my fire system and maybe get some various hard lines done. Baer wants me to install thier new floater.
As for events, here's one I just did with a local group:
Not much done since Optima, fixed the sway bar and did a bolt check. Working on the little stuff. In January we will be making the DSE radiator closeout fit the new core support and finishing the install on the fire suppression system. Project is definetly getting to the point where everything is done. The tune is still a bit off, good at WOT, bad at idle and around town. Mike Norris will be fixing that when he comes out.
Will all the building done it's time to do some driving. People think "wow, that car's been done so long it must be all sorted out." but the fact is that the current form of BP is NOTHING like the car built back in my PHR days. Finally I will be able to get use to the car in its current state and get some track time (needed more for me than the car.. lol)
First up was hitting the local PCA autocross:
It was a very well ran event and I knew it would be that way when I arrived for tech and there was starbucks coffee and donuts set out. The PCA has a killer timing system that let them always have 4-5 cars on track at any given time. Because of this they were able to run around 90 cars 11 laps each!
Drove the course in 2nd gear and I could still break the tires loose easily. Had a great time and the others there liked seeing the "old" muscle car. I think it was a first time PT experience for most of them. On course worker said mine was the only car that scared them when they were working hte course since it was so loud and mean looking coming down the straight twords thier station. lol.. I took that as a compliment.
Anyways, if any of you have the chance to go to one of these specialty car events you'll have a blast and meet a lot of great people.
Oh, top speed was 72+ mph and my racepak showed lateral g's (sustained) of 1.2g+ in each direction. I ran in the 63.x range whereas cars with race rubber (A6, etc) were in the 58,59 range and all out track cars were in the 56 area. Next time I need a "pit bitch" to help me check tire temp/pres between runs since it's too hard to unbuckle and get back in quickly.
Here's a video.. if you go to YouTube there's a high-def version.. clouds look cool (rained in the afternoon which made for fun track time)
"I would agree.. the grey had a nice look.. I am enjoying the variety though. In a year I might get these done with grey centers. I think I prefer the polished hoops though, looks better with the orange paint."
that car looks better and better everytime i see it!!!!
Great thread, brilliant mods and a well appreciated enthusiam for the sport and all things Protouring.....
The last photo is extremely relevant to me. I'm always comparing my Porche 996 to my '77 Camaro after mods. The major competition for the Camaro in the UK when it comes to hill climbs and street are cars like you have just posted. LOL!
Most UK American classics are either just that...Classics or dragsters.
This I believe is historically due to 1st and 2nd Gen Camaro's dominating the British Touring car championships (BTCC) from 1967 - 1972 and being effectively banned from competition by the "no engines over 3000cc (183 Ci) rule". Hence many European enthusiast assuming there is no such thing as a great handling American racing car. But we know better.....!
Brian Hobaugh SCCA National Tour June 2014
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Short clips: Goodguys Pleasanton autocross and pit videos
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