1967 Camaro for OUSCI

[camcojb]

Originally Posted by Stielow

Yes, but at least it was the out lap with Charley watching and you riding shot run. Sorry about that. Glad we didn't flip it. In my mind that was a slow third gear turn, I mixed it up with another turn. Very embarrassing. At least all my friends remember years later and still give me crap about it...

Mark

that's what friends do. Hey, I'll ride shotgun with you anywhere anytime.

[68SS2]

Talking about your experiences with FSAE for Mark, Scott, and Kyle brought back a lot of memories for me. I led the Iowa State FSAE engine team for a couple of years and worked on the first all aluminum race frame that our school had built (lots of tig welding and then heat treating)

That was a great time racing in Detroit on the autocross and getting the backstage tour of the factories. Ford machined us some billet aluminum parts in their prototype shop that we had broken and I was very impressed with the personnel and their knowledge.

Reading everyone's posts about the next event makes me really excited to get my Chevelle completed and appreciative of all the great information on this site.

Thanks
Doug

[70Nova]

Enjoyed the FSAE story. I watched my son as the chassis guy for a Texas A&M car one year that did well. His team was followed the next year by a car that did well too where the engine guy was named Horace......look what he has accomplished in a short amount of time.....Mast Motorsports.

[David Pozzi]

Mark, thanks for talking a little about your past & perspective on why you are building Camaros the way you do. I think it is SO easy to get caught up in building a "competitive" car these days, but sacrifice too much. I commend you for striving to build the kind of car you will enjoy using, & still making it faster than the last one.

I'd like to ask you what is your opinion on hiding the ECM, ETC under the dash? I see in the last one you had a lot of that stuff in the engine compartment.
David

[Stielow]

Originally Posted by David Pozzi

Mark, thanks for talking a little about your past & perspective on why you are building Camaros the way you do. I think it is SO easy to get caught up in building a "competitive" car these days, but sacrifice too much. I commend you for striving to build the kind of car you will enjoy using, & still making it faster than the last one.

I'd like to ask you what is your opinion on hiding the ECM, ETC under the dash? I see in the last one you had a lot of that stuff in the engine compartment.
David

David

I hid the ECM and Fuse Panel on Jackass and it looked better but was a pain in the butt. I hate digging around under the dash. On Red Devil I wanted to get to stuff quickly because I knew I was going to track the car a lot. It worked great. I had the ECM out of that car at least 20 time for various reflashs or needing it to dyno another engine. No one said it looked bad most said it looked OE. One thing that we spent a lot of time on was the wiring on Red Devil. It was complicated, but due to a lot of forethought it looked great and work correct from the first turn of the key. I credit that to my buddy Ryan Kuhlenbeck who was super detailed on the wiring. I have a complete schematic of the harness down to what wire and color are in every connector. So later if you need to trouble shoot an issue you can go right to the connectors and check it out.

Good luck with the "Wife Beater"

Mark

[David Pozzi]

The ECM is under the dash on Mary's Camaro along with the fuse box. I had to pull the fuse box out & fix a pulled out fuel pump wire when it wouldn't start the first time. Banging around under the dash isn't fun as I get older!
David

[DTM Racing]

Sometimes I'll waste hours just looking at something trying to figure out the best location as far as accessibility, aesthetics, and function. Can be quite the pain in the ass.