The OneLapCamaro - Thoughts on SEMA and the Optima Invitational - Lateral-g Forums

**Steve1968LS2** · #1 11-11-2008, 10:35 PM

One of my favorite cars.. truly stunning and it was an honor running with you at the track and even better getting to meet you.

I'm sure, once your car is sorted out, it will give Penny a run for her money. lol

Glad you made it home safe, keep in touch so we can get that photoshoot done. Man, how far was that you had to drive???

mazspeed · #2 11-11-2008, 11:19 PM

That is a beautiful car James. You should be proud and happy how it's turned out and the attention it has and will continue to receive. Congrats.

ironworks · #3 11-12-2008, 07:18 AM

It was great to finally meet you in person. The car was amazing and I wish I could have gone on saturday but we had a championship to wrap up in xtreme drag radial.

Rodger

WILWAXU · #4 11-12-2008, 07:54 AM

Stunning car! Attention to detail and craftsmanship are top notch.

Good meeting you and seeing the car run on Saturday.

Jr · #5 11-12-2008, 08:37 AM

James,
It was nice meeting you. This car has the best stance ever!

**Ricochet** · #6 11-12-2008, 10:00 AM

Thanks for sharing the pics and the write up of the whole deal was great! I saw you talking to Scott G. while I was talking to somebody else and when I got done you were gone. I wanted to throw some serious props your direction. You car is truely amazing. Followed the build all the way through and to see it completed was the perfect ending. Hands down one of the top 5 at the show for me!

Congrats again and glad you made it back home safe!

Brent

svp · #7 11-12-2008, 07:53 AM

You did a great job with the car James, I know SEMA is a blur and we didn't have much time to talk...I could tell you were just overwhelmed with the whole getting ready and just getting to the show....but it was a pleasure meeting with you and talking breifly. The car is gorgeous!

slenning · #8 11-12-2008, 02:51 PM

Hi James, it was a pleasure getting to meet and talk to you and to see your gorgeous Camaro. You (and all of your helpers) did a great job man. That was a hell of a lot of work to get done to make it to SEMA, congrats. And as Brent said the writeup was great Thanks for sharing.

James OLC · #9 11-13-2008, 09:11 PM

Here is a plot of the telemetry from the last time trial on the road course at Spring Mountain - three laps worth:

The green line is GPS Speed. Maximum that I saw was only 104 mph and from the data it was at under 6000 rpm midway down the back straight. I know that I was babying it (especially with my brake problems) but darn, I didn't think that I was taking it that easy.

The blue line is engine RPM. Like I said above, I was under 6000 rpm most (all) of the time. Lots more legs left...

The red line is lateral G's. Maximum positive (right) was 1.4, maximum left was 1.

It's interesting to look at it after the fact, it shows me two things... one - I was being way to easy on it and two - there is a lot of potential left in the car.

Mean 69 · #10 11-14-2008, 11:17 AM

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It's interesting to look at it after the fact, it shows me two things... one - I was being way to easy on it and two - there is a lot of potential left in the car.

Dude, you have nearly as many track miles on the car now as you have street miles, take it easy on yourself! It's a brand freaking new car!

And yes, there is no doubt in my mind that you have barely scratched the surface of the car's potential. With regard to the brakes, shoot me the numbers on the m/c bore sizes, and the caliper piston sizes (if you have them). Did the pedal feel solid? How much travel before you took up all of the hydraulic "slack?" What pads?

Awesome write-up, nicely done young man, all around.

Mark