Project "Payback"

[chr2002ca]

Solid. Thanks for sharing the vid Todd. Look forward to seeing and hearing Payback in person soon at RTTC.

[RicerwannaB]

I just spent 3 days on and off reading all 263 pages, awesome build and a great thread! Lots of worthless, I mean priceless info! The car looks great, its a breath of fresh air around here to see something BBC powered, that hangs with the best of them all day. Gives me hope for my Pontiac project, now if only I can get my hands on an aluminum block!

[Vegas69]

Originally Posted by RicerwannaB

I just spent 3 days on and off reading all 263 pages, awesome build and a great thread! Lots of worthless, I mean priceless info! The car looks great, its a breath of fresh air around here to see something BBC powered, that hangs with the best of them all day. Gives me hope for my Pontiac project, now if only I can get my hands on an aluminum block!

Thanks man, I'll have to go back through it and read it myself one day. Maybe I'll write a book labeled, "Building a Pro Touring car for dummies".

In all seriousness, there are some valuable lessons to be learned at my expense.

[waynieZ]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

Thanks man, I'll have to go back through it and read it myself one day. Maybe I'll write a book labeled, "Building a Pro Touring car for dummies".

In all seriousness, there are some valuable lessons to be learned at my expense.

Cool idea, and this dummy will take the first copy

[WicKeD_SS]

Ill buy the second!

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

In all seriousness, there are some valuable lessons to be learned at my expense.

Thank You - I've learned a lot of directly applicable information from this thread thanks to the style and caliber of your build. There's so many exceptional and exotic builds on this site but your car, when all is said and done, is one of the few I'd really like to have in my garage. Keep using it hard, that's where the payback is.

[Vegas69]

I agree, my car is not out of anybody's league to build and that's what makes it interesting for most guys. Actually getting out there and using it certainly doesn't hurt. The continued tweaking is probably what separates my car from most. I'm certainly not done but it's just little annoyances and tweaks at this point. I really want to get the most out of the car and I still feel I can make some strides and achieve better performance goals. I don't think it's possible to build a perfect car OR buy one for that matter. I really do enjoy the tuning and tweaking and the small gains they allow.

[Sieg]

Well said Todd. Keep the fire burning! Payback is a real asset to the 69 Camaro performance enthusiast. Reality is it could be considered one of our era's naturally aspirated benchmarks.

[Vegas69]

I'm not there yet but I don't think there is any doubt that I have one of the best all around BIG BLOCK Camaros on the planet.

Getting a really good pass down the 1/4 is a goal of mine this year. I've done a best of 11.95 et and 120mph. I'll be happy with sub 11.6 and around 123-125. With a better burn out, quicker shifting trans, better weather, I think it's there. Close anyway...The best times I've seen from 1st gen car in handling trim is around 11.4-11.5 at 123-125. Believe that was Stielow.

[Sieg]

Maybe the gear ratios in the T56 Mag close ratio will also help.