Chad's 68 Camaro V3.0 build. LS3 & TCI goodies

[Chad-1stGen]

Originally Posted by Flash68

Oh no. Hopefully not expensive or time consuming!

Well the TCI kit positioned the axle farther back in the wheel well than center. I don't know if this is just because of the 12 bolt version prototype. We moved it forward to better center it and got new two link rods with the Johnny joints to accomplish it. It may be slightly too forward now but the torque arm down bars may hit the floor pan. Brett is going to try and adjust the axle back maybe ~0.5" This also had the unintended consequence of putting the shocks out of alignment with the mounts. I know Brett can fab whatever is needed to get around these things, but it is more time before the car hits the road.

Then when he pulled my trans he found out that PVC used SAE bolts on my metric LS bellhousing. Fingers crossed that Brett's retapping the holds to the correct 10mm is all we needed and that the bellhousing isn't compromised.

But for some good news here are some better pics of the car at the planned ride height. Front and rear wheel wells are centered at this height. May raise the rear a tad to facilitate more shock travel. We'll see.

I got a little picture happy lol





You may notice inf the two pics above that the drivers side front wheel is a bit back in the wheel well. Car hasn't been aligned yet. Passenger side is fine so hoping it is just an alignment issue. I want to be able to run at least 5* of caster and not worry about fender clearance at the back of the wheel.

I've already gotten used to 275 up front. It doesn't even look that big in this pic with those 315s peaking out back.






So that concludes this weekend's update.

[Track Junky]

Wow Chad, car is already sending a message..........I see some serious attitude in that thing

[Chad-1stGen]

Originally Posted by Track Junky

Wow Chad, car is already sending a message..........I see some serious attitude in that thing

Thanks dude! Brett was saying the same thing. He thinks it looks much meaner than before. I think the front is close to the same ride height as before but the rear is much lower. The car used to have a slight rake and now is level. And having a few more inches of rubber in the back helps.

[Flash68]

Chad, while more issues discovered by that hacker shop definitely sucks, it feels really good knowing you are feeling good seeing the car looking so killer like that. Looking bad ass man. You make me wanna have a pro touring car.



You leavin that 327 emblem on there?

[Matt@BOS]

Wow! the wide wheels and tires completely changed the look of that car. It's looking good parked out in the driveway in front of the (t)Ron mobile

Matt

[Tom.A]

Looks great. I saw your car briefly at the Hotchkis event last summer and it looked good but now it will be on a much higher level with all these goodies.

[Chad-1stGen]

Thanks guys. Honestly, positive feedback on the site helps cool the pain of some of the hickups in the project lol.

I tried to find a pic of V2.0 to compare to some of the pics I took today. This is the best I could find after a quick search. Different cameras and angles but you can see how much different the rear of the car looks compared to before.

Before:

[Vegas69]

Lookin KILLER

[Chad-1stGen]

Originally Posted by Flash68

Chad, while more issues discovered by that hacker shop definitely sucks, it feels really good knowing you are feeling good seeing the car looking so killer like that. Looking bad ass man. You make me wanna have a pro touring car.



You leavin that 327 emblem on there?

LoL. You had a PT car and changed it into a race car. Grass is greener man. I sometimes think how much easier it would be if this was a track car and I didn't have to worry about comfort lol.

BTW I keep forgetting to bring them over to Brett's to compare the size but I bought two 427 emblems already that attach with the 3M double sided tape. I want them to be about the same size as the factory 327 even if they aren't the same font. The 427 emblems I picked up looked short in person but we'll see.

[Rybar]

That rear shot looks awesome, and I think the stance looks nailed to me.