Camaro XV

[Stielow]

Originally Posted by Sparks67

Here is some close up photos of the LS1 engine mounts for Camaro XV. Matt at Sled Alley does great work on those welds. I don't think these photos been posted.



Jeff

I'm using 2002 Camaro LS1 engine mounts to get better noise and vibration performance. The Urethane one put a ton of noise into the car.

Originally Posted by Rybar

Mark I think the car looks sick, that stance and front clip are awesome!

Why the shorty headers what was the reason for those? Wont you leave some hp on the table??

Right now the car is slammed and has 315s on the front and 335s on the rear. Looks like they will work. I'm waiting for the BFG Rivals to see how big they are before I settel in on a tire and wheel. It has 18 X 11 front and 18 X 12.5 rears.

In all of our dyno testing these blower motors are fairly insensitive to back pressure. In fact Mayhem made 877 HP through the stock LS9 exhaust manifolds. These "shorty" headers let me use the 2002 engine mounts and frees up a ton of space and are lighter. Less mass up front.

We will A-B these headers on a dyno test soon at Thomson's, but Katech dynoed them and did not loos much on a N/A engine. I really like them they look like nice parts.

Mark

[Rick D]

Mark looks great, so is the plan to still be at Optima this year?? Also are you leaving the carbon front unpainted or will it get painted??

[Stielow]

Originally Posted by Rick D

Mark looks great, so is the plan to still be at Optima this year?? Also are you leaving the carbon front unpainted or will it get painted??

Still working on paint layouts. Not sure yet on how much raw carbon fiber..

I can't make Optima this year with this car. For me to get this car ready for Optima would be a huge effort

I am aiming to have this car done for 2014 unless I win the lottery.....

Mark

[Rick D]

Originally Posted by Stielow

Still working on paint layouts. Not sure yet on how much raw carbon fiber..

I can't make Optima this year with this car. For me to get this car ready for Optima would be a huge effort

I am aiming to have this car done for 2014 unless I win the lottery.....

Mark

Just barrow one from Charlie?? Lol

[214Chevy]

Originally Posted by Rick D

Just barrow one from Charlie?? Lol

That's exactly what I was thinking. LOL!!

[Lous69]

Hey Mark,

If Charlie won't let you use one of your previous works of art this year you are welcome to use Lou's Change!!! hehe

It's LSA powered and it doesn't have ABS brakes... You could show the world it's your driving skills more than the car that have made you so successful!!!

I wish.

[PTAddict]

Originally Posted by Stielow

Right now the car is slammed and has 315s on the front and 335s on the rear. Looks like they will work. I'm waiting for the BFG Rivals to see how big they are before I settel in on a tire and wheel. It has 18 X 11 front and 18 X 12.5 rears.

Mark

Awesome attention to detail, as always.

Wow, 315s on the front. I've been thinking about upgrading to the Anvil front clip, more for the front tire even than the weight savings. The DSE suspension is overall a pretty balanced track package for me, but especially in long sweeping turns I think more front grip would be useful.

Do the 18 inch wheels impact your brake choice? I think you mentioned carbon ceramic brakes somewhere on the thread, but I've heard the ZR-1 brakes won't clear an 18" wheel?

[GRob]

Hi Mark,

Why do you need shorties to run the 2002 motor mounts vs aftermarket urethane ones? Shouldn't the urethane mounts just be a direct replacement for the OEM ones?

[Stielow]

Originally Posted by GRob

Hi Mark,

Why do you need shorties to run the 2002 motor mounts vs aftermarket urethane ones? Shouldn't the urethane mounts just be a direct replacement for the OEM ones?

The DSE sub frame uses 1967-9 Camaro style mounts and adaptors to put a LS into their frame. To use the direct mount LS style 2002 engine mounts we had to make new frame mounts. The shorty headers clear all the relocated OEM engine mount. DSE set up is designed to use their headers and engine mounts. Their system works great, but I wanted a differnt set up for more room and better N&V.

Mark

[SS 454]

Awesome work and engineering. And Thanks for sharing your ideas. Mark. Maybe you can get ideas about the paint to the XV from this video Inside Koenigsegg when Christian explain the paint job on their carbon cars. Or search Agera Hundra. It Looks beautiful with its golden stripes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-IYh8Ln0wQ