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

[LM7_67]

Originally Posted by Chad-1stGen

Also may be adding some new suspension goodies. Will update once complete. And man I really want to hit the track!

Going to be ready in time for AutoClub this Saturday with SpeedVentures?

[Chad-1stGen]

Originally Posted by LM7_67

Going to be ready in time for AutoClub this Saturday with SpeedVentures?

Ha ha I wish!! Sadly, it will not. Are you going? Are you just doing Saturday or are they running Sunday too?

Saturday I'm going to the Chino air show but if you are running Sunday I might be able to stop by and watch.

[LM7_67]

Originally Posted by Chad-1stGen

Ha ha I wish!! Sadly, it will not. Are you going? Are you just doing Saturday or are they running Sunday too?

Saturday I'm going to the Chino air show but if you are running Sunday I might be able to stop by and watch.

They'll be running both days, but I'll just be there on Saturday.

[Chad-1stGen]

The car is back and ready for some fun!


I got the car back recently from TCI. While at their shop they made some changes to the Camaro Subframe and Torque arm setup to bring up to their current specs. I'm now able to stuff my R888 275 front tire with 6* of caster and -1* of camber with full turning radius!

With the updates to the suspension done it was time to focus on tuning the suspension for track day fun! The first step was upgrading to the Ridetech triple adjustable coil over shocks on all four corners. The car was then corner weighted and final ride height set, which you can see in this pic.



The front ended up in about the same place and the rear was raised slightly. The Ridetech shocks plus ride height adjustments completely transformed the car. With my old coil overs even at soft setting the car was still very stiff feeling for regular street driving and rough pavement transitions or bumps in the pavement were very unpleasant. Now even with the shocks tuned for baseline track setting the car is awesome on the street.

I left the spec sheet at home but I will post up my corner weights when I get a chance.

I still have some small work left to do on the car such as installing an oil cooler (first one I ordered and had waiting for me all this time was a hair too big) resealing the firewall where the new wiring harness and A/C lines pass through, etc.

I'm planning on doing some maiden testing out at Adams Motorsports Park. Next week for sure and I am trying to leave work early today to get out there too. So if anyone local wants to join me....

[Musclerodz]

Can never go wrong with a red Camaro, looks awesome.

[Ron in SoCal]

Originally Posted by Chad-1stGen

The car is back and ready for some fun!

I'm planning on doing some maiden testing out at Adams Motorsports Park. Next week for sure and I am trying to leave work early today to get out there too. So if anyone local wants to join me....

Way to go Chad!! I've been waiting a year for this post

Can't make Adams till Aug, but I'll see you out there soon!

[glassman]

Yeah, way to go!! Been following your build for quite a while and was wondering what happened?

Now glide her slideways!!!!

BTW, what happened to the engine and/or what was the fix?

[Track Junky]

Congrats Chad

[Jr]

Originally Posted by Chad-1stGen

The car is back and ready for some fun!


I got the car back recently from TCI. While at their shop they made some changes to the Camaro Subframe and Torque arm setup to bring up to their current specs. I'm now able to stuff my R888 275 front tire with 6* of caster and -1* of camber with full turning radius!

With the updates to the suspension done it was time to focus on tuning the suspension for track day fun! The first step was upgrading to the Ridetech triple adjustable coil over shocks on all four corners. The car was then corner weighted and final ride height set, which you can see in this pic.



The front ended up in about the same place and the rear was raised slightly. The Ridetech shocks plus ride height adjustments completely transformed the car. With my old coil overs even at soft setting the car was still very stiff feeling for regular street driving and rough pavement transitions or bumps in the pavement were very unpleasant. Now even with the shocks tuned for baseline track setting the car is awesome on the street.

I left the spec sheet at home but I will post up my corner weights when I get a chance.

I still have some small work left to do on the car such as installing an oil cooler (first one I ordered and had waiting for me all this time was a hair too big) resealing the firewall where the new wiring harness and A/C lines pass through, etc.

I'm planning on doing some maiden testing out at Adams Motorsports Park. Next week for sure and I am trying to leave work early today to get out there too. So if anyone local wants to join me....

Chad,
What did tci do to your subframe that enabled you to use your 275/888 upfront?

[Chad-1stGen]

Originally Posted by Jr

Chad,
What did tci do to your subframe that enabled you to use your 275/888 upfront?

Anyone buying a new frame won't have to do anything. I have an older version that has the lower control arm slightly further back than the current frame. To compensate TCI made me newer control arms to bring the ball joint forward.