1973 Camaro - Autocross / Street Car project

[Track Junky]

Thats aweome!! Congrats!!

[70rs]

Awesome! Man, that stack of tires looked CLOSE!!!

[Jtomas801]

Originally Posted by 70rs

Awesome! Man, that stack of tires looked CLOSE!!!

^ This^

Holy crap, now I am kicking my self for staying home working on my junk instead of going. Looked like you used every bit of track, crazy run!!




Jon

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by 73CPCAMARO

I went to the SoCal Challenge over the weekend and had a blast. I had never been there before, so I had not learned the tricks of the track. I recently put on Falken RT 615K's and I have been impressed. I was fortune to win the overall during the day. I was only .1 off the track record on the Falkens. At the end of the day, the track and So Cal crew let me throw on my year old Goodyear slicks for an attempt at the track record. My shifter was hanging up on me on my downshifts from 3rd to 2nd, so I ran up on the rev limiter until my last lap. I hated doing this! I had a delay due to over heating, but they waited it out for me. I had one crack at it and I made the best of it. The old track record for the past year was held by a modified Miata with aero and forced induction. His time was a 43.24. I beat it by 2 seconds with a 41.25.

Here is a video of the run from the left quarter panel view. The new sound out of the exhaust is courtesy of a new Black Widow muffler. I love the sound.

Originally Posted by Flash68

Knew you'd break it! Not even close. Congrats. What was your street tire time for comparison?

Exhaust sounds good. Change just for something different?

That would be 43.34 on Falkens DG Pay attention Flash.

Pretty awesome for "learning the tricks of the track"

[Flash68]

I went to the SoCal Challenge over the weekend and had a blast. I had never been there before, so I had not learned the tricks of the track. I recently put on Falken RT 615K's and I have been impressed. I was fortune to win the overall during the day. At the end of the day, the track and So Cal crew let me throw on my year old Goodyear slicks for an attempt at the track record. I had a delay due to over heating, but they waited it out for me. I had one crack at it and I made the best of it. The old track record for the past year was held by a modified Miata with aero and forced induction. His time was a 43.24. I beat it by 2 seconds with a 41.25.

Here is a video of the run from the left quarter panel view.



Above is his original post earlier. He edited/added later after my reply.

Get your sh!t together before messin with me like that.

Originally Posted by FETorino

That would be 43.34 on Falkens DG Pay attention Flash.

[73CPCAMARO]

Originally Posted by Jtomas801

^ This^

Holy crap, now I am kicking my self for staying home working on my junk instead of going. Looked like you used every bit of track, crazy run!!




Jon

The track is narrow, but a lot of fun! I used all the track I could. I had to do my part in making sure American Muscle held that track record and I wanted to shatter it!

[FETorino]

So Brian. You were running some pretty big Mich 19/20s last year for street tires. What size Flakens are you running?

[73CPCAMARO]

Originally Posted by FETorino

So Brian. You were running some pretty big Mich 19/20s last year for street tires. What size Flakens are you running?

Since the Corvette is down getting a new engine, I took the 315-30-18's I had for it and put them on some 18 x 10.5 wheels that were my rain tire/wheel set up for the Camaro. They are small for the Camaro and not an ideal size, but they work. I loved them on the Corvette and wanted to try them on the Camaro. The Camaro performed amazing on the Falkens. I could not believe the grip I was getting! I run that 315-30-18 on 18 x 12 wheels on the Corvette. 18 x 11 - 11.5 may be best for that size.

Brian

[FETorino]

Thanks. I was wondering what you ended up doing since I've never seen those Falkens in the larger sizes like the 345 your were running. I was kinda hoping you were going to say they had released some larger sizes. I know Brett is digging those Falkens on his car.

[Vince@Meanstreets]

The tire chicane didn't make a bit of difference...you didn't miss a beat.