Colorado SPEED

[tones2SS]

AWESOME!!!!

[dodge]

Nice project and awesome rendering

[CodeRed]

get to work on it. btw you should come over on to www.355nation.net its one of the major colorado/canyon forums

[syborg tt]

Looks like an aswsome project.

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[Streetwise]

Update

Here are a couple of photos of the LS7 with the Procharger F-1R installed.

[XTRMEASURES]

sick i love it, cant wait till the wife lets be buy a used canyon. i have a sbc436 that im going to use. i will be following this build very closely for tips and pointers........

[Streetwise]

Just picked up the wheels at Forgeline this morning I will post pictures over the weekend. With the wheels we can now start building the Dana 60 for the rear and start working on geometry for the front then return the wheels to Forgeline for final finish.

[BLACKJACK]

sweet

[Streetwise]

Here is a little information on the project.

We are moving along for a mid August debut at CNE.

The project began as 2007 Chevy Colorado 4cyl with a little over 100 miles on the odometer getting an LS7 with a T-56 to do some drifting. Over the first few months of the build the project evolved into what it is today. Project Colorado SPEED will tour North America with GM late 2009-2010 making stops at GM corporate events. It will also be at SEMA in the MBRPinc booth in 2009.

The build began with the LS7 Crate motor being sent out for some upgrades, the original configuration of rods and pistons would not handle high boost levels. The Engine was sent to Exotic Performance Plus for rods, pistons and Custom cam.

The suspension had to receive special attention due to the variety of uses Drag racing, Drifting, and Road Racing. GM will be doing some Drifting Exhibitions, and we will be taking it to the Silver State Classic, and Texas Mile. This created a challenge in making a suspension that would perform at all levels focusing on road race and being ok for other events. This led to a Grand National style setup with a Floater Dana 60 and truck arm in the rear and custom coil over a-arm system in front. This will provide durability and performance for high speed runs and average performance at the strip.

The current state of the project is the final fit for the roll cage and reassembly of the interior. The rear suspension truck arm and spring perches are installed Shocks, Brakes From AFCO have just arrived and I have just picked up the test fit wheels from Forgeline allowing us to build the rear end and figure suspension geometry for the front.

The chassis work will be complete in the next few weeks and moving to the Body shop for sheet metal fabrication and paint.

[Streetwise]

Here are some updated Photos.

We would like to thank Scott and the crew at Forgeline for all the help in using the unfinished wheels for suspension mock-up.