Yet another 2nd Gen Camaro - Project/update

[CURVES]

This is one of the reasons I was so interested in the exhaust, I didn't see any good way to get a crossover to fit and wonder about sound.

The tailpipes look fine under the rear, is there plenty of clearance with full articulation?

Do you get traction when you get on it, or are you just blowing the tires off?

Sounds like fun regardless!

[glassman]

Originally Posted by gerno

I agree there is no possibility to change the stance...









I'm anxious to see how the grip changes once the tires scrub off. As of now I was roasting the tires leaving lights pretty good even without pushing it all the way
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Yeah, wait till you put the LS in it, you wont have any tires left.
I loved pushing it to 6500 down the front straight and lettin her wind down, just simply addicting. I left with a 1/2 quart high on oil, came back with the oil at the full, after running 7 sessions at 20 min each.
I love my Speedtech stuff so far, now what to do with the rear, i''m leaning DSE.
Got any plans for the final rear choice yet?

[gerno]

Originally Posted by CURVES

This is one of the reasons I was so interested in the exhaust, I didn't see any good way to get a crossover to fit and wonder about sound.

The tailpipes look fine under the rear, is there plenty of clearance with full articulation?

Do you get traction when you get on it, or are you just blowing the tires off?

Sounds like fun regardless!

Yea, pretty much no way to get the crossover in. The car still sounds awesome at 4500+ so I'll just keep it in that range The overall fit of the pipe's isn't too hard and I have 1/2 height body mounts. Going under the axle is very simple and has plenty of clearance everywhere. Funny how it's more of a mental thing knowing that you are not "supposed" to run exhaust that way....

At this point I'm bowing the tires off but in corners it feels stable. It will be interesting to see what happens when I start tuning on it.

Originally Posted by glassman

Yeah, wait till you put the LS in it, you wont have any tires left.
I loved pushing it to 6500 down the front straight and lettin her wind down, just simply addicting. I left with a 1/2 quart high on oil, came back with the oil at the full, after running 7 sessions at 20 min each.
I love my Speedtech stuff so far, now what to do with the rear, i''m leaning DSE.
Got any plans for the final rear choice yet?

I'm excited about the LS but not about spending more money

When i'm at the track I usually keep the revs at 5-7k. Most of the time I leave the day with my oil baked and down ~10-15psi. Scared the hell out of me the first time I did it. I was using Royal Purple and it never regained pressure. Now with Redline oil the pressure at least returns after it cools. Not that it matters since I change it after a track day anyways.

I already have the Speedtech rear parts on the car. I don't think I'll be changing it anytime soon. Both DSE and Speedtech are nice but I think it's much less work to get the Speedtech parts installed vs the DSE. Mine took forever but if it was only the TA install I think it could have easily been done in 1 weekend

[glassman]

Totally forgot you did the TA. Man the memory. Keith at Custom Works is trying to get me to use the ta, but i dont want to do my exhaust for the fourth time.....so??????
But from what i understand you will be very happy with that setup though.....hope the front fixe is easy.

[CURVES]

I'm pretty much decided on Speedtech for the front, but the rear.....
Not sure.

The 69 has a q-link, thought I would do something else....

Anyway it's fun to see you guys hammering the cars around after all the trials and tribulations!

[WSSix]

I'd start with taking it to a frame shop, too. Maybe a higher end place will be willing to take the time to look at the car and give you some options. That would be my approach anyway.

Your issues have me thinking I might need to build a brace a weld it in place before I go and cut my upper mount apart to add coil overs. Only problem is I have the car completely together and don't really want to take it all apart. I've got a while to go though. I'm working slowly on the SFC's now and have the rear suspension to do first too.

[Vince@Meanstreets]

You can brace against your engine block if you needed too. If your headers are on you can go to the flat surface between or above the primaries.

Remember even if you are braced watch your temps. If you have to hammer the support out after its done something isn't right.

[CURVES]

Hey Steve,

I'm trying to figure out some measurements for my rearend and wheels.

Do you know your rearend width, hub face to hub face?

And what backspace on front and rear wheels?

I dig the shallow lip

[gerno]

Scott,

Here are the dimensions.

It's difficult to read the invoice from Speedway for the axle but from what I remember I narrowed the axle 1" on each side as compared to a stock axle with LS disc brakes installed. The measurement I see on the invoice is 59 3/4.

Here are the specs for the wheels. I am also running a 1/2" wheel spacer on the rear. I was nervous of the interference on the inner fender due to the flare so I specifically went conservative on the BS so I could adj with the spacer. With the PS2 test tires the fit was much tighter than the RE11's I'm running now

[CURVES]

Thanks bud,

Looks pretty close to what I came up with, Frickin tight in there....