SAM Racing's 2010 2SS/RS Class Project
10-07-2009, 02:34 PM
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SAM Racing's 2010 2SS/RS Class Project The School of Automotive Machinists is pleased to announce its latest project, a 2010 Camaro.
The School ordered a 2010 Camaro after the 2008 PRI show and it arrived in Houston this summer. Our Camaro 2SS/RS is victory red with white racing stripes. This Chevy came equipped with an LS3 paired with a manual transmission.
As you can see from the pictures below, the newest SAM project is a Hot Rod Test Car and the build-up will be followed by Hot Rod Magazine. SAM’s new Camaro will compete in the True Street class at the 2009 LSX Shootout in Memphis. For the Shootout, we will run a LMR cold air intake, a Comp Cams hydraulic roller cam, American Racing Headers, and LS3 Chevy Heads ported at SAM.
After Memphis, Ron Shearer with Shearer Fabrications and Brian Nutter with Wiseco will drive the car to Ohio where Ron will custom fabricate a twin turbo system. This will be the beginning of the Camaro’s transformation to a 7 second drag radial car. Although we have had much success with our naturally aspirated Camaros and Mustang, SAM is excited to have its first power adder join our team of high performance cars.
While the car is in Ohio, the SAM instructors and students will be working hard on the Camaro’s new engine, an ERL sleeved 440 ci aluminum block. We look forward to keeping you updated on this exciting project. For more information about this project, please visit our website at www.samracing.com or follow the project in Hot Rod Magazine.
www.samracingtv.com/video/10734
The School ordered a 2010 Camaro after the 2008 PRI show and it arrived in Houston this summer. Our Camaro 2SS/RS is victory red with white racing stripes. This Chevy came equipped with an LS3 paired with a manual transmission.
As you can see from the pictures below, the newest SAM project is a Hot Rod Test Car and the build-up will be followed by Hot Rod Magazine. SAM’s new Camaro will compete in the True Street class at the 2009 LSX Shootout in Memphis. For the Shootout, we will run a LMR cold air intake, a Comp Cams hydraulic roller cam, American Racing Headers, and LS3 Chevy Heads ported at SAM.
After Memphis, Ron Shearer with Shearer Fabrications and Brian Nutter with Wiseco will drive the car to Ohio where Ron will custom fabricate a twin turbo system. This will be the beginning of the Camaro’s transformation to a 7 second drag radial car. Although we have had much success with our naturally aspirated Camaros and Mustang, SAM is excited to have its first power adder join our team of high performance cars.
While the car is in Ohio, the SAM instructors and students will be working hard on the Camaro’s new engine, an ERL sleeved 440 ci aluminum block. We look forward to keeping you updated on this exciting project. For more information about this project, please visit our website at www.samracing.com or follow the project in Hot Rod Magazine.
www.samracingtv.com/video/10734
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10-07-2009, 05:22 PM
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gonna be an amazing project!
if you can build the motor to make great power n/a...
putting two turbos on is just gonna be sick nasty!
if you can build the motor to make great power n/a...
putting two turbos on is just gonna be sick nasty!
10-07-2009, 05:33 PM
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LMR would have been a great option to go with as well. The situation presented itself early on to work with Ron so that was the direction we went. We look forward to working with Ron and his crew after the LSX Shootout and we will keep everyone updated on the turbo build up.
cant wait to see this thing haul *** Trending Topics
10-07-2009, 06:18 PM
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now i wish i finished enrolling there...
good luck ill keep up wit yall in the hot rod mag...i was mad what they did last month with that car..not got adders at all. im sure that will change when yall done.
good luck!
good luck ill keep up wit yall in the hot rod mag...i was mad what they did last month with that car..not got adders at all. im sure that will change when yall done.
good luck!
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10-08-2009, 09:43 AM
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I beleive you have us mixed up with the other hot rod test car. There are 2, one will be a street car and ours is going to be the all out racecar.
I too was not very unimpressed with the gains they made with a full bolt on car and cam. I have high expectations from the one at the school so hopefully she delivers
Unfortunatly I won't be around for the twin turbo setup seeing as I graduate tomorrow
10-08-2009, 10:01 AM
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Hey folks, I've gotta say I'm really excited with this build. Jud and I have been talking about S.A.M. campaigning a turbo car for the last several years. For most of that time, Ron Shearer has provided us with the turbo system specifics and I'm excited that he's taking this project on. Absolutely there are other quality builders that we enjoy working with and will be racing with, but the right thing to do is the right thing to do.
This is the first boosted S.A.M. car and it's going to be interesting to see how far they want to take it. They've been in the top (if not the top) of N.A. LS racing for a decade now. I'd expect no less from this effort and that's going to take LS turbo cars to a new height. Personally, I'd like to see this project to adhere to it's "Hot Rod" roots. Achieving the times the motor and turbo system are capable of while keeping the car mostly intact won't be the easiest or the fastest path to hitting the number, but S.A.M. always stays with it and 7's are a certainty.
We're watching history unfold here!
This is the first boosted S.A.M. car and it's going to be interesting to see how far they want to take it. They've been in the top (if not the top) of N.A. LS racing for a decade now. I'd expect no less from this effort and that's going to take LS turbo cars to a new height. Personally, I'd like to see this project to adhere to it's "Hot Rod" roots. Achieving the times the motor and turbo system are capable of while keeping the car mostly intact won't be the easiest or the fastest path to hitting the number, but S.A.M. always stays with it and 7's are a certainty.
We're watching history unfold here!
10-08-2009, 10:23 AM
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I've been having a lot of fun with the LSx stuff since we started building turbo kits for the 4th gens. It goes without saying that I am really looking forward to this project and excited to work with SAM Racing to help in the making of a killer Drag Radial car with the new platform. This is just the start of a long list of cool LSx turbo related products that will make it's way into the market.
If some of you guys haven't seen some of our work with the 4th Gen please check out Koolrayz build in the turbo section...
https://ls1tech.com/forums/forced-in...turbo-kit.html
If some of you guys haven't seen some of our work with the 4th Gen please check out Koolrayz build in the turbo section...
https://ls1tech.com/forums/forced-in...turbo-kit.html
