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This was my first sports car that I purchased and I am a huge fan of the early 4th gens. I always had a vision of how I wished the car would have looked, particularly with flared quarter panels. The Camaros don't look right to me with the flat quarter panels. If you look at the car from the rear the quarters are straight with the door but the front fenders do have some flare to them. To me, having the rear quarters flared will give the car the correct look. Then the rest of the build just continued to progress with everything else. For example, to use the size of tire that I wanted and to have that "low" look, the car needed to be mini-tubbed in order to allow for proper suspension travel. Then to get the car real low, you can't have the fuel tank over the rear end and the factory suspension setup (torque arm) will interfere with the tunnel if you go too low. The solution, a fuel cell and a totally different suspension setup so that everything could come together. I only wanted to best of best as far as the setup went, so that is why I went with the fabricated rearend, carbon tubs, etc etc. Kurt is going to setup the rear suspension so that I will work correctly at the drag strip, on the street and also on the road course. This also will require having three wheel/tire setups. A lot of thought is going into the build to allow this (for example Denny will have the rear drag sway bar setup with a quick disconnect for when the car is driven on the street and road course). This is where their knowledge comes into play. Also, in order to have the car properly low, the dual stainless exhaust will be tucked up into the tunnel area and will be routed on each side of the transmission coming off the headers so that the exhaust is not the lowest point (if you look under the car when it is finished you won't even be able to see the exhaust). This required extensive floorboard modifications and a custom tranny crossmember.
As far as costs, I will only say that I will have over $100k after the car is finished the way I want it done. Perfection does come at a cost :>
This was my first sports car that I purchased and I am a huge fan of the early 4th gens. I always had a vision of how I wished the car would have looked, particularly with flared quarter panels. The Camaros don't look right to me with the flat quarter panels. If you look at the car from the rear the quarters are straight with the door but the front fenders do have some flare to them. To me, having the rear quarters flared will give the car the correct look. Then the rest of the build just continued to progress with everything else. For example, to use the size of tire that I wanted and to have that "low" look, the car needed to be mini-tubbed in order to allow for proper suspension travel. Then to get the car real low, you can't have the fuel tank over the rear end and the factory suspension setup (torque arm) will interfere with the tunnel if you go too low. The solution, a fuel cell and a totally different suspension setup so that everything could come together. I only wanted to best of best as far as the setup went, so that is why I went with the fabricated rearend, carbon tubs, etc etc. Kurt is going to setup the rear suspension so that I will work correctly at the drag strip, on the street and also on the road course. This also will require having three wheel/tire setups. A lot of thought is going into the build to allow this (for example Denny will have the rear drag sway bar setup with a quick disconnect for when the car is driven on the street and road course). This is where their knowledge comes into play. Also, in order to have the car properly low, the dual stainless exhaust will be tucked up into the tunnel area and will be routed on each side of the transmission coming off the headers so that the exhaust is not the lowest point (if you look under the car when it is finished you won't even be able to see the exhaust). This required extensive floorboard modifications and a custom tranny crossmember.
As far as costs, I will only say that I will have over $100k after the car is finished the way I want it done. Perfection does come at a cost :>
Potentz, you and I have very similar thoughts. The car is going to look killer. By the looks of it so far.... I'd seriously go as far as saying it will be one of the baddest Camaros ever built. PERIOD.
Awesome work guys...
Kurt
Potentz, you and I have very similar thoughts. The car is going to look killer. By the looks of it so far.... I'd seriously go as far as saying it will be one of the baddest Camaros ever built. PERIOD.
Awesome work guys...




