Post by mario428 on Oct 29, 2011 19:41:33 GMT -4
Had a lot of people ask me over the summer about progress on Dave MacKinnon's 95 Camaro. Honestly the author of said reports got lazy about the reports, then went racing and kinda bailed on the project. LOL
The rear suspension was done in the spring but the pics got screwed up and I never got them posted. Had to use another camera and I have to get the pics and will post them then.
Meanwhile Dave and a few others were working away, Pug Smith handled the wiring, John Wade the welding and my nephew Simon chipped in some labour a few times.
Middle of Aug I had a weekend off from racing and we did a lot of the finishing touches on the car. It made its first pass the Tues before the Labor Day Meet. Few teething problem but showed some real potential with the radials on an unprepped track. Learned enough to make some changes and learned the powertrain was good to go and working well. I may have designed and built most of the suspension but it is a copy of the stock suspension built using ideas from the aftermarket. Really have no idea of how it works and what changes to make, must admit it did fustrate me more than a bit, may have ranted a bit about that too. LOL ;D ;D ;D ;D
Labor day meet went reasonably well but the decision was made to discard the drag radials. Traction was too inconsistent but the car did go high 10.30's and 130+. Converter was looking like it was too loose but locking up well enough to mph a decent number.
Indy and Brian Smith got some great pics and a lot of people looked the car over, got rave reviews and Dave was a very happy boy.
At this point the report writer bailed "AGAIN!!!!" and in 4 weekends hit every track in the maritimes.
Dave put slicks on for the Turkey Trots and the car started hooking reasonably well. Well enough to get down to 4 cars on Sun when the race was called. Car ran 10.32-10.33 all day and Dave was hitting the tree hard, congrats Dave on a good day.
Was at Dave's today and got some pics and will add some details. We discussed how the year went, Dave is very happy with the car, some very minor changes to make to the car over the winter and hit the track hard next year.
Rear qtr view of the car
Wheelie bars are a Bears kit, the width was commented on several times. Me not being the most tactful guy in the world my "friends" are in return not shy in pointing out my perceived shortcomings. My defense of the width being evidently one of them. ;D ;D ;D
Front qtr view
Even Dave agrees the front wheels stick out too far and may make some changes to fix that. Great color on the car and love the "sleeper" look. NO decals either, not that I have anything against decals BUTTTTTT. ;D ;D ;D ;D
Low front view
Trying to do the artsy Indy thing but did not work out that well, how much talent does it take to take an interesting photo. Turns out a lot more than I have.
;D ;D ;D
Dash
Dave and I love out Cheetah shifters, Dave had one in his old Camaro and put one in this. Pug cleaned out the inside of the dash and made sense of the wiring. Has mostly factory harness with a lot of deletions and a few additions. Power windows and door locks still work. Pug is having a few problems with the air conditioning but promised to have them worked out for next year. J/K ;D ;D
Interior
Minitubs and fuel cell kinda ruin the sleeper look
The engine
4?? cubic inch LS motor, only GM part left I think is the 6 liter block, maybe a few bolts. AFR heads, GM intake and a Quickfuel carb. Engine was built at PA Performance in Shediac, made 671 HP on pump gas. WOOHOOOOOO
Gotta love the dizzy on the correct end of the motor and it is a dizzy meant to fit a small block Ford. ;D ;D ;D
Note how far under the firewall the motor is
View under the hood
The engine was dynoed with a car spacer and Dave was determined to run it in the car. So his buddy at Apple Auto Glass cut the windshield for him. A slight mixup between Dave and Simon as to who tightened what bolt let the motor move around too much and cracked the windshield.
;D ;D
That's it for now, any questions I will PM you Dave's number. ;D ;D ;D
The rear suspension was done in the spring but the pics got screwed up and I never got them posted. Had to use another camera and I have to get the pics and will post them then.
Meanwhile Dave and a few others were working away, Pug Smith handled the wiring, John Wade the welding and my nephew Simon chipped in some labour a few times.
Middle of Aug I had a weekend off from racing and we did a lot of the finishing touches on the car. It made its first pass the Tues before the Labor Day Meet. Few teething problem but showed some real potential with the radials on an unprepped track. Learned enough to make some changes and learned the powertrain was good to go and working well. I may have designed and built most of the suspension but it is a copy of the stock suspension built using ideas from the aftermarket. Really have no idea of how it works and what changes to make, must admit it did fustrate me more than a bit, may have ranted a bit about that too. LOL ;D ;D ;D ;D
Labor day meet went reasonably well but the decision was made to discard the drag radials. Traction was too inconsistent but the car did go high 10.30's and 130+. Converter was looking like it was too loose but locking up well enough to mph a decent number.
Indy and Brian Smith got some great pics and a lot of people looked the car over, got rave reviews and Dave was a very happy boy.
At this point the report writer bailed "AGAIN!!!!" and in 4 weekends hit every track in the maritimes.
Dave put slicks on for the Turkey Trots and the car started hooking reasonably well. Well enough to get down to 4 cars on Sun when the race was called. Car ran 10.32-10.33 all day and Dave was hitting the tree hard, congrats Dave on a good day.
Was at Dave's today and got some pics and will add some details. We discussed how the year went, Dave is very happy with the car, some very minor changes to make to the car over the winter and hit the track hard next year.
Rear qtr view of the car
Wheelie bars are a Bears kit, the width was commented on several times. Me not being the most tactful guy in the world my "friends" are in return not shy in pointing out my perceived shortcomings. My defense of the width being evidently one of them. ;D ;D ;D
Front qtr view
Even Dave agrees the front wheels stick out too far and may make some changes to fix that. Great color on the car and love the "sleeper" look. NO decals either, not that I have anything against decals BUTTTTTT. ;D ;D ;D ;D
Low front view
Trying to do the artsy Indy thing but did not work out that well, how much talent does it take to take an interesting photo. Turns out a lot more than I have.
;D ;D ;DDash
Dave and I love out Cheetah shifters, Dave had one in his old Camaro and put one in this. Pug cleaned out the inside of the dash and made sense of the wiring. Has mostly factory harness with a lot of deletions and a few additions. Power windows and door locks still work. Pug is having a few problems with the air conditioning but promised to have them worked out for next year. J/K ;D ;D
Interior
Minitubs and fuel cell kinda ruin the sleeper look
The engine
4?? cubic inch LS motor, only GM part left I think is the 6 liter block, maybe a few bolts. AFR heads, GM intake and a Quickfuel carb. Engine was built at PA Performance in Shediac, made 671 HP on pump gas. WOOHOOOOOO
Gotta love the dizzy on the correct end of the motor and it is a dizzy meant to fit a small block Ford. ;D ;D ;D
Note how far under the firewall the motor is
View under the hood
The engine was dynoed with a car spacer and Dave was determined to run it in the car. So his buddy at Apple Auto Glass cut the windshield for him. A slight mixup between Dave and Simon as to who tightened what bolt let the motor move around too much and cracked the windshield.
;D ;DThat's it for now, any questions I will PM you Dave's number. ;D ;D ;D
