Cordell

Thanks for the nice comments, I'll keep this updated as I make changes.

I started the Camaro today to circulate fluids and bring up to temp. I miss the car even more every time I do that, but the savings is building and I'm close to buying a trans.

I'm sure Brian really appreciates your positive feedback, he is one of only a couple people to earn my respect as a professional tuner. I'm looking forward to seeing your car, it sounds like a good project.

Well working good at the least, between a dedicated fuel system, directport, and NANO system I should be able to get it tons better.

QFT This extends right on into the rest of society.

Rob, I've tried the budget route. It doesn't work for me. I want to keep overdrive so a properly built 4L60 will do what I want. I plan on going 9 inch, but I'm not set on the exact set-up. I'd like to go turbo, but I've got to finish what I started. That means getting this nitrous worked out and getting consistant.

So now on to what I have planned, first thing the car needs is a new tranny and properly sized stall converter. These things should be coming soon. Not long after this I'm going to put a 9inch in it with 35 spline axles and a locker. After that I'll need to finish the engine build by installing some heads and intake to get that where I wanted it to be. Putting together a progressive directport with a dedicated fuel system will come along with some more suspension mods to put this power to the ground. Follow along as I build this thing up and try to accomplish my goals.

I call this the school of hard knocks because thats excatly what it is. Nobody wanted to help me, nobody I knew had done this stuff, but I knew I wanted to make my car faster. I've learned so much and realize now that I really don't know much, but I will get the car to become a balanced machine again. Capable of running well at the dragstrip, driving for fun on the weekends, and not breaking. Even though this has cost me more then what it should have, I've learned more and I'm so very proud to have overcome so many problems. In the end I'll be able to say I built it, tuned it, and drive it. This isn't about beating anybody else anymore, it's about not beating myself.

The story of my Camaro and me is a long hard road of learning things the hard way, and figuring things out on my own. To talk about where the car is now and where it's going I'll have to give a little backround on the subject. I bought the car a low mileage used car back in 2003 in as close to perfect condition as anyone could find. My career as an electrician was coming to an end so I hadn't nearly as much experience working on cars at that time. I had a company vehicle so I wasn't going to use it as a daily, but as something fun to have. My wife traded her Grand Prix in so I could have it. At the begining I wasn't intent on modding it more then a catback and tune, but boy how things change. The first few years this is all I did and enjoyed the car, and even though it had been beat up a few times I had it fixed nicely in the body shop. Then between finding CR and going to the dragstrip a few times the bug bit me. So I dove head first into swapping in a mild cam. This led into learning so many things about modding a modern car, because I didn't want to let anyone else do any of the work, whats the fun in that? I immediatly needed to learn how to tune, so without realizing what kind of mountain I was about to climb I got my hands on EFIlive and quite a few books on the topic and went to work. Once I got the car to start working okay and many weeks of trial and error, i took it to the track to finally break into the 12s, running back to back 12.92 passes. I thought I had this all figured out. Well I was only scratching the surface, screwing up the trans tuning it burnt up the 2-4 band a couple weeks after making it into the 12s, and the reasearch continued. I had the trans rebuilt and bought a TCI converter and went to my first CR track day. I had a few mid 12 second passes before the posi stopped working and spinning one wheel. So I learned how to rebuild a 10 bolt out of a book and installed a locker and gears. After headers and working on my tuning skills I had the car running 12.0s, all on a street tune. Again i thought I had figured this shit out. All the time I had no real experience, I had never modding anything this much before, and wasn't even friends with anyone who had. The car was running good, but I still had much to learn. This is when most of you found out who I was, my dumbass decided to install a nitrous kit and beat everyone. Mistake number one, and I had no idea what I was doing. This would be when I melted down number one piston, destroyed the combustion chamber in the cylinder head, and broke two valves. By this time I was obsessed with car, and my do it myself or fuck it up trying attitude really wasn't helping. I dove deeper into more books and internet forums learning all I could, and was still determined to make this happen for myself. I built the engine thats in the car now, a stock crank 6.0 with forged rods and pistons, again I refused to let anyone else do this and only let Phillips racing do the machine work. Running out of money I had to put a stock pair of LS1 heads on the new engine, something I thought I'd have ported and got ripped off for. Once I got the new engine in the car and street tuned I finally got the car on a dyno and thanks to Brady for giving me some pointers, got it tuned right. Now I had a car putting 420hp down to the wheels. In the process I broke my tranny again, and Anthony stepped up with a tranny I could use. After repairing the pump and installing it I finnally broke into the 11s on motor by the end of last season before breaking it again. The car has never run well on spray, at first my tune was bad, and now it just won't hook up. I hope to remedy this problem this year. It also keeps breaking driveline parts, I will be fixing these issues.

Nice. I wish I had a 2010 Camaro to put a similar blower on.

Riding with the stig.

A Gearheadz custom? You are a master customizer Rob.

I'll send him your number. I'm at a loss for words to describe the fail.

I guess thats why you're going.

Happy Birthday man, I wish I had a baby sitter, I'm ready to cut loose.

I guess that guy didn't like your new look. Glad to see you lost some weight to fit in that dress Brian................................. I mean Brianna.

I know Brian hasn't been posting on here much anymore, but I know he's excited to be hosting this. I'll be there helping him with the dyno, but I doubt my car will be ready.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiX3f9pcfOg

This, or packed with ice and snow. Other stuff to check out, but an alignment doesn't suit that desciption.

As of today it is, come apply.

I'm obviously too young, having not even been born then, but I didn't realize what a freak occurrence it was. I always thought that my grandparents were making it out to be bigger then it was, I guess not. Good story Doc, now tell another.

Hopefully they stay down there towards you guys, I don't need that shit.

I think most places are doing 25% off BMR stuff right now.

Benner started this thread it's already shit.

You mean there are no snow tires on the blue car with Tina hotrodding year round? LOL.