I think I saw some 3rd gens on speed channel doing some kind of road racin or somethin.......forgive me if Im wrong.....channel 607 on sat.

 

yep its true....CAMARO, MUSTANGS, FIREBIRDS.......

check it out, its on right now...

 

wow thats sweet, watchin it right now, I think that red camaro is in the lead!

 

Pretty COOL, aint IT!!!

 

yeah, its great!, them call them "american sedans" though

stupid mustang tried to spin out that camaro and lost it, lol

 

Wow, I thought I was the only one who saw that. It was pretty cool. Anyone have anymore info on what kind of racing that was? I saw the SCCA....I might look it up this evening.....

 

Ahhhhhhh.........i remember the good old days of cable when i could watch that stuff......

It was pretty interesting to see 3rd Gens in road racing, i don't recall the specific type of racing just road racing.....

 

................

American Sedan Secrets, Engine

The Engine:
Lower End
Use Wiesco or Keith Black Flat top pistons. Use a Corvette LT-1 Style cam system with solid lifters and matching valve springs. Also, fit the pistons in the block and measure how much to deck the block but, leave a few thousandths from zero deck heighth for high rpm comfort. Use a 7 quart oil pan or you'll go dry on the corners (been there, done that).

Upper End
Mill the heads, get a competition valve grind and match the ports. Use a Holly #4776 600cfm 4-barrel carb and an Edelbrock Performer RPM intake manifold.

This is enough to win races and will do until you get extra money to make more improvements.

Lessons Learned: Use a double roller timing chaing with a cam gear to block bearing. We failed one and trashed a set of valves and dented a piston.



The Suspension:
First off the front caster should be maxed out, camber should be set to -2 or -3 degrees, and toe at zero. The suspension should be lowered and stiffened. The cheapest way of doing this is by cutting down the springs........... This will have two effects. 1) lower ride height and 2) higher roll stiffness. You need both of these. The down side is that camber gain is decreased. Also replace the stock shocks and struts with racing ones (firm setting).

The next thing we found is the front lower control arm bushings need to be replaced with solid or polyurathane ones. This made the front stick better by eliminateing the cross car shimmy in the corners. We put polyurathane bushings in the front sway bar too.

Then we did the rear. This included polyurathane bushings in the track bar (pan hard bar). We stuck with the stock stamping. Also, polyurathane bushings and end links for the rear sway bar (stablizer bar or anti-roll bar) . We used some u-joint bolts (u-bolts) to make the rear sway bar adjustable. These are simply welded on the end link. When you loosen the nuts, you can slide the u-bolt down the sway bar to decrease the moment (torque) arm.

Last we cut the rubber jounce bumpers down. There is a lead-in on the rubber which tapers to a point. Cut that off. It was found that it caused the suspension to bounce in the corners.

 

great stuff to watch..

great pic FLYNLOW92rs