At the track Saturday, the "official" track photographer outfit was taking top end pictures instead of the normal burn-out and starting line pics. This was taken during my first time trail with the LS1/T56 car (it was a Stick Shift class race day):




The yellow car behind me (1.1333 seconds behind me, to be exact) was the then-points leader in his stock 5.0. Wish I could say I'm the reason he's no longer the points leader, but we're laddered based on best ET in time trials, and we're both typically on the bottom side (I've been paired with a 9-sec car 1st round of every race this year - I've only lost 1st round once...).

 

Very nice......

 

Cool. That photographer has a slick 70's early 80's retro magazine look to his post processing that fits perfectly imo. I dig it

 

That's a fine looking car. Love the top end shot.
What size rear tire is that?

 

Your Camaro looks very well balanced in that shot; front end up nice and high, shifting the weight to the rear...

What front shocks/springs are you running?

In contrast, the Mustang looks like the nose is down. He either gave up or the car isn't doing what it should be doing!

Good show!

 

Rear tires are 26-10.0x15 MT ET Drags on 8" rims with 4" BS.

Front springs are from the other Berlinetta, which I took out when I swapped the original V6 for a V8. Shocks & struts are plain ol' Monroe Gasmatics.

The Stang didn't "give up" (it was a time trial, and his time was consistent with what he normally runs), but he may have been shifting when the shot was taken.

 

So the ticket for us budget guys is stock V6 front springs and Monroe Gasmatic shocks?!

That's awesome. How's it do in the curves with that setup?

Anyway, I can see you've got some seat time behind you to set it up so nicely.

 

Car looks good in front of the stang representing the true meaning of camaro

 

The V6 front springs made sense, weight-wise. Shocks & struts - well, this one is Monroes because that's what the PO had installed. The other car has Gabriels.

It didn't have a rear sway bar from the factory. I picked one up from a TGO member (from a Trans Am if memory serves - I forget the diameter). The suspension has all poly bushings, BMR panhard bar. On the road, I typically have 4 tires like what you see on the fronts, 225-75x15 hard rubber. It does okay, rides a little rough on the rear end for some reason. But, a couple of times I've put the GS-C's on all 4 corners, and that's a whole different ballgame when it comes to handling.

It wasn't so much seat time as it was paying attention on TGO. I haven't really tweaked it; tried different LCA RB hole locations, without seeing much effect. It basically is what it is.

Here's a launch shot from last month.

 

I know one (or both?) of your cars has jegster torque arm setup is that this one?

 

Yes, this one has the non-adjustable Jegster TA. The Quick Performance 9" TA mount makes an adjustable TA a no-go.

The other car has an adjustable tranny-mount BMR TA.

 

Nice...2 nice chevys