I just finished my GTI.... more or less. So I snapped a few pics of my cars together.

 

Those new wheels make the Camaro look so mean! I love it!

 

Both cars are badass dude!! Like the way u have the spokes on the back wheels facing forward and the fronts facing backwards.

 

I once had a 91 Z28 and a 98 GTI at the same time.

Kooky...lol

 

Yeah, talk about Yin and Yang. I've never driven 2 cars back to back that were so different from each other. It actually makes it pretty difficult to go from one to the other. The clutch engagement points, steering feel, power band, shifter, etc. are all so different feeling.

 

Beautiful car! Very tastefully done, inside and out. I love everything about it.

I had those 10-spoke SS wheels on my 4th gen, and I was amazed at how much better they looked after I had them powdercoated gloss black. I think they look even better on your 3rd gen.

 

Not ususally an all black fan, but you definitely make it work on that one. Looks great!

 

I like it. Are you running spacers on the back during auto cross? I am about to set up my '91 for autocross (crscca.org) and I'm trying to figure out the best wheel tire combo with the most versatility in tire selection.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

Yes. I have 2" adapters front and rear. Wheel and tire choice will vary vastly depending on which class you plan to run in. In STU the wheel width is unlimited for me but my max tread width is 285mm. Ideally I would run a wider wheel than these 9" SS wheels so I get less sidewall rollover.

 

Finally something new for this car :-)

 

Um yes do share...

 

Show their pretty faces

 

 

Gorgeous car and build.

question for you though, was that exhaust built, or did you buy it like that. If you bought it in pieces can you PM me the part #'s for the pieces, ive been looking for that setup for a while.

secondly those fog light/driving lights are awesome!!!

 

awesome car! those black wheels on that black car.....doesn't get much better than that. nice job!

 

Put them on already!! Come on man!

 

The car looked good before. I cant wait to see it now.

 

What a complete dream you having going on man! Sheesh...keep it up and update often! Subscribed!

 

Any updates?

 

Not really, unfortunately. I decided to run out the rest of the autocross season on my current wheel/tire set up as I am currently in second place and know the car and how it feels very well right now. I would hate to throw on the new set of wheels and be unfamiliar with it at my last two events coming up in mid October. I've also been dailying it because I sold my GTI and got a '90 240sx with an RB20DET swap, so I'm having to fix up a bunch of small issues with that before that becomes my daily driver. Though after my last autocross even I'm going to send it over to a friends shop to do a frame pull and get it back to spec and get a new bumper, fender, and lip. I will be lowering it back down too possibly on some drop spindles.

Oh, I guess there is one big update. However, it'll be awhile before it happens as I'm having to slowly collect parts, but sometime next year the displacement will bump up from 5.0 to 5.3 and it wont be N/A either.

 

Are you going 18x10.5 all the way around? I have them on the rear of my car and they fit with just a little massaging of the fender well. What do you plan to do about the fronts?? The front hubs are too large to allow the wheels to slide completely on. One person has done it by using a spacer, but they stick out past the fender lip.

-Jim

 

Ohh... The LS bug has bit you too! Don't blame you. I am trying to get mine looking and handling as good as yours. Thanks for sharing!

 

I will most likely be using 10mm spacers all around to get the wheels to sit where I want them, I don't like the "tucked" look that most 3rd gen owners go for.

 

Looks like I haven't posted any pictures or updates lately. I've been autocrossing competitively this year with the Oregon Region SCCA. Last weekend marked the last two events of the season and I ended up 2nd overall in points for the season in my class, STU. Here's a few shots during some races in Packwood, WA. props to Al for most of these awesome photos.

 

And now that the racing season is over, I am about to embark of some more drastic work. First off I decided to get the car back to a more desired ride height. I'm not going to be racing during the winter so it doesn't need to be a 4x4 anymore. Pretty sure I'm not going to be going any lower anymore 8).







The car is going to a friends shop soon to get the frame straightened then I will be fitting up these wheels.



18x10.5 +20 XXR 526's with Chromium Black centers and chrome lips front and rear. I'll have to play the spacer game to get the fitment just right. Tire choice is still up in the air. I'm leaning towards either the Dunlop Direzza Z2's or BFG Rivals. Size will most likely be 275/35/18. Though I say tire choice is up in the air because I will no longer be running in STU next year but instead I should be in Street Mod (SM). "Why the change?" you ask? well...

 

....I wish I had money...Was the frame damaged when you had your wreck?

 

How do you get your alignments done? I just had experiences today with my barely lowered car...

 

Nice. Can't wait to see what those wheels look like.

5.3, LQ4, or LQ9? Any go fast parts for the motor?

 

I love this thread, '91 is a great z28 isnt it. hehe.

btw I'm quite technologically handicapped an someone tell me how to subscribe to this thread?

 

yes, unfortunately. pushed the right side frame rail back 20mm and up and in slightly. though, I was still able to get the alignment within spec.

I used to work at a dealership and did all my own alignments. Though I don't anymore so it should be fun finding someone willing to be as meticulous as me. You need several 1x4's and a lot of patience.

Aluminum 5.3, L33 with 243 heads and it will be getting a Borg Warner S400

 

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Beautiful wheels, cannot wait to see them mounted.

 

What a wicked machine....

 

why thank you kind sir.

 

Wana sell that ram jet?

 

So I pulled the Camaro out last weekend and took it for a quick test drive at its new ride height. I still have a small list of things I need to do. There's still a lot of tire rub in the rear even after I rolled the lips. The rear fender lips are so damn thick that I'm not sure if I can roll them completely flat, the quarter panel started buckling when I rolled the so I didn't try to go further. I'll either see if I can get someone who's more experienced with doing fender pulls and mini flares and see if the rear can be worked a little more or ill have to cut the lips out.

I need to get stiffer springs first and foremost. I currently have 800/200 and they allow too much compression. I was thinking of going with 1000/225 or even 1200/250.

I also need to clearance the pinch weld that is located above the front tires in the front fender wells. They will cut into the tires otherwise. I will be cutting out the rear bump stop mounts and C-notching the rear inner fender well for axle tube clearance. I fabbed some rear lower shock mount relocation brackets as well and need to get around to drilling the bolt holes and mounting them. In order to prevent my front struts from bottoming out I machined some spacers out of 304 stainless to raise the strut mounts another inch. This will be a temporary solution until I either fab my own drop spindles or buy the Racecraft ones and get new struts that are shorter. I could just make my own 2" raised strut mounts but I'd prefer not to because that will just limit my range of alignement adjustment. I have been waiting for AST to release their new line of struts for the 82-92 Camaro but I haven't been able to get any response from them or Vorshlag. Now on to the pictures.












Possibly. The turbo build will take awhile before I acquire all the parts that I need before I start so I may go ahead with putting the vortec heads and ramjet on to hold me over. But if not I'll let you know.

 

Either way, ill still take it after you are done with it.

 

I love how every time I mention to someone I want to put the highrise spoiler on my car they get all uppity and mad about it, but every time they see a car like this they love it.

I've had this idea to make an autocross spoiler with one... basically use a spoiler similar to the normal plexiglass ones that guys like BIG_MODS use, and just move it a little farther forward on the deck lid and hide it inside the high rise spoiler. You'd have to heavily modify the high rise spoiler to make this work, but I think it would be awesome.

An extremely crude representation of it, and you'd have to remove a lot more of the top panel... but I think it could be really awesome, but I lack the parts and tools to pull it off.

 

Custom built intercooler from ETS. 22x12x3.5 core with 2.5" inlet/outlets. Rated to 700 hp.

 

I love the stance of this car! congratulation!

Have you tires for install your XXR wheels?

 

Don't have tires yet but I will probably be getting BFG Rivals 275/35/18 on all 4.

 

Just picked up a turbo. Nearly half off retail and new in the box. It's a Borg Warner S400SX3 (S471) 71mm 1.10 A/R T4 housing. P/N 177248. I decided against the larger S475 because ultimately I would never use the full potential of that turbo. This one should spool a little better and have better response.

 

And this should give you a good idea of the size of it.

 

Nice!

You get those XXR wheels mounted up yet? I almost pulled the trigger and bought a set yesterday, but I decided to hold and finish a few other things with the car first.

 

subscribed !! beautiful car!! ive been coming back to this post for quite a while to see what youve done !!

hows your turning radius being that low??

im trying to decide what kinda suspension i want to run on my vert when i finish my ls swap. im looking into the ground control stuff but not sure if it would be good for a dd? i may just wind up cutting 1/2 when im done lol

 

absolutely beautiful car, i love the wheels, i also have the same set C5 corvette i think, on my 91 RS, maybe i missed somewhere, but what springs are those and did you cut them at all?

 

Turning radius is just fine, why would you think otherwise? In fact, I'll be doing some modifications in order to get more steering angle. And I think the Ground control kit is just fine for a daily driver, mine was for over a year.

The springs are SSS (Suspension Spring Specialists) as supplied with the Ground Control weight jack kit. they are not cut at all. the weight jacks are adjustable so I can fine tune the ride height and/or corner weight the car.

 

lol i should have said, do your tires rub at full lock?

how does it ride? does it bounce all over like a rice burner?

 

No, a "bouncy" ride comes from improperly valved dampers that can't control the spring rates. I'm running Koni yellows. It's quite comfortable actually.

 

Will the SLP 2 exhaust fit on a 91 RS TBI?

 

Not directly. There would be some cutting and welding involved with a single Y-pipe car and the hangers are different.