here's a shot of my IROC at Watkins Glen- driving school. I had it out this past Weekend at Lime rock park in CT...i've been driving this car for about 15 years..it's normally the "oldest" car at any of these track events! It handles great on good tires....i just installed a Moser 12 bolt over the summer....thing got hot and puked gear oil out the vent tube....that was embarrasing! had to drain some off then stick a soda bottle up next to the gas tank and put the hose into that! something to work on for next year!

 

Some stuff I found on youtube. The Japanese have an interesting flair for style... accidentally posted in teh 3rd gen race car thread instead of here, but you guys may find it interesting:



After reading about the COR wheels ($4400 a set fancy forged lightweight track wheels!) falling apart at a track day, on street tires, and then finding out these fancy forged wheels are actually imported from China... makes me leery of running anything but OEM wheels, or wheels that meet JWL specs. Anyone know of any Japanese wheels made in 5x4.75? The videos above seem to indicate that they're available...

BTW COR wheels falling apart and COR refusing the honor the warranty and then rewriting the warranty language on the website AFTER the guy tried to get them to make it right:

http://jalopnik.com/5953859/this-guy...=cotomer-sevis

Im hoping to find some OEM ZR1's, but I wonder if some 17x9 soft 8's will work, they're steel and heavy, but they're 17x9's. Would the lighter 16x8 OEM IROCs be a better option than heavy 17x9's? Any of hte track guys here have any advice on that?

 

Why do you think it overheated?

I have seen failures of wheels on everything from OEM wheels to BBS to Kinesis, and other high quality brands. I'm not trying to make excuses for COR. I am only making the point that if a car is being tracked, especially if its regularly, then the wheels should be periodically inspected. The higher quality the wheel (and OEM is usually conservative), the less chance of issue, but no garuntees.

I have a set of SSR Comps I run on my BMW M Roadster which is 5x120. That bolt pattern is fairly common among german cars and more and more with modern GM cars. There isa thread on this forum about recutting the bolt pattern to convert to a 5x4.75.

We run factory 16x8 wheels today, but tire size options for our race series is limited with 16s. We are looking at the move to OEM 17x9 for our endurance racecar. THe OEMs are heavy, but they are typically overdesigned to take long term abuse at the expense of a little extra weight.

 

The folks at moser told me that they run HOT for a while- till they are well broken in....i guess the tolerances are quite tight on the new ones....mine had less than 250 miles on it....but their breakin procedure for " circle track applications" said to run it forwards and backwards for ten minutes then overfill it by 2 pints.....heat it up good once, let it cool for an hour, then it's ready....so i probably have it broken in by now...but it will get some highway trips between now and next season...

 

Ultimate ThirdGen.....Love it!l

 

another, taken in '89, click it twice

 

those are both very cool

 

Thrilled to see some like minded road racers on this board.
At the road course I can get 2 hours of seat time in one day.
More than I did in 20 years of 12 second quartermile passes.
Cornering and braking have brought new challenges and skills to driving.
I guess I should have posted my first 3rd gen thread here.
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/orga...-race-car.html

Last summer at the Local cruise night featuring Camaros.

 

random race cars..

 

I completely agree. Yeah it is expensive but the $/time in the seat is better than anything out there. And talk about thrill… I’ve never done meth before but going on track for a weekend delivers an extreme high and it makes me hate work on Monday even more and it is completely addicting. So high, downer, and addictive… just like drugs! Stay away if you’re poor!

I love TA race cars. I day dream everyday about building a tube frame 3rd gen. Love your car, going to reply to your thread now!

 

it's definately addicting....been doing it for 20+ years...car got a new moser 12 bolt tru tracker last summer, dyno tuned the LT-1, new instruments last week....bigger wheels and a new set of track tires this spring! and by the way, that was a nice addition to somebody's interior at 'cruise night"!

 

WHERE TO RACE IN MARYLAND? Thanks,,,, Jason 443-527-9573 More parts at http://www.facebook.com/ThisWeekInCamaro

 

These shots were from the SEMA 2011 convention in las vagas. i don't know who's car it was, but it was definately set up very nicely.

 

Thats Big_Mods car.

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/exha...gh-rocker.html

 

ah cool. mystery solved! i looked for it at sema 2012 but didn't see it.

 

The hot Wheels Camaro.

 

Here's my car.

 

Wow I love your car Axoid. For some reason these 91-92 RS cars always seem to look a little off compared to the 91-92 Z28s and the 85-90 IROCs. They always just end up looking like either base model cars or theyve got too much tacky crap all over them to compensate for that. Its subtle but it's there. But you've got a really nice look going on with yours. it looks legitimately awesome.


Do you have a TPI or a Superram on yours? If the TPI, do you find the torque is too much for autocross stuff, ie traction problems?

 

Thanks, it’s always nice to hear someone likes what you built.

I’m running a TPI with SLP siamese runners. I’ve done some porting throughout the plenum, runners and base.

When I first ran with the new motor, I did have traction problems with 275 Kumho V710s. Switching to 315 V710s solved the traction problems for the most part. I can still break them loose if I’m too heavy on exit, but that just requires throttle management. I’ve also installed a wats-link rear end to help with traction tuning, but I’m still at the default middle setting. Autocross is more a torque game than horsepower with so much exiting low speed corners. The key is not using the throttle like a light switch.

Also, I’m used to autocrossing the car loose and sliding it around (but not drifting), it is just the style that I have found works for me. My track driving style is the complete opposite of my autocross style, smooth and controlled vs. aggressive banzai maniac.

 

New vinyl wrap on my car:



Just picked it up Friday, pic was from grid at yesterday's autocross. Sadly, not much of a chance for action shots as I discovered one of the rear upper shock mounts was cracked after the first run.

A friend of mine has a graphics shop and he just started doing vinyl wraps -- first one was his Solstice ZOK autocross car, then a local pro fisherman's boat and tow vehicle.

Some more pics: /
Pat

 

Hvae not been to the glen in 20 years.(Dam getting old) Dad use to take us there fishing, One time the drivers got all drunk ,closed the streets and bought there race cars out, bleach on the road,Took state police from 2 towns to shut down.Still a one street town? Post pics on my site if you like...(I WANT TO GET IN TO THIS,ANY HELP)

POST PICS.......If need stock PARTS.
http://www.facebook.com/ThisWeekInCamaro

 

heres our car


And this is one from a race a few years back that started us building a trans am

 

Looking good, you guys are ready for the season.
Stripe mine next week.

 

Here a mos recent pix taken by a good friend of mine


Here a pix out in the track

 

^^^^^^^^Does a guy named Dean own that pick up????

 

Need info on raceing in maryland,How i go about getting into it? 443-527-9573 jason https://www.facebook.com/ThisWeekInCamaro Need pics.would like to put on my site ty.

 

I'm nearly certain that's Dean's Vetruck..

 

115 down the backstretch at Carolina Motorsport Park. PDX

 

Carolina MotorSport Park PDX. Got BodyRoll?

 

Nice

 

Thanks, you should try it next time they have one. It was a blast.

 

I'd love to, considering I am not far from it.... If my car is running, keep us posted when it's going on again.

 

I'll add a couple to the pile! This was this past weekend at Putnam Park in Indiana (NASA Great Lakes)

 

One more from Mid O in April . . .

 

Where did you getthose brake ducts? I'm wanting to do something similar. Part number?

 

Thats one of his friends so I would say yes its his truck. I think they worked together on the boom tube exhaust on another members car.

Plus how many road race trucks that color have you seen with 3 seats in them? LOL It the first one for me.

 

hah! ive got almost the exact same paint scheme as GMan's minus the stripes

 

New got email from points leader?

 

You should be able to find them on discoveryparts.com. I don't know the part number as they were on the car when I acquired it.

 

Could you pm me some pictures of that setup and ducting?

 

And now some pics of it actually moving with the new livery:


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Pat

 

Who likes sushi?

 

Men playing with boys, you need to move up a run group.
Half those guys could not find an apex and most of them peed a little when you got in their mirrors.
Testing/lifting at 8k rpm with a 140 mph top speed gear on a 165 mph track.
Need to bump up the quick change to 155 mph for Laguna Seca next month.
The new 3 pick up pan and 5 stage dry sump worked perfect.

 

Lol yeah i was in one of the 'advanced' groups with a Honda event that i crashed and i felt like i was in group 3 at a 3balls.com event. As it turns out the other 'advanced' group had less traffic and i ran that the rest of the day. Passing makes for entertaining video but crummy lap times i just thought some thirdgenners might enjoy watching the abuse of some japanese cars.

 

babahahahahahahahahaha thats awesome bigmod. funny as hell to watch everyone just wave you to pass on the left haha

 

awesome vid. gives me the adrenaline just watching. I gotta get back out there...

 

SELL ME YOUR CAR!

 

I can promise you that Austin is not going to sell the car. There is however a pretty blonde girl at his house that would probably cut you a heck of a deal!

 

Haha, I've got one of those at my house as well.

 

Pat