[Spruill242]

Hey guys,

Name is Kyle and live in Va beach. New to the F-body scene but not to road racing. Spent a lot of time running volvos, miatas, and bimmers, your basic momentum cars. So fter a while thought it was time for something else. Found a nice 2000 Trans Am WS6 in the area and took the plunge.

I'm all signed up and ready to go with NASA at VIR in July. Really excited and stoked about learning a whole new car and driving style. I'm glad to see that the road racing support is there for these F-bodies and that I'm not crazy when I thought this car would make a fun track car. I'll be leaving the car stock for this outting to just get an over all feel for the car. I do however have some SS lines, good pads and sticky tires for her. I'm thinking of getting some chassis braces from UMI as well. But only if you guys think thats a good idea. Any other easy tips and tricks or just stuff to look out for would be great.

So I'll be throwing as much of my knowledge about roadracing and F-bodies (as I learn them) out there as I can. And hopefully I'll run into a few of you guys at the track.


Thanks
Kyle

P.S. If for some crazy reason any of you need some tips or help with Volvo 240s, don't hesitate to ask. I have a lot of time under the hood and on track with 240 Volvos and would love to help however I can.

[Spruill242]

Very cool, thanks everyone.

I did look into the allignment sticky. So I take it this can all be done on a stock vehicle ( ie- no camber caster plates) To be honest I haven't had much time to look at the car. I bought the car then had to fly up to Jersey the day after. So here I am in Jersey now and wont be home untill July 15th. The event is the 26th-27th, so I wont have much time to tinker with it. Oh well have to make the money to get to play right??

[sgarnett]

I did look into the allignment sticky. So I take it this can all be done on a stock vehicle ( ie- no camber caster plates) To be honest I haven't had much time to look at the car. I bought the car then had to fly up to Jersey the day after. So here I am in Jersey now and wont be home untill July 15th. The event is the 26th-27th, so I wont have much time to tinker with it. Oh well have to make the money to get to play right??

Camber plates are not applicable to the 4th gen front suspension (SLA).

Stock, you won't be able to get enough camber. Some people apparently have trouble getting much caster, but my car was a caster freak until the pot-canyon bent something. Anyway, you won't get enough of either, but you can still do a lot better than the factory specs.

[Blainefab]

I did look into the allignment sticky. So I take it this can all be done on a stock vehicle ( ie- no camber caster plates)

Camber plates are not applicable to the 4th gen front suspension (SLA).

Stock, you won't be able to get enough camber.

You can elongate the holes in the Kmember for the camber bolts - extend the slot about 3/16" outward and you can get about -2 camber.

Check the rule book for any class you think the car might end up in before doing this, tho.