New Camaro Owner in Mid TN - F-Body Road Racing and Autocross Forums

Good Morning all,

Just wanted to stop in and say hello. I just purchased my new to me 1991 Camaro RS in June and am getting it back into shape after being cast aside by a FoMoCo guy.

This will be my first F-body, having owned mostly Nissan's in the past. I'm mainly going to be using it at the Autocross and would love to get out for some Track days

I have since started tearing the car down to get at the rust spots I found once I got the car home. I am taking a welding class right now since my first attempts at welding with my little Craftsman 110V gasless welder were less than good.

So this is where I need your help guys. I've been looking over the ESP rules and can't quite figure out whats legal and not as far as engine swaps go with the update/backdate rule. I need to know if swapping in an LS1 and T56 are ESP legal and also swapping in the rear end from a forth gen LS1 car for the disk brakes and 4 inches of track width increase. I've been hunting all over and searching, but just can't come up with the answers I need.

Right now the interior is stripped out to get at the rust, so I want to figure out what I can do engine wise in ESP before I put the interior back in, or I can just leave it out and go to CP.

Thanks for the help guys.

Here's a link to the cars pictures. LINK

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This post has been edited by aarivers: Aug 17 2009, 01:20 PM

aarivers View Member Profile	Aug 17 2009, 01:11 PM Post #1
newbie Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 14-August 09 From: White House, TN Member No.: 5,922	Good Morning all, Just wanted to stop in and say hello. I just purchased my new to me 1991 Camaro RS in June and am getting it back into shape after being cast aside by a FoMoCo guy. This will be my first F-body, having owned mostly Nissan's in the past. I'm mainly going to be using it at the Autocross and would love to get out for some Track days I have since started tearing the car down to get at the rust spots I found once I got the car home. I am taking a welding class right now since my first attempts at welding with my little Craftsman 110V gasless welder were less than good. So this is where I need your help guys. I've been looking over the ESP rules and can't quite figure out whats legal and not as far as engine swaps go with the update/backdate rule. I need to know if swapping in an LS1 and T56 are ESP legal and also swapping in the rear end from a forth gen LS1 car for the disk brakes and 4 inches of track width increase. I've been hunting all over and searching, but just can't come up with the answers I need. Right now the interior is stripped out to get at the rust, so I want to figure out what I can do engine wise in ESP before I put the interior back in, or I can just leave it out and go to CP. Thanks for the help guys. Here's a link to the cars pictures. LINK (IMG:http://lh3.ggpht.com/_wy1t5jXBAfE/SkA8qbsZ4eI/AAAAAAAAABo/XhODsqe3QT8/s640/P1000276.JPG) (IMG:http://lh3.ggpht.com/_wy1t5jXBAfE/SkA8qwcb9xI/AAAAAAAAABw/gUDSYisytzE/s640/P1000277.JPG) This post has been edited by aarivers: Aug 17 2009, 01:20 PM

aarivers View Member Profile	Aug 17 2009, 05:28 PM Post #2
newbie Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 14-August 09 From: White House, TN Member No.: 5,922	Thanks for the replies guys. Yeah I just wanted to clarify what it meant when it said on the same line, for the update/backdate rule in ESP. I think at this point it would actually be more cost effective for me to just make the car a CP ride, since my car is a 5.0L with 5MT so to find a TPI unit and trans would probably be more than getting a 5.3L LS motor and T56, based of prices for used TPI engines. I would also have to buy new carpet for the interior and other little trim pieces. So I might be better off with jut going crazy with the car. Here some more pics of the rust and how the car is looking now. The car was from mid Indiana. Link to Pics (IMG:http://lh6.ggpht.com/_wy1t5jXBAfE/Skgm9sUH90I/AAAAAAAAAGM/Lifw037UPQU/s640/P1000321.JPG) (IMG:http://lh3.ggpht.com/_wy1t5jXBAfE/Skgm-2vnaHI/AAAAAAAAAGY/7txNmOBSYmU/s640/P1000324.JPG) (IMG:http://lh4.ggpht.com/_wy1t5jXBAfE/SkgnB8Xg58I/AAAAAAAAAG8/HCywviZ7i_o/s640/P1000332.JPG) (IMG:http://lh5.ggpht.com/_wy1t5jXBAfE/SkgnBeNbV1I/AAAAAAAAAG4/Vt2j1T_JeR0/s640/P1000331.JPG)