[rmackintosh]

Well, we are heading full boat into the resurection of the Camaro in ITE. On order, being built, or currently being fabbed in are a new Speedway Engineering full floating 9" rear, NASCAR Tex 101A transmission and LS7 powerplant.

We have started with the rear, and have fabbed it into the car as of this weekend with a Unbalanced Engineering torque arm attached to it. I can say it is a TIGHT SQUEEZE! Man that housing is big! We had to dent up the gas tank to allow for the diff movement and new torque arm mounts on it! The diff should get all welded up this week and the major fab work done on the rear....I will get some pics soon.

The NASCAR parts from OvalSpeed on eBay...basically Tilton magnesium bellhousing, Tilton T/O bearing, Tex 101A, trans cooler etc....should be in this next week, and the motor in early January. Pics to follow of the build.

Here is a little tidbit from the last race:
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YIKES!!! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) The last weekend of the car the starter jammed into the flexplate and we got it unjammed but the starter was done....push started the car for 2 races. Well, looky at the ring gear knocked COMPLETELY off the flexplate! Just sitting loose in there! I am so lucky that that thing didn't hit the flexplate spinning at 7000 RPM!!!!! KERPOW!!!!!
THAT would have been "bad"!

[rmackintosh]

Here she is!
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I have ACTUALLY driven it now! The neighbors likely HATE me after some "blasts" up and down the street.....

HOLY SMOKES!!!! This thing is S.T.R.O.N.G.!!!

I will need to get used to the howl of the Tex and shifting the thing, but it seemed OK for the 10 minutes or so I drove it.

Hope to make race #1 and #2 in a few weeks. Going to the alignment shop on Tuesday.

This post has been edited by rmackintosh: Mar 29 2010, 01:47 AM

[dailydriver]

I will need to get used to the howl of the Tex and shifting the thing, but it seemed OK for the 10 minutes or so I drove it.

Just think, now you will not have to worry about too much engine/exhaust noise, as those straight cut doggies will drown out everything. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/gr_grin.gif)

Is that a Long shifter on top of the Tex?