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lilbuddha
post Oct 5 2011, 03:35 PM
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my name is Robbie, from edmonton canada we only have one road course close by but a 1.2 mile autocross track that i fell in love with
anyways i bought my buddies old 1995 camaro z28, just got the car completly rewired and running this last month
im mostly looking at autox and then if im able to trailer it to road courses south of the border
its a lt1 6speed car with deleted cats and flowmaster 60 with 3inch single pipe and a centerforce clutch,
has h&r springs, hotchkis sway bars front and rear, hotchkis panhard, hotchkis front and rear arms,
i have a set of 18inch oz superleggera wheels on it and plan to put a set of c6 z51 wheels on it for weight over the oz's
over winter i wanna upgrade to c6 z51 brakes on all 4 corners,

im kinda a minitruck 80hp kinda guy and figured this would be the best place to get whatever kinda advice i can
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post Oct 5 2011, 04:34 PM
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QUOTE (lilbuddha @ Oct 5 2011, 11:35 AM) *
my name is Robbie, from edmonton canada we only have one road course close by but a 1.2 mile autocross track that i fell in love with
anyways i bought my buddies old 1995 camaro z28, just got the car completly rewired and running this last month
im mostly looking at autox and then if im able to trailer it to road courses south of the border
its a lt1 6speed car with deleted cats and flowmaster 60 with 3inch single pipe and a centerforce clutch,
has h&r springs, hotchkis sway bars front and rear, hotchkis panhard, hotchkis front and rear arms,
i have a set of 18inch oz superleggera wheels on it and plan to put a set of c6 z51 wheels on it for weight over the oz's
over winter i wanna upgrade to c6 z51 brakes on all 4 corners,

im kinda a minitruck 80hp kinda guy and figured this would be the best place to get whatever kinda advice i can
Thank You


Welcome! The only thing I can offer is my experience. I had SLP springs and hotchkis sway bars and I had a hard time keeping the back end behind me. I switched to Strano springs and a Strano rear bar, and that helped tremendously. As far as the brakes go, be careful with the rear brakes. Axle hop under braking is a problem with these cars. I'm using C5 front brakes (C6 rotors) with stock rears. Carbotech XP10's front and AX6's rear. For me, this seems to be the perfect brake set up. Even still, while under braking if I am not smooth with the down shift, I can get the axle hopping.

You're going to love these cars. The best part is passing expensive cars with the driver trying to figure out how a car that is only good for straight lines is ripping around the corners.

Steve
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post Oct 6 2011, 12:57 AM
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I don't doubt that i will have to change a fair bit of the suspension, maybe ill look at just using the z51 front kit its basically the perfect price for me thats why im using it,
my only main issue right now is the guy who stripped the car down before lost all the abs wiring so trying to figure that out, has anyone deleted that? or is it something good to keep i know abs is good but are these cars hard to threshold brake?
im super excited to get this car out for next year, we are almost getting snow so im done for this year
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lilbuddha   new to racing suggestions   Oct 5 2011, 03:35 PM
Steve91T   QUOTE (lilbuddha @ Oct 5 2011, 11:35 AM) ...   Oct 5 2011, 04:34 PM
lilbuddha   I don't doubt that i will have to change a fai...   Oct 6 2011, 12:57 AM
Steve91T   As far as the brakes, for me, ABS is good to have,...   Oct 6 2011, 01:58 AM
Casey_SS   I deleted my ABS long ago for the simple fact that...   Oct 6 2011, 03:37 AM
lilbuddha   so far what i want for "street driving" ...   Oct 6 2011, 08:24 AM
trackbird   QUOTE (lilbuddha @ Oct 5 2011, 11:35 AM) ...   Oct 6 2011, 11:57 AM
lilbuddha   what all should i change suspension wise? are my s...   Oct 20 2011, 12:30 AM
Steve91T   QUOTE (lilbuddha @ Oct 19 2011, 08:30 PM)...   Oct 20 2011, 10:59 AM
tonycook   If you aren't going to use the ABS, then you...   Nov 4 2011, 01:31 AM

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