[Steve91T]

Long story short, I was tracking my 97 SS a lot and decided to turn into a CMC car. I unknowingly picked a really bad time to build a race car, so 3 years later, it's still not done. But, the end is near. All that's left is gut the dash and have a cage made. It's been in this state for several months....this is where I'm having 2nd thoughts.

It appears the series isn't doing well at all, it's been on a decline for a while now. The other issue is I really miss being able to hop in the car and drive it down the street. So heres my next great idea....a street legal time trial car.

Done laughing yet?

So, doors are gutted, junkyard hard top screwed to the T-top frame, Blane fab spoiler in place of stock wing. Interior is gutted, dash hasn't been removed, heat and air removed, all wiring still in place.

Is it possible to build a cage that's safe for street use? I'm thinking X brace on both sides. Not sure about the bar near my head.

How hard is it to r&r the doors? The plan is to buy junkyard doors and use those for the street and my gutted ones for the track.

I have a stock LT1. I'll run that for now. I hate the optispark. I want to someday drop an LQ9. 6.0 iron block. Cam and tune, 400 rwhp.

I have to spend some time in the junk yards finding parts, like the headlight bar, that I threw away. But it shouldn't be too bad.

What do you guys think?

[Steve91T]

I'm picking up that red 99 SS next week. The plan is to get my car street legal ASAP. The plan right now is to hang the new 99's doors on along with the hood and bumper to update the look of the LT1 car. I'm also going to, at the very least, run apartial interior. Stock cloth seats for the street and the race seat for the track. I'd also like to be able to put the gutted doors on for track days...not sure if it's more effort than it's worth though. Same with the hard top roof. I'm going to run the LT1 until it gives up the ghost then save for a 6.0 with heads and cam.

This winter I'm going to build a make shift paint booth in my garage and learn how to paint.

I'm pretty excited about my new plan for the Camaro. This SS for $1100 is going to be a great starting place and will allow me to make a ton of progress quickly.

I'll stick with the bolt in roll bar for now until I figure out what I want to do with the cage.

I'll post pics next week.

This post has been edited by Steve91T: Oct 18 2014, 02:31 AM