[Agformula02]

Wanted to introduce myself. New to road racing but not new to cars.
Have been an avid drag racer for years, but 2 years ago I did my first track night thanks to SCCA and I got hooked.
Talked the wife into allowing another race car in the garage. (I refuse to get rid of my 02 Formula. Too much blood, sweat, and tears invested.)

I scored a legit 97 1LE Camaro which should give me a nice start.

Did basic maintenance on it and attended my first event at PIR. Had some brake issues. So did the mandatory C5 front brake upgrade.
Removed the original Koni yellows and put some HD bilsteins for now. Added BMR springs, sub frame connectors, panhard bar, lcas and lca brackets. I know some of these things may offer no benefit for road racing...
I did upgrade to zr1 17X9 wheels and 275 888s all around.

Next event hit the track and had a great time. At some point I did miss a shift which I feel resulted in a blown head gasket.
So had to pull the heads. Since I was that far in I dropped new lifters in for cheap insurance. New valve springs, seals, and added 1.6 rr. Then headers and a cat back.

So where am I now?
Car is completely gutted. Cage is installed. Working on a dash. Spaghetti Menders kit is handling the car wiring and I re did the stock engine harness to remove all the un needed stuff.
Long list of parts to install but I want to make the next Track Night on August 9.

Where am I headed?
Ultimately I want to run the Lucky Dog series here in the west coast. Probably a year out from that.

Anyway, just wanted to say hello.

Larry

[mikedamageinc]

Did you get the SKF xtrackers or stock replacement? The only way to go is the SKF if you're gonna race. I've wore out Timkens, standard SKFs and other brands on the street. Now had xtrackers for years of track and autox abuse still tight.

Also for brakes c5/c6 is a good intermediate step but I think I'm at their limit doing hpde and looking at upgrades. If your rules allow better just do it once. I have a duct template for track brackets, c5/c6 caliper/rotor, and c5 race hub/rocketman adapter combo if you're interested, but like I said it's good but not a top of the line brake solution. I haven't done heat paint or anything but I'm melting piston boots and starting to see fade or some other issue that may just be a limitation of the setup. Currently looking at the wilwood aerolite 6 used on spec Corvette.

[Agformula02]

Did you get the SKF xtrackers or stock replacement? The only way to go is the SKF if you're gonna race. I've wore out Timkens, standard SKFs and other brands on the street. Now had xtrackers for years of track and autox abuse still tight.

Also for brakes c5/c6 is a good intermediate step but I think I'm at their limit doing hpde and looking at upgrades. If your rules allow better just do it once. I have a duct template for track brackets, c5/c6 caliper/rotor, and c5 race hub/rocketman adapter combo if you're interested, but like I said it's good but not a top of the line brake solution. I haven't done heat paint or anything but I'm melting piston boots and starting to see fade or some other issue that may just be a limitation of the setup. Currently looking at the wilwood aerolite 6 used on spec Corvette.

For now I went with the stock moog replacements. I kept the old ones just in case.
Will look into xtrackers
Thanks for the guidance