New project. Street/track car... - F-Body Road Racing and Autocross Forums

As you guys probably know, a few years ago I decided I wanted to wheel to wheel my 97 SS in CMC. Fast forward said few years and now I'm going to undo what I did. I'm going to make my a street car again.

Here's how the car sits now. Interior gutted, t-tops removed and hard top in its place. Doors gutted.

(IMG:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v199/Steve91T/Camaro/th_41183AF7-AC21-44F0-B662-C6113B27CC1A.jpg)

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Here's what I brought home last night. 140k miles 99 SS sans engine/tranny. $1100

(IMG:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v199/Steve91T/Camaro/th_58427FEF-D271-4AF3-8F52-10F717884B09.jpg)

The interior is pretty clean. Here's where I need lots of help. I have some ideas of what I want to do, I'd like you guys to voice your opinions. I want to do this right this time

What I want is a car that is a really fun weekend car, but isn't going to be a daily driver. I want to keep it light, but not too uncomfortable. I plan on doing a lot of track days/time trials. I see myself doing realistically 6/ yr. hopefully more. It will be trailered to/from the track.

My plan is to replace the interior. The plastics are light and so is the headliner. I may strip the heavy insulation off the carpet. I'm going to use the stock seats with stock seat belts for the street and my Butler seat for the track. I need to use the doors from the 99 for the street. Anyone know how difficult it is to remove and replace doors? I'd like to use the gutted doors for the track. The 99 rear hatch will also be used for the street. I'll use the hatch with the Blainfab spoiler for track days. I'm also going to see if I can use the hard top for track days only. All I did was remove the weather stripping and rivnut the hard top on. 6 bolts and it's off. Only weighs 10lbs compared to whatever the Ttops weigh.

No AC, ABS, airbags or radio. I'll keep the quick release steering wheel because I need it for my butler seat.

Since I have the LS1 car, I'm going to use the crossmember someday to swaw an LSx. Maybe the all aluminum 5.3. I'll run the LT1 for now.

Where I really am torn is the front end. I'm going to ditch the eye hooks out the hood along with the Z28 hood in favor for an SS hood. I think ill get a VFN since they are cheap and light. I'll sell the factory SS hood that's on the car now. I just can't decide what I like better, the LT1 or LS1 front end. What do you guys think?

Let me know what you guys think! I'm excited to get started.

PS, did I mention that I need to learn how to paint? (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Steve91T View Member Profile	Oct 22 2014, 05:33 PM Post #1
Experienced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,038 Joined: 3-March 10 From: Huntersville, NC Member No.: 9,105	As you guys probably know, a few years ago I decided I wanted to wheel to wheel my 97 SS in CMC. Fast forward said few years and now I'm going to undo what I did. I'm going to make my a street car again. Here's how the car sits now. Interior gutted, t-tops removed and hard top in its place. Doors gutted. (IMG:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v199/Steve91T/Camaro/th_41183AF7-AC21-44F0-B662-C6113B27CC1A.jpg) (IMG:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v199/Steve91T/Camaro/th_4D75B321-0DD7-4AC8-8D44-6B2CC59178E1.jpg) Here's what I brought home last night. 140k miles 99 SS sans engine/tranny. $1100 (IMG:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v199/Steve91T/Camaro/th_58427FEF-D271-4AF3-8F52-10F717884B09.jpg) The interior is pretty clean. Here's where I need lots of help. I have some ideas of what I want to do, I'd like you guys to voice your opinions. I want to do this right this time What I want is a car that is a really fun weekend car, but isn't going to be a daily driver. I want to keep it light, but not too uncomfortable. I plan on doing a lot of track days/time trials. I see myself doing realistically 6/ yr. hopefully more. It will be trailered to/from the track. My plan is to replace the interior. The plastics are light and so is the headliner. I may strip the heavy insulation off the carpet. I'm going to use the stock seats with stock seat belts for the street and my Butler seat for the track. I need to use the doors from the 99 for the street. Anyone know how difficult it is to remove and replace doors? I'd like to use the gutted doors for the track. The 99 rear hatch will also be used for the street. I'll use the hatch with the Blainfab spoiler for track days. I'm also going to see if I can use the hard top for track days only. All I did was remove the weather stripping and rivnut the hard top on. 6 bolts and it's off. Only weighs 10lbs compared to whatever the Ttops weigh. No AC, ABS, airbags or radio. I'll keep the quick release steering wheel because I need it for my butler seat. Since I have the LS1 car, I'm going to use the crossmember someday to swaw an LSx. Maybe the all aluminum 5.3. I'll run the LT1 for now. Where I really am torn is the front end. I'm going to ditch the eye hooks out the hood along with the Z28 hood in favor for an SS hood. I think ill get a VFN since they are cheap and light. I'll sell the factory SS hood that's on the car now. I just can't decide what I like better, the LT1 or LS1 front end. What do you guys think? Let me know what you guys think! I'm excited to get started. PS, did I mention that I need to learn how to paint? (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)