I've been super busy at work lately, and I've been focusing on some performance mods to the Camaro. Going from 15" to 17" wheels so I can run some proper racing tires for the autocross track, and making some suspension adjustments and modifications. Speaking of:
I finally installed the ORD sway bar, and it's SO much more planted in the corners (obv). I have it on the softest setting and it's great. IDK why I waited so long to get it on. I got BOTH driveshafts here too, and got them installed. They look great and fit perfectly.
I have 1410 U-joints on the rear driveshaft, and I got a 10 bolt 1410 yoke machined to fit the 12 bolt seal diameter. Boom, custom. 1350 joints up front with a 6 or 7" slip, fits like a glove. For the first time since I BOUGHT the truck originally, I have 4wd!
I took it to the eighth mile strip we have here to christen it last weekend, and the 10 bolt front held up to a 4wd launch no problem! I didn't go completely WOT, but gave it a solid ~80% from a dead stop. I spun all 4 for a sec then it took off. No wheel hop up front. Due to some now-fixed ECU settings, I accidentally spun it to almost 7000rpm twice before figuring it out. I had to let off on both runs for it to shift then get back into it. But it survived and I drove it home! I set the new limiter to 6300, and shift points to 6200. I'm probably gonna drop the shifts to 6k flat, I see 9-10psi at 6k and 12ish at 7k rpm. I wasn't really looking at the handheld on the strip. It was a huge hit with the people there, though. I gapped the heck out of some guy in a BMW, and walked a pretty built 2018-ish Cummins (hit that one in 4wd). I've had a blast driving this thing around this summer. It ran high 8's with the bad settings and ~130 degree intake temps. I didn't bring any ice because I didn't plan on racing it, and it was a 45min drive there. With the fixed settings, some ice, and some WOT, I'm definitely good for low 8's, maybe high 7's.
The only footage I have is of my first/slowest race, in 2wd against a VW. Don't mind the abhorrent reaction time, this was my first time on a strip and I was 70% sure I was gonna blow her up, lol. You can hear that I wasn't in it very hard, but now I'm confident she can handle more next time!
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I finally installed the ORD sway bar, and it's SO much more planted in the corners (obv). I have it on the softest setting and it's great. IDK why I waited so long to get it on. I got BOTH driveshafts here too, and got them installed. They look great and fit perfectly.I have 1410 U-joints on the rear driveshaft, and I got a 10 bolt 1410 yoke machined to fit the 12 bolt seal diameter. Boom, custom. 1350 joints up front with a 6 or 7" slip, fits like a glove. For the first time since I BOUGHT the truck originally, I have 4wd!
I took it to the eighth mile strip we have here to christen it last weekend, and the 10 bolt front held up to a 4wd launch no problem! I didn't go completely WOT, but gave it a solid ~80% from a dead stop. I spun all 4 for a sec then it took off. No wheel hop up front. Due to some now-fixed ECU settings, I accidentally spun it to almost 7000rpm twice before figuring it out. I had to let off on both runs for it to shift then get back into it. But it survived and I drove it home! I set the new limiter to 6300, and shift points to 6200. I'm probably gonna drop the shifts to 6k flat, I see 9-10psi at 6k and 12ish at 7k rpm. I wasn't really looking at the handheld on the strip. It was a huge hit with the people there, though. I gapped the heck out of some guy in a BMW, and walked a pretty built 2018-ish Cummins (hit that one in 4wd). I've had a blast driving this thing around this summer. It ran high 8's with the bad settings and ~130 degree intake temps. I didn't bring any ice because I didn't plan on racing it, and it was a 45min drive there. With the fixed settings, some ice, and some WOT, I'm definitely good for low 8's, maybe high 7's.
The only footage I have is of my first/slowest race, in 2wd against a VW. Don't mind the abhorrent reaction time, this was my first time on a strip and I was 70% sure I was gonna blow her up, lol. You can hear that I wasn't in it very hard, but now I'm confident she can handle more next time!
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Thankfully, everything was in hard cases. I still really need to get my bump stops and limit straps in (oops) but I have been working some insane hours lately. However, no bad contact was made. It didn't land super hard, I doubt I was in the danger zone on the landing. Everything looks fine and it drives as good as it did before! Now I kinda want to send it on video...
