Trackwhore widebody 69 Camaro - Project TMZ/28 - Lateral-g Forums

payne · #1 09-25-2014, 03:53 PM

Howdy.

I'm Jason, and am stoked to be the new owner of the beautiful 1969 Camaro below. I'm in my early thirties and brand new to old school cars, but not fast cars. In fact, my new car is a lot slower than my Atom that it replaced.

From most current I've owned:

(still own) 2004 Forester with full STi swap, built motor, big turbo, 300awhp, Wilwoods, coilovers, etc. Kick ass DD and snow rig
2013 Volt - Wife's DD.
2011 Ariel Atom 3 - built the motor myself - 279rwhp at 2.4L - matte black. At 1350lbs the car was spooky fast.
1996 Viper GTS - Supercharged, Wilwoods, HREs
2002 z06 - 383, coilovers, built tranny/rear, nitrous
1995 M3 - former DD - big stereo, wheels, tint, etc.
1993 RX7/LS1 - one of the first CA smog legal swaps
1994 - XJ6 with a LT1 swap

My big plans for the new Camaro:

Street drive it a few thousand miles a year
Get in more track days
have a blast with it
keep it shiny and square
not mess with it too much
maybe do a 3 or 4 link of some sort this winter (still leaf sprung)
LS swap if I ever kill the 406
I'm gonna try matte black z/28 stripes (decals) to see if I like them.

I'll hope to have track videos in this thread soon. I'm trying to get to Thunderhill in early October. Car has already run 2:04s there.

I've got a few more little things to do to get it streetable - install turn signals, heater/defrost, a bit of sound deadening to chase rattles, padding for the roll cage, etc.

The car is a flipping blast to drive - it's super well sorted, pretty softly sprung, and just puts a smile on your face every time you row the gears.

I love the 'zero f*cks given' style of the build, which includes sawzalling the fenders out at the race track to keep racing. Here's Vince's great fix of that: https://lateral-g.net/forums/show...o_displaymodes

I'm glad that I'll not be stressed about harnesses scratching stuff or rock chips or door dings or what not. I'll flog the car regularly like she deserves.

Thanks in advance for helping me with all my stupid questions about carbs and old schools and whatnot - I've never even owned a car that wasn't in metric...

Cheers,
Jason

PS - the project name is because the main build of the car was done for the guy that founded TMZ.

payne · #2 09-25-2014, 03:53 PM

reserving for updates.

payne · #3 09-25-2014, 03:54 PM

reserving #2

Neil B · #4 09-25-2014, 07:10 PM

I freakin' love this car. It's like my car's evil twin on steroids.

srh3trinity · #5 09-25-2014, 07:13 PM

I like the stance and the widebody is probably noticeable if you look closely and certainly if parked next to a stocker, but it isn't overdone. Matte stripes would really look nice.