New guy here with 70 Camaro

[Wayne S]

Hope to get some good info from here about suspension, wheel/tire combos, tranny, etc. I have a 70 Camaro that's been a street/strip car for about 7 years now, and it's time to convert to handle some turns, plus paint it and finish the interior. It's just a pump gas, all motor 406 SBC, 10.5:1, AFR heads, roller cam, yada yada, TH350 with 4.10s. It's been 11.05 @ 120.7 with a 1.509 60' time about 6 weeks ago, and it was pretty hot. I'm gonna run one more time this weekend (with 60 degree temps) to try for a 10.9x pass before I start tearing the car down.

My plans for the car are: keeping the engine the same (runs good enough already) for a while anyways, switching to a 5 or 6 spd, new suspension - lowered, minitub and narrowed 9" with about 3.73-3.90 gear, 315/35-17 rears and 275/40-17 fronts, modernizing the interior some, fuel cell (still run stock tank, lines, and Carter mech pump now:_paranoid ), oh, and new paint and trim.

My other project is a 1947 Chevy truck. It's being built as a driver/resto rod type truck with mainly stock look but updated chassis.

I live just a few miles from Summit Point Raceway in WV, so if any of you go to any club meets there, let me know. That's another reason to change to car from strictly straight line to handling the curves, since I can even hear the cars there on the weekends. Looking forward to meeting new people too.:thumbsup:

[COYBILT]

sounds like a good project and Looking forward to seeing it completed.
It is good to see a second gen camaro for a change.

[markss28]

Love those 2nd gens

[Wayne S]

Thanks guys.

[70gotboost]

Welcome Wayne, here are links to the threads on my 2nd gen... in case you needed some reading material. :)

http://www.lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=9616&highlight=julius

http://www.lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=7378

http://www.lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=9583

You'll love it here, a LOT of knowlege and GREAT people!!!
Kevin

[Wayne S]

Thanks Kevin, nice car too. We seem to share a similar direction of how we want our cars to turn out. Of course, mine is just starting the transformation, and yours is almost, if not already finished, but you get the idea.

Here is a pic of my car on "tennis shoes" earlier this year when I had the swaybars and "handling" shocks and shoes on. It normally has Welds, drag radials, 90/10s shocks and no swaybar, you know - typical street/strip style.
This is a good "before" pic.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/139/387551587_682b1cfdab.jpg?v=0

[Jay's67SS]

Welcome aboard! Sounds like you got a good plan for your ride. :thumbsup: