JCG Restoration & Customs Project Blu Balz [Archive] - Page 4

Cris@JCG

12-28-2011, 09:52 PM

I figured that traffic was gonna be heavy.. Next time you can pay us a visit..

I was 20 miles from your shop and it was another hour of traffic. the 101 was rediculous yesterday at 1pm. I had the wife and 3 month old with me I did not want to push my luck. HAHA.

I am bummed I did not stop by. Sorry Cris.

Looking forward to hanging out with you Greg!

Why don't you stop by the shop & pick up BB & take it to TX in your new totohome? I will fly to in! :lol:

Only 20 hour drive to Texas???? I've got far farther than that and I'm bringing the wife?!?!?!?! :rolleyes:

The drive will be worth it - 'cause we'll get to hang together!:D

Nice new project! Way to score!

Kendall I have driven twice from Brownsville TX(hometown) to Oxnard CA... 27 hours straight.. Let's just say I am not for long distance driving.. But this trip will be worth it!

20 HOURS IS NOTHING IT THE LAST 8 HOUR ONCE YOU PASS LE PASO,TEXAS.make sure you fill up in LE PASO it not many places you can get fuel before you get to Kerrville.Texas about 550 miles to the 501 exit:yes: :yes:

Gandalf

12-28-2011, 10:55 PM

I once drove my BMW 2002 thru there -- I had to wear a bandana over my nose and mouth to keep the dust out.... the front of my car looked like it was sand blasted. I had to follow a big truck 'cause all I could see was the tail lights!

After choking thru this bungholio -- I ended up in Dallas.... and it rained... the entire town turned into "west texas red dirt". :rolleyes:

Yikes!! I was half tempted to earn my RatPack stripes on this trip and drive the car out but you might just have put me off with this single post Greg :wow:

Gregg

GregWeld

12-28-2011, 11:07 PM

Come on Gregg! No guts no glory buddy! :lol:

Truthfully though -- it was a trip I'll never forget... I was driving from Seattle via LA - to Mississippi (to see a fellow ham radio buddy) - and then on to my new job in NYC....but that TEXAS dust storm just about did me in!

Kendall Burleson

12-29-2011, 06:46 AM

Gregg just on it the speed limit is I think it 80 mph after Le Paso let it hang out.:unibrow: :unibrow: :unibrow:

Cris@JCG

12-29-2011, 10:40 PM

We got some "DAMM" good brakes now! Sorry for the crappy videos.. but my buddy shot them on his phone...

We were bedding in the race pads.. I turned the rotors blue from getting them hot..

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Cris@JCG

12-29-2011, 11:10 PM

I figured I would share some brake components used on the 68 Camaro..

Front Brake kit: Wilwood C6 Corvette road race brake kit, 14.00 diameter rotor with floating hat/rotor x 1.25 thk rotor, 15H pads with W6A calipers with thermlock pistons, 1.62/1.12/1/12 pistons

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/IMG_1891.jpg

Rear Brake kit: rear kit was put together from a list of components I wanted to use, 12.88 diameter rotor x .810 thk rotor( wanted to keep rotational weight down), BSL caliper with 1.12 pistons, 15E pads,.. The goal for the use of these parts was to keep piston knock back down to a minimal & keep rotational weight down.. Plus you don’t need a lot of rear brake.. We were not trying to fill up the wheel with brakes.. wanted function & reduced weight.. Waiting for the rear floating hat combo from Wilwood.. That will also help with piston knock back.. There are a few other things I also did that I will disclose later when I know it works

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/IMG_1893.jpg

The Master cylinder is a 7/8 bore.. Worked out great.. Got about 3/8 “ travel for brakes to start stopping the car… ½ “ travel & it is nosing down the front of the car..

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/IMG_1906.jpg

Kendall Burleson

12-30-2011, 08:10 AM

cool stuff I want to see in person.:hail: :hail: :hail:

Cris@JCG

01-03-2012, 03:00 PM

I had Ben do this for me to see how a Yenko theme 68 Camaro of BB would look like! I really like the way Ben carried over the hump of the Stinger too the header panel!

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/yennkofront.jpg

Kendall Burleson

01-03-2012, 05:07 PM

That is cool:yes: Are the wheels Pontiac type are you doing aftermarket wheels.:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Cris@JCG

01-10-2012, 09:15 AM

Last week we tore down the front sheetmetal on the 68... We had a few issues from the first drive.. Tires were rubbing on the inner fender wells.. We had been playing around with it to see if we could keep them from rubbing.. At Delmar when David was Autocrossing it I could see smoke coming from the front tire rub.. At that point I knew we were going to take off the wells & modify them.. plus I had a leak on the oil thermostat.. So I am re-locating it so that I have acess & can view it @ anytime..

It would have been nice to just run a new set of inner fender wells from Anvil but I could not do it because of fender mount to inner fender well was totally different.. So we modified them for tire clearance.. but @ the same time wanted to remove some weight.. I called Brett Campbell from Fab53 to see if he could do a set for me in fiberglass.. Brett does some real nice fiberglass! Plus now I have the molds to do another set for BB II..

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KPC67

01-10-2012, 01:10 PM

The fiberglass inners look great so far.
What exactly was the issue with the Anvil inners? I was wondering if I should buy some or make a glass pair...

Cris@JCG

01-10-2012, 04:16 PM

No issues with Anvil inners.. Remember that I stretched the front fenders on this car.. so we had to custom build the outer portion of the inner to match to the fender stretch..

The fiberglass inners look great so far.
What exactly was the issue with the Anvil inners? I was wondering if I should buy some or make a glass pair...

Track Junky

01-10-2012, 04:22 PM

Great work as usual Chris. Got a question for you........Do you think Bret could use the stretched front fenders as a mold and build fiberglasss front fenders?

Cris@JCG

01-10-2012, 06:19 PM

Gaetano- If Brett would have had the time.. we would have tried to get the front fenders & lower valance done.. Brett had some work going on right now.. I got him to squeeze this job in for me.. but we will have front fender in glass on phase II of this car... Right now we just want to get it done & ready to attend some events..

Great work as usual Chris. Got a question for you........Do you think Bret could use the stretched front fenders as a mold and build fiberglasss front fenders?

Flash68

01-10-2012, 06:22 PM

Great work as usual Chris. Got a question for you........Do you think Bret could use the stretched front fenders as a mold and build fiberglasss front fenders?

I like your thinking. :D

KPC67

01-10-2012, 08:38 PM

No issues with Anvil inners.. Remember that I stretched the front fenders on this car.. so we had to custom build the outer portion of the inner to match to the fender stretch..

I see now, I just was a little unclear as to why they didn't work for you.
Thanks for clearing that up.

EBMC

01-10-2012, 08:56 PM

I kinda like it without the front end on! Looks killer Chris!:thumbsup:

Kendall Burleson

01-11-2012, 07:25 AM

Can't wait to see it in person great job!!!!!!!:yes: :yes:

Cris@JCG

01-11-2012, 09:58 AM

Steve- I think it would be faster & would have not to modified no inner wells!:D

I kinda like it without the front end on! Looks killer Chris!:thumbsup:

Be seeing you soon Kendall! Looking forward to eating alot of my favorite foods from home!

Can't wait to see it in person great job!!!!!!!:yes: :yes:

67zo6Camaro

01-12-2012, 11:11 PM

I just got back from a visit to JCG tonight. Dropped of the new fiberglass inner fenders. They weigh only 3.5 lbs each as opposed to the +-13 to 15 lb original metal ones. That's a front end weight savings of +-20 lbs. Wow. I'm very excited that Chris asked me to make the light weight inner fenders for Blu Balz.

So, if you don't mind I will add a few pictures of them.
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Cris thanks again for giving Fab53.com a chance to work on your project.

preston

01-13-2012, 09:24 AM

Those look nice.

At 3.5 lbs that kind of makes a CF pair look like overkill.
Other than looks (which can be accomplished with just a cosmetic layer).

Come to think of it, there is enough CF in this engine bay to maybe justify a cosmetic layer on these as well. I suppose in reality you could save another 5 lbs with vacuum bagged full zoot set, but now I'm getting carried away.

Tuske427

01-14-2012, 02:12 AM

Bow Tie 67

01-14-2012, 07:54 AM

Nice!! Chris whats the car weigh?

I've been away from the forum since after Sema, I noticed a mention of autocross. How did the car do? was it a competition?

Matt

Cris@JCG

01-14-2012, 08:43 AM

Brett- Thanks Again for taking the job on .. on such sort notice.. I very happy with the outcome of the new inner wells.. Looking forward to doing some more work together..

I just got back from a visit to JCG tonight. Dropped of the new fiberglass inner fenders. They weigh only 3.5 lbs each as opposed to the +-13 to 15 lb original metal ones. That's a front end weight savings of +-20 lbs. Wow. I'm very excited that Chris asked me to make the light weight inner fenders for Blu Balz.

If we would have had more time.. maybe we would have layered in some CF..

[QUOTE=preston;389471]Those look nice.

At 3.5 lbs that kind of makes a CF pair look like overkill.
Other than looks (which can be accomplished with just a cosmetic layer).

Come to think of it, there is enough CF in this engine bay to maybe justify a cosmetic layer on these as well. I suppose in reality you could save another 5 lbs with vacuum bagged full zoot set, but now I'm getting carried away.

Matt- The car came in at 3650.. I was hoping to come in lighter.. But the car has a nice balance.. We will run it in this weight for this year & looking on what will be done on phase II.. If all goes well BB II should be lighter & faster so that we can leave this one alone.. BB II will maybe done 2013 in Feb.. Maybe!

The first time out on the Autocross still needed tuning.. so we could not push it hard.. In the next few weeks we will be putting thru real testing.. It was at the Delmar goodguys car show..

Nice!! Chris whats the car weigh?

I've been away from the forum since after Sema, I noticed a mention of autocross. How did the car do? was it a competition?

Matt

SLO_Z28

01-15-2012, 12:35 AM

B
In the next few weeks we will be putting thru real testing..

Speaking of, I missed your text from the other day somehow, I will text you that phone number at something other than a god aweful hour :thumbsup:

Those fenders are pretty hot!

Cris@JCG

01-25-2012, 04:56 PM

Been working on wraping up the interior on the 68... Got the stereo system done.. got the correct fuel gage in.. finished the A/C system.. & got all the fire system on the car..

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/IMG_1971.jpg

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Got all the front sheet metal back on the car.. The new inner wells fit perfect! No modifications.. Thanks Brett @ Fab53! no more tire rub either..

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/IMG_1972.jpg

I just got back from having the car on the chassis dyno... The Mustang Dyno gave 495 RWHP.. I was told that is pretty good.. I wanted more! But I guess that is not bad for a Stock LS7 that was just blueprinted & cammed!

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GregWeld

01-25-2012, 05:01 PM

Mostly what ya got is dirty feet!

Look at the prints in that picture! Car will never be the same now.... :D

Gandalf

01-25-2012, 05:15 PM

Very healthy engine Chris! Well done.

G.

Track Junky

01-25-2012, 05:16 PM

Man that car is pretty :thumbsup: . Awesome interior, engine compartment, etc, etc..

Are you not running a passenger seat?

Also wondering why the car is so heavy. Your an easy 600 lbs heavier than me. I always thought the 67's and 68's were alot lighter than the '69's.

Casanova claims to be around 3600 also.

Ron in SoCal

01-25-2012, 06:11 PM

Man that car is pretty :thumbsup: . Awesome interior, engine compartment, etc, etc..

Yeah man...:thumbsup:

For whatever reason, the Mustang Dyno often reads 20-30 HP lower than Dynojet/Superflow. I've been in that car and it hauls balls, so you're probably at 600 at the crank. Not bad Cris! Can you post up a Torque curve?

tones2SS

01-25-2012, 06:17 PM

Man that engine bay is very nice.

GregWeld

01-25-2012, 06:29 PM

Yeah man...:thumbsup:

For whatever reason, the Mustang Dyno often reads 20-30 HP lower than Dynojet/Superflow. I've been in that car and it hauls balls, so you're probably at 600 at the crank. Not bad Cris! Can you post up a Torque curve?

It has been tested and proven that the MUSTANG DYNO measures more accurately than a Dynojet... So if "lower" is a bad thing --- I'd say I'd rather have more accurate readings than just the garage bragging rights of a false higher number.

I won't thread jack with a dyno discussion -- and I didn't cut and paste all the resulting documentation - but this test is just one of many...

West Automotive Performance Engineering has developed a proprietary device that independently measures a vehicle's actual speed and acceleration. This device is similar in operation to a fifth wheel but doesn't use accelerometers that can be influenced by the vehicle's body tilt. Using the vehicle's speed, acceleration, and weight (mass) and the application of simple physics equations, the exact horsepower and torque can be calculated. The horsepower and torque measured by West Automotive Performance Engineering's dyno is actually the horsepower made-good, or the horsepower left over to accelerate the vehicle after all the aerodynamic and rolling-friction losses have been overcome. These losses were accounted for and included West Automotive Performance Engineering's dyno so that a comparison with a chassis dynamometer can be made. The Mustang dyno includes the aerodynamic load that it places on the drivetrain as part of its reported rear-wheel horsepower and torque. Stated another way, the Mustang dyno does not measure the horsepower made-good.
Graphs 7 and 10 show the horsepower and torque versus rpm in Second and Third gear, respectively, for the Dynojet dyno, the Mustang dyno, and from road testing with the dyno from West Automotive Performance Engineering. You can see that the horsepower and the torque, as measured on the road, are closer to the Mustang dyno measurements. Also from the acceleration tests you can see how the Mustang dyno loads the vehicle very closely to how it will be actually loaded on the road. Based on our test data, the Mustang dyno loaded our test vehicle and measured the rearwheel horsepower closer to what the vehicle experiences on the road.

tmadden

01-25-2012, 06:30 PM

Engine bay is neat and clean. Very well done.

Ron in SoCal

01-25-2012, 06:52 PM

It has been tested and proven that the MUSTANG DYNO measures more accurately than a Dynojet... So if "lower" is a bad thing --- I'd say I'd rather have more accurate readings than just the garage bragging rights of a false higher number.

I won't thread jack with a dyno discussion -- and I didn't cut and paste all the resulting documentation - but this test is just one of many...

West Automotive Performance Engineering has developed a proprietary device that independently measures a vehicle's actual speed and acceleration. This device is similar in operation to a fifth wheel but doesn't use accelerometers that can be influenced by the vehicle's body tilt. Using the vehicle's speed, acceleration, and weight (mass) and the application of simple physics equations, the exact horsepower and torque can be calculated. The horsepower and torque measured by West Automotive Performance Engineering's dyno is actually the horsepower made-good, or the horsepower left over to accelerate the vehicle after all the aerodynamic and rolling-friction losses have been overcome. These losses were accounted for and included West Automotive Performance Engineering's dyno so that a comparison with a chassis dynamometer can be made. The Mustang dyno includes the aerodynamic load that it places on the drivetrain as part of its reported rear-wheel horsepower and torque. Stated another way, the Mustang dyno does not measure the horsepower made-good.
Graphs 7 and 10 show the horsepower and torque versus rpm in Second and Third gear, respectively, for the Dynojet dyno, the Mustang dyno, and from road testing with the dyno from West Automotive Performance Engineering. You can see that the horsepower and the torque, as measured on the road, are closer to the Mustang dyno measurements. Also from the acceleration tests you can see how the Mustang dyno loads the vehicle very closely to how it will be actually loaded on the road. Based on our test data, the Mustang dyno loaded our test vehicle and measured the rearwheel horsepower closer to what the vehicle experiences on the road.

Is that opinion or fact? j/k! :lol:

Good stuff Greg!

Vegas69

01-25-2012, 07:14 PM

Not bad for a weak big block.

GregWeld

01-25-2012, 07:23 PM

Is that opinion or fact? j/k! :lol:

Good stuff Greg!

I was going to buy a dyno for my shed.... so did some thorough investigating. The definitive answer is = nobody really knows.

The right answer is -- dyno's are used for TUNING -- and if the numbers get bigger when you make a change - then you're headed in the right direction. That's how they should be used.

Having said that -- the numbers are always fun!

That's a fact.

GregWeld

01-25-2012, 07:25 PM

btw -- Killer Build Cris!

Flash68

01-25-2012, 08:07 PM

Yeah she's a little dirty in there Cris. Come on. :lol:

How many and where are all your nozzles on the fire system?

Cris@JCG

01-25-2012, 08:34 PM

This is a driver! Not some Riddler BubbleTop.. :lol:

Mostly what ya got is dirty feet!

Look at the prints in that picture! Car will never be the same now.... :D

Thanks for the info. Greg! At least you some years of experience like you were telling me yesterday.. Not like some people we know that all they have is internet knowledge.. We have built a few cars,, got some grease under your finger nails.. scrapes & brusies..

I got educated today on running a car on a chassis dyno.. @ first I was disappointed with the numbers.. then it was explained to me the difference between a dynojet & Mustang.. That is why my tuner made sure that if I commented on the numbers.. Make sure you say it was on a Mustang Dyno..

It has been tested and proven that the MUSTANG DYNO measures more accurately than a Dynojet... So if "lower" is a bad thing --- I'd say I'd rather have more accurate readings than just the garage bragging rights of a false higher number.

I won't thread jack with a dyno discussion -- and I didn't cut and paste all the resulting documentation - but this test is just one of many...

West Automotive Performance Engineering has developed a proprietary device that independently measures a vehicle's actual speed and acceleration. This device is similar in operation to a fifth wheel but doesn't use accelerometers that can be influenced by the vehicle's body tilt. Using the vehicle's speed, acceleration, and weight (mass) and the application of simple physics equations, the exact horsepower and torque can be calculated. The horsepower and torque measured by West Automotive Performance Engineering's dyno is actually the horsepower made-good, or the horsepower left over to accelerate the vehicle after all the aerodynamic and rolling-friction losses have been overcome. These losses were accounted for and included West Automotive Performance Engineering's dyno so that a comparison with a chassis dynamometer can be made. The Mustang dyno includes the aerodynamic load that it places on the drivetrain as part of its reported rear-wheel horsepower and torque. Stated another way, the Mustang dyno does not measure the horsepower made-good.
Graphs 7 and 10 show the horsepower and torque versus rpm in Second and Third gear, respectively, for the Dynojet dyno, the Mustang dyno, and from road testing with the dyno from West Automotive Performance Engineering. You can see that the horsepower and the torque, as measured on the road, are closer to the Mustang dyno measurements. Also from the acceleration tests you can see how the Mustang dyno loads the vehicle very closely to how it will be actually loaded on the road. Based on our test data, the Mustang dyno loaded our test vehicle and measured the rearwheel horsepower closer to what the vehicle experiences on the road.

Thank you Sir! See Ya Soon!

btw -- Killer Build Cris!

dunnjun

01-25-2012, 08:40 PM

I would think 500 rwhp would make for a pretty exciting ride, but then I only have 350 rwhp. Cris you really nailed the T/A dash. :thumbsup: It looks better than the original, which in my biased opinion is one of the best dashes of all time. The rest of the car is pretty good too. :wow:

Cris@JCG

01-25-2012, 08:42 PM

Thank you Greg!

Very healthy engine Chris! Well done.

G.

We are running a passenger seat.. The weight has been a issue for me.. but in all the car is well balanced & has all the comfort creatures of a new car..

BB II will be a hell lot lighter! I promise!

Man that car is pretty :thumbsup: . Awesome interior, engine compartment, etc, etc..

Are you not running a passenger seat?

Also wondering why the car is so heavy. Your an easy 600 lbs heavier than me. I always thought the 67's and 68's were alot lighter than the '69's.

Casanova claims to be around 3600 also.

Thanks Tony & Tmadden!

Man that engine bay is very nice.

Engine bay is neat and clean. Very well done.

I bet If thru the keys @ you again to drive this little 68.. & drive it like you stole it.. LS something would be going in that little black 69! :D

Not bad for a weak big block.

Two in the engine bay & one under the dash..

Yeah she's a little dirty in there Cris. Come on. :lol:

How many and where are all your nozzles on the fire system?

Cris@JCG

01-25-2012, 08:47 PM

I think your opinion my be of some importance! :D

Maybe someday I might let you drive again! :lol:

I would think 500 rwhp would make for a pretty exciting ride, but then I only have 350 rwhp. Cris you really nailed the T/A dash. :thumbsup: It looks better than the original, which in my biased opinion is one of the best dashes of all time. The rest of the car is pretty good too. :wow:

Bucketlist2012

01-26-2012, 02:12 AM

Again, i see that if Gonzo is involved...The Build is incredible....

Man you do some sweet work...Well Done..:cheers:

Kendall Burleson

01-26-2012, 07:32 AM

counting the days to it in person:lol: :lol: :lol:

67zo6Camaro

01-28-2012, 09:42 PM

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You are welcome Cris, I'm glad that they worked out for you. They look even better with your finishing touches.

DFRESH

01-28-2012, 11:02 PM

And it just keeps getting better. One of my favorite builds--being able to go for a run around the auto cross in the car at Del Mar was a highlight. Next time I get Weld money, i'll drop my car off at your shop and just let you come up with stuff like you did on this one---amazing. BTW, love the on board fire system---everyone should have one of those--including me--a must have.

Doug

GregWeld

01-29-2012, 08:01 AM

BTW, love the on board fire system---everyone should have one of those--including me--a must have.

Rudy and I were at the shop yesterday --- looking over BB.... and I notice these two 45* -6 AN fittings hanging from the firewall... and ask Cris -- "where are those suppose to go?".

He laughs and says it's the fire suppression system. My thoughts? Now that's KOOL!!

Cris@JCG

01-29-2012, 11:09 AM

Thank you for the props sir!

Again, i see that if Gonzo is involved...The Build is incredible....

Man you do some sweet work...Well Done..:cheers:

Kendall looking forward to meeting you in person!

counting the days to it in person:lol: :lol: :lol:

Brett- I will be having some new pcs here pretty soon for you make out of fiberglass for me.. Thanks again!

You are welcome Cris, I'm glad that they worked out for you. They look even better with your finishing touches.

Thanks Doug! I got the Camarillo Airport scheduled for the 3rd & 4th of February.. Testing & tuning for two days.. The Pozzi's will be here to take on that task.. Mary will be driving the car @ RTTC.. The owner will not be able to make it in that weekend.. I already ordered her a new steering wheel!

And it just keeps getting better. One of my favorite builds--being able to go for a run around the auto cross in the car at Del Mar was a highlight. Next time I get Weld money, i'll drop my car off at your shop and just let you come up with stuff like you did on this one---amazing. BTW, love the on board fire system---everyone should have one of those--including me--a must have.

Doug

Buddy, it is always good to see you! Looking forward to our trip down to RTTA!

Rudy and I were at the shop yesterday --- looking over BB.... and I notice these two 45* -6 AN fittings hanging from the firewall... and ask Cris -- "where are those suppose to go?".

He laughs and says it's the fire suppression system. My thoughts? Now that's KOOL!!

SLO_Z28

01-30-2012, 09:45 PM

Looking forward to killing tires and cones this weekend!

Mary will be driving the car @ RTTC.. The owner will not be able to make it in that weekend.. I already ordered her a new steering wheel!

My steering wheel is from an old video arcade game... :lol:

Cris@JCG

02-03-2012, 07:31 PM

Testing & tuning today! Spent a whole day adjusting shocks, ride height, negitive camber, changing brake pads.. But it was well worth it.. The end results were all positive.. except that we need to change the bad gears we have in rear diff..

Got to thank Dave & Mary for coming out & helping with tuning & driving the car to let us know what changes needed to be done..

The Camarillo Airport was a great place for us to do runs & testing.. The nice thing about renting it out for the day was all the run time we got in.. Mary would drive it.. come in adjustments.. & back out.. Plus a few of my friends we able to squeeze in some practice time..

These are the only pics I got .. cause I was busy wrenching on the car.. We will have some videos here pretty soon with other pics from a few of the guys that were out their with me..

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/IMG_2009.jpg

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/IMG_2010.jpg

67ragtp

02-03-2012, 07:51 PM

Chris - Im curious, were you getting a high speed vibration or noise from the rear gear? Who's gears and diff are you using?

looking forward to seeing some video :thumbsup:

Rich

Track Junky

02-03-2012, 08:49 PM

Great news Chris. :thumbsup: Looking forward to the vids.

67zo6Camaro

02-04-2012, 12:52 PM

Ok, that was an awsome day with Cris, Mary, Dave and the crew testing Blu-Balz. Thanks for inviting me and the Fab53 Camaro.

So, this is the story in short form. Testing and tuning means nothing UNLESS you have the right crew with experience to understand and communicate what is needed for a car to get quicker... and/or fine tuned.

These two videos are partial documentation and evidence of the hard work put into such a fine machine as JCG's 68 Camaro Blu-Balz. In the first video, which is earlier in the day, I was able to keep BB close in my GoPro sights with minimal struggles.

But, in the second video, which is later in the day, you will see that it became harder for me to keep a close shot of BB. She was able to pull away with ease. The car became faster and Mary became more comfortable with what she could do with it. This is a true testament to what a great driver, Mary Possi, a great crew, Dave Possi Cris Gonzo and team can do with a pro-touring machine.

Enjoy. And Cris.... I have more shots that I will send to you directly.

Thanks again for a great day out with a fun bunch of people.

http://youtu.be/Mhbf0_6Bxws

http://youtu.be/6nfSVSUkxEk

P.S. help... how do you embed Youtube screen to this post rather than just a link?

Ron in SoCal

02-04-2012, 02:02 PM

Here you go...

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Looks like a great day out there!

skatinjay27

02-04-2012, 02:17 PM

damn that car is fast!

well when chris aint driving!!!:P

Kendall Burleson

02-04-2012, 02:21 PM

Chris that car is outstanding on the course very quick.:hail: :hail:

67zo6Camaro

02-04-2012, 02:24 PM

Here you go...

Looks like a great day out there!

Dude, how did you do that... is it top secret or something!

Thanks Ron.

Track Junky

02-04-2012, 02:28 PM

Wow, huge difference between first and second vid!! :thumbsup:

Did you guy's have or need more adjustments after the second vid?

What tread wear tires are you guys tuning with?

Flash68

02-04-2012, 02:34 PM

Cris, the car looks fantastic and you guys musta had fun. Sorry we could not make it down. Thanks for the invite though. Def see ya and the car at RTTC.
:thumbsup:

Dude, how did you do that... is it top secret or something!

Brett, when you are in your post, click on the green box that is sitting on its edge above and to the left of all the emoticons, and it will drop Youtube brackets into the post. Then copy/paste the letters/numbers in the URL of the youtube video that are AFTER the "=" sign.

Make sense?

67zo6Camaro

02-04-2012, 02:36 PM

Wow, huge difference between first and second vid!! :thumbsup:

Did you guy's have or need more adjustments after the second vid?

What tread wear tires are you guys tuning with?

yea, BB had some 300 treadware bias ply, I was running race slicks....

na, just F%*%*g with ya all.. lol. Both of us were running Nitto NT05 tires, BB's had minimal wear... and mine were bald. No kidden. My back tires were eventually bald at the end of the day.

I'm Sure Cris will chim in about the final adjustments (I know he was planning to spend time with family today). But let me tell ya, that car is getting fast and I'm assuming it has more in it.

67zo6Camaro

02-04-2012, 02:40 PM

Make sense?

yep, now it does as I saw and messed around with that tab. Just didn't cut and past the correct amount.

thanks

Cris@JCG

02-04-2012, 03:11 PM

No vibrations! Just bad pinion & gears.. Gear Motive

Chris - Im curious, were you getting a high speed vibration or noise from the rear gear? Who's gears and diff are you using?

looking forward to seeing some video :thumbsup:

Rich

Brett- Thank you for the videos.. I had a camara crew out their today to shoot the car but it didn't work out since we were not able to drive the car today.. We will use your videos... I will let you know when I will host another small event like this one again..

Ok, that was an awsome day with Cris, Mary, Dave and the crew testing Blu-Balz. Thanks for inviting me and the Fab53 Camaro.

So, this is the story in short form. Testing and tuning means nothing UNLESS you have the right crew with experience to understand and communicate what is needed for a car to get quicker... and/or fine tuned.

These two videos are partial documentation and evidence of the hard work put into such a fine machine as JCG's 68 Camaro Blu-Balz. In the first video, which is earlier in the day, I was able to keep BB close in my GoPro sights with minimal struggles.

But, in the second video, which is later in the day, you will see that it became harder for me to keep a close shot of BB. She was able to pull away with ease. The car became faster and Mary became more comfortable with what she could do with it. This is a true testament to what a great driver, Mary Possi, a great crew, Dave Possi Cris Gonzo and team can do with a pro-touring machine.

Enjoy. And Cris.... I have more shots that I will send to you directly.

Thanks again for a great day out with a fun bunch of people.

http://youtu.be/Mhbf0_6Bxws

http://youtu.be/6nfSVSUkxEk

P.S. help... how do you embed Youtube screen to this post rather than just a link?

Here you go...

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Looks like a great day out there!

Thanks Ron!

damn that car is fast!

well when chris aint driving!!!:P

LMAO! I can drive a little.. I will just keep practicing with BB!

Chris that car is outstanding on the course very quick.:hail: :hail:

Car will only get better with time!

Wow, huge difference between first and second vid!! :thumbsup:

Did you guy's have or need more adjustments after the second vid?

What tread wear tires are you guys tuning with?

NT05.. 200 Tread.. THe car was way off in the morning.. by the afternoon we had her hooking up..

Cris, the car looks fantastic and you guys musta had fun. Sorry we could not make it down. Thanks for the invite though. Def see ya and the car at RTTC.
:thumbsup:

Brett, when you are in your post, click on the green box that is sitting on its edge above and to the left of all the emoticons, and it will drop Youtube brackets into the post. Then copy/paste the letters/numbers in the URL of the youtube video that are AFTER the "=" sign.

Make sense?

Next time buddy!

Cris@JCG

02-04-2012, 03:55 PM

Here is a little recap of the testing & tuning that we went thru this week… Basically I just sat down & listened to everything David & Mary were telling.. I just followed their lead & did as I was asked on all the suspension tuning of the car.. I was calling David & getting spring rates they wanted to see on the car, setting the shocks to how Mary wanted the car to set in a corner, setting the camber to what they thought worked the best.. I just did exactly what they told me to do.. Plus the owner the car right before I ship it out.. He said do whatever it takes to shake that car out! Rent a track get the Pozzi’s in.. Buy springs, change the steering wheel, & etc. All I said I will get err done! As long as I don’t lose my ride height!

We put a RacePak on the car to get some reading on what the car was doing.. Mary was consistently pulling 1 G lateral loads on the car both ways.. Maybe David will post that graph later..

Another thing that we did was take pictures of the car as it was being tested & tuned… Casey got some great pics of the car to observe how the car was leaning & watching the tire contact patch to the pavement… I will just post random pics of that so that you guys can see what the car was going!

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GregWeld

02-04-2012, 04:04 PM

Looks to me like you needed a way faster chase car! :unibrow:

Of course -- with Mary driving - she could be in a stock Volkswagon and out run ya!

67zo6Camaro

02-04-2012, 05:36 PM

Looks to me like you needed a way faster chase car! :unibrow:

Of course -- with Mary driving - she could be in a stock Volkswagon and out run ya!

Man, you are telling me. I even went as far to put lead in her car, stick a bannana in the exhaust, and drugged her lunch drink.... Still nothin except pulling away... maybe next time I will let some air out of the tires also. Lol.

awr68

02-04-2012, 05:48 PM

Car looks great out there! I never noticed before how tight all the gaps are on that thing! I must have been caught up in all the killer details! Love this car!! :hail:

Bucketlist2012

02-04-2012, 06:50 PM

That was great...

Mary drives crazy fast....sweet..

I am looking to go to an event at a Track like that in the Bay Area. An airport type autocross.

Someone PM me and let me know... Sacramento would be ok..

My Car is ready..

mpozziCPL

02-04-2012, 07:06 PM

A most excellent day and I'm very happy with the way this car responded to the changes we did. Have to say the most significant one was the change of brake pad friction material and man, those Wilwood stoppers sure work good. Having the right stuff at the calipers is huge.

Thanks to Cris and the owner of the Camaro for entrusting this part of the development to me and there's still more tricks in the bag that when done, will get this car even better.

Mary Pozzi

CarlC

02-04-2012, 10:05 PM

... maybe next time I will let some air out of the tires also. Lol.

We did that. After temp'ing the tires some pressure and camber changes were made. It made a big difference. The tire temps were much better at the end of the day.

That car stops. Now. Right now. Anchor-dropping right now.

Thank you to Cris for hosting. It was very gracious of you to have us out there.

David Pozzi

02-04-2012, 10:50 PM

Here is some cornering data. Always remember these are just what the system records, not absolute calibrated numbers. Body lean can add error to the data.

Cris@JCG

02-05-2012, 09:20 AM

Next time we will get a Mustang as a chase car or a bubble top! :D

Looks to me like you needed a way faster chase car! :unibrow:

Of course -- with Mary driving - she could be in a stock Volkswagon and out run ya!

Thank you Jay! it was built to look purty one time in its life & thrashed on for the rest... We had cone rash on the side.. picking up nicks on the under side of the rockers..

Very Cool Cris!!!! Awesome to see it being thrash on! We need some videos. :thumbsup:

Thank you Tony :D

Car looks great out there! I never noticed before how tight all the gaps are on that thing! I must have been caught up in all the killer details! Love this car!! :hail:

Thank you for all your help Mary! Looking forward to seeing you drive this car more & make more improvements on her..

A most excellent day and I'm very happy with the way this car responded to the changes we did. Have to say the most significant one was the change of brake pad friction material and man, those Wilwood stoppers sure work good. Having the right stuff at the calipers is huge.

Thanks to Cris and the owner of the Camaro for entrusting this part of the development to me and there's still more tricks in the bag that when done, will get this car even better.

Mary Pozzi

Thanks for all your help @ the event Carl! We will host another event here pretty soon..

We did that. After temp'ing the tires some pressure and camber changes were made. It made a big difference. The tire temps were much better at the end of the day.

That car stops. Now. Right now. Anchor-dropping right now.

Thank you to Cris for hosting. It was very gracious of you to have us out there.

Thank you for posting the data David.. & all the advise you have given since I meet you & Mary.. I have learned alot from you & Mary..

Here is some cornering data. Always remember these are just what the system records, not absolute calibrated numbers. Body lean can add error to the data.

Bucketlist2012

02-05-2012, 09:26 AM

mpozziCPL

02-05-2012, 11:43 AM

David and Mary,

I cannot wait to come out to play with you two, and all the other Cool people on these sites..

I will be starting at Ground Zero with my car, but I can see my learning curve accelerate if I am anywhere near you, and your Crew.

Do you ever take other people's cars out to feel them out and give feedback ?

And I can see that this could get costly, with parts, tires, gear, maintinence.

But I will be watching the BlueBalz video a few times today..

Great driving...You need a Bugatti to be the chase vehicle if you hope to film Mary racing...:cheers:

Yes, we do help with chassis and driver development as its fun and both the owner/driver and the two of us learn from it. If you have a solid car to begin with, your main expense will be tires. Autocrossing is so much gentler on cars than people think it is and you can autocross a year on what it would cost to just get through a practice and qualifying session for one race.

I usually ride with people or have them ride with me and just watch one or two things, then I might drive their cars before offering advice. One or two things can make a huge difference between a car that has "holes" and one that's confirmed for its job.

Small things, too. Steering wheel hand position, seating position, even size and feel of the steering wheel can make a slight difference in your autocross times.

We can talk more at an event.

Mary

Vegas69

02-05-2012, 12:18 PM

This is borderline cheating. :D

Bucketlist2012

02-05-2012, 12:41 PM

Yes, we do help with chassis and driver development as its fun and both the owner/driver and the two of us learn from it. If you have a solid car to begin with, your main expense will be tires. Autocrossing is so much gentler on cars than people think it is and you can autocross a year on what it would cost to just get through a practice and qualifying session for one race.

I usually ride with people or have them ride with me and just watch one or two things, then I might drive their cars before offering advice. One or two things can make a huge difference between a car that has "holes" and one that's confirmed for its job.

Small things, too. Steering wheel hand position, seating position, even size and feel of the steering wheel can make a slight difference in your autocross times.

We can talk more at an event.

Mary

Thanks..

Steve at East Bay Muscle Cars is setting up the Car, and things are turning out great.. He told me to drive it and give him feed back on any adjusting of the shocks..

And things are adjustable, but as a 52 year old newbie, I am not sure what adjustments to tell Steve about, as we fine tune the car..

I will warn you, although I do have a nice 350mm Momo Race steering wheel that feels great, I have the stock seats until next Winter's interior gutting, so I know seats will be an issue, but the car is rock solid and freshly gone over..

But the seats are a joke until next winter.. so times will suffer a little.. I borrowed a set of Procaro's years ago, and I could drive so much faster in the turns, so i know that with all the new parts, WHEN i get seats, oh boy, that will help a lot..

Good to know about the tires..I figure i get a few seasons out of the KDW's, that will be good.. One big Track race, nope, not that many dollars in the fun fund anymore..it is all in the car, haha.

I come down to have fun and to learn, and apparently , to meet some great people.

Mike V.

I cannot wait to meet all you "Eagles "..:cheers: :lateral: :woot:

Kendall Burleson

02-06-2012, 09:00 AM

just sweet good job:unibrow: :unibrow:

Bucketlist2012

02-06-2012, 10:33 AM

I just realized that my excitement has made the newbie a thread highjacker.. :willy: :willy: Sorry.

Blue balz, the Video, the Track, and Mary's driving, are awesome.:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Gandalf

02-06-2012, 10:42 AM

Chris - that thing looks like it gets up out of the hole pretty darn quick! (and that's even with Brett pedaling behind with the camera as fast as he can - no slouch). I wanted to make it up this weekend but I was installing Carl's Vaporworx to my fuel tank. Carl got me all my parts so we were cutting on my fuel tank this weekend.

And I think Todd is suggesting we institute a Pozzi-Tuned handicap points system ;-)

Awesome job man - that owner should be very happy!
G.

Cris@JCG

02-07-2012, 09:05 AM

No worries! We will be @ the Marina Auto-X in few weeks with Blu Balz.. More testing & tuning for Dave & Mary! Maybe we will seee you out their..

I just realized that my excitement has made the newbie a thread highjacker.. :willy: :willy: Sorry.

Blue balz, the Video, the Track, and Mary's driving, are awesome.:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Gregg- I plan on hosting another one of the events of testing & tuning again maybe in early April.. Maybe you can make it to that one.. Now get all the details done & start getting some miles on her!

Bringing in the Pozzi's for tuning is the best thing we could have done.. I know my limits to building a car.. Suspension tuning is something that I needed help on .. I learned more in one day from working with them.. Mary driving the car @ RTTC is an advantage towards the last of the tuning before we ship it home.. She e-mailed me a list of the last things we need to do to get the car closer to its final limits of suspension tuning..

Todd is just jealous because Mary was luving the brakes & did not have any have any piston knock back issues!:D

Chris - that thing looks like it gets up out of the hole pretty darn quick! (and that's even with Brett pedaling behind with the camera as fast as he can - no slouch). I wanted to make it up this weekend but I was installing Carl's Vaporworx to my fuel tank. Carl got me all my parts so we were cutting on my fuel tank this weekend.

And I think Todd is suggesting we institute a Pozzi-Tuned handicap points system ;-)

Awesome job man - that owner should be very happy!
G.

Bryce

02-07-2012, 10:17 AM

No worries! We will be @ the Marina Auto-X in few weeks with Blu Balz.. More testing & tuning for Dave & Mary! Maybe we will seee you out their..

Gregg- I plan on hosting another one of the events of testing & tuning again maybe in early April.. Maybe you can make it to that one.. Now get all the details done & start getting some miles on her!

Bringing in the Pozzi's for tuning is the best thing we could have done.. I know my limits to building a car.. Suspension tuning is something that I needed help on .. I learned more in one day from working with them.. Mary driving the car @ RTTC is an advantage towards the last of the tuning before we ship it home.. She e-mailed me a list of the last things we need to do to get the car closer to its final limits of suspension tuning..

Todd is just jealous because Mary was luving the brakes & did not have any have any piston knock back issues!:D

Cris,

Let me know the next time your do a test and tune. If my car is back together (8:1 steering) I would love to come out.

Flash68

02-07-2012, 07:33 PM

No worries! We will be @ the Marina Auto-X in few weeks with Blu Balz.. More testing & tuning for Dave & Mary! Maybe we will seee you out their..

Cris, you talking about the March 3-4 event at Marina?

Cris@JCG

02-07-2012, 08:38 PM

I will let you Know Bryce..

Cris,

Let me know the next time your do a test and tune. If my car is back together (8:1 steering) I would love to come out.

I think so.. Mary told me they have two events going on from here to RTTC..

Cris, you talking about the March 3-4 event at Marina?

Flash68

02-07-2012, 09:47 PM

I think so.. Mary told me they have two events going on from here to RTTC..

Cool, I had planned on trying to make that as a final tune-up for RTTC. Plan on seein ya there.

Vince@Meanstreets

02-07-2012, 11:44 PM

I will let you Know Bryce..

I think so.. Mary told me they have two events going on from here to RTTC..

man we gotta make this one.

The chase car is about what I look like when driving with limited cone tracks. LOL

Cris@JCG

02-08-2012, 02:38 PM

I will see you guys in a few weeks!

Cool, I had planned on trying to make that as a final tune-up for RTTC. Plan on seein ya there.

man we gotta make this one.

The chase car is about what I look like when driving with limited cone tracks. LOL

Lance-w

02-08-2012, 02:39 PM

A couple of the pictures I took.

Thanks again, Chris !

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73CPCAMARO

02-08-2012, 03:11 PM

I will see you guys in a few weeks!

Cris,

I am looking forward to seeing you at Marina. I want to see that car in action! :thumbsup: There should be a nice group of cars there.

Bucketlist2012

02-08-2012, 05:27 PM

I plan on being there..:woot: :lateral:

Vince@Meanstreets

02-08-2012, 05:35 PM

This is borderline cheating. :D

i was thinking the same thing. :P

*RINGER*COUGH COUGH**

dunnjun

02-08-2012, 05:51 PM

It's only cheating if you win. ;)

randy

02-12-2012, 12:08 PM

did you powdercoat or paint the trim? Any chance you can get some closer shots of it too?

Cris@JCG

02-12-2012, 10:35 PM

We had all the trim powder coated @ first.. but had to much orange peel to it.. so we block sanded over the powder coating & painted it again to match the rest of the exterior black on the car.. The powder coating is great for paint to stick too..

did you powdercoat or paint the trim? Any chance you can get some closer shots of it too?

Cris@JCG

02-12-2012, 10:36 PM

Look forward to seeing you guys out their!

Cris,

I am looking forward to seeing you at Marina. I want to see that car in action! :thumbsup: There should be a nice group of cars there.

I plan on being there..:woot: :lateral:

i was thinking the same thing. :P

*RINGER*COUGH COUGH**

Cris@JCG

02-16-2012, 09:28 AM

I have been really sick for the last couple of days so was not able to make it to RTTA.. The owner was very considerate & said.. Don't worry about.. stay home get well & I will Take my Mustang & have fun... Get the some more tuning in for RTTC..

I really wanted to be out their guys but this flu has been kicking me in the azz!

Kendall Burleson

02-16-2012, 11:01 AM

Tell your customer to bring his rain coat and his rain & tires I will have to give all that MEXTEX FAJITA to who every show up!!! was looking to the car in person. Man it has not rain here in a year we have had more rain in the last two week then all last year.:P :P :P :P :rofl:

GregWeld

02-16-2012, 11:27 AM

I'm at the airport right now so I'm coming down no matter the weather!!:D

Kendall Burleson

02-16-2012, 11:49 AM

I'm at the airport right now so I'm coming down no matter the weather!!:D I thought you were driving down.

67CamaroKid

02-19-2012, 06:22 PM

Thank you Mr.Gonzalez for giving me and my dad a tour of your shop today. You've got a really great shop and are doing some really cool things with the cars.

It was great watching Blu Balz drive down the highway. Awesome car!

Thanks again,
Trevor

Bryan O

02-19-2012, 06:23 PM

^^:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

GregWeld

02-19-2012, 06:59 PM

GregWeld

02-19-2012, 07:02 PM

Forgot to mention "he" wins a golden ticket to OPTIMA OUSCI --- in his late model Mustang -- instead of BBalz...

:woot:

Bryan O

02-19-2012, 07:18 PM

Hey! In the meantime I'm down here in Texas riding around the track with the BB owner.... and we're both wondering where "the Cris" is.... He's home playing while we're racing in the rain!!

WTF?!?!

:wow: :lol:

:lol: In Cris' defense. He was certainly under the weather. I know Trev is hoping he catches Cris' flu. Says it would be a perfect excuse to stay out of school this week, hang out at the shop and watch my car being built.

GregWeld

02-19-2012, 07:49 PM

Having the flu won't get him any slack from me!

:rofl:

Jack Chisenhall (Vintage Air) brought out his brand spankin' new '36 Ford and had Mark Stielow run the snot out of it - it had about 1 mile on it and was scheduled for a photoshoot Monday...

Cris@JCG

02-20-2012, 08:00 AM

Kendall- Good talking to you the other day.. Sorry I could not make it down their.. Hoping you can make the weekend trip down to RTTC!

I thought you were driving down.

Cris@JCG

02-20-2012, 08:02 AM

Trevor- It was my pleasure giving you & your dad a tour of the shop..Looking forward to seeing your dad complete his 69 & you posting some pics of you project here pretty soon..

Thank you Mr.Gonzalez for giving me and my dad a tour of your shop today. You've got a really great shop and are doing some really cool things with the cars.

It was great watching Blu Balz drive down the highway. Awesome car!

Thanks again,
Trevor

^^:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Cris@JCG

02-20-2012, 08:10 AM

I was here @ the shop asleep in front of my computer sick as a dog till Thurday.. Glad you had fun playing in the rain! :D

Hey! In the meantime I'm down here in Texas riding around the track with the BB owner.... and we're both wondering where "the Cris" is.... He's home playing while we're racing in the rain!!

WTF?!?!

:wow: :lol:

Congrats to KD for wining a spot to Optima! I wonder if they will let him drive BB instead of his Mustang! :D

Forgot to mention "he" wins a golden ticket to OPTIMA OUSCI --- in his late model Mustang -- instead of BBalz...

:woot:

I will be waiting for the call so that you can give me crap about not making down to RTTA!

Having the flu won't get him any slack from me!

:rofl:

Jack Chisenhall (Vintage Air) brought out his brand spankin' new '36 Ford and had Mark Stielow run the snot out of it - it had about 1 mile on it and was scheduled for a photoshoot Monday...

Cris@JCG

03-04-2012, 08:26 PM

This weekend we drove Blu Balz out to Central CA to the AmericanAuto-x event @ the Marina.. I had a lot of fun @ this event watching & learning from people that have been doing this for a long time..

We also stretched the Camaro’s legs by driving from Oxnard to Salinas.. Car now has another 400 miles of straight driving without any problems on the road.. We got to the event.. let some air out of the tires.. registered & put a number on the side of the car then got in line to start getting some runs in.. Mary was quick to point out the issues we were having with the car.. We managed to get thru our 5 runs in the afternoon fighting the small issues…

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After the event on Saturday we drove back to Mary & Dave’s house so that I could do some wrenching on the car.. We tried something that I thought that might help.. but considered it a long shot.. but the one thing I enjoyed of going over to the Pozzi’s shop was all the cool car’s they have .. Some racing history in that shop.. Also got to meet Mike Maier & talk shop with him.. Great person with lots of suspension knowledge.. I have never seen anybody make suck quick suspension adjustments like Mike..

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This morning we got to the event with the same small issue going on.. I need to replace the rack n pinion tomorrow morning.. put more negative camber in it & widen the front track.. the car was pushing like a dump truck.. Like I said!! I learned a lot this weekend.. I even got Brian Hobaugh behind the wheel with Mary riding shotgun!

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Cris@JCG

03-04-2012, 08:30 PM

Here is a video of one of the runs @ the Marina!

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KPC67

03-04-2012, 08:34 PM

Awesome!

67zo6Camaro

03-04-2012, 09:05 PM

Great pictures..... But I was hoping for some of the inside scoop on how BB compared with the other guys. To soon to tell?

dunnjun

03-04-2012, 09:36 PM

WoW Cris! What a day you must have had, hangin with a bunch of autox legends, absorbing suspension tuning secrets :thumbsup: Some of my all time favorite cars in those pics!!! Man, am I jealous !! Too cool!

GregWeld

03-04-2012, 09:40 PM

Track Junky

03-04-2012, 09:47 PM

I was hoping to get there in time today to watch you guy's but when I got there you guy's were gone. I did get the opportunity to meet Mike though.

73CPCAMARO

03-04-2012, 09:55 PM

Cris,

Blu Balz is an incredible car. Not only it is about the best looking Camaro ever, it drives really nice and is FAST. For a new car, you have it really close. Thank you for the opportunity to let me take it on the course today. Hopefully, my input will help. You have a great driver and tuner in Mary helping you out.

See you at RTTC!

Brian

Vegas69

03-04-2012, 10:19 PM

That looks like one hell of a day. Great cruise, killer cars, some of the best shoes/tuners in the business driving YOUR car. :thumbsup: Marina looks like a place I'd like to run.

dunnjun

03-04-2012, 11:35 PM

Hey Karl! You coming out to RTTC?!?!?

Be great if you are!

I was planning on it Greg! Then I found out that it was the same week as my son's spring break, and they want to go snowboarding.

Are you taking your Mustang to RTTC? I'd like to get a ride in it. It sounds like a killer car.

Flash68

03-05-2012, 12:25 AM

Was hoping to make it out and see ya Cris... sorry I didn't! Killer shots... what a lineup of cars indeed.... I saw Taz in there too. :thumbsup:

tones2SS

03-05-2012, 07:00 PM

Great car Cris. Nice run. She looks great, sounds great and moves out.:thumbsup:

Cris@JCG

03-05-2012, 09:11 PM

The issues we were having were not really allowing us to really push the car as hard as I wanted too.. Have been working all day on getting them fixed..

All I can say their were some real fast cars out their & the times they were running were un-real!

Great pictures..... But I was hoping for some of the inside scoop on how BB compared with the other guys. To soon to tell?

Greg- trying to get Karl to come down in a few weeks so that we can go to the Marina.. Maybe we can make it a weekend of running the cars out their..

Hey Karl! You coming out to RTTC?!?!?

Be great if you are!

Sorry to hear that I missed you.. I am sure we will be out their soon again!

I was hoping to get there in time today to watch you guy's but when I got there you guy's were gone. I did get the opportunity to meet Mike though.

Cris@JCG

03-05-2012, 09:16 PM

Brian- That you for your input & the props on the car.. As always it is great to see you & your dad.. Hoping you can get you issues sorted on the Camaro & see it at RTTC..

Cris,

Blu Balz is an incredible car. Not only it is about the best looking Camaro ever, it drives really nice and is FAST. For a new car, you have it really close. Thank you for the opportunity to let me take it on the course today. Hopefully, my input will help. You have a great driver and tuner in Mary helping you out.

See you at RTTC!

Brian

It was a great time Todd.. Lucky to have some great people help get the car sorted so that we can run her hard..

That looks like one hell of a day. Great cruise, killer cars, some of the best shoes/tuners in the business driving YOUR car. :thumbsup: Marina looks like a place I'd like to run.

GregWeld

03-05-2012, 09:28 PM

Cris -- What's a "few weeks"? Cause I'm going to the Monaco Grand Prix in May... and that's just a few weeks away... :D

Cris@JCG

03-05-2012, 09:32 PM

Karl- had a great time getting to watch & learn alot during this event..

Here are some pics of some of my favorite cars out thier.. Maybe it will get you jump on a plane & attend the next event in a few weeks!

My favorite car @ the event! I want this Corvette!

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/IMG_2180.jpg

My second favorite car! "TAZ"

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/IMG_2199.jpg

Your favorite Mustang Karl..

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/IMG_2202.jpg

I want this one too!

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/IMG_2177.jpg

This 69 was cool too!

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/IMG_2187.jpg

WoW Cris! What a day you must have had, hangin with a bunch of autox legends, absorbing suspension tuning secrets :thumbsup: Some of my all time favorite cars in those pics!!! Man, am I jealous !! Too cool!

Cris@JCG

03-05-2012, 09:34 PM

Weekend after RTTC!

Cris -- What's a "few weeks"? Cause I'm going to the Monaco Grand Prix in May... and that's just a few weeks away... :D

GregWeld

03-05-2012, 09:41 PM

Weekend after RTTC!

:( That puts Gwen and I at Bondurant - School starts Monday AM!

I have to do a lot of school to be able to catch up to Karl!

:unibrow: :cheers:

Ron in SoCal

03-05-2012, 09:46 PM

Great pics Cris...:thumbsup:

Glad you had fun!

SLO_Z28

03-05-2012, 09:51 PM

Karl needs to come to the next AAX event, and so do I!

dunnjun

03-05-2012, 11:06 PM

Weekend after RTTC!

That's not gonna work for me either. I've got some traveling to do before Run To the Old South and Midwest Muscle Car. I'll have to get back from spring break, in one piece I hope, and let you know how things are going. The last time I went snowboarding, I nearly got knocked out, and messed up my shoulder. So one thing at a time. :lol: You and Mary have fun at RTTC!

I don't know about that Greg, cause I've never seen you ride a jet ski.

Your right James! I need all the seat time I can get! The marina looks like a great place to autox, and it looks a lot more open for american muscle or bigger cars. The tracks around here are usually pretty tight Miata tracks. With all the talent there, I'd pay just to watch.

Cris@JCG

03-06-2012, 05:11 PM

Here is a action shot with Brian @ the wheel & Mary riding shot-gun!

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/418170_10150717153221613_788191612_11416382_218572 786_n1.jpg

Bucketlist2012

03-06-2012, 05:26 PM

Here is a action shot with Brian @ the wheel & Mary riding shot-gun!

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/418170_10150717153221613_788191612_11416382_218572 786_n1.jpg

Sweet....:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Cris@JCG

03-06-2012, 05:32 PM

I just found some better action shots of us @ the Marina!

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/DSC_1557.jpg

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/DSC_1417.jpg

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/DSC_1443.jpg

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/DSC_1444.jpg

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/DSC_1545.jpg

tones2SS

03-06-2012, 06:18 PM

Awesome car Cris. Awesome.

Al Moreno

03-06-2012, 07:43 PM

Just went through the whole thread again. I find more details every time I look! Just a great job Chris and crew.

John510

03-06-2012, 08:33 PM

This car is so bad ass. :hail: :hail: :hail:

Bucketlist2012

03-07-2012, 12:32 AM

This car is so bad ass. :hail: :hail: :hail:

Times two:hail:

GrabberGT

03-07-2012, 06:25 AM

On a site dominated by Camaros, you've built one that really stands out. Great Job! :hail:

Kendall Burleson

03-07-2012, 07:12 AM

Killer shots she look good.:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Bucketlist2012

03-07-2012, 08:37 AM

So I am looking, or staring at the new Killer pictures, and my Wife walks in and says, "beautiful car...and it is sitting so low"...

She is not really a Muscle car Girl...But she Likes Blu Balz better than mine...

Damn you guys...:thumbsup: :hail: :lateral: :cheers:

Sieg

03-07-2012, 08:39 AM

Bucketlist2012

03-07-2012, 08:47 AM

She just opened the spending door for you, shouldn't you be thanking them? :unibrow:

I spit out coffee...LMAO..

I was just thinking the same thing just now..

I just thank them for building such a Sweet Ride...:hail:

EDIT....Spending door got turned into a 2009 370Z for her, and now she is looking for a Truck up grade..

I will get a poster of Blu balz for my office to keep the dream alive..

EDIT...Seig , you know from the investment thread that I put my " employees " to work...My Wife is so cool and smart, she is saying to leave the money for the Denali working for the rest of the year, and by then , we will have 4000 dollars more for the Truck..I love it...

But those pictures are just sweet, and the car ?? One of the best first generation camaros I have ever seen.

Cris@JCG

03-07-2012, 09:15 AM

Thanks again for all the props guys!

Just went through the whole thread again. I find more details every time I look! Just a great job Chris and crew.

This car is so bad ass. :hail: :hail: :hail:

Times two:hail:

On a site dominated by Camaros, you've built one that really stands out. Great Job! :hail:

Killer shots she look good.:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Cris@JCG

03-07-2012, 09:16 AM

LMAO!

So I am looking, or staring at the new Killer pictures, and my Wife walks in and says, "beautiful car...and it is sitting so low"...

She is not really a Muscle car Girl...But she Likes Blu Balz better than mine...

Damn you guys...:thumbsup: :hail: :lateral: :cheers:

Depthrecordings

03-09-2012, 10:57 AM

I love the attention to detail in this car! I wish I would have known about your shop when I lived in Sac! Looking forward to seeing more of your creations. Your pics have inspired me to take mine to the next level! Keep up the awesome work!

Cris@JCG

03-12-2012, 03:34 PM

Here are some action shots of BB @ RTTC!

Had some of the best drivers in the hot seat!

Mary Pozzi!

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/DSC_0354.jpg

Brian Hobaugh & Guy Ankeny!

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/DSC_0572.jpg

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/DSC_0588.jpg

Mike Maiers!

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/DSC_0589.jpg

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/DSC_0591.jpg

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/DSC_0612.jpg

67zo6Camaro

03-12-2012, 03:40 PM

Sweet pictures and still one of my favorite cars.

Cris@JCG

03-22-2012, 06:46 PM

Testing & tuning @ the Camarillo Airport today...

BB's new shock re-tune & spring rates have made the car much better.. I even layed down a decent Auto-X time in it today.. We got the car back to its orginal ride height.. Looking @ maybe 1 inch lower on all four corners.. We got plenty of suspension travel..

The Mustang was tested today for a guide to see where we could make improvements.. This car is awesome as it is.. But new shocks, tires & wheels, custom sway bars & lowering it is on the list for changes..

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/IMG_2297.jpg

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/IMG_2298.jpg

Cris@JCG

04-02-2012, 11:22 PM

We took the Camaro to Delmar this weekend & did some Autocrossing .. We had a bunch of fun & of course learned a lot more about tuning a suspension… We had to make some pretty crazy changes to get the car to turn on that nasty hairpin they had on peanut Auto-X.. Brian Hobaugh was driving it for the event.. Kyle Tucker & Mike Maier also took a spin around the course! A lot of information was being relayed to make BB better..

The one thing I knew we were having is piston knock back on the rear.. Auto-X is where I have experienced it the most.. plus also blew another set of ring & pinion on the car… Here are some pics of what is happening You can see where the axle stop is grinding into the seal plus has a ring that is creating a surface that I am not liking.. The rear end is out of the car! Floating rear is going into the car!

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/IMG_2325.jpg

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/IMG_2323.jpg

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/IMG_2324.jpg

I meet with Jason & Jay from the THE GMR today! They brought in some parts for me to take a look at & see if this is the route I wanted to go to on BB.. The quality of their parts are top notch! Jason is picking up the rear end tomorrow morning to convert it to their floater system.. Plus got a few more of their parts going on the car.. JCG will be working on some other projects with THE GMR here pretty soon!

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/GMR9-S2-redSL4-GT-1011.jpg

Got some other changes coming too... JRI shocks! The AFCO's are good.. but we want more!

Vegas69

04-03-2012, 08:06 AM

Knockback, what's that? That was your master cylinder problem at El Toro. That is a beast of a rear end.

GregWeld

04-03-2012, 08:11 AM

Will BBalz have any paint left on it by the time you give it back to Karl?

Al Moreno

04-03-2012, 09:20 AM

Chris, I tried sending you the pictures yesterday via e-mail but it bounced twice. I tried PM but it your box is full. send me a PM with the address you want me to send them too.

Good catching up with you. Keep up the great work :thumbsup:

Cris@JCG

04-03-2012, 10:50 AM

M/C problem was @ El Toro.. Boiled the brake fluid & the M/C was by-passing fluid... Got that fixed.. but while testing here on my street & throwing the car around.. I could feel the pedal going down.. The floater will resolve that issue..

Just think! The $$ that you spent on that little red C6 Corvette.. You could have got a floater, new transmission, LS7 & hired a real pro driver to show us what that black 69 could really do! :D

I was @ the Chevrolet dealer last week... I almost walked out of their with a Carbon Edition Z06! I wanted it so bad but my daughter was @ the shop & asked when I am going to finish her car..

Knockback, what's that? That was your master cylinder problem at El Toro. That is a beast of a rear end.

That is why I have my own paint shop... Just scuff it & paint again! :lol:

Will BBalz have any paint left on it by the time you give it back to Karl?

Always great to see you AL! please try my email again... [email protected]

Chris, I tried sending you the pictures yesterday via e-mail but it bounced twice. I tried PM but it your box is full. send me a PM with the address you want me to send them too.

Good catching up with you. Keep up the great work :thumbsup:

Cris@JCG

04-03-2012, 10:52 AM

BTW- Karl, Brian, & I will be in Vegas next weekend.. Jump in your private jet & c'mon over.. You can ride shoot gun with Karl again!

Will BBalz have any paint left on it by the time you give it back to Karl?

Cris@JCG

04-03-2012, 11:09 AM

Vegas69

04-03-2012, 11:24 AM

BTW- Karl, Brian, & I will be in Vegas next weekend.. Jump in your private jet & c'mon over.. You can ride shoot gun with Karl again!

Cool, I PM'd Brian, the SCCA is having an event on Sunday at the speedway as well. I'm sure it will be a much larger course than the MATS deal.

Al Moreno

04-03-2012, 07:21 PM

Chris, I must have had a mental block......I don't know why I didn't think to post them for you. Here you go Bro.

http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee508/AL7319/159.jpg

http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee508/AL7319/160.jpg

http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee508/AL7319/161.jpg

GregWeld

04-03-2012, 07:29 PM

BTW- Karl, Brian, & I will be in Vegas next weekend.. Jump in your private jet & c'mon over.. You can ride shoot gun with Karl again!

I have no more weekends left to fuss around -- My Brother in Law is going to kill me if I don't get his Big nasty azz blower car off my lift! I should have the AME Ford 9" from them this week -- then I have floors to fab up... and get this pig out of my shed!

Besides ---- I have to save my time for the Monaco Grand Prix... Bondurant asked me to put a rose on turn 12 (where he got married) for him... :lol:

Vegas who?

radrambler

04-03-2012, 08:42 PM

I want to thank Matt from Anvil Auto for giving a spot to park BB while we were @ Delmar this past weekend..

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/478570_414626975217916_100000118519201_1783930_712 851581_o1.jpg

Nice pic .. I know the guy who took it... :lol:

Great to meet you Chris. Enjoyed the conversations.

Tom

JasonElvisHeard

04-04-2012, 09:29 PM

Here is a little step by step on how the conversion is going on BB. We are using just about everything we can minus the axles, ends, and parking brake for now.

Start - Original setup

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/step-one.jpg

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/step-two.jpg

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/step-three.jpg

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/step-four.jpg

Jason

Cris@JCG

04-04-2012, 09:34 PM

When we first started running the car the brakes were working great… Then we started running the car hard with all the testing & tuning & knew we were having knock back issues.. so when took the diff apart & found we had more issues going on than we thought.. Jason just sent me some pics o f the rear rotors… With all the clamping force & knock back going on.. we were cracking the mounting tabs on the rotors…

Advise guys! If you plan on running a car as hard as we have been lately.. update to a floater rear or just keep the floating calipers.. I will now incorporate rotor check on my safety list before I take car out & run it hard..

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/DSC04765.jpg

JasonElvisHeard

04-04-2012, 09:35 PM

Now the party starts!

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/step-five.jpg

Using the GMR9-TX system we can put the GMR full -floater on any setup and housing. Notice to install the new floater we only had to cut the ends off where the original flanged piece was welded. Thus we did not have to trim any more then the flanged ends off, leaving all the brackets and brake line plumbing in place.

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/step-seven.jpg

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/step-six.jpg

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/step-nine.jpg

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/step-10.jpg

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/step-13.jpg

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/step-15.jpg

Jason

JasonElvisHeard

04-04-2012, 09:39 PM

Here is something that you guys might find interesting!

What we took off the rear end, flanged axle with 31 spline

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/step-12.jpg

What we are putting on with upgrade to floater and 35 spline!

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/step-14.jpg
(these are nova axles, the units we are using are about 2.5 pounds heaver but they are still at machine right now, were closer to a 50.8 lb situation)

Jason

Vegas69

04-04-2012, 09:39 PM

Something wasn't set up right IMO. Your rear end was whining and you mention the axles flanges bumping into the seals.

I totally agree that these cars need a floater, corvette hub, or floating caliper. Fixed calipers on a tapered or roller bearing rearend, DON'T work.

JasonElvisHeard

04-05-2012, 06:43 PM

Started on the caliper mounts...

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/caliper-mounts-one.jpg

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/caliper-mount-two.jpg

Jason

JasonElvisHeard

04-05-2012, 06:49 PM

Your rear end was whining and you mention the axles flanges bumping into the seals.

with this in mind we decided that putting on a GMR filler cap was the obvious choice, now Cris can easily monitor the ring gear without pulling the third member!

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/filler-cap-four.jpg

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/filler-cap-one.jpg

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/rear-two.jpg

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/rear-cap-three.jpg

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/filler-cap-three.jpg

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/filler-cap-two.jpg

Cris also wanted to relocate the breather and utilize something larger then what was originally on the housing. GMR -6 stainless fitting welded on the housing per the specifications given by Cris.

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/vent-line-fitting.jpg

Jason

War

04-05-2012, 06:58 PM

This is such a nice, well thought out piece. Nice work Jason.
Welding seems acceptable:lol:

And now I have rearend envy, DAMN this site.

skatinjay27

04-05-2012, 07:02 PM

yup those weld suck!:thumbsup:

BBC71Nova

04-05-2012, 08:09 PM

That's the nicest diff jig I've ever seen. Very, very nice setup you guys have.

Shocked that the rotors did that. Must have been a lot of play to deflect to the point of failure with a rotor.

fleetus macmullitz

04-05-2012, 08:29 PM

http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee508/AL7319/159.jpg

http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee508/AL7319/160.jpg

http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee508/AL7319/161.jpg

BB is very photogenic. :cool:

Nice job on the pics. :thumbsup:

DFRESH

04-05-2012, 08:45 PM

BB is very photogenic. :cool:

Nice job on the pics. :thumbsup:

Totally agree Skippy---she can't take a bad pic. Such an awesome car.

D

JasonElvisHeard

04-05-2012, 08:50 PM

That's the nicest diff jig I've ever seen. Very, very nice setup you guys have.

Thanks, I have a new version in the machine process right now that should work with all housing manufactures easily. This is a press in stud housing, so with some simple ingenuity I was able to locate everything properly.

http://www.pro-touring.com/showthread.php?86693-GMR9-TX-Rear-End-Tooling-System

jason

fleetus macmullitz

04-05-2012, 08:53 PM

Totally agree Skippy---she can't take a bad pic. Such an awesome car.

D

It's Mr. Skipper to you, Gilligan.

:D

DFRESH

04-05-2012, 08:56 PM

It's Mr. Skipper to you, Gilligan.

:D

LOL--that's gold Skippy, Gold!

GregWeld

04-07-2012, 11:49 AM

fleetus macmullitz

04-07-2012, 02:01 PM

Looks exactly like the picture I got from Compos Mentis (Skeepers) months ago....

I gotta keep the redlines though, my Dad's Polish.

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k156/wnyjazz/68%20Yenko%20Camaro/camarov.jpg

:lol:

Al Moreno

04-07-2012, 07:58 PM

Looks exactly like the picture I got from Compos Mentis (Skeepers) months ago....

Come on Greg, the rear view mirrors are different......:rofl:

GregWeld

04-07-2012, 08:41 PM

Come on Greg, the rear view mirrors are different......:rofl:

Dang! I must have been out in the universe somewhere to miss that Al!

Flash68

04-07-2012, 08:49 PM

Looks exactly like the picture I got from Compos Mentis (Skeepers) months ago....

Months? I saw this from Dr Skip at least a year ago.... that guy is way ahead of the curve. :D

srh3trinity

04-07-2012, 08:53 PM

Either way you turn it, they are both cool. 68's are my favorite year Camaro and I like the D90 stripe and who doesn't like a Yenko?

Al Moreno

04-07-2012, 11:44 PM

Dang! I must have been out in the universe somewhere to miss that Al!

:cheers:

fleetus macmullitz

04-08-2012, 12:19 AM

Months? I saw this from Dr Skip at least a year ago.... that guy is way ahead of the curve. :D

Thanks Flash I think it's the mushrooms.

I tell my Mom they make me feel funny and I see things, but she insists they give me my edge.

Cris@JCG

04-10-2012, 08:12 PM

Well I just finished putting 200 miles on the new rear end on new GMR floater... I want to thank The GMR for getting this upgrade to the car done ASAP for BB.. We got a new Wave track unit, Moser Aluminum case & 4.10 gears... The car should rip thru the Auto-x in second gear just fine... When we hit 6th gear.. it is doing about 2200 RPM @ 65 MPH... At Delmar Brian was driving the car in first gear.. The engine has such a nice power band to it..

Karl is in Vegas this week racing Z06 Corvettes without me! But will be joining him out their on Thurday for some fun with BB.. :D

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/IMG_2344.jpg

73CPCAMARO

04-10-2012, 08:38 PM

Cris@JCG

04-10-2012, 09:53 PM

See ya in few days! First round is on me... Maybe we will invite Todd... he will show up in a little "RED" Corvette.. :lol:

Cris,

That setup looks amazing. The car should work really nice. Karl is getting a killer car. I am looking forward to giving Blu Balz another run. See you in a couple days! :D

JasonElvisHeard

04-10-2012, 10:13 PM

One of the Pictures from Today!

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/camaro.jpg

Jason

Vegas69

04-10-2012, 10:33 PM

See ya in few days! First round is on me... Maybe we will invite Todd... he will show up in a little "RED" Corvette.. :lol:

I hope to be there sometime on Friday to show the Mopar crowd what real american muscle sounds like. :D If not, I'll be there Sat. for sure. First beer is on you.

Matt@BOS

04-10-2012, 10:39 PM

I hope to be there sometime on Friday to show the Mopar crowd what real american muscle sounds like. :D If not, I'll be there Sat. for sure. First beer is on you.

Hey, hey! I'll be getting into town Friday afternoon. Don't start the shotgunning contest before then.

Matt

Vegas69

04-10-2012, 11:11 PM

Aaaaaaah, hell no. Meaning, it's not happening. ha ha

fleetus macmullitz

04-11-2012, 07:24 AM

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k156/wnyjazz/68%20Yenko%20Camaro/camarov.jpg

Cris, as promised I'm getting back to you on whether I'd contract with you/JCG to build me a Yenko PT car like this one I had created and sent to you on 12/05/11.

I told you on what steps I would take to make a decision, and I did follow through on that process.

Based on that, I will not be contracting with JCG.

I would ask that you respect my wishes not to be contacted any further.

Thank you. :thumbsup:

Greg from Aus

04-11-2012, 08:40 AM

Cris, as promised I'm getting back to you on whether I'd contract with you/JCG to build me a Yenko PT car like this one I had created and sent to you on 12/05/11.

I told you on what steps I would take to make a decision, and I did follow through on that process.

Based on that, I will not be contracting with JCG.

I would ask that you respect my wishes not to be contacted any further.

Thank you. :thumbsup:

Very strange way to do business. I would have thought a private conversation would have been more appropriate.

Greg

Cris@JCG

04-11-2012, 08:48 AM

Skip- I want to thank for the opportunity of entertaining this build with JCG… Good luck with whomever you choose to build this concept of a car for you.. & respect your form of basing a decision to move forward.. I too use it daily to run my business..

As for contacting you.. Understood… but maybe I am reading into this the wrong way… but it makes me sound like I have been soliciting you to build this car… Which I have not.. I have not had discussions with you since December 2011 on the subject.. I personally feel that you could have relayed this information thru e-mail as you have in the past.. but as I have stated.. Good luck on your journey with this build!

Cris, as promised I'm getting back to you on whether I'd contract with you/JCG to build me a Yenko PT car like this one I had created and sent to you on 12/05/11.

I told you on what steps I would take to make a decision, and I did follow through on that process.

Based on that, I will not be contracting with JCG.

I would ask that you respect my wishes not to be contacted any further.

Thank you. :thumbsup:

Vince@Meanstreets

04-11-2012, 10:14 AM

Skip- I want to thank for the opportunity of entertaining this build with JCG… Good luck with whomever you choose to build this concept of a car for you.. & respect your form of basing a decision to move forward.. I too use it daily to run my business..

As for contacting you.. Understood… but maybe I am reading into this the wrong way… but it makes me sound like I have been soliciting you to build this car… Which I have not.. I have not had discussions with you since December 2011 on the subject.. I personally feel that you could have relayed this information thru e-mail as you have in the past.. but as I have stated.. Good luck on your journey with this build!

Not looking too deeply into this but I think this may be the issue. My thoughts that the internet is a cruel place is starting to solidify. :willy:

Al Moreno

04-11-2012, 11:31 AM

Very strange way to do business. I would have thought a private conversation would have been more appropriate.

Greg

Word! I gues you have to give people room to be weird.

sixnina

04-11-2012, 12:29 PM

Word! I gues you have to give people room to be weird.

Now back to our previously scheduled program, cris let us know howw bob performs with these new mods:thumbsup:

Kendall Burleson

04-11-2012, 03:11 PM

Yes let us know how BB did.and the other stuff will not matter on Friday anyway.:willy: :willy: :willy:

fleetus macmullitz

04-12-2012, 11:18 AM

Cris,

I've gotten plenty of support from members here regarding my post yesterday.

As you know, I let you (and a few other members) see my Yenko PT style clone design concept privately on 12/05/11.

You remember too that several months earlier I contacted you because I needed a shop to widen it. (Minor point, but I see you also had Ben incorporate my idea last year of using the '67 Yenko Stinger hood).

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k156/wnyjazz/68%20Yenko%20Camaro/camarov.jpg

Then you sent me the below on 01-03-12 at 3:19 pm EST and although I liked it, I said I wasn't ready to commit to having you build me one.

Less than 2 hours later you posted it.

You never told me you were going to post what you sent to me.

What I said was I wouldn't post it.

I never gave you permission to post my design concept publicly.

So at least twice this year you've used other lat-g members design concepts.

Some on here may agree with you doing that, while others obviously don't.

But when you do that, I hope you're not surprised there is push back from lat-g members.

So while I disagree with your decision to post my design concept without my permission, and believe different methods will bring you lasting success, I'm moving on.

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01-03-2012, 05:00 PM

Yenko version of BB! I had Ben do this for me to see how a Yenko theme 68 Camaro of BB would look like! I really like the way Ben carried over the hump of the Stinger too the header panel!

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k156/wnyjazz/68%20Yenko%20Camaro/yenkofr.jpg

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/yennkofront.jpg
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WE BUILD THEM TO DRIVE THEM!

http://www.jcgrestorationandcustoms.com/
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Cris@JCG

04-12-2012, 12:32 PM

Skip- I used a rendering that belongs to Karl & JCG for a “ YENKO THEME” version of BB… I paid Ben to do this for me to see what it would look like because of your inquire for us to build you a semi version of BB in Yenko theme.. I consider these cars theme cars.. Not gonna be the first somebody builds a clone Yenko Camaro.. especially in PT format… Karl has been ok with me incorporating some of the designs we did for his cars with other builds here @ the shop & with people that have PM’ed with request on tail lights & interior dash… I have gone as far as e-mailing pics on how we did the work..

You have been emailing since Oct 2010 about some ideas but have never pulled the trigger to build anything… IMO.. this is not a design that is being duplicated… It is theme that has been duplicated for years.. but you wanted it to be wide version of it… Which JCG has been doing for a couple of years now.. I don’t think I have ever mentioned to anybody that you were inquiring with us to build this theme car… but other than post a rendering that belongs to JCG.. IMO.. I don’t need your permission to post a rendering of what belongs to us… but should have thought about it more before I did… & for that I apologize

I will no longer comment about this subject… as for other design concepts that we are doing that simulate other builds.. I will continue to do as a customer asks.. I get ideas from customers e-mailed to me to get their point across on what they want us to build..

In the long run our work speaks for itself.. We do commit errors around here but in the end we do the best we can to correct them..

Cris,

I've gotten plenty of support from members here regarding my post yesterday.

As you know, I let you (and a few other members) see my Yenko PT style clone design concept privately on 12/05/11.

You remember too that several months earlier I contacted you because I needed a shop to widen it. (Minor point, but I see you also had Ben incorporate my idea last year of using the '67 Yenko Stinger hood).

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k156/wnyjazz/68%20Yenko%20Camaro/camarov.jpg

Then you sent me the below on 01-03-12 at 3:19 pm EST and although I liked it, I said I wasn't ready to commit to having you build me one.

Less than 2 hours later you posted it.

You never told me you were going to post what you sent to me.

What I said was I wouldn't post it.

I never gave you permission to post my design concept publicly.

So at least twice this year you've used other lat-g members design concepts.

Some on here may agree with you doing that, while others obviously don't.

But when you do that, I hope you're not surprised there is push back from lat-g members.

So while I disagree with your decision to post my design concept without my permission, and believe different methods will bring you lasting success, I'm moving on.

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01-03-2012, 05:00 PM

Yenko version of BB! I had Ben do this for me to see how a Yenko theme 68 Camaro of BB would look like! I really like the way Ben carried over the hump of the Stinger too the header panel!

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k156/wnyjazz/68%20Yenko%20Camaro/yenkofr.jpg

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/yennkofront.jpg
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[email protected]

WE BUILD THEM TO DRIVE THEM!

http://www.jcgrestorationandcustoms.com/
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GRob

04-12-2012, 02:23 PM

Jeez sounds like much ado about nothing to me . . .

214Chevy

04-12-2012, 02:29 PM

All I know is I like the original pic of the real 68 with the redline tires. Very nice!!!!!!!:yes: :yes:

Ketzer

04-12-2012, 02:36 PM

Defining intellectual property has been keeping lawyers rich for many years. That argument has also ruined many a friendship, partnership, and some marriages. Absolutely no good will come from this. In my humble opinion (worth less than 2 cents) it is more often about ego than a tangible idea.

Best of luck to all involved.

Jeff-

NvrDun71

04-12-2012, 09:52 PM

On a side note.... Are those Wheel Vintiques Pontiac Rallye 2 wheels?

SLO_Z28

04-12-2012, 11:11 PM

No offense, but there are only so many ways to skin a cat. I don't see how you can get all uppity like you were original in your idea to clone a Yenko with a twist, something that has already been done so many times I can see it multiple times in one small car show. The idea isn't original, new, or innovative, and hasn't been since much longer than I've been alive.

I have it on good authority that Cris had "the stig" out at a little private test and tune this morning. Blu Balz was looking good :thumbsup:

frankv11

04-12-2012, 11:47 PM

would like to thank chris and many other garage or pro shops out there that contribute to this site by way of pictures , conversations , instructions etc and for the people that think they're idea is so original and completely ground braking don't post or talk about it. build your car and take it to your grave. unless you have figured or found a new source of endless energy or cure for cancer if its not either you can keep that s%@*

SLO_Z28

04-13-2012, 05:06 PM

So, how is she doing at MATS? I cant wait to hear the results!

JasonElvisHeard

04-13-2012, 10:53 PM

I have been insane busy, but here are the rest of the pics from the conversion / install!

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/gears-in-rear-end-one.jpg

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/crush-sleeve-one.jpg

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/crush-sleeve-two.jpg

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/bearing-one.jpg

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/lock-washer.jpg

JasonElvisHeard

04-13-2012, 10:58 PM

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/wheel-bearing-nut.jpg

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/GMR-locking-socket-tool.jpg

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/locking-down-hub-in-place.jpg

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/complete-with-GT1.jpg

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/install-axles.jpg

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/drive-plateone.jpg

JasonElvisHeard

04-13-2012, 11:03 PM

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/drive-plate-one.jpg

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/assembly-three.jpg

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/under-car-one.jpg

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/install-one.jpg

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/install-four.jpg

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/install-five.jpg

http://thegmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/underside-of-car.jpg

Jason

dunnjun

04-17-2012, 01:00 AM

For about the last three months now I've been reading about everybody and their brother and sister getting to hammer on Blu Balz, while she was getting dialed in, which was something that would have taken me more like three years to do.:lol: Well this past weekend at the MATS/Hotchkis autox event in Las Vegas, it was finally my turn, and she didn't disappoint! The track was tight. 1st gear tight. John Hotchkis said the cones were hard and to treat them like land mines. And, I had a pretty new car, that had 495 rwhp (150 more than my Mustang), that I had only driven once for 15 minutes in a straight line 5 months earlier.
So not wanting to dent up BB on my first drive, I asked Brian Hobaugh to take the first lap with me riding shotgun to see the line. He says no problem, and away we go. The car felt like the videos of Mike Maiers driving the Frank Stagnaro '66 Mustang. Anyway, Brian takes off, killer acceleration, having to make constant steering corrections, the brake problems are gone, thank goodness, and after about 28 seconds we come sliding across the finish line. :wow: Thanks Brian!!!:faint:
This was my 1st ride-along with someone FAST!
So now I'm up, and I've never ran a 1st gear autox. 1st gear is what you use to get to the starting line. Oh yeah, Cris tells me he's swapped out the 373 gear with a 410 for little more punch. O K
So after 5 minutes of getting acquainted with the harnesses, I roll up to the line, without stalling, and wait for the start. The starter gives me the go sign. I feed it some gas and let out the clutch. DAMN thing is fast! I slow down for the 1st corner, get back on the gas, and weee I'm drifting! I'm getting some push in the corners, driver error. Every time I get on the gas, I'm breaking loose, driver error. But so far no cones and slowly I start getting used to the power. Brian gives me some more pointers, and my times are coming down, low 29s high 28s second range. Meanwhile Brian and I are switching out about every 3 or 4 runs, and he and Mary Pozzi are locked in a battle in the high 27s. Every time Brian knocks off a tenth, Mary responds by cutting a tenth off her time. They ended Friday in the mid-27s with Mary holding a tenth lead, and my best was a 28.2. Serious action! We ran the crap out BB all day, and although she sprung a leak and got hot on my last run, all in all I'd say I couldn't be happier.:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Now for some vids. Excuse the talk in the 1st vid. A guy asked me when I first considered a LS7 engine.
The 1st video is the Brian and Mary battle. Then Brian driving. The last one is me.
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I don't know where the sound went on the in car. I think next time I'll put the camera inside, so you can see how busy your hands are on the autox.

Al Moreno

04-17-2012, 09:28 AM

Very nice!

GregWeld

04-17-2012, 11:06 AM

Geez Karl! Maybe the next time I get to ride with you - you might scare me!

:unibrow: :lol:

Glad to hear you FINALLY got some wheel time!

I though maybe this was going to be Cris's shop car.....

dunnjun

04-17-2012, 12:16 PM

Yeah Greg, you should have seen the look on Cris's face when I was sliding around the 1st few laps. He reminded me of my mom, when I was in the hospital. :lol:

I might be able to scare you with a fast car in a small parking lot surrounded by concrete barriers, but after having you riding shotgun with me in Texas, I don't think you scare easy. :captain:

The car did turn out awesome though! Cris and his team did a heck of a job with the build, and getting the experts like the Pozzi's, Brian Hobaugh, and Guy the Guru to shake out the problems and dial the car in before delivery, really speaks to the level of professionalism that Cris has provided on this build.

As far as getting the car back from Cris, I think that's why he's already started on a replacement shop car, otherwise I'd probably have to hire a lawyer and a repo-assault team to get the car back.

805Z

04-17-2012, 06:50 PM

Wow BluBalz is a beauty you have a winner there! :thumbsup:

Cris@JCG

04-18-2012, 08:43 AM

Karl- Good to finally get you some seat time in your car.. It took you one morning to get the feel for the car & by the afternoon your times were getting better.. Since Brian had the most seat time in the car it was good for us that he attened the the event so that he could give you the best guidance on the first runs in the car..

I got my list to finish up the car & get her ready to ship home... I have had a blast with this car but now it is time for you to enjoy the car.. plus I need to focus my attention on Nick's car.. Again.. As I have I have said to you.. Thank you for the opportunity to build this car for you! look forward to attending race events with it & give you support that the car needs..

I also want to thank Brian Hobaugh, Mike Maiers, Guy Ankeny, Casey Corrin, & David/Mary Pozzi for getting this car tuned.. These people have taught me so much in the last 8 weeks on what it takes to get a suspension to work..

Yeah Greg, you should have seen the look on Cris's face when I was sliding around the 1st few laps. He reminded me of my mom, when I was in the hospital. :lol:

I might be able to scare you with a fast car in a small parking lot surrounded by concrete barriers, but after having you riding shotgun with me in Texas, I don't think you scare easy. :captain:

The car did turn out awesome though! Cris and his team did a heck of a job with the build, and getting the experts like the Pozzi's, Brian Hobaugh, and Guy the Guru to shake out the problems and dial the car in before delivery, really speaks to the level of professionalism that Cris has provided on this build.

As far as getting the car back from Cris, I think that's why he's already started on a replacement shop car, otherwise I'd probably have to hire a lawyer and a repo-assault team to get the car back.

FETorino

04-18-2012, 09:12 PM

BB turned out really sweet. I don't know how you did it. Sitting back waiting and watching everyone else having fun beating ( uhh I meant tuning) your car.

In the end that is the way to get a sorted ready to run machine.

David Pozzi

04-18-2012, 11:58 PM

Karl, It was great how quickly you got going really well in BB! :thumbsup:
David

dunnjun

04-19-2012, 01:33 AM

Very nice!
Thank you Al, 805Z, and FETotrino. Ben Hermance really set the direction of the build with his awesome rendering. I pretty much knew what I wanted with the suspension and drive train. And, Cris had the skills and the vision to make it all a reality. It sounds easy, but there are always issues that have to be resolved, and that takes patience and good communication. Cris and I always seemed to be on the same page throughout the build, and anytime we'd stray off course, we'd just go back to the rendering.

I really like driving at these events. So it has been hard not being there when everyone was "tuning" BB, especially at the Marina and RTTC. I would have loved to have been at those two events. Cris was good about calling me when he'd get back home, and letting me know how the car was progressing. That helped keep me from climbing the walls. Having Mary and David Pozzi, Brian Hobaugh, Mike Maiers, Guy Ankeny, and Casey Corrin do test and tunes, and hammer on the car at events have really gotten it dialed in, and exposed its weaknesses, while Cris could still make the fixes. I just wish I could have been there to help and learn.

Thanks David. The car was great! After I got used to the power, it was easy to drive. I wished you would have driven it at the Hotchkis autox. I'm sure it was handling better than the last time you drove it. I would have liked your opinion.

Cris@JCG

05-14-2012, 07:51 PM

Blu Balz made its first TV Debut... Hot Rod TV on Speed channel!

Rick D

05-14-2012, 07:57 PM

Blu Balz made its first TV Debut... Hot Rod TV on Speed channel!

When??? Which episode?

Cris@JCG

05-14-2012, 08:05 PM

Tonight.. The DSE feature...

When??? Which episode?

Cris@JCG

05-14-2012, 08:16 PM

We made some changes to the engine bay... The compromise was the A/C for the time being... We added a vacuum pump because we kept getting oil from the valley into the intake... It seems like it works just fine... We also changed the valve covers...

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/IMG_2412.jpg

Today I was at RPM doing some dyno tuning.. seems like we found a few ponies still hidden in the tune....

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/001-1.jpg

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Instead of changing to JRI shocks we changed the tires.. Pilot Super Sports… 345 in the back & for the time being 285 on 18x10.5 in the front… The car seems to grip better.. We will find out tomorrow while we do some more testing…

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/IMG_2420.jpg

The car will finally go home this week… It is time for Karl to enjoy the car!

Yenko boy

05-14-2012, 08:36 PM

Loving that torque curve....:thumbsup:

Richio1

05-14-2012, 09:02 PM

Just watched the episode. BB looked awesome. And now I have a face to put with with your name :lol:

Congrats on a great build!

Sandbagger

05-15-2012, 05:54 PM

Loving that torque curve....:thumbsup:

Wow ... Damn thats sexy
If you cant drive with that try golf

ccracin

05-16-2012, 06:20 AM

Cris,

The car looks awesome. I'm sure the owner is going to have a blast with a well sorted car.

A question, what hoes and fittings did you use under the hood. I really like the look. I apologize if you posted that earlier, I looked but didn't see it. Thanks!

:thumbsup:

Cris@JCG

05-16-2012, 09:58 PM

Thanks Chad! The car is pretty dialed in & it should be able to be a competitive car.. :_paranoid

We use all XRP fittings & hoses with a few custom things my machine shop whips up for me... If you need any info... just let me know..

Cris,

The car looks awesome. I'm sure the owner is going to have a blast with a well sorted car.

A question, what hoes and fittings did you use under the hood. I really like the look. I apologize if you posted that earlier, I looked but didn't see it. Thanks!

:thumbsup:

Matt@BOS

05-16-2012, 10:49 PM

Wow ... Damn thats sexy
If you cant drive with that try golf

Hah, let's just say if you can't drive this car fast, you probably shouldn't be driving a golf cart. It is pretty sorted. :thumbsup:

Matt

Cris@JCG

05-18-2012, 08:24 AM

This week we have been finishing all the little details to get the car home so that Karl can finally start enjoying the car himself... We also took the car in for one last test & tune on the new Pilot Super Sports.. They work! Car is much better on the grip side... Tomorrow BB starts it journey on its way home to Mid-West!

Here is are some pics of the last test & tune!

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/DSC_0723.jpg

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/DSC_0731.jpg

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/DSC_0791.jpg

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/DSC_0783.jpg

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/DSC_0762.jpg

SO I have been driving this car daily for the last four months.. & yesterday I get pulled over for speeding.. I will not disclose how fast I was going.. Got a ticket for speeding... but the officer did not notice that my pass side tail light was not working.. getting it fixed this morning... His partner was nice enough to take a pic of the incident!

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/DSC00094.jpg

214Chevy

05-18-2012, 11:03 AM

His partner was nice enough to take a pic of the incident!

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/DSC00094.jpg

Priceless!!!! And I bet you were hauling ass. :_paranoid

jeff71

05-18-2012, 03:19 PM

Please say it's a 3 digit speeding ticket!

SLO_Z28

05-18-2012, 05:10 PM

http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h399/SLO_Z28/Guy.jpg

sixnina

05-18-2012, 11:09 PM

Does he know who he's messing with?

Cris@JCG

05-20-2012, 02:46 PM

Some of you might of wondered when I was going to hand over the car to Karl.. Last night somewhere in New Mexico.. I finally delivered Blu Balz to Karl..

Karl- Thank you for the opportunity to build you a 68 Camaro… looking forward to the other builds we will have for the future!

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/IMG_2440.jpg

FETorino

05-20-2012, 03:57 PM

What are you going to use as your daily driver now that BB is gone? :rofl:

Rick D

05-20-2012, 06:22 PM

What are you going to use as your daily driver now that BB is gone? :rofl:

That's why he has to build his own car now (Shop Test Car) :lol:

Rick D

05-20-2012, 06:27 PM

Cris was it hard to hand it over?

Some of you might of wondered when I was going to hand over the car to Karl.. Last night somewhere in New Mexico.. I finally delivered Blu Balz to Karl..

Karl- Thank you for the opportunity to build you a 68 Camaro… looking forward to the other builds we will have for the future!

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/jcgrestoration/IMG_2440.jpg

Cris@JCG

05-21-2012, 10:06 AM

Toyota Pirus! It will keep me from getting anymore speeding tickets!

What are you going to use as your daily driver now that BB is gone? :rofl:

It was hard for me to see BB go home! When I hit CA in the daylight in the morning.. It finally hit me that it was on its way home when I did not see it in back of my trailer… Then when I arrived @ the shop.. no car to unload & no blue Camaro .. but Karl let me keep a spare set of keys for when it comes back in November ..

I am heading to Tennessee on Thursday to get Karl familiar with the maintenance of the car.. Plus we are doing the Mid West Muscle Car Challenge this weekend! It is going to be loads for fun watching Karl drive his car down the track.. We have a few events that we will be attending the rest of the year & I will be there with Karl to support BB..

Cris was it hard to hand it over?