1968 Camaro - Project "BLUE HOUR"

[Rybar]

Congrats, I didn't even notice it was in paint jail and if it was it wasn't all that long. :thumbsup:

[WicKeD_SS]

Looking good! :thumbsup:

[WSSix]

Nice shade of blue!

[mdprovee]

Glad you getting it back. I like the stripe.

[Roberts68]

Did you make it home safe and sound in between downpours I hope?:_paranoid

[MaxHarvard]

*sigh*

No... I had to tow the pile of crap home.

Pretty sure the fuel regulator went out on me. And of course it's in the tank, so that's a lot of fun... :(

It's at home, tank drained, just got to remove it and replace the regulator... all that work for a $.03 stupid retainer... blech.!

[MaxHarvard]

:D

http://www.lsxtv.com/features/p-lsx-powered-68-camaro-under-construction-project-blue-hour/

Full feature on LSXTV coming shortly! :)

[Ron in SoCal]

Congrats Eric. Car looks great as usual...:thumbsup:

[MaxHarvard]

Well it's track time folks!

Blue Hour made its first debut at the local AutoX scene and came away with it's first win! (Ok, its a class win and there was only 1 other car, but hey, a win is a win, amirite?!!?)

Truth be told, this is my first time racing anything that didn't involved a 'reset' button so I was very nervous about the whole notion of this with a car that is probably too much power for me and I have zero experience with driving a car to its limits.

Regardless, the car needed some time to get broken in and weed out a few problems, plus the driver really needed some seat time in the worst way.

The good news is that I was getting faster by leaps and bounds at each pass and I know I left a TON of speed on the track and the car is capable of so much more than I was able so that's very promising. I only was able to get in 3 runs before it rained and I wasn't really all that keen on trying my rain driving skills. But, by the end I had improved my times by 16 seconds on a course that really good times were 65-70 seconds.

That said, here's a photo my buddy nate took and a couple videos of my first time out.

http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-1946-_em26621.jpg



Here's my first ever run at the AutoX and Blue Hour's track debut. Randy was a very good instructor.
http://flic.kr/p/cg5UQb


Ok, here's my first spin out. I had a different instructor with me... truth be told, he even tensed up and reached for the door handles when I gunned it right before the slalom... it was kinda funny to see. I took out the timing light but the car was fine, not even a scratch anywhere on the car. :)
The best part was that this was my best run and since I tripped the lights, it counted as a full run and I wasn't DQ'd for it! LOL
http://flic.kr/p/cg5RKS


Looking forward to OPTIMA this weekend, driving the car was a blast and can't wait for more 'auto'-erotic abuse. :D

[Roberts68]

That was awesome! Cool vids.

Except, I was sitting there waiting for the OOPS and it gave me stress:_paranoid
I'm glad nothing happened to the car. It's always funny until somebody gets hurt... and cars lack the ability to heal or walk it off like us, it all takes money to make them heal.

Who were you running with and where? That looks like the shiznit and I want to try it someday.

[MaxHarvard]

That was awesome! Cool vids.

Except, I was sitting there waiting for the OOPS and it gave me stress:_paranoid
I'm glad nothing happened to the car. It's always funny until somebody gets hurt... and cars lack the ability to heal or walk it off like us, it all takes money to make them heal.

Who were you running with and where? That looks like the shiznit and I want to try it someday.

I had an instructor with me. This is the MOWOG group of the Minnesota Autocross or MAC. Lots of fun to be had. Another 67 showed up and we had some good times :)

[cmraman]

I had an instructor with me. This is the MOWOG group of the Minnesota Autocross or MAC. Lots of fun to be had. Another 67 showed up and we had some good times :)

What kind of times? What were some of the faster times, compared to yours?

[MaxHarvard]

What kind of times? What were some of the faster times, compared to yours?

Some really fast guys were in the mid to low 60's. These were the purpose built AutoX cars and the like, some pretty good drivers too with a lot more experience than me.

After 3 runs I had a best of 80 flat. To be fair, this was my first ever race of any sort and I'm really not comfortable with the car. I have no doubt that the car is capable of at least low 70's with a much better driver.

[Ron in SoCal]

http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-1946-_em26621.jpg


$$$ shot! Congrats Eric :thumbsup:

[MaxHarvard]

Well, I just got back a day or two ago from Road America and the OPTIMA Challenge.

The entire thing felt like it lasted a week, but it really only ran for 2.5 days, it's a lot of stuff to do and very little time to do it all in. Friday I helped a group of people teach kids how to build a bike, then it was a nice dinner at Andrew Chevrolet in Milwaukee. Saturday it was a 70ish mile cruise to a car show with some dyno pulls and then onto Road America where we had tickets for the Grand Am race and NATIONWIDE series race where Danica got punted on the last lap. We then had an hour long go-kart enduro where it was teams of 4, my team placed 6th out of 12 thanks to some catch up laps by Randy Johnson of DandZ customs. Sunday, it was all racing. Goldberg was there with the OPTIMA filming crew interviewing everyone about their cars and what not. Goldberg was very nice and stayed for every picture, signed everything put in front of him and really seemed to enjoy my buddies 1,000+hp Grand National and unfortunately blew his tranny at the road course. We had to finish the road course (back half of the Road America course, 2.2 miles), a stop-box with a slalom and the AutoX which was the go-kart track, which was my favorite of the whole event.

I set myself a goal of "not be last" and that goal was achieved!! LOL I haven't seen the final tally yet, but I saw my road course times and it seemed to be about mid pack (maybe slightly lower than mid pack). There was a pretty knarly wreck by a new mustang and Jeff Van Buren (being the smart of the two of us) told me it was bad karma to post the photo, so I'll take his advice and not show it.

I met a lot of really cool people and had a great time, Cam Douglas, Jimi Day, Jim McIlvanie, Randy Johnson, Bret, Jeff Van Buren, Telly V, Goldberg and a few others that their names aren't coming to me right away, but it was a great experience and will certainly try to do it again.

So, without further ado, here's a few videos and photos of the experience. Seriously, it's an experience to say the least.

A couple quick notes:
- I didn't really feel comfortable taking the car over 110mph, so in the road course video, you'll see i kind of just hold it in 5th gear.
- My rear-end whines like crazy, I know this and am working on solving the problem.
- My go pro kept running when Goldberg interviewed me twice after the AutoX, it's essentially his arm pit, I edited that out figuring no one wanted to see it LOL.
- I'm not %100 comfortable with the car yet, so I braked early in a lot of placed and didn't really take the car to red line in many places.

These two photos I borrowed from Bangshift.com
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8024/7455583610_dcdb716b9f_c.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8144/7455583692_8d34eb18e2_c.jpg

This is from my camera I lent to someone.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7270/7455583796_f2261601bd_c.jpg



Now, onto videos :)

The short course:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HqwMleEKlI&feature=youtu.be

Stop Box
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaMxxV2ibjE&feature=youtu.be

AutoX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDyYywWgKjI&feature=youtu.be

[Steve68]

You're right it whines!!! I had to turn the speakers down, but the video are great!!!

[Rybar]

Looks and sounds good Eric, I think you should get that rear checked out something is definitely wrong IMO.

[randy]

where did you get that brake setup and can you tell me alittle bit about it?

[LS1NOVA]

Nice job! Wish I could have joined you.

[Spiffav8]

Sounds like a lot of fun! Good to hear you got some track time with the car and are out enjoying it!!

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Flash68]

Man this car just looks right... love it. And congrats on getting your feet wet... get ready to get better, faster, spend more $, and bla bla bla.. :lol:

Lemme guess... is your rear end a Currie? Lots of them been whining like heck on a lot of newer builds lately....

[MaxHarvard]

Ironically no, it's a strange center section :(

[Steve68]

is it new??

[MaxHarvard]

is it new??

Yep about 600 miles on it

[intocarss]

Great looking car and congrats on getting out on the road courses. That Rear end sounds like it has improper back lash and or the pinion depth is wrong

[Steve68]

Yep about 600 miles on it

I hope you've gave them a little "hello" phone call,

[MaxHarvard]

I hope you've gave them a little "hello" phone call,

Way ahead of you. ;)

Should have them shipped out tomorrow.... *crosses fingers* :)

[WicKeD_SS]

Hey Max, where did you put your dakota digital fan controller? just got my autorad system in and wanted to know where people where putting it. Didnt know if it needs to be installed in the car or close to the fans.

Thanks!

[MaxHarvard]

Hey Max, where did you put your dakota digital fan controller? just got my autorad system in and wanted to know where people where putting it. Didnt know if it needs to be installed in the car or close to the fans.

Thanks!

I ended up not using mine, the MAST computer has a relay already set up for it. Most people I've seen do use the dakota digital fan controller.



UPDATE:

Well, it was RSE time at the Car Craft summer Nationals in St. Paul, MN. I was really psyched up for it. The finally made the track bigger, but still extremely tight and my car doesn't have the turn radius for it, which totally sucked my times right out the window.

I think I ended up 4th after everything was said and done of a field of 10-12 I believe. Jimi's AMX and the Crusher were just too much for either myself or my friend Nate to over come. Both of them were miles ahead of us on the AutoX and the Stop Box. Still, I had a lot of fun and naturally, there's never enough seat time. Btw the end I had whittled my AutoX time down to be very competitive but it didn't amount to any winning times.

I'll be back at it for sure soon, for now though the car performed well, it just needs a better pilot LOL

Here's a video of my car a friend of mine took... notice how short the course is? It's a lot worse to navigate, trust me, it was TIGHT.
http://s191.photobucket.com/albums/z176/ADawgBlitz/Car%20Craft%2012/?action=view&current=video-2012-07-22-10-45-13.mp4

A couple photos my friend at jsphoto.com took.
KONE KILLA!!! LOL
http://i899.photobucket.com/albums/ac199/jsphotog/IMG_8317.jpg

http://i899.photobucket.com/albums/ac199/jsphotog/IMG_8447.jpg

AutoX -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEQjd2jbsd0&feature=plcp

Stop Box -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-PjdJCTiXw&feature=plcp


So I think the next step is to take it to some more AutoX's and possibly step up shocks to something much more adjustable, these single adjustables were just a dog the entire weekend, I couldn't fiddle with squat.

[Ron in SoCal]

Yeah that utube vid shows the death of the cone...:lol: Your rear sounds quieter E. Did you replace the gears?

Always enjoy seeing your car run. Thx for posting! :thumbsup:

[MaxHarvard]

Yeah that utube vid shows the death of the cone...:lol: Your rear sounds quieter E. Did you replace the gears?

Always enjoy seeing your car run. Thx for posting! :thumbsup:

Yup, basically the carrier had to be completely rebuilt because well... it was put together horribly. Not much else to say about that.

[Steve68]

it was tight, you didnt have to pay for the rear carrier, right????

[MaxHarvard]

it was tight, you didnt have to pay for the rear carrier, right????

Nope, they warrantied it... it was wayyyy too loose.

[MaxHarvard]

Well, the wife HAD to buy our boy a Camaro powerwheels for his birthday and she HAD to have me paint it blue just like Blue Hour, so me and a friend Jake spent the better part of a night tearing it down and repainting it from red to blue. It's pretty close to the color, not exact but close enough for a 2 year old.

Today, July 30th is officially his birthday so we gave it to him last night because I had to work today and wouldn't be around for him to see it and use it.

He's only 2 and already figured out the most important part... the gas pedal! LOL He can't steer for nothing (gets it from his old man) but he works that gas pedal like a mad man! HAHA!

Anywhoozle, I present you with "Project: Blue Minute"!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7126/7678261842_f1880486ef_c.jpg

[Rybar]

THAT is awesome Eric! :thumbsup: My Twins turned 2 on Saturday!

[Roberts68]

SWEET! I bet that thing has a killer turn radius too!!
No Sponsor inquiries yet? Give them time, they will come...:cool:

Blue Minute. Love it!

Thanks for sharing

[Ron in SoCal]

THAT is awesome Eric! :thumbsup: My Twins turned 2 on Saturday!

x2!! Paint the wheels black...:thumbsup:

[Spiffav8]

Very cool!

:captain:

[chr2002ca]

That's a priceless photo right there. Congrats! :thumbsup:

[WicKeD_SS]

Thats the best pic of the thread! :thumbsup:

[glassman]

Priceless!!!

breeding more camaro fans, I love it..My three are 21/19/18...they grow fast! All three are fighting over my camaro when I expire lol

[MaxHarvard]

Haha thanks guys. He loves the car... had his first real "meltdown" of his life when we tried to 'park it for the night'.... yeesh, that didn't go over well. LOL

[Flash68]

Now that is cool. Nice job on the customized present. :thumbsup:

[DFRESH]

Great photo--if you don't have that one blown up and in the garage for memories, you have to do so. Car looks great--that color is spot on--really like it.

D

[waynieZ]

Nice picture! That should go on the wall in the garage for sure.

[Black93GT]

http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-1931-_em24536.jpg

The stance and everything on your car looks awesome.

How big of a lip do you have on the rear wheels?? I'm trying to figure out what to order for wheels for my '67 and that's about what I'm looking for.

Thanks,
Matt

[Firebird-Geek]

AWESOME looking Camaro!

I have a 67 Firebird Convertible. so I am hoping you can help me out...


Question:
Did you have to mini-tub it "Deep" (going deep into the frame rail) to fit the 335/30/18's on it? Do you have any issues with rubbing? Any tips to someone currently trying to to this with DSE's mini-tubs right now?

Also... if you don't mind... any tips on the Speed Tech Torque Arm? I am doing the same setup in my convertible.

[MaxHarvard]

Sorry it took so long to get back to you guys, I completely missed these!

The stance and everything on your car looks awesome.

How big of a lip do you have on the rear wheels?? I'm trying to figure out what to order for wheels for my '67 and that's about what I'm looking for.

Thanks,
Matt

The back spacing is about 5-6", just enough to give me a bit of a lip of 3-4". I don't have the wheel specs right in front of me, but I believe I posted them in this thread at some point.

AWESOME looking Camaro!

I have a 67 Firebird Convertible. so I am hoping you can help me out...


Question:
Did you have to mini-tub it "Deep" (going deep into the frame rail) to fit the 335/30/18's on it? Do you have any issues with rubbing? Any tips to someone currently trying to to this with DSE's mini-tubs right now?

Also... if you don't mind... any tips on the Speed Tech Torque Arm? I am doing the same setup in my convertible.


I went fairly deep I think, I don't have any issues rubbing, even when the rear end is articulating like going over a speed bump or going up my driveway, there's plenty of clearance.

Anything specific that I can answer? The torque arm is fairly straight forward, the only real issue I had was locating the upper mount bar that comes in the kit. It can be a hassle to keep it held up while you weld it in place.

~Eric

[MaxHarvard]

Welp, new updates!

The rear-end is back together and seems to be working a heck of a lot better. I even got a class win the very next event! Gotta love that! It was a bit hectic to say the least, first run I lost a lot of PS fluid after a line came loose, then I had a tie-rod bolt come undone. I ran back to the parts store, came back, reinstalled the nut and blasted off a winning time, all while being helped by fellow racers and even Nate, my competition at the event.

I really do have to tip my cap to everyone who helped me out, it was great to see people come to my aid even if were technically competing. Big thanks and mega-appreciation.

After our class win at the latest AutoX a package was waiting for me on my doorstep with a set of Triple Adjustable Shocks and coils from Ride Tech... missed my window to give them some flogging by virtually 24 hours! Such a bummer.

None the less, Max decided he needed to help daddy assemble them, to which I happily obliged (hey, less work for me, right?!). Slave labor never looked so adorable! HA!

So, I have a few fixes that the Camaro needs, it's running a bit rich right now so I have to look into the computer for that. I have to look at the PS hoses again to make sure those are still tight, I want to paint the trunk, calibrate the speedo again...etc..etc... always a list, just the items change that's all.

Also, it turns out that my first book is slated to be published! The real brains behind the book is Myron Cottrell of TPiS. I just photographed some of it and made sure it was compiled well. If you get a chance, pick one up when it comes out! Look for my second book coming out shortly on a similar but different topic :)

http://www.amazon.com/Build-Max-Performance-Chevy-Engines-Design/dp/1934709506/ref=pd_ys_iyr1


So, here's some pics.

Pic from the class winning AutoX
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7125/7873790790_7cd050cd6f_z.jpg

Max helping put together shocks.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8305/7873727836_85697cefa9_z.jpg

[LS1NOVA]

Thats the last time I help you beat me, ha ha.

[MaxHarvard]

Thats the last time I help you beat me, ha ha.

:lol:

Yea, thanks for the help..... winning!! :lol: JK, thanks man, I really did and do appreciate it!! :)

[MaxHarvard]

Well, smallish, but major update to the car.

After running the single adjustable QA1 coil overs, I was pretty much told by everyone (Jimi Day, Scott Parkhurst, Randy Johnson... et al.) that I really needed to step up my shock/spring package to dial in more speed.

That's where these Ride Tech TA's come in. Everyone I talked with wouldn't shut up about them so I figured it was worth a shot.

I haven't any track time lately to fully test them out, but here they are in all their glory!

Sorry about the crappy cell pics, it was dark in my garage that day. Bleh.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8037/8027036648_605f84efe2_c.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8040/8027038149_2cd6a90234_c.jpg

[MaxHarvard]

Well, I suppose it's been a while since I made an update, but here goes.

Why removable steering wheel???

BECAUSE RACECAR!

No, seriously the big reason was to help me get in and out of the car. Damn these long dancers legs!! LOL

Thanks to Randy at D&Z Customs for helping me find the right hub/adapter and letting me talk his ear off at all hours of the night!

NRG claimed that it wouldn't fit a '68 column but apparently they have no clue what the hell they are talking about because it fit just fine.

The car is put away for the winter. Hell, I even got stuck in a snow storm 30 miles from home, but we made it just fine!

Ok, on to the pics.

http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-1948-132900_10152247183765702_1456357198_o.jpg

http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-1950-483633_10152263434240702_1409770467_n.jpg

[KPC67]

I love the picture of the new wheel.
Between that and the dash insert you have it makes the interoir look awesome!
I hope winter is not being too much of a pitha for ya, it sure has been challenging us so far.

[itsals1]

Please Don't tell us you drove in the MN salt!

Travis

[MaxHarvard]

Please Don't tell us you drove in the MN salt!

Travis

Thankfully they hadn't salted yet. :lol:

[MaxHarvard]

It's finally spring!

Time for some mods! Now, I picked up a rear spoiler from Jakes rod Shop which should help my downforce a bit in the corners, so we'll see how well it works in June when i go back to Road America for the OPTIMA Challenge.

Mmm.. Dat ass.
http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-1958-544837_10152692488005702_552192460_n.jpg


Secondly, I took a ride up to Bighley's autobody and removed the heater box, blower and heater core. Should save me 15-ish pounds off the front of the car :)

http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-1957-529323_10152697421925702_1482420561_n.jpg

http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-1956-34998_10152697932110702_1908347004_n.jpg


So far that's it! just waiting to get on the track to get the Ride Tech's all set up for road course season!

[Flash68]

Car looks fantastic!

[MaxHarvard]

So some minor updates to this.

It's finally spring and I hosted an AutoX recently and got spanked by a Neon... how sad.

Regardless, I can finally get it onto a big track and let it loose. A have to admit fully that I did a major facepalm today after I looked at my dyno graph again and noticed that the redline isn't where I thought it was at 6K... nope, closer to 7K. I'm losing 50 horsepower alone! Stupid me! Should go faster now that I know I can rev it up more *insert maniacal laugh*

So, spring time brings in fluid changes and a nut and bolt session. $165 later, the car has new fluids. *insert money raining from the sky*

http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-1968-nutbolt.jpg


Seeing this my son had a little melt down that Daddy's car was "broken" and insisted on helping me put the tires back on. It was adorable. Kid was impressive to say the least, he's 2 and 1/2 and got all lugs started, takes after his dad haha!

http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-1967-max.jpg

Some car swag for me and the new little lady during our trip to OPTIMA
http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-1969-shirts.jpg

Completely unrelated but I had a ZL1 upgraded to a custom "ZLR" that makes roughly 850 to the wheels in my garage... Looks good next to the 68, dontcha think?
http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-1970-zlr.jpg

[Rick D]

Looks great, sucks about getting beat by a Neon! :poke:

[Tom Fuehrer]

Eric, I'm pretty sure it was a Honda Civic that beat you at the AX. Do you feel any better now?

[MaxHarvard]

Eric, I'm pretty sure it was a Honda Civic that beat you at the AX. Do you feel any better now?

.... I know where you live. Just saying. :knokwood:

[WicKeD_SS]

Very nice write up on your car in the new Camaro Per Mag! Congrats!

[Ron in SoCal]

Very nice write up on your car in the new Camaro Per Mag! Congrats!

Yep, love the car and the artiice! Must of been fun writing about your own car :bump:

[MaxHarvard]

Very nice write up on your car in the new Camaro Per Mag! Congrats!

Yep, love the car and the artiice! Must of been fun writing about your own car :bump:


Thanks! It's a bit weird to write about yourself, I'll be honest.


Ok, well to give you all an update. I have been extremely busy with the car lately so here goes.

I shot my car a while back in October for Camaro Perfomers and it finally came out! yay!

Check out the July Issue of CP!

http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-1972-1052896_10152924295915702_327604502_o.jpg

So if that's not awesome enough, we went racing....


I went with the moto: "No Regrets" and boy did that ever show. I posted a personal best time of 1:54 at the shortened road course at Road America and left pretty much all I could out on the track and even some paint. That time got me 21st out of 71 entrants. Considering the level of competition, I'm quite happy with my time and where I fell. Last year I ended up in the middle of the pack and this year I vowed to be well over the top %50 and that's exactly what happened. I pushed hard and really took the car much further than it had gone up until this point. Regardless, I did have a little boo-boo.

You can see it here. Skip to 3:30 if you want to see the "OOPS".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYmKLaF3aSU

You can tell my apexes are pretty weak and had a hard time with take off out of the corners, so a lot can still be done suspension and driver-skill wise. Car was lightly damaged, nothing to worry about. Driver was fine. Car even went back out for more laps later.

Here's video of 3 laps of the short course. The red Mustang had a 15 second head start and the one I pass near the end had easily a 45 second lead before I passed him. Such a rush to PASS a car! MAN!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvUfQSB8Jj4

Image of damage: Nothing major.

http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-1971-7448_10152923587165702_1354017131_n.jpg

The go-karts this year were JAM PACKED! Holy cow we had a ton of drivers. The team of me, brian finch, Mike Norris and the BFG guy AJ finished 4th out of the 13 (i think, maybe 15) teams. Which, frankly wasn't all that bad all things considered.

http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-1978-1016055_10152994887210078_1424172005_n.jpg


We had lots of fun and will certainly do it again, this time I will go sub 1:50 as my goal, we shall see after I tweak the nut behind the wheel.

Here's some obligatory shots from over the weekend.

Bill Goldberg in a wig.
http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-1979-1017247_10152937587230702_523748314_n.jpg

Me and the girlfriend trying to get Mary Pozzi to pretend to be me and drive my car at the event. ( I would have paid her, I swear).

http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-1977-1014069_10152973742230078_477644785_n.jpg

Jim trying to help another fellow racer and camaro guy after his engine had some problems.

http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-1975-1010256_10152926762280702_1710581210_n.jpg


Me and the little lady
http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-1976-1011713_10152928077510702_1335907831_n.jpg

And finally, for now anyways (have 800 or more shots) an image my GF took. So rare to actually see a picture of me driving since I'm always behind the camera.
http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-1974-1003440_10152926766435702_821449527_n.jpg

[tubbed69]

Super cool car,nice to see it in Camaro Performers.

[glassman]

And very nice to see you drive it like its meant, and the patina is earned!!

Will it be hard to match the paint on such a repair?

[chr2002ca]

Just saw your spread in Camaro Performers. Have always loved your ride and reading your build thread. Congrats on the press and more great recognition and coverage by CP. That racing pic looks sick also. Great job. :thumbsup:

[WSSix]

I like the action shot. Your girlfriend did a great job with that one. Congrats on doing better this year than last too.

[MaxHarvard]

I like the action shot. Your girlfriend did a great job with that one. Congrats on doing better this year than last too.

Thank you!

And thanks for all the compliments fellas!

BuddyP over at Pro-touring said that I haven't updated things in a while and I thought what the hell... let's keep'er rolling!

Ok, where to start... Well, I got on TV, 3 times!... LOL! That's a start.

I haven't seen it yet, but the MAV TV premiere of the OUSCI race showed a few very clear shots of my car. Here's one and in the panning shot you can see the girlfriend riding shot gun.

http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-2065-947308_669635266393669_2133268998_n.jpg


Then, I volunteered to be a part of the demonstrations for Car Craft Magazine Summer Nationals because they needed "pretty cars" for the cameras LOL. Kinda neat to the an autox all to myself!

CHannel 4 (local)
http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-2057-981421_10153008303985702_1447008715_o.jpg


Channel 9 did a full 2 minute deal with the car where the reporter rode with me, MA Rosko is her name and she was really fun to have with!

Here's the shot of the interview I gave.
http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-2056-976031_10151708811339871_1025971270_o.jpg

Me and MA Rosko
http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-2055-1332_10153014583730702_177140221_n.jpg


A shot of her on LIVE TV... If you look closely you can see the wide eyed grin expression HA!
http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-2066-1085069_10153038958210702_705929737_o.jpg

Some of you may know Jesse Riggle and Troy Borgen. I hosted them at my house during the Car Craft show. Jesse had an accident and flipped his trailer, which held his twin turbo Trans-Am. It didn't fair well unfortunately, but Jesse was unhurt.
http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-2060-1146554_10153081352285702_1382749419_n.jpg


Hot rodding isn't always about wrenching on cars.
http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-2058-1040451_10201350381022374_754415992_o.jpg

Camaro got some new hoops from Falken! YAY!! STICKIER RUBBER!! Those KDW's just weren't cutting it.
http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-2062-1292805_10153218008535702_2024651156_o.jpg


Went to a car show with a axle dyno by TPIS of CHaska MN. Not bad, 450rwhp. Feels slow *sad face*
http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-2059-1146533_10201709034832651_958710340_n.jpg

Wanted SOOOO badly to try out the new rubber at the last autox of the year, but it rained... so poop on that idea.

Yea.. its wet. I still beat a couple C6's so i feel better.
http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-2063-1291193_10153297866065702_426354795_o.jpg

http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-2061-1277744_10153297866330702_1465323286_o.jpg


Finally, in the winter there's not a lot of racing opportunities unless you have a snow rally car. So, my boy (he's 3) loves racing GT5 on my PS3 with the wheel. I asked him if he wanted a go-kart.... I think we have another racer on our hands!
http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/gallery/thumbs/lrg-2064-1403018_10153326638190702_444351482_o.jpg


That's all for now!

[Vince@Meanstreets]

thats awesome...you have a great family and a bad ass car. 450 RWHP isn't bad.

Thanks for the update!!

[MaxHarvard]

thats awesome...you have a great family and a bad ass car. 450 RWHP isn't bad.

Thanks for the update!!

I figured that having 450 to the wheels and finishing 20th out of 71 cars at OPTIMA on the big course was a win for me!

Most of those cars are pushing 6-700rwhp easily.

[LS7 Z/28]

Hey Eric, I love the car...

I followed the build thread over on pro touring for most of it, saw the car at the CC Summer Nationals the last two years, looks great!

I'm in the Red Wing area and I'm building a '69, planning on starting a build thread on here soon.

Maybe when it's done I can hire you to take some photos?

Do you know if Nate from One guys does TIG welding? I've got pretty much everything covered with the build but there are a few parts I'd like to have TIG'd by someone with skills, haha.

[MaxHarvard]

Hey Eric, I love the car...

I followed the build thread over on pro touring for most of it, saw the car at the CC Summer Nationals the last two years, looks great!

I'm in the Red Wing area and I'm building a '69, planning on starting a build thread on here soon.

Maybe when it's done I can hire you to take some photos?

Do you know if Nate from One guys does TIG welding? I've got pretty much everything covered with the build but there are a few parts I'd like to have TIG'd by someone with skills, haha.


Hey dude, send me an email :)

[email protected] I'll hook you up with Nate.

[Roberts68]

CarCraft 2013 Autocross (http://www.carcraft.com/summer_nationals/2013/1307__2013_car_craft_summer_nationals_qa1_autocros s/)

I don't recall if you linked this already. I found it when trying to find the dates for 2014 while scheduling vacation dates.

http://image.carcraft.com/f/summer_nationals/2013/1307__2013_car_craft_summer_nationals_qa1_autocros s/52659004+w620/blue-chevrolet-camaro.jpg

[MaxHarvard]

CarCraft 2013 Autocross (http://www.carcraft.com/summer_nationals/2013/1307__2013_car_craft_summer_nationals_qa1_autocros s/)

I don't recall if you linked this already. I found it when trying to find the dates for 2014 while scheduling vacation dates.

http://image.carcraft.com/f/summer_nationals/2013/1307__2013_car_craft_summer_nationals_qa1_autocros s/52659004+w620/blue-chevrolet-camaro.jpg


I think I recall that image.

Thanks for reminding me! :)