pro-touring project....Vagabondo

[tazzz2_ca]

Hi gang, been lurking arround the site for a while and thought I'd introduce my project to the board. I have to be honest and state right off the hop, I'm mechanically challenged and have professionals building my dream ride up here in Toronto.

The following is a breif description of the car:
-1972 Camaro RS White with Black stripes & interior
-556 cu all aluminum Dart stoker motor with Brodix heads that runs on pump gas (came in today ^5)
-1,000 Holley carb (like a old school approach "Big CU & Carb")
-Tremic TKO 600
-Wildwood brakes
-Complete new drop in Mosser 12 bolt rear end (housing, pod, gears, etc)
-Hotschkis sway bars
-Q-1 adjustable coil overs up front
-Composite rear spring
-Classic air system
-power windows
-6 power custom seats/ interior
-Custom dash pannel with Auto Metre guage cluster.

It's a complete frame off restoration that is being taken down to bare metal (currently in paint shop) and represents a lot of years of dreaming. I have two sons and you know the story,,,,had to get them through school etc., etc, etc. now it's dad's time.....I plan to spend some serious time cruising in the States this summer and I'm happy to say this ride is no trailer queen,,,it's gonna be "visiting a town near your soon" lmao....Hope to have the car ready for Carlisle & the Camaro Nationals,,,but we'll see.

Anyways, hope you like what my idea of "fun" is and look forward to possibly meeting some of the great people of this site at various shows. Here are a few pic's of the project......(the rear end is being changed out to a 12 bolt since this pic)

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

cool project!

http://www.emerchandise.com/images/p/VLI/pdGNVLI0012.jpg

[tazzz2_ca]

Thanks Venomous

[XcYZ]

Awesome. What a beast of a motor! :D

[tazzz2_ca]

We're really looking forward to putting it though some paces Scott,,,,,,with a lite weight block, good heads and custom grind cam and a Callie Ultra-lite rotating mass the engine should spool up real quickly whilst fooling the chasis into thing it's a small block for weight distribution;-)

[Croaker]

Mind if I ask which local shop you're having build it? Scheming up a little project of my own.

[syborg tt]

Okay when are we going to see an update on this car ??

[tazzz2_ca]

Sorry Croaker, just noticed I didn't respond to you......It's a private shop.

Thanks for asking Syborg tt, the has been evolving slowly as I have 2 other concurrent projects on the go as well (1970 Formula Pro-touring car and a project 70 Z clone with a 383 & 700R4).....
Latest updates:
We tried some Headman big tubes and lost a month to delivery, rejection and booking/scheduling in at the custom fabricators shop (note the guys at Headman were very helpful,,,just did have the right product for this application as it turned out).....Following that our desire to step headers and the later decision to move the engine down roughly 2 inches and back two inches completely eliminated the Headman option (note update pic's taken prior to the motor move)....After discussing the drive line with the spring manufacture it was determined that a Carbon fiber mono spring to fit the applications space constraints wouldn't work out....We opted for a steel mono spring application with adjustable QA1 shocks on the rear.

We hope to get back at it again in the next few weeks ,,,,looks like spring 2009 is going to be a lot of fun all things equal (LOL... famous last words LOL)...
Here are a few update shots

[syborg tt]

Following that our desire to step headers and the later decision to move the engine down roughly 2 inches and back two inches completely eliminated the Headman option (note update pic's taken prior to the motor move)....


Okay so how close is the oil pan to the ground

[tazzz2_ca]

Okay so how close is the oil pan to the ground

We've dropped the suspension/nose roughly 2+" from stock and the oil pan is a custom built/spec Steph's pan that has it's lowest point line up with the bottom of the stock sub-frame cross member......I don't recall the exact height from the pan to the street to be frank.......You'd have to do some serious bump stopping/bottoming out on the sub-frame cross member and scatter shield lip prior to hitting the lowest point on the pan after "all the suspension/motor mounts adjustments" have been taken into consideration......

[awr68]

Nice project, thanks for the update!!

[tazzz2_ca]

Thanks and hopefully I'll have more to share with the board soon ;-)

[tony byram]

Thats one sweet looking 72, couse Im kinda biased as I own one too. What size rims are you running? keep us posted,and more pics too.:thumbsup:

[tazzz2_ca]

Hi Tony, I agree they're great LOL,,,,No biases here LOL

I'm running 17/315/35's out back on an 11" rim with 5.75 BS and still playing with the front.....

Currently there are 17/275/40's on a 9 1/2" rim with a 5.25 BS and I'm having clearance issues with the fender lip (at the inner fenders given how low my stance is)......That said, I plan to try running an 8 1/2" rim with a 5.25BS and the 275's to see if it works out......I know that's not a great combo and may have some inherent issues so we may have to drop to a 265 or 255 tire up front.

I really like the big buns up front, but the overall stance and correct fit are important....We're playing with some 3 piece rims from CCW with some Hoosier tires to see what we can accomplish with fit/clearance.....After sorting out the front fitment and I'll then order the corrected TT2's and order a second set of rims (HRE's or Budnik's) and rubber in the end as wheel and tire sets go.