Ronracer's 68 Camaro RSx

[Larry Callahan]

Wow, I had a blast today along with Zbugger going to check out ronracer's '68 Camaro. Talk about a nice ride. While it's not quite complete (less some interior and dialing in) it is a very very nice ride. And quick too. For a 302 it pulls really hard. I guess that could have something to do with the turbo chargers I guess. lol

What's that... a 302? For those of you not familiar with Ron's car it is powered by a twin turbo small block Ford. You can check out more of Ron's car by visiting his web site by clicking here.

Since Ron only lives a few miles from me I hope to go visit it more and pick up a few more ideas for my Camaro. I can't wait for the next ride!

What do you think Allen?

[67Sally]

Damn..........I gotta see that car in person some day. Nice car Ron.
W.

[Blitz]

I'm gonna go pout and feel sorry for myself now.

[steemin]

Very cool.
I like the "Boss" paint scheme.
Its about time someone paid back all those guys that put Chevy powerplants in Fords.
Scott

[slck6t9]

Man I LOVE that car and would truly hate to see one of those bikes fall. Again GREAT car Ron..

Scott

[Matt@RFR]

A Ford motor in a Camaro! I love it! (for perspective, I have a bowtie tattoo'd on my left inner bycep)

Ron, thank you so much for reminding me that there are actually people that build cars for themselves, and do whatever makes them happy.

[jack67rs]

It's been a long time since we seen that car in sheetmetal form, man it sure is turning out nice. keep the pictures coming, thanks Larry!

[Ralph LoGrasso]

That car is looking better and better. What's the name of the blue?

[MrQuick]

almost looks like grabber, yea? Sweet Ron, nice to see it done...ish. I bet Allen was shaking due to the ford powerplant.

[zbugger]

What do I think? Heh... I had to change my pants, and not because I crapped them, cuz I didn't. DAMN NICE CAR!!!! Outstanding ride, although hitting the road dots is fun, and it only starts to pull hard around 4000-4500 rpm. Sad thing is that because of the slight fuel trim issues, it's limited to 5k rpm. Oh do I want to go for a ride when that is fixed. When done, it should be a gem. And Vince, I loved that car. Don't matter what's under the hood.

Man I LOVE that car and would truly hate to see one of those bikes fall. Again GREAT car Ron..

Scott

Heh... Funny story about that.....

[zbugger]

....What's the name of the blue?

Reminds me of what the Blue Man Group paints itself.

[RSX302]

Larry & Allen, It was great to have you guy's come over. I had a good time.
It's too bad that I needed the rev limiter at 5K for now. It pulls twice as hard with no end. E-Ticket ride....Next time....

Ralph, The paint is called Bright Blue from Mitsubishi (Lancer EVO)
I did make my adjustments to it. I guess its now called ronracer blue.

The 50# injectors run out quick at the lower fuel pressure. In order to achieve max power at 10 psig of boost(7K+rpm) I need the to fuel pressure set at 75. The down fall with a low compression, destroked 302 engine, its a killer around town, this is at the standard 43psig. I've needed to drop the pressure down to 28 to be tolerable. This is the pitfall of high horsepower Turbo engines. The computers can only adjust so much.

With the rail pressure at 33psig,(28psig in vacuum) the 50# injectors start running out at 550hp. This is occuring at 5Krpm. Add another 2krpm at 10psi of boost, It's very fun! I will set the rail at 75psig (65 across injector) and this will support 778hp at 95%DC.
The Cartech FMU will give me the 28psi at idle and 75 at 10psi of boost.
I was also considering a secondary injector set-up if I go with more power.

[speedster]

Ron-
Your car looks incredible !
That blue really P O P S.
..and that's a really nice fanbelt you have there too, what kind is it ?
(Just kidding)
That 302 should rev up incredibly fast - very cool.
How does it sound with those side pipes and the Turbo ?
I know it's hard to describe a tone, but does it compare to something else?
Cool car.

[6'9"Witha69]

Funny thing, I can understand the Ford motor (Like Matt, I too have the bowtie on tattoo'd on my arm) but the BOSS stripe turns me off. Other than that the thing is friggin sweet! That blue is awesome and the detail is incredible. Time to go stare at my parts list like it will buy itself!

[Ralph LoGrasso]

Ralph, The paint is called Bright Blue from Mitsubishi (Lancer EVO)
I did make my adjustments to it. I guess its now called ronracer blue.

LOL. Well the color makes that car stand out even more, excellent choice.

Reminds me of what the Blue Man Group paints itself.

You're right it kinda does, heh.

[DJW32]

Ron,
the car looks great! How did you fit the 335's? Did you role the lip? Any help would be great. thanks

[Damn True]

The car looks fantastic, and I love the fact that he used to TT Ford motor that he already had.

[trapin]

18x10's.......ON THE FRONT!!!!!

That's killer.

DAMN I love 68's.

......I wonder why.

[RSX302]

Ron,
the car looks great! How did you fit the 335's? Did you role the lip? Any help would be great. thanks

Mini Tub and roled lips.

[MuscleRodz]

Nice to see you finally got the Camaro done. Looks awesome. How do the C5 mirrors fit. They look good on there and I am planning on doing the same thing.

Mike