1968 Camaro (projekt 1sickT8)

[srh3trinity]

I liked the look of the car with the hockey stripe, but I really like the above pics with the wheels/stance, painted rockers, etc. It has been cool in every form.

[SSLance]

I like it without the trim on the rocker... Now just needs the tail panel blacked out.

[Rod]

I liked the look of the car with the hockey stripe, but I really like the above pics with the wheels/stance, painted rockers, etc. It has been cool in every form.

thanks Stephen..shes been a good car...

I like it without the trim on the rocker... Now just needs the tail panel blacked out.

think so? ....ummm i will see

[Josh@Ridetech]

I had to touch up the paint on the fender that was damaged last season at Scottsdale goodguys so I sanded the front fenders and blended in some color and sprayed a little clear

Jane without the stripe, more to be done just running short on time

I'm really digging this all white thing that you have going on here...

[srh3trinity]

Black out the tail panel with plasti dip to visualize it.

[ryanleiker]

just the basic LED tail light there very cool and swap in easily



remove the backing



then remove the lens



swap in the new LED lens



plug them in



and done!

Where did you get these? Brand?
Nevermind... found it

[Rod]

Where did you get these? Brand?
Nevermind... found it

was the link in the original post? there pretty inexpensive and work great!!

[TrevorG_FeslerBuilt]

Very nice build!

[ryanleiker]

LQ4 power steering modified bracket

Great innovation on this. Very sleek.

[ryanleiker]

Just as I left off in a prior post I left the hotel at 6:37am and wrote a freind of mine (Chad Reynolds)a note on his rear window



I walked the track in the morning twice and found a few lines that I would try here and there thruout the day to see what helped the times

At the track the morning crowds were looking good



afternoon on friday, the times looked fine and I didnt need to run any of the lines I found in the morning and was holding just fine





On Saturday the group started off running times for warm-ups just as fast as we finished with and then Brett Vokel threw down the hammer!
and ran a 54.xxx time!!! some were he found a 3 second short cut? wow!



then Rob Mcgregor in Hellboy ran a crazy 56.517 lap!! jumping into 2nd, oh damn I am in for it now



thats when I new I had to put on my big boy pants and run my lines and show my hand and I threw down a 55.953 to get back into second





Then Rob ran again and Hellboy pushed a 55.522 run to take back second



I knew it was my last time to beat-up on those optima cars with my home built 68 Camaro!! and I ran a 55.732 but it wasnt enough, I needed just a few more ponies on the track, but My little car known as Plain Jane dosn't know any better so she just keeps chasing down any thing I put in front of her!!





it was a great weekend with good friends and some more made! and on a side note in street machine My Girlfriend came in 5th place chasing down John Hotchkis, finishing on the leader board at HER FIRST EVENT! she was awesome! Thanks to Brett and Rob for making the race fun and extra thanks to Rob for allowing me to help with the Wounded Warrior Project all weekend! see everyone at the track

This narration got me so excited for you. Running a home built car up against these manufacturer's builds and beating them with their own parts is pretty awesome.

[ryanleiker]

Being that your car is a daily driver, how do the heim joints hold up to street use? Have you worn any out yet? Some people say the street will tear those up more than conventional tie rod ends.

[dangina]

love the car! Curious, where do you buy the arms that support the front spoiler? Also how wide is that front spoiler in the middle? looks wider than OEM, thanks!

[Rod]

Being that your car is a daily driver, how do the heim joints hold up to street use? Have you worn any out yet? Some people say the street will tear those up more than conventional tie rod ends.

the heim joints have done well...and i have not worn one out yet...there not loose or sloppy either

[Rod]

love the car! Curious, where do you buy the arms that support the front spoiler? Also how wide is that front spoiler in the middle? looks wider than OEM, thanks!

the supports are from Longacre racing summit and jegs both sell them

[ryanleiker]

Hey Chris! Brett ended up winning the event he won by 2 one hundredths of a second! it was a fun weekend(any time I can race with friends is a good weekend) the camber gain is awesome I have a test mule frame section that I mock things up on to see and suspension binds, angle changes, and I used the Tru-Turn and the ridetech arms with the guldstrand! the caster and camber looked fantastic, the Tru-Turn with the setup I running reduced the bumpsteer to so little I couldn't measure it

heres my test mule frame section


I can look at how components all work together before I decide on what to try

So you changed over to the ridetech spindles when you went to the Tru-Turn?
Do you have any hesitancies about the CPP C5 spindles? They seemed to perform fine for you.
Did you do any mockup measurements/testing with the Tru-Turn and CPP C5 spindles?

[Rod]

So you changed over to the ridetech spindles when you went to the Tru-Turn?
Do you have any hesitancies about the CPP C5 spindles? They seemed to perform fine for you.
Did you do any mockup measurements/testing with the Tru-Turn and CPP C5 spindles?

I had a sort of Tru-turn on my car before..the tru-turn...I had custom bent some steering arms used tall ball joints and had a global west cat 5 centerlink(no longer made), I tested the ridetech kit and it worked well with all off the shelf parts..(easy to replace or repair) ..my stuff was custom and some no longer made....the CPP spindles worked well it just seem to need more camber gain to keep the contact patch as flat as I wanted and if i added a tall ball joint with the CPP it worked well (in test) but the combo of the two wouldn't allow my 9.5 in wide rim to fit...the drop on the ridetech spindle helped the rim alignment all fit and the ridetech spindle was taller giving me the dynamic camber gain i was looking for

if the CPP spindle would have had a drop in it like the ATS spindles, that would have raised the rim upward allowing a tall ball joint to fit also and it would have been good.....I suggested that to CPP and they told me there was no plans for a dropped spindle...or a taller spindle to increase the camber gain more

[ryanleiker]

was the link in the original post? there pretty inexpensive and work great!!

Someone asked as well and you answered them, so I found them at Speedway motors. I also found some for my Nova from a company called United Pacific.

[Rod]

Someone asked as well and you answered them, so I found them at Speedway motors. I also found some for my Nova from a company called United Pacific.

yep speedway is were i got those...good price

[Ripper]

OMG I want this car!

Great project! I get really motivated to keep working on my own project when I find projects like this.

[ryanleiker]

you can see were it rubs or just measure the center of the fenderwell and measure 16" x 7" rectangle

instead of an empty hole I left half of the tin in place and bent it backwards to hold the wires and hoses between it and the fenders here is how the hole looks after trimming and rolling the fender edge, see 16 inches



heres the 7 inch measurement actually about 6.5



then I made a simple card board filler patch template



the transferred to a thin aluminum diamond plate



bend it to fit the original template



and the I fitted it back into the opening





hope this helps!!

How did you secure the diamond plate? Bolts? Tabs?