TCI Engineering's 1971 Camaro

[Sales-TCI-Eng]

Looking great, can't wait to see it done!



And I don't know what the exterior plans are, but I beg of you, please keep the full width front bumper on, or do a full Rally Sport conversion, nothing in between.... pleeaasseee!

HAHA, I am right there with ya on that one. I will do my best but they are looking at every single way of dropping weight on this car and I know the temptation to get rid of the full bumper will be there eventually.

-J

[Onebad78ta]

Very cool,,I like it.

[Sales-TCI-Eng]

We finally got back to work on the Camaro project the last few weeks.

We don't plan on making this car nearly as nice as the Mustang but we still cleaned the underbelly of most of the factory undercoating and years of gunk.





Here is the trans tunnel mount plate.



Back of the trans tunnel mount, The tunnel will be easy to remove.



Welded up most of the holes on the firewall. We debated on replacing it all together or just doing a cosmetic overlay.



Danny going to town on the trunk



Some of the parts came back from powdercoat.







Trans tunnel and 35 spline Currie axles



The bottom was sprayed with undercoating



Could this be reassembly? Say it ain't so.....







Steering column firewall mount



They decided on doing an overlay



Downbars will be tied to the cage.







Cage is finish welded




-J

[DJW32]

J,
Is this your car?

Did you guys use a 6 point cage?

[wfo guy]

I like that front stub. It looks well thought out.

[Sales-TCI-Eng]

J,
Is this your car?

Did you guys use a 6 point cage?

It is a 8 point technically since the firewall bars will tie into the front clip. It's not my personal car, it's owned by the company. I say 'Company' because Ed won't claim ownership of a Chevy.......LOL

We have good news. The new bullet arrived from Lingenfelter. It's a 644hp LS7. It made that power with factory C6 exhaust manifolds too so we're hoping it'll make 600 at the tires with a proper stepped header on it.







We set her back an inch or so.



Mocked up some 315/30/18's on an 11" wide wheel.



-J

[Sales-TCI-Eng]

Working on a new valence





















Mocking up some Derale coolers



-J

[Sales-TCI-Eng]

Still working on the front sheet metal.

Air ducts for the coolers (power steering & oil)














-J

[jp455]

Awesome build! Seriously digging the tubular subframe! Looking forward to seeing the sale price. Do you guys do those builds just to verify/demo your prototype parts or do you do customer builds too?

[Sales-TCI-Eng]

Awesome build! Seriously digging the tubular subframe! Looking forward to seeing the sale price. Do you guys do those builds just to verify/demo your prototype parts or do you do customer builds too?

We only build internal vehicles for R&D purposes. The 2nd Gen IFS is available now. http://www.totalcostinvolved.com/p/7...drag-autocross


Slowly making progress on the front end.











Covering up the Derale coolers with louvered pieces to keep tire debris out





-J

[Sales-TCI-Eng]

We got a bunch of goodies back form powdercoat.









-J

[nicks67camaro]

Wow looks great what undercoating did you use?

[all4sho]

sweet build

[Chad-1stGen]

Looks awesome! Is the idea to have this ready for 2016 season?

[408maro]

I'm in love. Very nice car

[Sales-TCI-Eng]

Wow looks great what undercoating did you use?

It was just an over the counter spray(can) on liner.

Looks awesome! Is the idea to have this ready for 2016 season?

Yes, we'll hopefully be testing the car before the Thunderhill optima event. Still lots to do though.

-J

[syborg tt]

very nice and looking forward to seeing this car in person.

[Motown 454]

Very Nice! Sweet looking motor.

[Sales-TCI-Eng]

Progress slowed a little towards the end of the year but we're currently working on wiring and plumbing.









-J

[mert.celet]

And now i regret my front AND rear suspension setup on my 74 Firebird.