RedZed Reloaded

[Ben@SpeedTech]

A little more assembly progress here. Note the custom friction reducing spherical bearing type tie rod ends and the adjustable sway bar installed. This design allows a very quick adjustment to go from Autocross to Road Race settings, a necessary tuning adjustment for events like optima where you run both venues back to back. Roger chose Viking's new aggressively valved Crusader shock line which has double adjustability and AutoX based valving.



Note here the upper control arms have billet stainless crosshafts that incorporate adjustable caster slugs. We have specific instructions for caster settings according to how the car is designed, and include slugs for 3 different base caster settings. The alignment will be set using traditional shims, we prefer this method as it works just fine to achieve optimum results and the solid control arms have one less stress point over adjustable arms that could fail.





Although this is one of the first production subframes in the lineup, RedZed snuck out the "69" serial plate to go along with the car's age.

[Ben@SpeedTech]

So With RedZed's new frame powder coated and assembled, in goes the new LS mill. The old boosted 427 made plenty of power but it was almost too much to be practical, especially in an autoX power range where too much torque can blow off the tires and blow the run. Not too exciting on the long end either where the low and mid range motor might run out of breath on the road course. Couple that with thirsty big cubes and a traditional carb and driveability goes south too. The 525 hp LS3 GM crate motor has become a staple around Speedtech's shop, they make awesome, smooth power, have a decent idle, come plug and play and require minimal tuning. It was a natural choice to set one between RedZed's empty fenders. While in there Roger decided to take a little more control and picked up a Viper T56 six speed, giving him more hands-on shifting and the better final overdrive over the older outdated 700R4 automatic.