HHR SS - The back-up car

[cornfedbill]

So, this will be the second year driving my son's HHR SS in the Sandhills Open Road Challenge because my Nova is till on jackstands.

It is not very sporty looking, but is quite capable. We have a tune in it from ZZ Performance in Grand Rapids. We replaced the MAP sensors and loaded the tune. We have tweaked it a bit and are pretty happy with the performance. It should be putting out about 300 hp and 340 lb-ft of torque at the crank.

It is a rare SS with the performance package, 5-speed, a rear seat and the panel rear windows.

We swapped out the rear sway bar for a 1" bar to reduce the understeer. It is very neutral now.

This year we are adding Firestone Firehawk Indy 500 tires on lighter wheels. We stuck with the factory tire size because we felt larger tires would reduce our acceleration because we are not very traction limited. We should be able to run full power from 3rd gear and up. Cornering with the stock tires was good. It will be better now.

This is us from last year.