Why are there not more 3rd gen camaros representing?

[Johnny Blaze]

I have spohn sfcs.

I'm going with the Unbalanced engennering panhard drop on my car.

[bergsvette]

Mine when I was 16. It was the biggest automotive mistake I have made selling her.

[Tuske427]

wow!....you pretty much threw the handling book at it.....how did you like it when it was all done??.....what made the biggest difference??......did the sub f c's get rid of the rattles??......did you have a tubular K member?

I had the following components:

overall:

eibach springs (1" lower)
wilwood 4 piston disc brakes/ rotors
welded in subframe connectors
braided steel brake lines and PBR fluid
Toyo RA1 tires

(front)
kyb struts
spohn strut caps
bmr shock tower brace
hellwig sway bar (I forget the dimensions, but it was big)
PST polygraphite super front end kit


(rear)
edelbrock panhard bar
edelbrock torque arm
tubular lca
3:73 posi rear (later added a richmond power trax after I wore out the stock posi unit. the powertrax actually hurt the handling though. lesson learned)

On the street, this thing had almost no body roll. It was probably too stiff for safe street driving as I noticed on more than one occasion it would bounce around rough road curves.

I took it to Willow Springs for an open track day, and it yawed like a 70's Cadillac. That goes to show how much more forces are on a car at a track. It was very humbling for what I had thought was a great handling car.

They all helped, as did the LS1/ 6 speed. However, to answer your question- I'd say the single biggest improvement was the Toyo RA1 tires.

Granted, they're DOT track tires, but they gripped like no other tire I've ever ridden on. I could panic stop on the 405 with my wilwoods, with the braided lines and not lock the tires up.

Yes, I loved it, and I'll do something similar to my '67 Firebird I'm building, taking what I've learned and trying to improve upon that with a better combination of parts.

[slowcamaro]

I have spohn sfcs.

I'm going with the Unbalanced engennering panhard drop on my car.

You realize when you drop your panhard mount your going to want to stiffen up your rear rate, unless youre grossly over sprung as is, correct? Chances are if you go much stiffer rate wise you'll want better dampers than what KYB offers.

[BADNBLK]

Looking good Brandon! Unique colors, had to do a double take!
Is the base black or purple?

Thanks! Its black base color.

[Johnny Blaze]

Got pretty stiff springs, altough, a lot of the cmc guys say soft springs are they way to go and plan on going to agx's soon.

Here are my new wheels,



The one on the left is the front, I had to have the hub hole bored out to fit, these are supposed to be for a bmw. Not to worry, I have hub eccentric rings as well.

Sizes are 18x8.5 and 18x9.5

[shortrack]

great rims on a 3rd gen......kind of like the ones on the first car in this thread....racy

[Johnny Blaze]

Thanks! Been looking for some in this style for a year or so, and all had major offset requiring spacers, til I found these, they are just right!

[Johnny Blaze]

Any 3rd gen owners looking to do brake upgrade, need to check out these brackters a member here is making for me,

https://www.pro-touring.com/forum/sh...393#post648393

[GeoffP]

Which brakes does that bracket allow you to mount on the front spindle? $50 isn't bad - that's what I paid for a set I got from a local guy who had access to a laser cutting machine.

[Happyfunballs]

post pics......!

You asked for it.







Black, 350 TPI, Hardtop

Doesn't look like much now.....but it will.

[srh3trinity]

You asked for it.







Black, 350 TPI, Hardtop

Doesn't look like much now.....but it will.

It looks like a blank canvas to me, now make sure you keep a build thread going.

[blackbeast]

Anyone looking for a clean car to start with check out my post in the classifieds.

[shortrack]

It looks like a blank canvas to me, now make sure you keep a build thread going.

X2! I like those bcause they have all the final 3rd gen tricks but I like the earlier wheels and spoiler.....looks very solid

[BADNBLK]

Black, 350 TPI, Hardtop

Doesn't look like much now.....but it will.

Black = drool...

[ATOMonkey]

89bird1.pdf

89bird2.pdf

89bird3.pdf

Scanned pictures of my '89

[Johnny Blaze]

Brackets are for C5 calipers.

[Gitter Dun]

Hats off to you 3rd generation PT guys, IROC will definitely be my next build, any idea which year was the lightest? Seen a 1990 at the alignment shop with independent rear suspension, wish I had my camera with me, it was bad ass!!

[slowcamaro]

Depends on how you plan on building the car are you looking for a legit Iroc or just a clone as the the body parts interchange from 82-92. Earlier cars tend to be lighter.

Heres a thread I made a while back referencing weights..

http://www.thirdgen.org/techboard/su...t-invoice.html

A guy on frrax just put an C4 IRS into his camaro. Nice.

[Gitter Dun]

[QUOTE=slowcamaro;650649]Depends on how you plan on building the car are you looking for a legit Iroc or just a clone as the the body parts interchange from 82-92. Earlier cars tend to be lighter.

Heres a thread I made a while back referencing weights..

http://www.thirdgen.org/techboard/su...t-invoice.html

Thanks, looks like I am going to start looking for an '87 RS, car will be stripped and used for road racing and track days. Pobly shoot for NASA TTSU specs.