This is the story of
Brandi, my 2010 2SS/RS Camaro.
Brandi is Red Jewell Tint, with Grey Leather Interior
My Beautiful Wife Debbie, supports with a sense of humor, my pursuit of this amazing car; she has equally enjoyed the time spent with the multitude of new friends we have met via the Camaro.
Thank You and I Love You Deb
All MAJOR modifications have been managed by Corey Henderson and Co. at Henderson Performance Technologies, New Braunfels Texas
Corey,
Narc,
Alan,
Conada,
Brent,
Monte,
Patrick
Justin,
Some people that had a hand in it that are not a part of HPT,
Joe, Racer778
Chris, Atti2de
Glen, Planet Pickup, San Antonio
Mike,
and numerous other members of the San Antonio Camaro Club.
Amazing Vendors that have contributed in knowledge and expertise...
George at
Rockland Standard Gear for a simply amazing race built and prepped Transmission
Thomas at
Hendrix Engineering for the best clutch money can buy. Street Slayer Carbon Triple Disc
George at the
Drive Shaft Shop
Rick at
RKT56 Transmissions for his collaboration and assistance and direction when we were having so much trouble with our factory transmission.
Matt @ formerly of East Coast Supercharging Now at RX Performance for answering my e-mail request about selling me wheels when no one else would even respond... I love my Weld RT-S wheels.
Brent ... Thrash Drive Shaft Specialists
Rob, RPS Performance Clutches
My Heart Felt Thanks To All of You
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Pictures and Significant events:
Post # 1
Brandi and Satchmo in the driveway
Post # 2
Brandi arriving at the dealership
Post # 3
Brandi and Booger
Post # 14
Engine Cover modification Brandi in the Tx Hill Country,
Brandi at Home
Post # 17
MGW Shifter No Pics
Post # 18
Pink Pig Engine Cover with Lights,
White Sands Trip
Post # 19
My Wife Debbie
Post # 25
Forced Induction Intro No Pics
Post # 45
Brandi the night before going to the hospital
Post # 54
Brandi's Baseline Dyno Video
Post # 83
Pics in New Mexico
Post # 85
Time to make the donuts
Post # 90
Baseline Dyno Graph Thanks MisterCamaro69
Post # 147
DaHoses Booger invades my thread
Post # 148
Tags Arse...
Post # 150
Tags Arse again
Post # 159
Short Block Description and Pics (representative pics)
Post # 192
My dream performance driving instructor
Post # 200
More Short Block Pics (representative pics)
Post # 201
Brandi arriving at the hospital (shop)
Post # 209
Drag Radial Pic (representative pic)
Post # 210
Forgestar F14's in Piano Black (Representative pic)
Post # 224
Eibach Sway Bars Arrive
Post # 231
A really nice set of twins...
Post # 239
Da Hoses Booger with the flu... Yecch
Post # 261
Work begins in earnest, removing the rear cradle and suspension
Post # 263
One of the heads waiting for a short block to mate with
Post # 265
Brandi on the lift and an assortement of parts box's.
Post # 266
DSS axles 1400 HP rated
Post # 267
Shop directions for Corey's facility, I laughed at these
Post # 282
Rear suspension pics Rear Axle Installed
Post # 283
"Camshaft Specs, GT-9 Lingenfelter Grind from Comp Cams
Post # 285
One side Turbo
Post # 287
An Axle from DSS
Post # 296
Brandi minus her undercarriage on the lift
Post # 299
Rear suspension going back in
Post # 302
Test fitting the GMPP Blade Spoiler prior to paint
Post # 305
Pulling the front clip with the engine and transmission Corey and Brent
Post # 348
Mindz Imagery
Post # 344
Gauge selection no pics AutoMeter Cobalt Gauges
Post # 349
My short block arrives
Post # 352
Trials and tribulations, it's the wrong block
Post # 370
Motor decision about the wrong block being sent
Post # 413
My Drag wheels and tires Thanks Joe for getting them mounted and delivered
Post # 419
Attention to detail, heat wrapping everything...
Post # 420
Oil Feed lines
Post # 421
More heat shielding around the turbos
Post # 422
ACT Twin Disc Clutch with SFI rated tag
Post # 425
Stuff going back together
Post # 426
Heat Shielded Boost Pipes
Post # 450
Mindz Quotes
Post # 489
Installing the delrin Diff bushings
Post # 490
Drive Shaft Safety Loop
Post # 491
New Magna Flow 3" Exhaust
Post # 495
Intercooler and Intake Feed Tubing
Post # 498
Downtubes and Oil return system
Post # 508
V-band recommendation
Post # 523 Exhaust Sound Video
Post # 534
Tag's announcement, It's Alive
Post # 564
Line Lock Switch
Post # 635
Last 3 Standing at Fest 1 PQ, Mike and Kyle
Post # 641
Bonnie and George Dickel Fest 1
Post # 707
First night at the track with Brandi
Post # 751
Fuel pumps New suspension pic Front Clip Hood Plate Corey and Brent New Motor New Heads going on New Clutch
Post # 758
Two Step Directions
Post # 776, 777, 780, 781
Tags Comments on his ride in Brandi
Post # 826 Tranny Video, EMCO sequential
Post # 837, 838, 839, 840,
PQ's Ride Impressions of Brandi
Post # 846
Atti2de's Brandi Ride Impressions
Post # 925
Brain Bucket for the Texas Mile Run Thanks Chris
Post # 951
MisterCamaro69 Poop Pics
Post # 962
Scott Settlemire Signing Brandi at the Fest II
Post # 963
Changing Turbos at the Fest II
Post # 964
Austin Photo Shoot Brandi and Company The Gang
Post # 981
Exhaust Video
Post # 1032
Rig Pics... My place of Work Freedom Bird The Stack
Post # 1034
Rig Stack Moonpool Pump Repair Project Pump II
Post # 1041
New Blower Blower II
Post # 1050
Tag's Poop Ettiquette
Post # 1061
Clutch Pics Pic II PicIII Pic IV Pic V Pic VI
Post # 1070
Clutch Pic
Post # 1080
Pump Pics at Work Pump II Pump III Pump IV {
Pump V
Post # 1085
Boats off the rig in rough weather Boats II BoatsIII Boats IV Boats V Boats VI Boats VII
Post # 1086
Moon Pool Rough Weather Pics Pic II Pic III Pic IV Pic VI
Post # 1145
200 MPH Camaro Video, Not Brandi
Post # 1153
Brandi at the Beach Pic II Pic III
Post # 1175
Heat Pics 125 Degrees F
Post # 1197
Tag on the way home from the Fest wearing his helmet...
Post # 1245
Cage Box delivered
Post # 1255
Cage Pics Pic II
Post # 1265
Not Brandi
Post # 1495
Petes Pedders USA Camaro at Optima Street
Post # 1499
Cage Install Starts
Post # 1510
Cage Install Continued
Post # 1522
Cage install continued
Post # 1522
More Cage install
Post # 1522
Side Panel Cut Out during cage install
Post # 1541
Pete's Texan joke
Post # 1549
More Cage Install
Post # 1567
Mike checking out the cage work
Post # 1654
Bryan's Canadian Bullet
Post # 1742
Comment to Point and Shoot Drivers
Post # 1752
Miller Light Skirt Commercial
Post # 1801
Diff Pic
Post # 1821
AMS 1000 Boost Controller
Post # 1851
Russ Got Me... Bad...
Post # 1883
Camaro5 Mods arriving at the Fest III
Post # 1926
Good Friends at the Fest III
Post # 1932
New Diff
Post # 1932
New 9310 Output Shaft
Post # 1951
Doors, People are Strange
Post # 2074
My Work Rant with video, sorry
Post # 2171
Turbo's with the hot side covers off
Post # 2203
Racers Prayer, Thanks Kyle
Post # 2239
Under-pinning Plate part numbers
Post # 2248
Diff Going in the rear subframe
Post # 2274
Diff Installed Pics
Post # 2293
Drive shaft loop customized
Post # 2331
Diff Catch Can
Post # 2332
Remote Oil Cooler
Post # 2348
OMG Transmission, not mine
Post # 2354
Taking Brandi out to test the new diff
Post # 2388
New Garage Floor Finish and Brandi
Post # 2417
PQ's Panda Wheels
Post # 2425
Five Point Harness
Post # 2477
Brandi's Brother
Post # 2478
More of Brandi's Brother
Post # 2653
Pink Pig looking out in the rain
Post # 2672
New Drag wheels
Post # 2681
Garc's 3rd Gen
Post # 2687
My new Trans and SFI bell housing
Post # 2721
LCA discussions
Post # 2728
Carbon's Camaro
Post # 2733
Drag tires
Post # 2785
Ring and Pinion for PQ
Post # 2854
Pics from Kyle in Mich
Post # 2920
Drag race tires in the shop
Post # 3014
Motor Mounts
Post # 3015
Trans Input shaft
Post # 3018
AMS 1000 Boost controller
Post # 3025
Trans Yoke
Post # 3101
My Weld Wheels
Post # 3118
Slayer Triple disc Carbon clutch
Post # 3130
More Clutch
Modifications to Date:
Performance:
ProEFI 128 bit engine management system, Traction control, boost management etc...
ERL Built LS 417 Fully Forged Short Block 10.5 compression,
AllPro Heads LSW12-X
Custom in house large plenum short runner intake manifold
Custom in house built turbo manifolds ceramic coated
Setrab Engine Oil Cooler
Bill Dailey 7 stage dry sump with Peterson reservoir.
Jesel Valve train,
ARP Head and Main Journal Studs
Precision Turbo's, 76/75's...Custom modified by Precision and by my builder Corey at Henderson Performance Tech..
Custom Intercooler by Henderson Performance Tech, Thanks Corey and Justin
Dragon Slayer (RPS) Quad Disc Carbon Clutch
Thx Thomas, Hendrix Engineering
Custom built Trans
, 9310 gears, 300M shafts.
SFI Rated Steel Bell Housing and mid plate, custom tail housing with internal shifter. Vehicle Specific gear ratio.
Thanks George,
Rockland Standard Gear
DSS Nine Inch Kit with 3.07 Gears, Strange Center Section and a Wave Trac 33 Spline Diff.
Thanks George at Drive Shaft Shop
4" One Piece Aluminum Drive Shaft,
Thx Brent ... Thrash Drive Shaft Specialists, San Antonio Texas
Custom built Differential Catch Can,
Corey
Drive Shaft Safety Loop, custom fit for the new drive shaft.
Corey
SJM Manufacturing Line Lock / Roll Stop,
Thx Steve
Toe Rods
Thx ApexChase
Trailing Arms
Thx ApexChase
Delrin rear diff mount diff bushing, custom made by
Corey of Henderson Performance Tech...
Pedders Suspension, Xa Supercars, Sways, Bushings, etc... Thanks Pete
Eibach Sway Bars
3.5" Magna-Flow Mufflers
3.5 X 4 inch custom stainless exhaust tips,
No Corners Cut Fabrication, Thanks Justin
3.5 inch dual exhaust from front to rear,
Corey @ Henderson
Shift Light
Weld Wheels RT-S 17" wheels for racing... 17 x 10 rears and 17 x 5 fronts...
Thank You Matt, Matt@ECS
BMR Adjustable Lower Control Arms for the rear...
Thanks Apex-Chase
8-XX lbs max variable Boost
Hex Vents, Thanks
Steve
True Forged Wheels
, Thanks Mike and Steve... 20 x 11, rears, and 20 x 9.5's for the front... 19 x 11 for land speed racing, True Forged Formula Wheels Polished finish with Custom Graphic Center Caps
Custom powder coated brake calipers with Graphics.
Thanks Mike @thepowdercoater.com
Safety:
Simpson X Bandit full skirt Helmet
Simpson Racing Suit, including Balaclava, Jacket, Pants, Shoes, gloves, CarbonX undergarments
Simpson five point harness (Platinum) with rotary cam lock,
Drag Chute, 14" Cross Form, SW racecars
SFI Rated Steel Bell Housing
Full containment seat
10 lb foam fire extinguisher system.
Custom 10 point roll cage. Window net
Hans Device
Remote Battery cut off.
Communications:
Samson Race Radio with custom molded in ear pieces, helmet mounted boom mike.
Cosmetic:
Engine cover custom paint trim and lights,
removed due to heat retention with the turbos...
Roto-Fab Radiator Cover custom painted Red Jewel Tint, Removed, in shop
GMPP Dovetail Spoiler
Window Tinting,
Thanks Big Dave
Brandi got a new brother, Brodey, as named by my wife... Brodie 2015 GMS Denali 4X4 Dually. He will be used to tow Brandi to racing dates across the country... In comfort and style I might add...
Brandi's Chariot is a 20' Challenger Trailer with a racer box. Overall length is 28'.
My new TrueForged Formula Wheels... Shod with Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar G:2 tires, 305 rears, 285 fronts...
Future Upgrades:
Our Goal for the near future is to have 2,000 + RWHP