Speedster's SST Camaro Build Thread [COTW 9/13/10]

[Matt'sSS]

Oh, and speaking of those engine renderings...

If you're still taking suggestions the thing I thought of when looking at them and also the engine bay picts was (IMVHO) it would be very cool to have pretty much everything blacked out except the intake & exhaust related cycle items polished.

Since your IC & intake will be polished I'm guessing the intake piping will be as well, so if you did the same for the turbos, headers, heads, intake runners & manifold it will basically all create a polished loop of the main airflow in & out, not to mention highlighting a lot of the eye candy & custom work!

So basically it would be like your # 4 posted rendering



only with the heads & intake runners polished along with the IC & piping up front. I'd leave the valve covers black with the polished logo. You could do the down pipes off the exhaust compressor housing in either really, but if they were black / dark then you would kind of have a big figure 8 kind of like a lemniscate / infinity symbol



It's just MVHO, you're obviously not hurting on making good decisions on your own but it's what popped in my head & I didn't see anyone else suggest something like it when I skimmed the last couple of pages. So there you go, my .02 free of charge, however I will be sending you a bill for the 3 hours at work I spent mesmerized by your posts

[speedster]

Originally Posted by BLACK

i vote for 1150 rwhp

That's a good number for the 345 DRs. I guess we will see what they will hold.

Originally Posted by Milk 1027

It wasn't much of a guess, but more of me using my birth year.

Oh you suck !!! I WISH I was your age again...craziness ruled...

Originally Posted by Darth_Emma

Well, get a bigger cam and run those twin 88's! C'mon! I thought this was supposed to be a real muscle car. Don't wimp out now. Wait a minute, I thought you were putting a 500 shot of nitrous on Smaug?

And yes, we're crazy! No argument here...

Ok, I'll change my guess then... is 1400 rwhp out of the realm of possibility? Maybe you don't want to say so, but you must have a number you're hoping for.

Kind of like BLACK above, but with better tires...

Originally Posted by Bumblebee Matt

Damn I thought my camaro was fast..... Cant believe I just went through 25 pages. Your car is absolutely amazing! Hey speedster is your job hiring? lol

Thanks for stopping by !

Originally Posted by gappman

Hey, Speedster! You made of money? Married? Wow, looks $$$$$$. My wife would shoot me!

No. But as one of my good friends said. Think of it like amortizing a house over 30 years, but all at once...

Originally Posted by garcmol

I don't think my guess is crazy at all.

N- You are so logical you scare me sometimes. You don't miss a whole lot. I guess in your profession you keep track of the details.

Originally Posted by KNITRDR

THIS CAR IS GOING TO BE A BEAST!!

Hopefully a sneaky beast.

Originally Posted by zora2mac8

soooo cleannn

Thank You.

Originally Posted by TJ91

wow cant believe i just spent all that time reading this entire thread......well worth it/
First off i have to say....HOLY $HIT!!!!
2nd, this car is BADASS!!!!
3rd....OMG
4th...Camaro of the Year? I think soo

Sorry about so many pages. We all got carried away, but what a fun gang Camaro 5 is.

Originally Posted by BLUESMOKE69

Looking forward to retirement.......this stuff is so damn interesting....can't get enough. Wow......

Thanks.

Originally Posted by mercuryman96

ME TOO!

...And Pumpkin !!

Originally Posted by Bellringer

Well there goes 30 minutes of my life!
I read the whole thing.

AND I'm thinking of reading it again just in case I might of missed something.

Subscribed.

I'm so glad to see someone put so much detail in the little things.

Glad you like it. We tried to come up with a few little twists.

[speedster]

Originally Posted by Matt'sSS

we had a brief exchange about a year before this thread started, before you even received your car.

Wow Matt...Thanks for the huge compliments. We tried our best to make something a little different while keeping everything as functional as possible. So Thank You... And yeah, I do remember. You moved to FL from OR and were thinking of a G8... (Glad you got the Camaro)

Originally Posted by Matt'sSS

If you're still taking suggestions the thing I thought of when looking at them and also the engine bay picts was (IMVHO) it would be very cool to have pretty much everything blacked out except the intake & exhaust related cycle items polished.



Always taking suggestions, and that infinity symbol is pretty forward thinking... wow.



I will be sending you a bill for the 3 hours at work I spent mesmerized by your posts

I guess that means we can meet at Palm Beach International one day and go play in S. FL.

[CynAgain]

Originally Posted by Gotthat02fire

Camaro of the week must be doing something right congrats!!!!!

YAY! That's awesome! Congrats!!!

Originally Posted by MisterCamaro69

Car
Out
There
Yet?

Soon, very soon...

[SoFlaZ]

How have I missed this thread!!! Dude your car is amazing. I'm currently in South FL, but when it is done I'll drive anywhere to go see it lol.

When this is up to speed, are only the bottom of the props in the water? They look high up.

[mikepage0007]

dyno talk is getting crazy ..bruce ,your journal is like a novel,.. but time is getting close and i believe its time..:flag1:...time to update us with a accurate list of ALL mods, drive train and approx boost you plan to run, might give you writers cramp , so take your time...then we all can poll our rwhp estimates and the winner gets .. a ride to the moon.. no , sorry not that moon...but the winner gets the first ride in your rocket, ...sub and champagne , extra..we will await your decision on this.... maybe afterwards we can get a group party together or even get together @ the turkey run 11/25 thru 11/28 @ daytona..:party0038:..i,m not good @ setting up meets, but if some florida guys can get something set up for a camaro get together @ daytona , this would be awesome.. bruce if your not running YET, ..i,ll put my tow bar on my camaro and pull you there..

[Matt'sSS]

Originally Posted by speedster

Wow Matt...Thanks for the huge compliments. We tried our best to make something a little different while keeping everything as functional as possible. So Thank You... And yeah, I do remember. You moved to FL from OR and were thinking of a G8... (Glad you got the Camaro)

Always taking suggestions, and that infinity symbol is pretty forward thinking... wow.

I guess that means we can meet at Palm Beach International one day and go play in S. FL.

Yep! I've been pretty happy with the Camaro, unfortunately it's biggest practical downfall has been that while it has immensely more potential than the C5 vert did to haul my daughter around, we realized a little too late that a forward facing baby seat wouldn't work (at least not with anyone sitting in front)

Well thanks for the forward thinking complement, but I think I'd rather have a little more of your fast forward thinking lol The infinity thing was more of an afterthought, but I thought it was kind of neat to have kind of the infinite power idea under the hood, and you're getting there I just really liked the idea of having all of those connected pieces be the polished areas, & hopefully the polished heads would bring more attention to that beautiful intake runner setup if it could be seen under there, that's a beautiful piece.

The front page just had a shot of your engine compartment on there and I still just had to shake my head in near disbelief of how well that looks like it will work out for you, great job!


"Have you ever stood and stared at it, marveled at its beauty, its genius?" - Agent Smith - The Matrix

[Andro]

This by far is the best gearhead porn

[GTAHVIT]

Matt!!!

Long time no see dude!




I got a chance to speak with Bruce today... you can hear it in his voice... He's kinda gett'n excited... You gotta pull it out of him though....

True gentleman that he is, he kept asking me about my car, my family, my work....

You are a good man Bruce,

Thanks for letting all of us be a part of this.

[speedster]

Originally Posted by CynAgain

YAY! That's awesome! Congrats!!!

Soon, very soon...

Well Thank You, but I can't call you Misscyn (missin) anymore, 'cause it Mrscyn...

Originally Posted by SoFlaZ

How have I missed this thread!!! Dude your car is amazing. I'm currently in South FL, but when it is done I'll drive anywhere to go see it lol.

When this is up to speed, are only the bottom of the props in the water? They look high up.

This particular boat is a pretty heavy v-hull, but they are surface drives. At top speed, the rooster tail can be monstrous. Check out the meat cleavers in the pic below...

Originally Posted by mikepage0007

dyno talk is getting crazy ..bruce ,your journal is like a novel,.. but time is getting close and i believe its time..:flag1:...time to update us with a accurate list of ALL mods, drive train and approx boost you plan to run, might give you writers cramp , so take your time...then we all can poll our rwhp estimates and the winner gets .. a ride to the moon.. no , sorry not that moon...but the winner gets the first ride in your rocket, ...sub and champagne , extra..we will await your decision on this.... maybe afterwards we can get a group party together or even get together @ the turkey run 11/25 thru 11/28 @ daytona..:party0038:..i,m not good @ setting up meets, but if some florida guys can get something set up for a camaro get together @ daytona , this would be awesome.. bruce if your not running YET, ..i,ll put my tow bar on my camaro and pull you there..

You are a wild man Mike. It is getting closer. A few gotchas left, but not too many... It would be fun to get together at Turkey Rod Run.

Originally Posted by Matt'sSS

Yep! I've been pretty happy with the Camaro, unfortunately it's biggest practical downfall has been that while it has immensely more potential than the C5 vert did to haul my daughter around, we realized a little too late that a forward facing baby seat wouldn't work (at least not with anyone sitting in front)

Well thanks for the forward thinking complement, but I think I'd rather have a little more of your fast forward thinking lol The infinity thing was more of an afterthought, but I thought it was kind of neat to have kind of the infinite power idea under the hood, and you're getting there I just really liked the idea of having all of those connected pieces be the polished areas, & hopefully the polished heads would bring more attention to that beautiful intake runner setup if it could be seen under there, that's a beautiful piece.

The front page just had a shot of your engine compartment on there and I still just had to shake my head in near disbelief of how well that looks like it will work out for you, great job!


"Have you ever stood and stared at it, marveled at its beauty, its genius?" - Agent Smith - The Matrix

I felt bad 'cause the picture shown is the mock up parts - block, turbos, etc. The final ones should look quite a bit better.

Originally Posted by Andro

This by far is the best gearhead porn

Thanks, but I believe your car has some sick output too...

[PAUL SS]

Just read the whole thread and all I can say is WOW, just WOW! An absolute quality build, congrats speedster.

[Darth_Emma]

speedster:
I think you should really put one of these on the back of the car where the chute deploys. It will add some class and show your enthusiasm for boats. Maybe the SST can run on water too!

[Mr Twisty]

Originally Posted by Darth_Emma

speedster:
I think you should really put one of these on the back of the car where the chute deploys. It will add some class and show your enthusiasm for boats. Maybe the SST can run on water too!

The floating truck tests were a dismal failure, but you may have something there.... Bruce... Call me, I wanna run something by ya

[Matt'sSS]

Originally Posted by GTAHVIT

Matt!!!

Long time no see dude!

Heyas! Ya, sorry I've been MIA for quite a while, but with our new daughter & the insanity at work (while I still have a job that is :( ) I figured it'd be better if I stayed away from all the temptations on here lol

We just finished moving again (still in FL), I've got a few more months with my current job before ___________ (fill in the blank, your guess is as good as mine ), so I'm still trying to keep a low profile. Hopefully once that gets figured out & my head stops spinning I'll be around a little more often

I started trolling around some more since I won some cool stuff at Torq's annual event from their charity raffle I'll also have some very cool news for everyone from a manufacturer I've been communicating with for over a year now, can't say anything more than that for now, no really, they made me sign a NDA lol

Originally Posted by speedster

I felt bad 'cause the picture shown is the mock up parts - block, turbos, etc. The final ones should look quite a bit better.

I figured as much! Don't forget to keep a supply of sun glasses & drool cloths on hand for anyone checking it out

[speedster]

Originally Posted by PAUL SS

Just read the whole thread and all I can say is WOW, just WOW! An absolute quality build, congrats speedster.

Thanks Paul. We're trying.

Originally Posted by Darth_Emma

speedster:
I think you should really put one of these on the back of the car where the chute deploys. It will add some class and show your enthusiasm for boats. Maybe the SST can run on water too!

You are now evil. We need to put one of those on Smaug

Originally Posted by MisterCamaro69

The floating truck tests were a dismal failure, but you may have something there.... Bruce... Call me, I wanna run something by ya

Please shoot me a PM.

Originally Posted by GTAHVIT

Matt!!!

Long time no see dude!




I got a chance to speak with Bruce today... you can hear it in his voice... He's kinda gett'n excited... You gotta pull it out of him though....

True gentleman that he is, he kept asking me about my car, my family, my work.... Thanks GTA, but the gentleman part is debatable. Just ask my wife...
"Uh, honey, did you just let out a rip snortin' fart again ? You're such a pig..."

You are a good man Bruce,

Thanks for letting all of us be a part of this.

Thanks for the very kind words Chris.(I'll send you the $20 later...lol) Hope to see ya next week. Heck, I need to go for a ride in your retuned THR 22 !!!

Originally Posted by Matt'sSS

I'll also have some very cool news for everyone from a manufacturer I've been communicating with for over a year now, can't say anything more than that for now, no really, they made me sign a NDA lol GTA knows all about NDAs...



I figured as much! Don't forget to keep a supply of sun glasses & drool cloths on hand for anyone checking it out

Please if you drool, do it on GTA... because I am now a gentleman...lol

[mikepage0007]

bruce , you gotta watch this video ...dude is sick..http://espn.go.com/action/news/story...gymkhana-three

[CynAgain]

OOOOOooooooooooooooooooo Sparklers! Purdy

[jrpxxii]

mikepage007 Ken Block is a madman. Can u say rev-limiter? Awesome.

[Darth_Emma]

I wonder how many takes it took to get that video? I would love to be able to drive like that.

[CynAgain]

ah... to be young and have money...

[Rickerbucks]

I wonder if is possible to break your rev limiter? I guess not because if you COULD....then he would have.
lol

[SILVER BULLITT]

heck yah speedster congrats buddy !!!! love the ride keep up all the great work !!!!

[SScattergunSS]

Originally Posted by mikepage0007

bruce , you gotta watch this video ...dude is sick..http://espn.go.com/action/news/story...gymkhana-three

Now that was alot of fun to watch!

[mikepage0007]

Originally Posted by Darth_Emma

I wonder how many takes it took to get that video? I would love to be able to drive like that.

i knew everyone would get a kick out of it. hell i would be happy to drive HALF that good ...lol

[Darth_Emma]

I think I should get my husband a segway so I can practice my driving skills with him. I really want him to participate more in my car hobby.