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Interesting article on LSA powered 2010 Camaro
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05-17-2010, 09:16 PM | #2 |
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very interesting.
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little video of Uncle Robin's LSA camaro at C5F
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Robin rocks, I spent some time talking to him and looking at the car at the Fest.
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05-18-2010, 09:10 AM | #5 |
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Cool read. Has there been any articles on this car in Hot Rod besides the one article where they used shorties and a couple other smaller bolt-ons? I'm interested in ordering those back issues, if so. Thanks in advance to anyone who knows
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I dont recall any that were published yet. I know they were holding out on it until Robin got things locked down and made enough passes in the car to put in print. which happened in Bowling Green and at the fest. so I would imagine that the story will be hitting the shelves rather soon.
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I'm working (if you can call it that) on a few things. This one included. but, like a lot of the "other" stuff, things have been put on hold or slowed down due to moving and fixing up the new house. that and getting info/pics from a certain someone. and waiting till the legalities clear up so that I can post certain pics and info.
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05-18-2010, 12:22 PM | #9 |
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Robin is one of the nicest and most knowledgeable men I have ever had the pleasure to meet and spend some time with. We had conversed over the Camaro5 web links and had given me a lot of of information about the LSA powered Camaro because he knew I was waiting to the possible LSA powered Z28. He was gracious enough to give me a ride in the LSA Camaro at Camaro Fest. The car is everything that I had hoped for and a lot more. GM really needs to build the Z28 with the LSA engine. Thanks Robin for all of your help and the patience to listen to all of my questions.
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Thanks for the kind words guys. I enjoyed meeting everyone at the fest. It came and went way too fast. I wish I had more time to hang out with everyone.
Scott's and my car are like cousins since they are 12 vin numbers apart. As far as articles there were a couple out last year. They were the November and December issues of Hot Rod Magazine. In those stories we did some bolt on parts such as shorty headers and a Holley/NOS Nitrous System. In the second story we did some cam and heads along with a complete Kooks exhaust system. I think that the idea behind those stories was good but they lacked the enthusiasm that we feel with the new Camaro. The writer was on the east coast, Hot Rod is on the west coast and I am in the middle of the country. Hot Rod pulled the plug on any other stories on our modifications. (As I expected LOL). Once the Hot Rod deal was done GMPP wanted us to install the LSA for the LSX Shootout in October. Well easier said than done. We managed to get the car running under its own power but that was about it. We had issues with the transmission calibration as well as several new combinations bugs. On the dyno later we found we had a big problem with fuel supply. I had tried finding a solution from several vendors. Aeromotive had sent me a complete Stealth fuel system to install. In the end I wanted an in tank upgrade. Jason at Lingenfelter a huge aid in getting through many of the hurdles involved with the LSA. The LSA was good to go but I wasn't going to run it in stock form. Jason also came through with the Controller and Twin in tank pump a couple of weeks prior to the Fest. The story on the LSA install will probably show up in GM High Tech Magazine. Justin Cessler was at the Fest shooting some additional pictures of the car. Last I heard they didn't have a time frame for the story. I am working with Spike on a write up for Camaro 5 on the car. After the Fest we made a couple of hits to get Video of some passes. The 10.82 video is poor but the 10.98 is much better. The car slows down almost 2 tenths when the heat exchanger is heat soaked. The 10.82 was off the trailer. 10.82 pass http://s395.photobucket.com/albums/p...camaro1082.flv 10.98 Pass http://s395.photobucket.com/albums/p...camaro1098.flv
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The heat exchanger is a Setrab unit that I recieved from Lingenfelter. It's the same unit they install an ZR1's and CTS-V's.
I don't have a tank in the system so that hurts me a little. Driving down the road it drops the temps but after sitting in the lanes or slow driving it is heat soaked. If I keep the car for much longer I might try a meth injection to cool the intake air charge. Robin
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05-20-2010, 11:15 AM | #13 |
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nice read!
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05-20-2010, 03:23 PM | #14 |
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OOO!!! More to look forward to in GMHTP!!!
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