OHIO CAMARO ENTHUSIASTS/OWNERS REPORT HERE

[LadyinBlue]

Hi everybody and welcome to all the new folks!! Hope you are all enjoying the weather :-)

[IROCanSS]

So was anyone trying to make the Leprechaun Run next weekend, Sunday the 25th in KY?

I am but I may need to find a copilot. Kris will go if her mom can watch Will. So far the weather looks OK, sunny and mid 60s but it will change 10 fold by then.

[heinzd01]

Originally Posted by IROCanSS

So was anyone trying to make the Leprechaun Run next weekend, Sunday the 25th in KY?

I am but I may need to find a copilot. Kris will go if her mom can watch Will. So far the weather looks OK, sunny and mid 60s but it will change 10 fold by then.

Is a copilot required or highly suggested? If so, that could put me out.

[IROCanSS]

Originally Posted by heinzd01

Is a copilot required or highly suggested? If so, that could put me out.

Well... its a scavenger hunt... not required but HIGHLY suggested. Way too hard to hunt and drive. The drive is fun but its pretty pointless alone... One guy did it alone last year and he didnt even bother with the questions. He just drove around with us.

I am stummped on a copilot. Anyone I can think of that would be interested in the event has nice cars and would want to drive... I am hoping Kris goes.

[Arachnyd]

Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

MY MOMMY JUST WENT AND BOUGHT ME THIS.



I WIN.

I dunno... Haven't the ladies told you that size matters?
Quality > Quantity.

[Jaylin]

Originally Posted by IROCanSS

Well... its a scavenger hunt... not required but HIGHLY suggested. Way too hard to hunt and drive. The drive is fun but its pretty pointless alone... One guy did it alone last year and he didnt even bother with the questions. He just drove around with us.

I am stummped on a copilot. Anyone I can think of that would be interested in the event has nice cars and would want to drive... I am hoping Kris goes.

That sounds like a lot of fun actually! Too bad I've already got something going on. Good luck on getting Kris to be able to go with & have fun.
I want to hear all about it!

[Drew10]

Originally Posted by IROCanSS

So was anyone trying to make the Leprechaun Run next weekend, Sunday the 25th in KY?

I am but I may need to find a copilot. Kris will go if her mom can watch Will. So far the weather looks OK, sunny and mid 60s but it will change 10 fold by then.

I am interested. I think the Mrs. has to work though. I will find out fo sho today.

[velociSSimo]

Here is some interesting "light" reading for you race/engine/technical guys and gals. It's a comparison of NASCAR/F1 engines.

http://www.epi-eng.com/piston_engine..._cup_to_f1.htm

[velociSSimo]

Originally Posted by IROCanSS

I agree, the car is SUPER rigid but there is play... correct, there HAS TO be. I don't care how strong the structure is, there will be play. Not with the bar. Now, does it make it too tight... that is subjective.

Next purchase will be solid motor mounts. Waiting on someone besides Pfadt to make a cost effective one. $300+ is silly.

Originally Posted by nak3dsnake

I saw those too and lol'd at the price they want. There's a kit to fit the new OEM convertible bars to the old style towers but that kit looks like it may do more damage than help. And I don't feel like its worth the time and effort to do something like that myself to make it functional structurally and not just adapters to bolt the thing on.

Meant to post this the other day. This is the explanation from Pedders on why they don't recommend the strut bar...FWIW

The slight flex in the front towers is a good thing for turning corners. It creates a slight increase in negative camber under cornering loads. The ZL1 MRC computer controlled dampers benefit from the strut tower bar when the computer program adjusts resistance to compensate for the lack of flex in the front end. That said, many of the race TEAMs that run the 5th Gen have dropped the strut tower bar to .... improve cornering!

[gahammerle]

Originally Posted by velociSSimo

Meant to post this the other day. This is the explanation from Pedders on why they don't recommend the strut bar...FWIW

The slight flex in the front towers is a good thing for turning corners. It creates a slight increase in negative camber under cornering loads. The ZL1 MRC computer controlled dampers benefit from the strut tower bar when the computer program adjusts resistance to compensate for the lack of flex in the front end. That said, many of the race TEAMs that run the 5th Gen have dropped the strut tower bar to .... improve cornering!

Ah, what do they know?

Doesn't that Pedders guy know he is supposed to feed our mod addiction?

[velociSSimo]

Originally Posted by gahammerle

Ah, what do they know?

Doesn't that Pedders guy know he is supposed to feed our mod addiction?

I know! Especially since he is the one who started the Mod Addiction thread!

[rachykells]

Originally Posted by IROCanSS

So was anyone trying to make the Leprechaun Run next weekend, Sunday the 25th in KY?

I am but I may need to find a copilot. Kris will go if her mom can watch Will. So far the weather looks OK, sunny and mid 60s but it will change 10 fold by then.

I was initially planning on going, and arranged for my best friend to co-pilot for me. But I don't think I'm going to make it after all. Trying to squeeze in a few more Sunday shifts at Victoria's Secret for the headers fund.

[Darth_Emma]

Originally Posted by velociSSimo

Meant to post this the other day. This is the explanation from Pedders on why they don't recommend the strut bar...FWIW

The slight flex in the front towers is a good thing for turning corners. It creates a slight increase in negative camber under cornering loads. The ZL1 MRC computer controlled dampers benefit from the strut tower bar when the computer program adjusts resistance to compensate for the lack of flex in the front end. That said, many of the race TEAMs that run the 5th Gen have dropped the strut tower bar to .... improve cornering!

I asked Pedder's Pete about stut tower bars a few months ago and he told me the same. I decided not to get one for that reason. They do look cool though.

He may not want to sell you a strut tower bar, but he'd love to sell you some coilovers and sway bars, etc.

[IROCanSS]

You can read Pete and Pfadt argue till they are blue in the face about the STB.

I think it tightens up the front end and I've been loving it!


Sent while on baby duty.... please sleep