G5.R

[jeremywes]

Originally Posted by Nathan Moreno

I moved everything to the other garage.



Doc thats the factory glass. I don't know what I was thinking when the guys came out to remove the front glass, I forgot to tell them to remove the rear



Thanks Jeremy, she is starting to look like a car again.



Vroom it definitely was encouraging to see her as a roller even if it just a mock up!




Wait...... What



Man we are looking forward to it!

Quick Update:

Placed my order for brakes this morning. StopTech Trophy Series. The rear ones will be ready in a week. The front in three weeks. Can't wait

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The rear rotor doesn't look like it will use the factory ebrake are you planning to run without one?

[Moreno1]

Originally Posted by LC

Nope.. I am.

Originally Posted by vroomapunk

He likes to joke. I'm actually bankrolling this one, and bruce's SST.

OK Guys, I just sent over several invoices. Don't nobody fight to pay them! There's enough to go around, LOL

Originally Posted by jeremywes

The rear rotor doesn't look like it will use the factory e brake are you planning to run without one?

Jeremy the stoptech rotors have provisions for the ebrake so it should be OK. We are toying with the idea of going without as it will save about 10lbs of unsprung weight. Which is huge!

Getting rid of the e-brake would make eliminating to center console more feasible since you wouldn't have the big handle and the mechanical structure hidden under the console. If we did loses the e-brake, we can also drill out the two metal strip that run down each side of the tunnel (see pic below).




Removing them leaves you a traditional round trans tunnel





In it place of the console, we can either do a leather (See pic below) or carbon rap. For the guages, those can go on a cutom panel that would take the place of the radio and AC panel. Understand, these are just ideas as I already have enough work without creating more.

Quick update. Removed another 16 lbs off the car.

Because we aren't keeping a rear seat, there was no need to retain the panel that it mounts too. We are also doing our cage a little different than most, as the main hoop on most cages come off the floor just behind the seat and are angle back to follow the door line. However, you can't angle the bar to much as it will interfere with the seats belts mounted on the upper B pillar. In our case, we aren't keeping the seat belts, so we decided to mount the main hoop on the step up like a lot of the Camaro race cars. This will tuck the hoop in further making the cage more discrete and less intrusive.

The bar weighed 8.6 ounces and the air bags weighed 3.2 lbs each. We also removed several stubs and miscellaneous stuff.

This bit was a life saver. It made removing the spot welds a breeze.





Here is a little demo of us remove the welds.





Removing the seat bar also allows us to make a neat trap door to service the fuel pump. We are going to bead roll the word "FUEL" on it.




You can see here the hole on the rear package tray for the down bar.



Stay tuned...........





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[14pilot]

Whut?

The door panels are still on the car? Race cars don't have door panels. LOL !

This just keeps getting better and better. Great stuff guys !!!

[Moreno1]

Originally Posted by 14pilot

Whut?

The door panels are still on the car? Race cars don't have door panels. LOL !

This just keeps getting better and better. Great stuff guys !!!

LOL, I hear ya, Justin keeps giving me a hard time about wanting to keep the interior stock looking

[vroomapunk]

Originally Posted by Nathan Moreno

LOL, I hear ya, Justin keeps giving me a hard time about wanting to keep the interior stock looking

Don't listen to him! Keep it stock-looking, obviously gut anything u don't need, but it would be so cool to still have it look normal inside. Make it even more SEMA worthy.

[Moreno1]

Originally Posted by vroomapunk

Don't listen to him! Keep it stock-looking, obviously gut anything u don't need, but it would be so cool to still have it look normal inside. Make it even more SEMA worthy.

I can see how you misunderstood him buuuutttt....... I'm the one who wants to keep the interior relatively stock looking. Nathan wants to gut it LOL.

[Dyk-NO]

Amazing progress, hoping to see the wheel set up with the suspension goods soon as I'm planning to do a 19x11 square set up too

[Doc]

For anybody following this thread who is interested, I created a group-buy thread here:

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300817

for the Optic Armor windows Nathan is using. We get a 10% discount if we get 10 or more buyers.

[Mgizzle]

Originally Posted by Justin Moreno

Are you referring to the RB BBK coming out or just the Rotors?

I'm not sure how they compare to RB rotors in weight, but the front ST rotors are 21lb 380x32mm, and the rear are 19lb 355x32mm. I believe the RB are factory sizes to maintain compatibility with the stock calipers.

We went with the trophy STR calipers because they are 20% lighter than the regular ST calipers. They are also a stronger design. We went with 6-pot front and 4-pot rear.

We'll make sure to post lots of pics when they come in

You made the right choice and for the money there is no better brake kit in my opinion.... Now I am getting jaleous.

[IOM Black Diamond]

[SPCBA]

the e brake does come in handy for bad drivers (me) on a track. used it twice

[Doc]

Originally Posted by SPCBA

the e brake does come in handy for bad drivers (me) on a track. used it twice

Yeah... bad.... as in bad-ass....

[SPCBA]

Originally Posted by Doc

Yeah... bad.... as in bad-ass....

if only

[The Stig]

Originally Posted by SPCBA

the e brake does come in handy for bad drivers (me) on a track. used it twice

Are the RB's blot enough rotor for you now? Have to use the e brake too