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It pains me to do this, but my Camaro is for sale. PRICE REDUCED! $9,999 Turn key, runs and drives -- title in hand 1982 Camaro Z28, mild C-Prepared build Video from Oct. 13, 2024, autocross: Engine and stuff 5.3L LC9 – aluminum block (bored over with Wiseco LS1 pistons, 6366LX05) Polished and ported 243 heads ( rocker arms with upgraded trunions from Michigan Motorsports and beehive valve springs ... see pic below with flow specs) 58X crank trigger Tuned by Peter Florance (PFTuning), 382/361 to the wheels on plain 93 octane Custom cam (see pic below with specs) OEM LS6 intake and ported LS1 F-body throttle body Speed Engineering long tube headers Bosch EV1 injectors MS3 Pro with DIYAutotune drop-in harness ICT Billet Fourth-generation F-body accessory setup (no AC) -- AC Delco water pump and alternator Fourth-gen F-Body oil pan C5 Corvette "returnless" filter/regulator with Deatschwerks 255lph in-tank fuel pump Champion three-row aluminum radiator Drivetrain Aisan...

I should have let it burn, part I

Unfortunately, where there was smoke there was fire. No, that's not tire smoke. But before I go there, I'll recap my latest autocross. Which was on Sunday in this at the WDCR autocross on the crop-circle course at Summit Point: Just driving a school teacher's daily driver. I hoped to drive Sam Vassalo's Club Spec Mustang since he's been offering a seat in it every time we see each other. But Sam Strano and Kevin Henry took the Mustang to the Finger Lakes National Tour and broke it. At least that's what I read on the internet. So Karen offered up her daily driver, a completely bone stock 2023 Subaru WRX. Oh wait, it's not stock: It's stock! Otherwise, stock shocks, stock rimz, stock tires (actually 200 treadwear Dunlops), stock sway bars. The alignment hasn't even been touched. Since it was on street-class index -- D Street -- I was shooting for top 25 in PAX. [RonHowardNarratorVoice]He did not end up within the top 25 in PAX[/RonHowardNarratorVoice]...

Part 1: Aisin AR5 swap into an LS Thirdgen F-Body

An 11,000-mile Aisin AR5 transmission from a Chevy Colorado. A staple in the drifting world, let's see what it will do in a thirdgen F-Body behind an LS engine for autocrossing. Project Whack-A-Mole continues. I finally figured out the fuel pump issue. The old Delphi fuel pump, struggling to deliver fuel, was replaced with a new Deatschwerks fuel pump which seemed to cure things. So I took the Camaro out for a test hit. The car felt good driving it around some shifting through the four gears. Then I got on a more open road, mashed the throttle in second, shifted fast to third, but the car wouldn't accelerate under its own power in gear. Clutch pedal went dead, it would go through gears but they wouldn't engage. I suspected it wasn't an issue with the T10 transmission but back to the hydraulic throwout bearing, which had already failed once before. I called Karen (she answered the phone, "Where are you?"), she picked me up, we got the Lightning and tr...

Push it! Push it real good! UMI King of the Mountain recap

What a weekend competing at UMI's King of the Mountain ! I finished 20th in the "Mid" class, about 1.4 seconds out of 12th, which was the final qualifying position for the big shootout on Saturday night. The "Mid" class had an interesting mix of cars, including second-gen F-Bodies and four-door Mustangs. It was also extremely frustrating because Project Whack-A-Mole decided for something completely new to pop up -- starter motor heat soak. I have not had this happen before. Last month with the same format, local events when it was 90+ degrees. Never. It started when trying to start the car for my second run in the first session on Friday. Turned the key, and nothing. I thought the connection had unbuckled itself from the starter solenoid like last month , but that wasn't the case. Aaron Shoe came over to help by checking the draw on the battery as I turned the ignition, and he said there was arcing coming from the cable that connects to the starter. Karen, ...