STANG KILLA SS Goes Racin

[XSRCdesign]

Hot damn.. that's nice

[STANG KILLA SS]

Originally Posted by hpiguy

To hell with pics, I want some video dammit!

haha D day is upon us. March 18th I pop her cherry #nervous

[STANG KILLA SS]

Originally Posted by Tommy R

Pics, dammit! Pics!

finally got some finished pics!

[hpiguy]

Nasty!

[JatoTheRipper]

I typically hate silver, but that looks bad ass especially with the black wheels.

[Tommy R]

Meh... It's okay, I guess. Needs gold wheels.

[jason]

Originally Posted by STANG KILLA SS

Thanks!!!!!

haha yeah the wheels will DEFINATLY be staying black. and i will continue to black out the car else where. luckily the roof, lights, and wheels were already done on this car for me by previous owner.

Looks awesome, quite the upgrade.

One thing I never understood though is taking the one part of your vehicle that's supposed to be super bright and easy for everyone to see so they don't bash into the back of you and making it harder to see.

Other than that it looks great, I love it.

[Tommy R]

I'm with ya on tinted tail lights.....particularly when I'm following someone with them and I can barely see that $#i+. But other than that, I really like how the Vette is coming along!

[STANG KILLA SS]

Welcome back Jason!

yeah the tail lights were already tinted when i bought it. luckily its just tinted vinyl and i can peel it right off. which i will probly do. wife says you cant hardly see them. i do like how they look when parked though.
might look into some of these one day
http://www.inprocarwear.com/images/p...-brake_big.jpg
or
https://cdn3.volusion.com/26dw7.9prn...5RLED-KS-3.jpg

[Tommy R]

If it were mine (which it obviously isn't), I'd go stock. I think it'll just make an otherwise very nice car look cheap. When I put LEDs on the Jeep, I opted for the most sedate ones I could find. They're dark when off, but being LEDs they're super bright when on. But the main thing is that they're a MUCH slimmer profile than the stockers so I'll be less likely to crush them.

[STANG KILLA SS]

my other idea, is to keep the stockers, but only tint the inside of the circle. ie leaving the outer 1/2"-3/4" the stock red. which is where nearly all the light comes out.(center is just reflector) then i woiuld still get my mostly black taillights, but get the full brightness of the stock lights.
would look something like this without being LED dots.
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/d...S/DSC02232.jpg

[hpiguy]

I like the last option the best. And I agree the others just look chintzy and cheap to me.

[STANG KILLA SS]

Well i finally got the Z06 to the track at TWS

i took it easy in the morning sessions, putting around in 4th and 5th. this meant coming out of the corners at around 2500-3000 rpm

the lack of feel i noticed on the street, sadly continued over on track. no feedback or feeling, and felt like i was on iRacing Sim. the Rival S's also didnt squeal but i probably wasn't at their limit, so i had no audible warning either. i have the square 10.5 X 18 Z06 wheels with 315 Rivals on.
the light weight steering on the street was different on track. it was much heavier, but still no feedback or car feeling.





even with short shifting at 6k i was hitting 150mph at the end of the front "straight". the camaro did 135. 140 on a perfect lap. it moved around alot at that speed, darting left and right moving half a lane easy and bouncy. not sure it was the alignment, the shocks, or simply the extra speed.




the lack of body roll and weight transfer was very apparent compared to the camaro. proby some of the lack of knowing what the car was doing feeling.







in the morning sessions i was running 2:09s running 4th and 5th. in the afternoon sessions i was running 3rd,4th, 5th and was running 2:05s. the camaro average lap time was 2:02s and my fastest lap times were 1:59s. the vette is 400lbs lighter, an extra 100hp and 315 tires vs 285s on the camaro. i thought even in this first shack down the vette might turn a faster lap but not the case. hopefully the lap times will come down once my confidence in the car goes up. i was noticeably rolling out of the throttle early, and rolling back in late in the videos.

[STANG KILLA SS]

unfortunately on the 3rd afternoon session it all came to an end with loud ticking. :( i pulled it into the pits and parked it until the next morning. went to tractor supply and bought a come-a-long and got her loaded on the trailer and headed home. :( by the time i looked down the oil pressure was lower but still good. still in the 30psi range but fluctuating.




heres the vid from the lap that the ticking happened.
at :44 the ticking starts
at 1:15 it gets worse
at 1:39 i get a misfire and finally hear the ticking....

[BigSki]

aww man, not again. Here's to hoping it isn't as bad as it sounds.

[STANG KILLA SS]

Good News!
Tore into the motor starting with the passenger side valve cover and boom, the #1 exhaust rocker bolt was backed out!


appears to be no other collateral damage other than where the rocker hit the valve cover.


ended up taking out all 16 rocker bolts and locktighting them and re-torqueing to 22 ft lbs.

[EeePee]

Lucky, but shitty.

The darty is likely the alignment.

[STANG KILLA SS]

ill take the luck any day.

yeah im running 0 front toe, but these cars are also known to have aero lift on the front end. venting the hood makes a huge front downforce impact on these cars, and of course also lowers under hood temps.

[calcagno45]

Cutting some holes in the hood?

[EeePee]

Big ass plywood splitter up front.