A New Corvette GT-1 Car In Our Shop
We will start to try and post some info on this newest car in our shop. It has some interesting race history, and has been in need of a lot of cosmetic work, wiring improvements, and various upgrades.
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Sunday, October 24, 2021
A New Corvette GT-1 Car In Our Shop
We will start to try and post some info on this newest car in our shop. It has some interesting race history, and has been in need of a lot of cosmetic work, wiring improvements, and various upgrades.
Sunday, August 2, 2020
SOLD-GT-1/GTA/Vintage Tube Frame Race Car For Sale In Michigan
Howe Center Section/Port City Racing Chassis
Former ASA Pro Series Racing Car Driven By Joe Nott
SCCA Log Book Identity # 06-625
Midwest Council Of Sports Car Clubs Log Book
Most Recently Competed In SVRA Events At Indy, & Road
America
Ford Thunderbird Five Star Fiberglass Body
Strut Front End Front Steer Set Up
Howe TA2 Three Piece Splined Front Sway Bar Set Up
New Schroder Sway Bar
New Kirkey (PN # 71700) Full Containment Road Race Seat
& Cover
New Simpson Five Point Belts (Expire XX/XX) & Window Net
Safety Systems Five Pound On Board Fire Bottle With Remote
Button
Sweet Rack And Pinion Steering
Peterson Dry Sump Tank With Steel Braided Lines
Ohlin Canister Coil Over Shocks With Proper Canister Mounts
Newer Fuel Safe 15 Gallon Fuel Cell
Autometer Gauges & Memory Tach
C&R Aluminum Radiator With Built In Oil Cooler
Allstar Performance Brake Bias Gauges
Front/Rear Brake Bias Adjuster
Road Racing Brake Lights
Dual MSD 6AN Ignition Boxes
New Allstar Performance Roll Bar Mounted Drink Bottle
Tilton Pedals & Remote Mount Master Cylinders
UB Machine Upper Control Arms
Winters Quick Change Rear Axle/Detroit Locker Assembly &
New Gears
Three Link Rear Suspension & Watts Linkage Set Up
Two Into One /Exhaust/Muffer System
Steel Branded Fuel Line With Filter And Regulator
Four (4) Piston Wilwood Calipers At Each Corner
Allstar Performace Forced Air Brake Cooling Fans @ For All Four
Wheels
Allstar Performance Helmet Cooling Fan
Longacre Racing Rear View Mirror
Remote Mount Wix Oil Filter
Wired In Permanent Mylaps Sports Timing Transponder # 08368
Drive Shaft And Yoke
This is a great starting package for someone wanting an
inexpensive, tube frame race car, for SCCA, or vintage sanctioned events. All parts are all oval track, stock car
based, and very easy to come by, with reasonable prices for both new, or used. Just add a motor and transmission of your
choice, to be ready to go racing.
Complete Roller Pricing Options (no engine,
transmission, or battery):
1. With Ohlin
Canister Coil Over Shocks: $7,995.00
2. Without Ohlin Coil
Over Shocks: $6,595.00
Includes Four (4) Extra (Used) Bassett Wheels
Located In The Grand Rapids, MI area
Phone/Text Gary:
616-366-3973
E Mail:
gearheadzmail@aol.com
Monday, June 12, 2017
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Monday, May 25, 2015
Scaling The Camaro SCCA GT-2 Road Race Car
When scaling any race car, there are a few simple but important steps to follow. We use Longacre electronic scales, with each load cell marked for the the corner of the car it goes to.
The first step is to level the scales. We purchased an extendable bubble level from Menards, that works great for the job. Each scale should be leveled, and then the four load cells checked against each other. Without doing this, you will never get an accurate reading of your cars corner weights. We have seen guys scales cars in the dirt at the track, on race day. The shop floor is the best place to do this, and most floors are not all that level either.
The first step is to level the scales. We purchased an extendable bubble level from Menards, that works great for the job. Each scale should be leveled, and then the four load cells checked against each other. Without doing this, you will never get an accurate reading of your cars corner weights. We have seen guys scales cars in the dirt at the track, on race day. The shop floor is the best place to do this, and most floors are not all that level either.
The car should be placed in gear so it will not roll. In addition, we put some pieces of steel against the tires, to keep the race car firmly in place. Tire pressures should be set as they are for race day. Hoosier recomends 23 to 26 lbs. cold for our compound, so we have been using 24 pounds as our starting point. After that, we add bags of salt to the drivers seat. The salt bags are each weighed, to insure that we get the same weight as the driver will bring to the seat. This makes it easier for your "hot shoe" to participate in the scaling process as well. Before adding the salt, we set the corner heights to the rules, to get close to our starting point, the work to be done.
Our experience from the circle track days has been that adding a driver to the vehicle takes wedge (LR/RF) percentages from the static settings. With the road race car, we prefer to have the LF/RF weights a close to equal as we can get. If you are scaling a roundy roundy racer, make sure the sway bar is not preloaded, which will throw off your readings. The bar should be fully backed off for scaling. Due to our heavy driver, all the balast has been removed from our Howe Port City vehicle (former ASA racer). You may need to add some, to bring the car up to minimum which in our case is 2830 lbs, for GT-2.
You will need to make corner corrections, to get the car where you want it. With coil over shocks, this is really easy. Make adjustments at all four corners. For example if you need a little more LR/RF, then put a turn in the LR/RF, and take a turn out of the RR/LF. We run Pro Shocks, with double adjustables on the front, and rebound adjustables on the rear. Find someone to dyno your shocks, and make sure that there is no abnormalities in the curve, which can be seen in a computer print out from the dyno run.
Our car has gotten a little loose a couple time, in tight right hand turn situtations. We went a little softer on the front springs, that what was in the car when we received it. This is really the fun part of the whole thing, making small adjustments, and seeing how they affect the feel of the vehicle.
Our car has gotten a little loose a couple time, in tight right hand turn situtations. We went a little softer on the front springs, that what was in the car when we received it. This is really the fun part of the whole thing, making small adjustments, and seeing how they affect the feel of the vehicle.
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Thursday, November 27, 2014
A Look Under The Hood Of Our GT2 SCCA Road Race Camaro
This car is a GT-2 legal SCCA race car, that can also be entered as a TA-2 car, in the professional Trans Am series. Our Howe/Port City car is an ex-ASA perimeter chassis, circle track race car. It has an actual series LS1 motor, that runs factory ignition coils, 10.5 compression ratio, dry sump oil pan, 180 headers, and a GM factory ECU. The sealed engines that were supplied for the ASA series went from Chevrolet, to Lingenfelter Performance Engineering (LPE), in Decatur, IN. You will not find that they have much interest in them now days, but we have received good support from Schwanke Engines, in Springfield, MN. They are doing a number of motors for the professional Trans Am Series (both LS-1, and LS-3), and offer packages that include everything from short blocks, up to complete, ready to race motors. Visit them at:
Our own shop offers a lot of automotive related accessories, as well. We are stocking more race related items every day, and have just finished redoing a nearby industrial building, for our mail order business. We have a lot of used parts that are very useable, as well If you are new to track days, or SCCA racing, we will be glad to answer any questions, and assist you however we can. Our toll free number is: 866-229-7939. You can visit us on the web at:
Thursday, August 7, 2014
GT-2 Howe Port City Road Race Camaro
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