1974 Camaro Z28
Discussion
Ben Lowden said:
Wow I didn't even realise that cars having no rev limiter was a thing. Every day is a school day!
It's arguably the most terrifying thing about the car. When you're really cracking on, it's almost like you can feel the engine lifting out of the car.Turn7 said:
is that Ben Rushforth at EDA ?
It is 
Final check over tonight and an excuse to grab a couple of photos. The engine is ready to go back in. Not bad for a weeks worth of work!
As you can see, the headers are mocked up and have been ceramic coated (all done in-house by Ravenworks):
For those of you who remember the (rusty!) coolant explosion from when I first bought the car, Rick has gone to great lengths to tidy the bay and undo the staining it caused. I think it looks fantastic.
Even taking off the tag and cleaning it up:
Ready to go!
Picked the car up in the week, with the weather I haven't had much chance to drive it yet but the drive home in the snow was entertaining! The way the exhaust bangs and crackles now is insane, I genuinely can't wait to get the car out for a decent drive.
I'm going to clean the car up today and hopefully try and grab a couple of photos, but in the meantime here's a quick showcase of the work done from the engine coming out to going back in:
I'm going to clean the car up today and hopefully try and grab a couple of photos, but in the meantime here's a quick showcase of the work done from the engine coming out to going back in:
Turn7 said:
On the basis you are more than friends with Ben, is it correct to assume you are aware of the Williams Bros?
I'm not sleeping with him if that's what you mean 
I've heard the name (although not from Ben), but I've never had any dealings with them.I managed to grab a couple of shots of the engine in-situ this evening:
FaustF said:
That prank is utterly brutal 
Love a good sense of humour like that, great fun. Strong figures on the dyno! Must be pleased with those, I've got mine currently at the dyno for a tune as well, waiting on final figures.
Do you know what was making it to the wheels?
I would imagine the transmission loss to be somewhere between 20-25%, so 240ish to the wheels maybe? But I won't know until I put the car on a dyno, which isn't a priority really as the power is at a point where I'm comfortable driving it in the way I want to. Love a good sense of humour like that, great fun. Strong figures on the dyno! Must be pleased with those, I've got mine currently at the dyno for a tune as well, waiting on final figures.
Do you know what was making it to the wheels?
That is some proper power! It must have been breathed on quite heavily? I love the fact you know when to stop too- it always gets me when people say 'LS' it or whatever. Power has to balance with the car and honestly even 1000bp isn't impressive any more.
The Zee is looking awesome. I have you a tough time before about selling the Rx, but this is mega, just looks right.
Interested by Rick's Stang- you don't often see that shape get love, but I think they are cool and his looks very tasty indeed.
Keep it coming, congrats man.
The Zee is looking awesome. I have you a tough time before about selling the Rx, but this is mega, just looks right.
Interested by Rick's Stang- you don't often see that shape get love, but I think they are cool and his looks very tasty indeed.
Keep it coming, congrats man.
TopTrump said:
Jhonno said:
That is mild power for one of these really..
All relative- I would expected 190 at this point. But yes, appreciate these can get silly andburg said:
Ben very kindly invited me to this but unfortunately I'm going to be out of the country. The lads are hoping to still turn up though, I might lend them the Cam too to bring through for it.TopTrump said:
That is some proper power! It must have been breathed on quite heavily? I love the fact you know when to stop too- it always gets me when people say 'LS' it or whatever. Power has to balance with the car and honestly even 1000bp isn't impressive any more.
Thank you - for me driving them is where I get the enjoyment of owning them, so making it more suited to me in that respect makes sense. I'm not the best driver in the world so adding more power will only put the car further out of my reach As someone else said, my engine made (allegedly) 245bhp out of the box so I'm really happy with 320bhp, even if most builds these days are well beyond that. It's still a lively thing to drive, the short ratio gears really keep you working.Rogue86 said:
andburg said:
Ben very kindly invited me to this but unfortunately I'm going to be out of the country. The lads are hoping to still turn up though, I might lend them the Cam too to bring through for it.TopTrump said:
That is some proper power! It must have been breathed on quite heavily? I love the fact you know when to stop too- it always gets me when people say 'LS' it or whatever. Power has to balance with the car and honestly even 1000bp isn't impressive any more.
Thank you - for me driving them is where I get the enjoyment of owning them, so making it more suited to me in that respect makes sense. I'm not the best driver in the world so adding more power will only put the car further out of my reach As someone else said, my engine made (allegedly) 245bhp out of the box so I'm really happy with 320bhp, even if most builds these days are well beyond that. It's still a lively thing to drive, the short ratio gears really keep you working.Definitely seeing this as I am planning my build. I'm thinking something in/around 350bhp is going to be perfect to use/abuse and not be constantly finding the limits of things, or moving the powerband away from where you can use it on the roads properly.
The last few weeks have seen a fair bit of ordering but not a lot of stuff actually turning up on time. so this is only a semi-interesting update. In good news, the car was picked by Capital Xtra FM to promote the new Fast X film that comes out on Friday. Along with a couple of film cars, we've spent the day in Leeds promoting the film and letting people enjoy seeing the cars themselves up close.
For anyone who is a fan, Ashley Kane came along too and got to sit in the car/rev the engine etc to promote the film on his own socials.
With that bit done, it was on the roads for a bit of a promotional tour around the city. I'm happy to admit mine was the loudest by quite some way
For anyone who has ever wondered what it might look like...
A shame the new bits weren't here in time, but I'll update more on those when they do.
For anyone who is a fan, Ashley Kane came along too and got to sit in the car/rev the engine etc to promote the film on his own socials.
With that bit done, it was on the roads for a bit of a promotional tour around the city. I'm happy to admit mine was the loudest by quite some way
For anyone who has ever wondered what it might look like...
A shame the new bits weren't here in time, but I'll update more on those when they do.
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