Quarterracer's Camaro SS

[Don]

This is Quarterracer's 2000 Camaro SS

This is the fun car. Ever since I sold the Lightning and bought the Crew Cab I've been having a hard time with driving a slow big truck. Don't get me wrong, I love that crew cab but I just needed something a little more fun to drive. This is also the replacement for the Porsche and the Mustang. It looks good and I can beat on this car without feeling guilty about it like I did the Porsche. The Mods are listed so here are the pics:

When I first got her:


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After Wheels and new Headlights:


http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j183/Quarterracer/iphonepics003.jpg

How she looks now:


http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j183/Quarterracer/052508034.jpg

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Here are some updated pics that I took at various stops on the Power Tour.


http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j183/Quarterracer/HRPT08/HRPT08DAY7031.jpg

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Make of Vehicle?
Chevrolet

Model of Vehicle?
Camaro SS

Modifications?
GM Performance Hot Cam
SLP 85mm MAF
SLP Flowpac
Eibach Pro Kit
Rotorpros.com drilled/slotted rotors, pads, braided brake lines
3rdgendecals.com Anniversary style Matte Black stripes
Black Chrome C5 Z06 styled wheels 17x9.5
Previously tuned by Ed Wright @ Fastchip.com (will be tuned by him again this summer)

[Nexus]

Nice, I like the mat black vinyl on it. Make it look men but stil sober!

[dkbmxer002]

gosh damn that car is clean, it's amazing how little it takes to make or break a camaro.

[NoobiK]

Very nice. Those new wheels looks perfect on your car

[T_Glass_27]

Very nice. Those new wheels looks perfect on your car

+1

[Bob808]

Looks awesome man :woo:

Can we have an Interior shot or two pls? :wiggle:

[Don]

I also forgot to mention that I removed the side moldings as well. I'll try to get some interior shots soon for you Bob. It's currently with a friend right now so he can get some more service work done to it for the Power Tour.

[chunky]

the stripes make it look sick

[iloveexplosives]

That looks sick, your off color center caps bug me though.

[Don]

Updated and added some pics. The center caps look like they should in some of the newer pics.

[Don]

Well, it looks like my next mod to the car will be a new rear end and some rear suspension stuff for better traction. I don't know exactly how bad it is yet but I busted the rear end last night at Test-N-Tune in Tulsa.

[Sephy]

That thing is sick Don!!! I love those wheels and stripes on it too.

[Dave.W]

That sucks but your car is still the shit

[Crash-Override]

Damn really?? Thats the 1st ive heard of that happening with under 500hp or not on slicks.

Ohh well, time to make it bulletproof so you dont have to worry about it again. You gonna change the gearing??

[Don]

I think the previous owner ran the car on slicks quite a bit. They were pretty proud of it running in the 12's on slicks and they made sure I knew about it to try and build value in it. I was kind of expecting it to go soon because it didn't look to good when I did a rear diff service to it. I haven't decided what gears are going back in it but I'll probably let it sit for a bit and save up for a complete new setup and do it right so I won't have to do it again.

[Crash-Override]

Well that explains it then..

Yeah I would save and do it right as well, no use in putting in something thatll just get you buy and end up here again since you know you are gonna beat the hell out of it!!!!


I would offer options however I dont know much about the rears in those cars but im sure DK can help out in this area..

[Linken]

Looking good!! :thumb:

Really badass!

[Don]

YouTube - Small autox on the 08 Power Tour

[Don]

YouTube - Autox 2 HRPT08

[Don]

YouTube - My SS at Heartland Park in Topeka

[Don]

YouTube - 2nd run at Heartland Park HRPT08

[Cornercarver82]

Gorgeous BOSS man I love F-Cars done like that, and for those that dont know BOSS is F-Car lingo for Blacked Out SS.

[Don]

Thanks. It's been a fun car and I'll be sad when it sells but I know I'll have fun with whatever I get to replace it.

edit: I decided to keep it and found an old Tahoe to use for a daily instead of the Camaro.

[Don]

Looks awesome man :woo:

Can we have an Interior shot or two pls? :wiggle:

Sorry Bob. I forgot to get these for you. There isn't anything to it really. It's all still pretty much stock.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j183/Quarterracer/SS%20for%20sale/SSforsale017.jpg

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[Cornercarver82]

So when do we get to see the Tahoe, I know millions of ways to customize the exterior as well as make it even more daily driver firendly

[Don]

I'll take some pics of it soon. I didn't think it was worthy enough to put up here but who cares. I'll do it anyway. Right now I'm just going through and changing all the fluids and making sure that nothing is leaking just to be on the safe side since I don't know anything about the history of it at all.

[Cornercarver82]

+1

[Don]

So when do we get to see the Tahoe, I know millions of ways to customize the exterior as well as make it even more daily driver firendly

Here's a quick pic I took this morning. It's not cleaned up right now but it isn't to bad. I'm thinking about trying to sell this now because we took in an '01 Denali on trade that I have my eye on.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j183/Quarterracer/stuff%20for%20sale/tahoe001.jpg

[Latezki]

You got nice Camaro, somehow it reminds me of McLaren SLR, i don't know why :) Tahoe looks also great.

[Cornercarver82]

Denali's are soo smooth

[Don]

Well I'm getting the Denali and I sold my Tahoe to my dad. The Denali is white and pretty much stock.

[Don]

I was kinda curious to what the production numbers were on my car so here's what I found. I didn't realize that black was the highest produced on the coupe SS with a 6 speed.

A total of 45,417 Camaros were built for worldwide distribution. 5,975 were convertibles and 8,913 were SS.

6-speeds - 9,012 - 19.8%

#1 41U Black - 8,786 - 19.3%

Camaro SS Coupe with 6-Speed:

4,772 units:
41U Black - 1,591
81U Red - 892
11U Pewter - 718
13U Silver - 619
28U Navy - 573
10U White - 378
71U Sunset Orange Metallic - 1 *

I just pulled these from http://www.camaroz28.com/articles/2000buildnumbers/index.shtml in case any of you were wondering.

[Cornercarver82]

Thats funny the RPO code for the black never changed mine is 41U on my 82 Z, where was yours built?

[Don]

I'd have to check again but I want to say it was built in Canada.

[Cornercarver82]

My buddy Franks dad picked up a sweet ass 02 Camaro.....RPO Code.....ZL-1

[Don]

Just felt like bumping my car. It wasn't showing up because it's been a while since a post was left in here.

[Kris]

do you still have all the pictures from when you covered your truck in painters tape? i was telling a friend about it, but couldnt find the pics

edit: nvm, i found them in your trucks thread

[Don]

Ok. I probably would've bumped it too but I don't have that truck anymore. I need to take some pics of the Denali and do a thread for it but it's just stock for now.

[Don]

Hell, I bumped it anyway. I miss that thing and it actually looked pretty sharp in some of the pictures.

[GTR-Kevin]

love love love the ghost stripes

[Don]

Thanks. I'm definitely keeping them on the car if and when I get the paint redone.

[Cornercarver82]

It's definitly a nice ride man

[toplessnturboed]

never really liked the SS hood, but it looks slick and more blended in with the matte graphics around it.. VERY VERY nice muscle car

[Cornercarver82]

So have you decided what your doin with her rear end?

[Don]

I found another stock third member and put it in a while back so I'm driving it again. I'm going to leave it like that for now. Next thing I need to do is definitely get some relocating brackets and a couple of other rear suspension parts and then probably headers and a tune. It all really depends on whether or not I get my year end bonus for last year or not.

I'm taking it for a quick spirited drive today though so I'm glad that I'm able to drive it again.

[Cornercarver82]

Thats good man mines inprisoned in the garage due to snow :( you should go with Mosier axlse Auburn gears and a bunch of hotchkis suspension parts then call it a day

[Dave.W]

Can we see some pics of the Denali?

[Cornercarver82]

Yeaaaaah!

[Don]

I'll have to take some. It's nothing special though. It's your typical white Denali. It still looks stock. It's nice though. I can play hooky from work and still drive through town without anyone knowing it's me since there's so many out there. Oh yeah. It does have three antenna's on the driver side rear glass lol. One for the old analog OnStar system. One for some old school hands free system the previous owner had and one for the TV antenna for the aftermarket entertainment system.

[Cornercarver82]

lol its a comm staton with wheels

[Don]

lol. I need to get some of those black/blue flag decals for it. Maybe I can get by with speeding around town. Here's a crappy cell phone pic I took the other day. I'll try to get some nice ones in the next day or two.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j183/Quarterracer/untitled00.jpg

BTW, here's a pic of my friends Trailblazer SS too. I ordered this for him new in '07. It's a blast to drive especially for an SUV and it's pretty damn quick too.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j183/Quarterracer/Friends%20and%20Family/random011.jpg

[Cornercarver82]

I heard the Trailblazer SS smokes the Cherokee SRT8

[Don]

I've heard it both ways. I'm trying to get my friend to run his Trailblazer with this other guy I know on a local forum who just got an SRT8. I'll film it at the track if I can get it.

[Cornercarver82]

sweet

[Don]

Took this last weekend on my "Sunday Drive"



http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j183/Quarterracer/Sunday%20Drives/batch032.jpg


These are from todays "Sunday Drive" There's so many curvy scenic mountain roads around here I decided to try and get some guys from the local forums together on Sundays to run around and put our cars through their paces.



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[SMOKEall4]

i love the flat black striped look....tryin to think of way to put some kind of flat black design on the jeep

[SMOKEall4]

I heard the Trailblazer SS smokes the Cherokee SRT8

not to sound biased or anything but i've heard and witnessed the complete opposite:dunno:

[Cornercarver82]

Is that a small block in the wite Datsun?

[Cornercarver82]

not to sound biased or anything but i've heard and witnessed the complete opposite:dunno:

And I've heard and seen the opposite of you

[Don]

Yes it was a small block in it. I don't know the details of the car but I know it was built that way. It's a Scarab but I'm not sure of the year but think of it as a conversion car. Really slick car though.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j183/Quarterracer/Sunday%20Drives/batch049.jpg

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[Don]

As far as the SRT vs. SS. I've heard it both ways. I'm going to try to get my two friends line theirs up at the track.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j183/Quarterracer/Sunday%20Drives/batch055.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j183/Quarterracer/Sunday%20Drives/batch058.jpg

[Cornercarver82]

It's gotta be wickedly fast

[Don]

It's gotta be wickedly fast

It was definitely fun trying to keep up with it on the twisty's.

[Cornercarver82]

Does he know what she tops out at 1/4mi time?

[Don]

I've never asked him so I'm not sure. I know he's taken it to road courses but I'm not sure what all he's done with it and I'm sure the small block isn't stock either. He was driving it pretty hard today but I know he wasn't giving it all she had either.

[Cornercarver82]

You should check out the GMMG exhaust for the 4th gen F-cars, sounds nasty

[Don]

I've thought about looking into getting a full exhaust for it. I need to get a new soundclip of my car with the cam and one of my friends LS6 with his true duals.

[joes407]

nice camaro, my buddy has one and he supercharged it, its fuckin fast

[Don]

I was thinking about an STS kit but I'm afraid of bottoming the car out or running over something and tearing up the piping. If I did keep it long enough I'd probably procharge it or something.

[Crash-Override]

p1-sc and your golden!!

or d1-sc and be nuts!!

[dkbmxer002]

crank mounted f2.

[Bradsi]

One of the cleanest camaros I have seen.

[Crash-Override]

crank mounted f2.

Even better!!

[Don]

Well I blew up the rear end again in the SS a couple of weeks ago. This time the pinion pretty much exploded and chunks of metal tore up everything else in the housing. I thought I was going to be able to save the differential but after we got the new 3.73's in the third member had a horrible howling sound in it so it's all coming back out again and I'm putting a Strange Engineering differential in it with Moser axles. I also finally decided to go ahead and get some new suspension parts from Spohn Performance to help with my wheel hopping problem.

[Cornercarver82]

Tubular end links and adjustable torque arm oooooh yeah!!

[Don]

Not quite. Not now at least. All I got was the relocation brackets, boxed control arms and an adjustable panhard bar. Hopefully my axles will be here by tomorrow and I can get the car driveable again then I'll try to get the suspension parts on by the weekend if I'm lucky. Unfortunately I have to wait till August to get the car tuned. My tuner is booked up that far out.