An update on this project.
Going to resurrect this one, as it is the second project on my bench (along with the Malibu GT2).
Actually grabbed a bare GMP Camaro chassis, and as the imagination reeled, I harkened back to the early days of the International Motorsports Association (IMSA) and their early "run-what-you-brung" attitude. This is my attempt at replicating that era.
The chassis is straight-forward Camaro, I've added a window net, though, for safety sake. But we're going to substitute a Big Block Chevy for the Small Block that came in the Z-28. And, due to the heat load of the Big Block, added a larger oil cooler in the front.
Here are some other details of the build (you will see the Malibu chassis in the background on some of them).
At the front, we've blanked off the right (we always clocked things from the driver's seat) headlight, but opened up the left one with a screen, to get a little more air coming toward that bigger oil cooler we installed for the Big Block. At the rear (and I've got more detail), we are setting up for refueling on endurance races.
Back then, there was no such thing as a "dry-break", you just had to figure out how to get the fuel from the outside of the car to the fuel tank (fuel cells weren't even required in the early days of the IMSA series). Here we have a "Monza-style" filler connected to an aluminum pipe, going to a fuel cell. Hidden under the rear spoiler (replaced from the stock Streetfighter version with one from a Todco, and currently on threaded stalks with make it sit too high - the stalks will be cut down for the final build).
