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Call 440-914-0000 or email [ email ] 1968 Chevrolet Camaro C5R Description One of our own, dressed to kill with enough power to do it quickly. A supercharged, stroker C5R race block built up by Doug Rippie Motorsports resides within our custom engine compartment surrounds. The sound makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck, and those 335/30ZR18 tires dont stand a chance when youre anywhere near full throttle in lower gears. Goodguys Muscle Machine of the Year Finalist Doug Rippie Motorsports built LS C5R Six speed TREMEC transmission JRi Coil Overs Forgeline wheels StopTech Trophy brakes Custom fabrication everywhere AIM dash, STACK gauges 315 front, 335 rear tires! UPDATE pt. 3: Larry drove the car to not only a win in class, but fast time of the day at the Goodguys East Coast Nationals autocross. Its now a pro car! UPDATE Pt. 2: Weve torn into the car again! Weve upgraded to an intercooled Magnacharger with 8psi of boost rather than the standard blower with 4psi. This necessitated new coolers, and we went with an AFCO intercooler with twin SPAL fans as well as a CSR oil cooler with billet end tanks. Weve dumped some weight with a trick carbon fiber hood and decklid combo from Anvil, and JRi shocks are replacing the AFCO units. There will be more by the time were finished! UPDATE: Larrys been tearing around in this car (he calls it development, of course...) and wound up at Goodguys in Charlotte in October. He was there to do some autocrossing, and finishes FOURTH overall out of more than 30 entries, including ALL of the pro class cars! Not bad for an ol Camaro with a guy who started autocrossing this summer behind the wheel, wouldnt you say? Our first mod this time around was to stick more rubber at each corner. We managed to fit 305/35ZR19s up front and 345/30ZR19s out back...without cutting the exterior sheetmetal! Sure, fabricator Pete had to cut back into his inner fenders for clearance, but thats a small price to pay for more than DOUBLE the widest tire available when the car was new! Out back, we had some rubbing issues, so we replaced the DSE suspension links with chromoly tubing and Teflon-lined rod ends. For more stiffness around through the cones we ditched the big 1 splined sway bar in favor of a huge .250 wall 1.25 bar, and we went with AFCO double adjustable coilovers at all four corners. Inside, we added a pair of Porsche GT2 carbon fiber buckets and Simpson harnesses to hold us in place. Were better informed thanks to a full complement of STACK programmable gauges, and we feel cooler shifting with our new CNC milled shift handle. A Sparco competition steering wheel finishes off the inputs. Of course, the biggest change was bolting up a set of Forgeline centerlock wheels, 11 wide in the front and 12 wide in the rear. We kept some flair with the polished lips, and the red locks echo the interior. We dropped the car even further into the weeds now that its stiffer, and we cant believe how this thing handles! Under the hood we added trick carbon fiber valve covers, upped the cooling with a new fan and baffled the power steering tank. Thats the kind of stuff you figure out when you actually USE a car you build! Were not finished tinkering, unless you have to have it. Price? Not cheap, but the parts tally alone is staggering. If youre looking for something truly different, give us a call. The Detroit Speed and Engineering catalog was thrown at the car, with their fabricated subframe up front a four link out back. Mini tubs hold the extra rubber. Corvette C6 Z06 brakes lurk behind custom Boyd Coddington black V-Twin wheels. Fat sway bars and killer coil overs maintain a level stance no matter the curve. Outside, weve shaved the door handles and wipers, and weve selectively blacked out trim. All new glass is in place, and of course all of the chrome is perfect. Youll see the custom exhaust outlets poking out from the rocker panels--we custom fabbed those, too. Inside youre enveloped in materials beyond those
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