1982 Camaro Z28 LS-swapped autocross car

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1982 Camaro Z28

Asking $12,500

Likely next step for me is a CSM Mustang.

5.3L LC9 – aluminum block (bored over with Wiseco LS1 pistons, 6366LX05)
Ported 243 heads (rocker arms with upgraded trunions from Michigan Motorsports and beehive valve springs)
58X crank trigger
Tuned by Peter Florance (PFTuning), 382/361 to the wheels on plain 93 octane
Custom cam
OEM LS6 intake and ported LS1 F-body throttle body
Speed Engineering long tube headers
Bosch EV1 injectors
MS3 Pro with DIYAutotune drop-in harness
UMI LS engine swap plates with Energy Suspension mounts
ICT Billet Fourth-generation F-body accessory setup (no AC) -- AC Delco water pump and alternator
1998-2002 F-Body oil pan
C5 Corvette "returnless" filter/regulator with Deatschwerks 255lph in-tank fuel pump
Champion three-row aluminum radiator

Drivetrain
Aisan AR5 5-speed Chevy Colorado transmission (a little over 9K miles from a local yard, installed in 2021), FABbot conversion kit and short shifter
Tick adjustable master cylinder
Later thirdgen F-Body pedals (originally had a Z-bar, so had to get later pedals for hydraulics)

Suspension and stopping
35mm front and 21mm rear sway bars
UMI weight jackers (1000/150 springs), camber/caster plates and strut tower brace
Koni single-adjustable "yellows"
Fays2 Watts Link
Spohn subframe connectors
IROC wonderbar
“LS1” bigbrakeupgrade.com front brakes
Later thirdgen F-body 10-bolt rear with disk brakes, Eaton differential, 3.23 Motive gears (installed April 2023) -- good for 66-ish mph in second gear on GPS/SoloStorm reading
OEM front K-member and A-arms with poly bushings
Rear "barn door" clear lexan wing mounted with piano hinges

Other stuff
Four-point welded roll bar by Matt Walter (thirdgen F-body drag racer who has a side hustle working on GM hoopties at his house ... this would be like trusting JohnV or Jeff Underwood to fab stuff)
Also custom frame brace by Matt
TurnOne 98-02 LS1 F-body steering pump
Two-inch bolt-on wheel spacers all around – good for mounting fourth-generation F-body or most C5/C6 Corvette wheels
OEM composite hood with aftermarket louvers
Braille B2618 battery (new in July 2024)
Powermaster 9509 starter (new in September 2024)
Vinyl wrap to honor early 1980s Hot Wheels "Blown Camaro" diecast car
17X11 CCWs with 315 Hoosiers
18X10.5 C5 Z06 Speedline replicas with 315 Yokohama A052s
Front floor was sprayed with Boom Mat then painted (along with the rollbar and most of the floor panels) with white polyurethane marine paint.

Weighed 2,935 after taking out the interior plastic, passenger seat and carpet. Since then (have to be 3,000 pounds minimum in C Prepared), added 50-pound lead ballast, rollbar, rear aero, and swapping to AR5 from a T10 (about 20 pounds heavier according to the internet). I'm guessing it's around 3,050 depending on fuel.

Roughly 89,XXX miles -- odometer doesn't work, and I don't think it worked when I first drove the car in 2003. Ha ha!

To be CAMT legal, it would need new carpet and interior door panels, but I have a non-OEM passenger seat and most of the interior plastic. Removed wiper motor for clearance of hard fuel line but wipers are still attached. Still has glass windshield, hatchback glass and rollup glass windows ... and an UNCRACKED DASHPAD! (IYKYK)

The bracket on the block where the AC mounts is broken so you can't be big pimpin' with ICE COLD air conditioning in your racecar. Or if you can do aluminum welding ...
This car was put together in the late 1980s to compete in the then-new E Street Prepared class by west-coaster Dan Livezey (featured in the June 1990 issue of Hot Rod), then the car changed hands to Brian Kinser, Raleigh Boreen, Big Mike Snyder, Tyler Stewart, and finally me in 2008. Dan won two Solo national championships, Sam Strano won one, and I think Jean Kinser won a Ladies national championship. I luck-boxed into a few Pro Solo podiums and local ESP championships.

Dyno with the old bottom end (red) and new bottom end (blue).
 

Cam specs and flow numbers on the ported 243 heads.

That’s cool. It’s autocross history. 

That's a cool looking unit. 

Not that I'm in the market, but where is it located?

Oh yeah, welcome long-time listener. Thank you for joining the conversation. 

I'm in Maryland near BWI airport.

Here's a video from the Oct. 13 WDCR-SCCA autocross in Waldorf:

Pat

Price reduced to $9,999.

https://sololol.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-camaro-is-for-sale.html

Email me at patred48 at verizon dot net

Pat

Just what i'm looking for. Where is the car located? Suprised not to see it on BAT.

Cool car!

Spletzair said:

Just what i'm looking for. Where is the car located? Suprised not to see it on BAT.

I live in Maryland near BWI airport.

Thought about BAT, but it's a last resort. Don't feel like dealing with people (who aren't going to buy the car anyway) nitpicking every little thing or telling us how they had a 1992 Camaro that came stock with a 350 and a 5-speed. :)

Pat

Pat, is it set-up to do HPDE too?  

TC

I love that this car was cool to begin with, has a long autocross history, and is still relevant and competitive today.  If I was retired and had $$$, this would be my triple-threat Camaro project car. 

Tango68ss said:

Pat, is it set-up to do HPDE too?  

TC

I think anything can do an HPDE. I drove my 2003 Ford Lightning a couple times on Summit Point's Shenandoah Circuit* and my 2000 Lightning at the main circuit at Summit Point and VIR!

If I were to dedicate the Camaro for HPDEs, I would at least get more aggressive brake pads up front. It has Porterfield R4S (not R4) pads now. It has later "LS1" 4th-gen F-Body calipers and rotors (https://bigbrakeupgrade.com/product/ls1-complete-conversion-copy/) so it's much better than the single-piston calipers from when I autocrossed it in E Street Prepared.

Pat

* Funny story about the first time I drove the 2003 Lightning at an WDCR-SCCA HPDE on the Shenandoah. I was instructing and pulled into grid for the first session with all the other instructors, and the guy running grid freaked out. "What are you doing?! You can't drive a TRUCK out there!"