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First off, let me start of by saying that I feel lucky to have such a predicament.
As some may know, I have a 69 Camaro, 12 point cage, 468 BBC with somewhere around 700 hp, TH400, and soon to be installed Moser M9 with Detroit locker and 35 splines. I also put about $3500 into the fuel system last year, from tank to Dominator carb.
This car has been and always will be a street car first. It has full interior, stereo, and wipers, though I removed the heater years ago. I haven't been to the track since 2000, prior to the cage and current engine. Back then, I was hitting the track at least twice a month, but as I said, it was a street car first. About the only future mod at this point is the engine, which I had figured a short block 540 pushing around 800 hp.
Enter the problem child, or perhaps I should say, my delimna. With the recent purchase of my 68 Firebird, intended to be a designated drag car, what direction does that leave for my Camaro? The plan is to strip the Firebird of weight, hopefully down to 2700-2800 lbs, and run what we got for now...now likely being the 2015 season. Haha So, for the foreseeable future, my Camaro will remain the faster car, and combined with everythin I've done, closer to a true drag car.
I've always been the over the top, more power the better type of gearhead. It would hurt my pride a bit if I detuned my Camaro next engine. With all the supporting components in place, it would also feel a it wasted time and money to make it a more tame "cruiser."
We plan to get my Camaro to the track at least once this year, semi-regularly next season. In 2015, we could conceivably run two cars. Though when you consider one I bought for $500, and the other probably$30-$50k (who knows any more) invested in it, the smarter move would be simply race the Firebird...but then, what's the point of the 12 point cage in the Camaro? I love everything my Camaro is, have zero regrets about how I built her, I'm just confused as to where I go from here.
In addition, I also have my 89 Formula, now parked, awaiting restoration one day, which will remain an uncaged, more streetable, sub 500 hp cruiser. So I got that going for me.
So, what's the smart thing to do? Or, while maybe not the smart thing to do, what would YOU do?
As some may know, I have a 69 Camaro, 12 point cage, 468 BBC with somewhere around 700 hp, TH400, and soon to be installed Moser M9 with Detroit locker and 35 splines. I also put about $3500 into the fuel system last year, from tank to Dominator carb.
This car has been and always will be a street car first. It has full interior, stereo, and wipers, though I removed the heater years ago. I haven't been to the track since 2000, prior to the cage and current engine. Back then, I was hitting the track at least twice a month, but as I said, it was a street car first. About the only future mod at this point is the engine, which I had figured a short block 540 pushing around 800 hp.
Enter the problem child, or perhaps I should say, my delimna. With the recent purchase of my 68 Firebird, intended to be a designated drag car, what direction does that leave for my Camaro? The plan is to strip the Firebird of weight, hopefully down to 2700-2800 lbs, and run what we got for now...now likely being the 2015 season. Haha So, for the foreseeable future, my Camaro will remain the faster car, and combined with everythin I've done, closer to a true drag car.
I've always been the over the top, more power the better type of gearhead. It would hurt my pride a bit if I detuned my Camaro next engine. With all the supporting components in place, it would also feel a it wasted time and money to make it a more tame "cruiser."
We plan to get my Camaro to the track at least once this year, semi-regularly next season. In 2015, we could conceivably run two cars. Though when you consider one I bought for $500, and the other probably$30-$50k (who knows any more) invested in it, the smarter move would be simply race the Firebird...but then, what's the point of the 12 point cage in the Camaro? I love everything my Camaro is, have zero regrets about how I built her, I'm just confused as to where I go from here.
In addition, I also have my 89 Formula, now parked, awaiting restoration one day, which will remain an uncaged, more streetable, sub 500 hp cruiser. So I got that going for me.
So, what's the smart thing to do? Or, while maybe not the smart thing to do, what would YOU do?
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