Be prepared, C-Prepared Autocross (1981 Camaro)

Some of you might remember me, some of you have forgotten me, most of you have probably never met me, but I've been here for a while.

I'm taking my former college ride/daily driver, and building it for SCCA autocross competition in C-Prepared.

A little history first. I bought the car back in 2000. Then it was a well option V6 car. Slower than dirt, but it had cool t-tops. I drove it like this for a while, making minor improvements. Eventually, I build a Vortec headed 350 for it and had some fun running around in it. After a few failed emissions tests it got parked and I kinda forgot about it. I started autocrossing (then my daily driver) and always wished I had a faster car to make a project out of. A good friend of mine then reminded me of that Camaro in my garage...

Here is a quick list of what I have and what is to come:

1981 Camaro, stripped down to bare shell
14pt S&W cage
16x14 and 16x12 wheels (14" wide rear radial slick, 12" wide front)
Kirkey Seats
Home-made subframe connectors
Fiberglass front clip, flares, hood, doors, and decklid
Lexan front and rear glass (no side glass)
SPC upper control arms
Howe lower control arms
Custom 3-Link rear suspension
Koni coilovers
Ford 9" Rear (upper 4.86 gears)
Custom front and rear (blade) sway bars
377ci SBC
Jerico WC4 4-speed

Plus probably a few other things I'm forgetting...

Back when I brought her home for the first time...




Then Pat and I put a new motor in...



Then Pat made some subframe connectors...



I dyno'd the motor...

 

Made some other changes...







Then I ripped the perfectly good motor out, and started the teardown...

Funny thing about this photo ^^^ The Camaro is mine, the Hyundai in the lower right is my first autocross car, and later on I sold the Hyundai and bought the SRT-4 in the driveway next door.

 

Playing with tire mockup...




Guess I'll need something to cover those....


Just some more work (a-pillar bars are getting cut out and custom ones will be bent)...


And just today, the car came back from blasting and priming...

 

And how could I resist throwing on some shiny bits...



What will it look like when I'm done?
Hopefully like this photoshop...


Thanks for looking! I'll have more pics as progress continues.

 

They are from Howe racing.

It's important to say - this stuff is "race stuff" and not for a street car. My car will see zero street miles, but you may be different.