One of the greatest Camaro's you will ever see

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Pacfanweb

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Originally posted by: TechnoKid
Originally posted by: MichaelD
Originally posted by: TechnoKid
nice car.

i wish he woulda put in a dual tandem brake master cylinder setup.
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And what would be an advantage or positive attribute to such a setup?
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much better brake pedal modulation due to increased pedal feel, and, because the brake setup is dual master cylinders, you can adjust brake bias/balance on the fly (using an appropiate brake balance bar adjuster) between the front and rear versus a single master cylinder using a proportioning valve. No need for vacumm booster because of dual mster cylinders.

( i correct myself and should have dual master cylinders, not dual tandem)

Some more info on dual master cylinder setups
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1. There is no vacuum booster on that Camaro.
2. There is no need to adjust the brake bias once you've gotten it right.
3. All cars have a proportioning valve of some sort...just most aren't adjustable.
4. Summary: No need for dual masters on that car. They are helpful on engines with big cams that don't have enough vacuum to run a booster. A dual setup is nice, but not necessary on this Camaro.

Edited: spelling
 
K1052

K1052

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<---shrieks in horror (and envy) at the cost of all those fabricated parts.:Q
 
GasX

GasX

Lifer
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Until I see the word Yenko, I am not impressed...

edit: correction: The custom work is VERY impressive. I just don't care for 1000HP modified cars when the originals were so damn gorgeous...
 
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TechnoKid

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Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
Originally posted by: TechnoKid
Originally posted by: MichaelD
Originally posted by: TechnoKid
nice car.

i wish he woulda put in a dual tandem brake master cylinder setup.
Click to expand...

And what would be an advantage or positive attribute to such a setup?
Click to expand...

much better brake pedal modulation due to increased pedal feel, and, because the brake setup is dual master cylinders, you can adjust brake bias/balance on the fly (using an appropiate brake balance bar adjuster) between the front and rear versus a single master cylinder using a proportioning valve. No need for vacumm booster because of dual master cylinders.

( i correct myself and should have dual master cylinders, not dual tandem)

Some more info on dual master cylinder setups
Click to expand...
1. There is no vacuum booster on that Camaro.
2. There is no need to adjust the brake bias once you've gotten it right.
3. All cars have a proportioning valve of some sort...just most aren't adjustable.
4. Summary: No need for dual masters on that car. They are helpful on engines with big cams that don't have enough vacuum to run a booster. A dual setup is nice, but not necessary on this Camaro.

Edited: spelling
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I disagree with number 2. In car/remote balance bar adjustments on a dual master cylinder setup allow you as a driver to copmensate for changing track conditions, and the conditions of your brakes. If your brakes are cold, they are going to act differently then if they are warmed up. For street use, I suppose that once you get the adjustment right, there would be no need to a remote balance bar adjustment, but if it were a track car, you'd possibly have to adjust the balance for each track and its track/weather conditions. A dual master cylinder setup uses seperate master cylinders for the front and rear brake circuits, negating the use of a proportioning valve dividing the pressure from one master cylinder amongst the front and rear brake circuits. Dual setups also allow you to select the appropiate brake cylinder bore size to match the brake caliepr piston area/pressure requirements of the calipers, for each front and rear circuit. Often times you do not have the front and rear brakes the same size rotors or the same size piston caliper surface area.

The picture isn't that clear on the page, so i couldn't tell if it had a vacumm booster or not.

I'll agree with you, a dual setup would be nice, but not necessary on that particular camaro, unless it is heavily tracked (Road Atlanta, Willow Springs type of road racing), which it appears not to be setup for. I do notice a roll cage and racing buckets with appropiate harness.
 
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CFster

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I think the wheels look stupid on that car. All wrong.

A company called Wheel Vintiques makes OEM looking reproduction wheels in large sizes and custom offsets. Stick with the low profile tires, fine - but go with a Rallye style rim.

I'm also curious about the suspension. It says "reworked" front suspension but doesn't go into detail.

Those things would take a LOT of work to handle even remotely well. With that kind of power I'm sure you have to be paying attention...
 
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