{"id":12407,"date":"2016-12-19T07:15:06","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T12:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=12407"},"modified":"2016-12-19T01:00:11","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T06:00:11","slug":"camaro-turns-into-a-mid-engine-can-am-with-a-wooden-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=12407","title":{"rendered":"1995 Camaro Turned into a Mid-engine Race Car with a Wood Body"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Team T-Bone entered a 1995 Camaro Z-28 with a Gran Turismo theme for the Grassroots Motorsports $2015 Challenge but for the $2016 Challenge they decided to turn their muscle car into a mid-engine open-top race car<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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The team started by cutting the entire body off the Camaro all down to floorboards. Nearly 800 lbs of metal was removed from the coupe. <\/p>\n

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Then the 350 ci LT1 V8 and 4L60E four-speed automatic transmission was pushed back until the end of the transmission connected into the rear end. The new engine placement puts it right between the factory seat locations.<\/p>\n

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The driver’s seat location was moved forward where the factory firewall used to be and the pedals are located near the radiator support. <\/p>\n

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Finishing off the unique project was a body inspired by the Porsche 917\/10 Can-Am made from 2.5 mm plywood. It weighed about 130 lbs and was painted in the same Porsche Can-Am livery.<\/p>\n

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Thanks to the project’s 2,200 lb weight it scored a 5th place in drag racing (13.073 sec) and 4th place in autocross (39.394 sec). And its very creative design and theme gave it a 1st in Concours with 24.16667 pts. All combined the project finish 2nd overall. <\/p>\n

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Source: Grassroots Motorsports<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Team T-Bone entered a 1995 Camaro Z-28 with a Gran Turismo theme for the Grassroots Motorsports $2015 Challenge but for the $2016 Challenge they decided to turn their muscle car into a mid-engine open-top race car. The team started by cutting the entire body off the Camaro all down to floorboards. 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