{"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. Nearly 800 lbs of… Read More »1995 Camaro Turned into a Mid-engine Race Car with a Wood Body<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camaro"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2016-GRM-Challenge-mid-engine-1995-Camaro-Can-Am-01.jpg?fit=1066%2C800&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":132758,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=132758","url_meta":{"origin":12407,"position":0},"title":"1967 Camaro Powered by a 750 hp Mercury Racing DOHC 7.0L V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"June 5, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Roadster Shop built a special 1967 Camaro for owner Scott Rosenbach in 2019. 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