Camaro

	Stroker SS is a project that for me has been a long time coming. I bought the car when I was 15 with my paper route money (remember those?). The car has gone through a number of different designs and phases through high school, college and beyond. About 7 years ago when I finally decided to get serious I hooked up with Pete Bachand now of KRS (Kustom & Restoration Specialties) in Marlboro Massachusetts [508-281-6171]. Pete can make anything and his attention to detail is second to none. We spent a lot of time planning out this project to meet specific goals I had in mind. To the left is a rendering of the final design Pete & I came up with done by Carter Hickman. To have Carter create a top knotch rendering of your car click here.
The spec sheet on this car is enormous as 90% of the car is fabricated or altered in some way by Pete. I wanted it to have power, sound like a race car but be drivable. After much consideration about power vs. weight and the effects on handling I ended up with a small block Chevy 383 Stroker. With 502 hp and 495 ft. lbs. of torqe on the dyno (to see the dyno printouts click here) mated to a Tremec 6 spd I seem to found a nice balance of power without weighing down the front end. I choose not to go with fuel injection after much debate. My first experience was building cars with 4-barrels, I just can't get past past the sound so to keep the feelings I had when I first bought the car I stuck with one. The custom made '68 Z28 cold air intake and true equal lenth headers add to the package.
	The chassis and suspension were a focal point on this project. I wanted the muscle car look but the ride of a modern sports car. Too bad I could have finished this car 7 years ago - I might have had one of the first g-machines. The chassis is a full frame with a 6 point cage. There are no body mounts in this car it was all designed and built together including the hand fabricated floors rolled with a bead roller to give the factory appearance. A front clip from Chris Alston's Chassis Works with rack-n-pinion steering, tubular control arms, adjustible coil over shocks make up the front susp. Pete added 13" Corvette rotors and custome built caliper mounts for 6 piston Wilwood calipers. In the back the car has been mini-tubed to accomodate my 315/35 17s. The Global West rear springs handle the ride and keep the Currie narrowed heavy duty 9" w/ 3.89s and a Detroit Locker in line and on the ground.

Stroker SS is a project that for me has been a long time coming. I bought the car when I was 15 with my paper route money (remember those?). The car has gone through a number of different designs and phases through high school, college and beyond. About 7 years ago when I finally decided to get serious I hooked up with Pete Bachand now of KRS (Kustom & Restoration Specialties) in Marlboro Massachusetts [508-281-6171]. Pete can make anything and his attention to detail is second to none. We spent a lot of time planning out this project to meet specific goals I had in mind. To the left is a rendering of the final design Pete & I came up with done by Carter Hickman. To have Carter create a top knotch rendering of your car click here.

The spec sheet on this car is enormous as 90% of the car is fabricated or altered in some way by Pete. I wanted it to have power, sound like a race car but be drivable. After much consideration about power vs. weight and the effects on handling I ended up with a small block Chevy 383 Stroker. With 502 hp and 495 ft. lbs. of torqe on the dyno (to see the dyno printouts click here) mated to a Tremec 6 spd I seem to found a nice balance of power without weighing down the front end. I choose not to go with fuel injection after much debate. My first experience was building cars with 4-barrels, I just can't get past past the sound so to keep the feelings I had when I first bought the car I stuck with one. The custom made '68 Z28 cold air intake and true equal lenth headers add to the package.

The chassis and suspension were a focal point on this project. I wanted the muscle car look but the ride of a modern sports car. Too bad I could have finished this car 7 years ago - I might have had one of the first g-machines. The chassis is a full frame with a 6 point cage. There are no body mounts in this car it was all designed and built together including the hand fabricated floors rolled with a bead roller to give the factory appearance. A front clip from Chris Alston's Chassis Works with rack-n-pinion steering, tubular control arms, adjustible coil over shocks make up the front susp. Pete added 13" Corvette rotors and custome built caliper mounts for 6 piston Wilwood calipers. In the back the car has been mini-tubed to accomodate my 315/35 17s. The Global West rear springs handle the ride and keep the Currie narrowed heavy duty 9" w/ 3.89s and a Detroit Locker in line and on the ground.

It is official - I'm Famous. Alright -maybe not, but my Camaro is having another 30 days of fame as it graces page 24 of the June 2007 issue of Popular Hot Rodding Magazine in their"Under Construction " section. Click on the issue to the right to see the article.

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Last updated Friday 05/16/2007

It's first brush with stardome was on page 30 of the April issue of Hot Rod magazine. To see a copy of that article click on the issue to the right.

I just got back from the 2007 Hot Rod Power Tour and the Year One Chip Foose Braselton Bash. Had an unbelievable time at both. I have to give a special thanks to Kevin King, Mike King, James Hawes, Jeff, Keith, Sandy, Chad, Tony and the rest of the Year One boys. For no other reason than they actually care about their customers when the rear u-joint went and the exhaust broke on my car they loaded me up and hauled it the last couple of hundred miles to Georgia. Now that is customer service! For pictures of each event please click the logos below:

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