Bad Karma

Just bought it Friday; needs a little maintenance, but she's basically ready to roll.

Time to sell a bunch of old parts, a few pints of blood, and get myself ready for this next season.















A few more pictures here: http://s115.photobucket.com/user/mjk...4%20Race%20Car

StreetSpeed

Congrats. Where you gonna race this sucker?

Lou7787

I like the car. And I like your sell some blood attitude. Good Luck.

BrianCunningham

Love it

actually I think I've seen it

Bad Karma

She has an SCCA log book from years ago, so I have to research what's currently available (car was run before SCCA did their class overhaul a few years ago), which is likely GT2. I'm leaving the option open to running with NASA, which probably puts me into ST1, perhaps a detune of the engine and run on pump gas would get me in a lower class. But it seems NASA is redoing their power to weight structure a little too, so who knows what this next year will bring.

This year I just need to get the maintenance done, get all my equipment needed (including a trailer... anybody want to buy an 85 Vette?), and run track days and Time Trials with my local club (Midwestern Council) to get a feel for the car, and get as much seat time in her as I can. And if all goes as planned/hoped get my Comp License next year.


Thanks, you probably have, it's been on the forum at least once.

TRAKOUT

A lot of fun will be had with that beauty

LHZAWD

Looks good!
setup looks very familiar....

Have fun!

StreetSpeed

ST1? What's the power and weight on this sucker?

ratt_finkel

Awesome car! It has a great aero package on it already. Congrats on the purchase! What's the low down on all the fun parts?

Bad Karma

When freshly built/tuned on 110 octane peaked over 460 RWHP, and competition weight was at 3100 and that included some ballast.

Thanks, I'm excited.

All the aero are Performance AFX parts (makes sense since it was their car, haha)
383 LT4: forged internals with AFR heads
DFI Gen 7 running with Dual Sync Distributor (no opti)
AP Racing 6 piston w/ Performance AFX 2 piece front rotors.
Bilstein Coilovers & Z51 Sway bars
Poly bushings and heim joints throughout.
22 Gallon ATL fuel cell.
Running the ZF 6 speed through 3.73 gears
And a bunch of little stuff.

marc a

Congrats. Wish I still had mine.

Are those 18 x 10.5 C5Z06 wheels front and rear?

Bad Karma

No, it's 17's front and 18's rear.

Rob31

What do you need to get it on track ?

Bad Karma

Maintenance: fluids, hoses, brakes, etc.
Patch a hole in the header collector.
Replace windshield, small crack at the bottom.
Modify existing or fab new seat mounting, and swap belts.
Replace roll cage padding.
New tires
And the biggest expense, I still need to buy a trailer.

Hood is on the list to be replaced because the front corner is broken.

And of course a once over to clean and inspect for tech.

jcsperson

Congrats! Post some video when you get to the track.

ponycar

Beautiful car. Is it set up to run will stock C4 wheel bearings? I am sure the guys that track C4s can advise what to look for,and what to run. A fellow track rat has mentioned that the bearings were the part to keep an eye on with the C4s. Have a great season.

Bad Karma

Setup for stock wheel bearings, I wanted to look into the adapter to run C5 hubs, since I have a set of X-Trackers on my C5 that I could repurpose, but I don't know how to get my hands on those, haha.

There is always the Hoosier Performance rebuildable units.

And then there's the rear... don't know about the longevity on the rear.

mrc24x

Great looking car! Welcome to the dwindling C4 racer club.

eogel

Michael,

Welcome to the world of C4 racing!

Matt, glad to see you are still with us!

Ed

STANG KILLA SS

I got to hand it to you for sticking it out with the optispark. dedicated!