60. Another SLC hits the streets

It seems like it’s customary for builders to put together a completion announcement and I haven’t done so yet. So … here’s mine!

SLC Chassis #269 is officially complete. You can read more about how I came to decide upon building an SLC in my very first post.

It seems like forever ago that my life changed so much. In the time since, I’ve had an incredible time working on two hugely fulfilling projects all while being at home by 5:30PM every night to spend time with my family and see my daughter grow up. Ellie has gotten to be quite the fire-cracker – she’s on the very steep part of the exponential slope for language and personality development and she keeps my wife and I on our toes!

I came across the SLC while watching a YouTube video and was intrigued. What followed next was months of obsessive searching for any and all information I could find on the car. I literally read every post in the SLC Clubhouse section of the GT40s site going back almost 10 years.

I had originally intended to build a “cookbook” SLC, keeping things as basic as possible. Along the way I wandered quite a bit and ended up with a fair number of customizations. Several options below will sound very similar to JBurer’s SLC (Allan’s #17 build). While fine tuning the configuration for this car John and I communicated frequently and shared our ideas for what our visions of an “ultimate street/canyon SLC” should be. When he or I disagreed with the other we would debate until we either agreed or agreed to disagree – we tended to agree more often than not.

Anyway, enough rambling – some details about the car as it stands today:

Configuration:

Orange gel coat, race tail
Type 3 hard anodized suspension
20″ rear / 19″ front Forgestar CF10 wheels in gunmetal gray
325/25/20 & 275/30/19 Michelin PSS tires
Carbon fiber center caps
Tilton pedal assembly
Brembo brake calipers powdercoated candy Orange
Dropped floor pan
Ramlift front lift kit
Street splitter w/optional tunnels
Revised door assembly for increased open angle
JMolleur roof tunnel
1-pc windows w/ceramic tint by RDA auto glass & tint

Powertrain:

LS376/525 crate motor tuned by Excelsior Motorsports
- 450rwhp on prohub dyno
Improved racing oil pan w/scraper & baffle kit
Dirty Dingo AC compressor mount
Graziano V8 transaxle w/OEM axle heat shields
Audi R8 clutch assembly
LS7 exhaust manifolds
Ed Hanson exhaust system w/Vibrant mufflers & Corsa exhaust tips
Cerakote coated exhaust system
Accusump 3-qt accumlator
Improved racing thermostat oil cooler adapter
Earl’s 25-row engine oil cooler

Interior:

RCR carbon fiber tub & roof panels
Tillet B5 carbon fiber/FRP seats
Schroth Profi-II 6-point harnesses
NRG quick release steering wheel hub adapter
Momo Eagle leather steering wheel (350mm)
Raceseng Slammer shift knob
Audi R8 gated shifter assembly
Customized dash painted w/Alsa soft touch
Door interior skins painted w/Alsa soft touch
Carbon fiber door trim & door cards
Carbon fiber shifter tunnel
Vintage air AC/heater system
More sound and heat blocker than imaginable!

Exterior:

RCR Carbon fiber rear wing w/CF end plates
RCR carbon fiber engine bay louvers
Carbon fiber hood, door, and roof accents
Carbon fiber rear intake scoop
APR carbon fiber GT3 mirrors
Fully ducted radiator discharge w/enlarged exit
Enlarged side intakes
Recontoured front and rear wheel wells
Full front and rear wheel well liners
IPCW smoked LED rear tail lights
LED center brake light
LED fog lights
Hella dual horns
Painted w/plastidip NiO green (for now)
- Covered body panels painted in black base coat / clear coat
- Underbody covered in U-Pol Raptor bedliner

Electronics:

Custom vehicle wiring harness / GM crate engine controller harness
Aim MXS Strada dash
Alpine iLX-107 stereo
Auto Vox X2 rear view mirror/monitor system
Blackvue 650s-truck dashcam system
Digital Guard Dawg iKey PKE system
Optima yellow top deep cycle battery
- Hidden battery cut-off within driver’s reach

I intended to build this car for street / canyon duty and so far it’s been fantastic. I have about 300 street miles thus far but I intend to pile on as many as I can – this will not be a show car/garage queen. Total build time was approximately 12 months / 2400 hours – of course, the car won’t ever be “finished”. John and I had a bet on when I would finish and I lost by about 1 year! Almost the entire build was solo but I had some key assistance/contributions from friends, especially my father-in-law Bob.

A few photos from a recent shakedown drive: