Cam's Superlite SLC

I’ll admit it – I’m struggling.  I’m experiencing some kind of “builder’s fatigue”.  For the past month or so now I’ve been doing nothing but bodywork – and it just doesn’t seem like I’ve been making all that much progress. Typically, I have a rough idea of what I want to do over the next…

As if I haven’t already talked enough about carbon and my obsession with it, here’s another post dedicated to the subject (it’s basically what I’ve been working on for the past 2 weeks). Carbon.  It’s #6 on the Periodic Table of Elements.  It adorns in the form of diamonds and in patches of woven strands of…

If you’re building an SLC and you’ve opted to go with the race tail one of the more popular modifications is to add a fresh air scoop at the back of the car to feed your air filter.  Placing the air filter right below a center-mounted scoop is especially popular for those running LS based…

The tub is the master key to the body fitting puzzle.  It sets how the spider sits relative to the chassis, which sets where the front and rear clams are positioned.  Way back, I had positioned my bodywork relative to the chassis by shifting it forwards and back until I was able to achieve the…

Sometimes it seems like it’s one step forward, two steps back with this project (Okay, a LOT of times).  As I’m approaching the last few turns and headed for the finish line, it’s time to start closing out the interior.  Most everything is at 80-90% now and I’ve mounted just about everything that needs to…

Now that the front and rear clams were in decent shape it’s time to turn my attention to the center spider – I’ve always wondered why the center body piece is called the spider.  Anyway, it seems like it’s been forever since I started working on fiberglassing and there’s still so much more to go…

It’s not enough to just make the radiator exit bigger – air management under the front clam is of critical importance if you want to manage engine and passenger compartment heat. If radiator discharge air is allowed to flow freely out it will then crash into the components in the radiator box, heat up the…

I was on a real roll over December and January with my progress and posts.  I haven’t had much time for the car or posting lately; several work trips and a family vacation have made it difficult for me to stay on track.  However, I have been making progress when time permits. With most of…

After a pretty awesome time go-karting around the neighborhood (and not jumping a curb), we had put the SLC under covers until it was time to bring it down to Hanson’s for exhaust work.  Wouldn’t you know it?  We’ve been having a crazy terrible drought this year and it seemed today was the day for…

The time is nigh!  It’s about time to get really brave and give the car its first road test.  It’s in Go-kart stage which basically means it’s mechanically (almost) complete without any real interior or bodywork. Here’s a short video of my cheesy 5ft drive.  Yep.  I stalled it. First drive I needed to prep…

That’s what you might be asking yourself if you just money shifted your brand new transaxle – something fairly easy to do if you’ve got a Graziano transaxle (I do) and the factory supplied shifter (I do). From Urban Dictionary: Usually only happens in a car with a manual transmission – A money shift is an accidental, far too…

In an earlier post I said sometimes buying a new tool is as exciting as working on this car – and so it is with the new BendPak HD-9 lift.  Our garage is a narrow 2-car garage.  I wasn’t about to park either my SLC or daily driver outside – and no way was my…