Clean and crisp, the Fesler flush-mount glass and deleted drip rails complement the smoothed yet pumped front-end treatment for a stout pro tourer finish. It was deemed to be simpler to replace the beaver and quarter panels rather than fix the previous butcher job. Yet the flow-on effect can never be escaped, as the aftermarket items — born from different factories — generated a new set of problems. The Weavers team had to mould the separate pieces to fit the bill, while at the same time adding the required enhancements.
Speaking of enhancements, this year-old Camaro has been utterly transformed thanks to clean lines via shaved drip rails, deleted window moulds, flush glass and door handles. Lower down, the guards now flow with the sills to sharpen the look while retaining the factory lines. At the rear, the bumper is recessed in tight, almost incorporated into the panels, while above, the now three-piece alloy boot wing sits like a factory item.
The 18in Hydros are aptly part of the Billet Specialties Pro Touring Series and offer enough width to hug the blacktop along with ample height to engulf the Wilwood discs and calipers. The grey and polished finish breaks up the white backdrop nicely. Poor paint choice can easily ruin a customised ride, yet Mark and Denise were on point with the crisp, icy Glasurit white, which stands apart from the factory GM options without distracting from the ample modifications.
The finish is both classy and tough, paired with a contrasting grey, colour-matched from the Billet Specialties rims. The word was out. Power and capability kept growing, lap times shrinking. That blue-ribbon goal is not for the backyard mechanic on a Pabst budget.
Farm it out, and Gurjack figures a good hours of labor. These were throwaway cars, often disposed of by rust, abuse, or the first telephone pole a teenager could wrap one around. Stielow just likes white cars. Obviously, the standard horses were not enough. Accordingly, the dry-sump V-8 makes hp today, en route to A Tremec six-speed manual, modified to withstand lb-ft of torque, connects to a carbon-fiber driveshaft another Stielow first and a 9-inch Ford rear axle.
Detroit Speed supplied the hydroformed chassis subframes and the quad-link rear suspension, as well as the rack-and-pinion steering that replaced a recirculating-ball unit whose basic design dates to in GM cars. Adjustable QA1 coil-overs replace equally antiquated rear leaf springs.
A bespoke carbon-fiber hood makes room for the tall engine while maintaining the factory hoodline, but adds heat-extracting louvers. It sounds like a hibernating bear that dreams someone will poke it so it can bite their arm off. Power, suspension, steering: check. But how about aero, downforce, stability? It sounds like a hibernating bear that dreams someone will poke it, so it can bite their arm off. Unlike many peers, Stielow has built precious few cars for customers, though five of his builds reside in a vast muscle-car collection in Des Moines.
True believers call this sect of the car faith Pro Touring PT. On the sacred tree of motoring, the PT branch thrives several limbs up from hot rods and a couple over from restomods. The essential ingredients are outrageous power, 1. When the red devil's throttle is down, the din inside rattles wax from your ears. The Red Devil is No. His 7. A Tremec six-speed transmission sends an estimated horsepower back to a 3. The surprise is how calmly the Red Devil behaves.
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