Playing with a '00 SS
 

Went out to meet my buddy who has a '00 SS Camaro with the 6 speed. We raced back to my house on some super windy backroads. 20-25mph corners and straights long enough to just top 100mph. I was able to gain a good lead through the corners and my exit speeds were fast enough that I was actually pulling on him in the straights as far as I can tell, too. It was nice to hear this come out of his mouth: "Your car is fast. I can't keep up in the windy parts."
Now I just need the blower to crush him in the straights, too. By the way, we have drag raced each other a little and I can beat him to 60 or 80 sometimes, but after that he walks me.

Sounds like you had some fun. Good Kill. Glad you could show them LS-1's some tail lights.
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Awesome!

BTW, how do you like your tubular K-member? I was thinking that might be my next mod, along with some swaybars. For the money it's gonna cost, though, I'd like to be sure I'll notice a dramatic difference? Does your car handle a ton better with the tubular Kmember in place? Thanks.

Stoplight: I love the k-member. Although I can't say exactly how much difference the k-member by itself made because I added the coilovers, Tokicos, Steeda front sway bar, caster/camber plates, and tubular arms all at the same time. What I can say is that my turn-in feels much quicker and easier than on my friend's '94 Cobra that had comparable spring rates and other suspension parts, but without the tubular k-member and arms. Basically, I haven't experienced any understeer whatsoever since I added this stuff. You wouldn't believe it's a Mustang the way it turns in. Recently I was also able to hang with a new Porsche Carrera that was hauling some serious butt on the twisties until my brakes overheated and I had to let it go.
I supposedly dropped about 90 lbs off the front with the k-member, arms, and the hollow aluminum sway bar. Helps to transfer the weight on the launches, too.

Sweet! Can I ask how much I should expect to pay for a complete Tubular K-member/a-arm, coilover kit? Also, did you do the install yourself, or have a shop do it? If a shop did, how much did they charge? Thanks for the help!

The price seems to vary quite a bit depending on who you get it from. The drag racing k-members tend to run alot cheaper and are lighter, but they are not as laterally stiff as those sold by Griggs racing, Kenny Brown, and Maximum Motorsports. I have a D&D Motorsports k-member (not the drag-only, the street/strip model) and arms because they were one of the few companies that made one for the newer cars at the time I bought it and I couldn't afford the Griggs setup at the time. I think I paid around $700 for the k-member, tubular arms, and coilover kit. Since my main aim with my car is to carve corners, in hindsight I would probably get one of the roadracing setups I mentioned above. Again, those are not as light as some of the others but are probably better for cornering loads and a bit more durable should you run into anything.
I bent my stock k-member in an accident when the car was fairly new, so all the labor was done by the body shop and paid for by insurance. I'll take a look at the final estimate when I get home this evening and see if I can make sense enough of the R&I labor to give you an idea of what it should cost if you were to have it done at a shop.

Cool, thanks, let me know.

Sounds like you had some fun!

I to am thinking of adding a k-member and a-arms but not for the handiling, for the weight reduction. How long have you had it all on? How has it all held up to road use. Thanks.

I've had the stuff on for about 10K miles. The roads are really rough around here and I have 350lb/in coilovers in the front. So far so good with the k-member. No rattling or noises from the cowl area, either.

Re: Playing with a '00 SS
 

It sounds like you have a sweet car!!!

Sounds about right with the drag race with the LS1. You need to talk with Mercury b/c he can take LS1's to 110mph.

Re: Re: Playing with a '00 SS
 

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With less mods than you too!