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RobBodle

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Thought you guys might be interested in our adventure. We are building a road race car for the trans am series. I will post some of the early pics and go from there.

We started with a 2k miles S550 GT Premium w. PP salvage car.
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Love threads like this. Nice work and keep the updates coming!
 

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Sub'd. This is so awesome...
 

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What motor/trans are you going to use? TA2 class? Keep the pictures and updates coming!
 

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Nice work! And you gotta love that Watson Cage.

Just out of curiosity, why not rock the WR decal on their cage?
 
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This is a production class car for Trans Am. Not a tube frame. Drivetrain is a 5.0L 2015 version Coyote engine. A TREMEC TR6060 trans. Torsen diff with 3:73 gears to start with.

We don't have any Watson signage because they keep forgetting to send it. I am told our package that UPS picked up today with one of our finishing pieces includes the Watson logos.

btw...if you follow me on instagram you will see more pics there as well.
 

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Just followed ya.

I look forward to seeing your results, and how the car compares to Steve's (Kent)

Keep up the good work!
 

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Steve's car will be....more than mine. They will be similar in most ways. Our goals are different. Our budgets are very different.

Of course, my car will be better looking. His will be faster.
 
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Here's a little context to the project.

I am based on the coast of NC. I was talked into racing by a magazine editor in 2007 when I came across one of the two STEEDA '95 Cobra R IMSA(what would be Continental) GS class race cars for sale. That also started a long relationship with STEEDA.

I raced NASA and regional SCCA with the Cobra R and then FR500C. We then moved to Trans Am with a new sponsor. http://www.caribbeanfooddelights.com/

They are great and the food spicy.

We had two great years in Trans Am with a fresh FR500C and decided to retire from racing. Then this S550 was presented and we changed our minds.

Stories on this car and its components are found in Cars & Parts Magazine.
Watson Racing has provided help with our chassis.
STEEDA is where we get most of our suspension gear. CorteX is where we went for dampers and set up.
The Driveshaft Shop here in NC is home for our halfshaft program.
The cage was installed at Grumpy's in Shakopee, MN and the finishing assembly by Rob Nowland in Annapolis, MD.
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