Historic Trans Am Tuning/Racing

[killerjimbag]

Hello Tuners.
I was surfing the web and came across this site.

http://www.historictransam.com/racephotos/2013Monterey-1.html

I know there is a bunch of us old gear heads, that probably, "vaguely" remember this.
What I'm asking is, if anyone would be interested in tuning some of these cars at 550 PP SS tires etc. Help would be appreciated with setting up weight restrictions and other variances.
Most of the cars are in the game except, the Javelin.
We could also add the Nova, El Camino, Pozzi, Trans Cammer, and others.
Just a thought,I know FITT did an old muscle car shoot out so there should be some tunes in there.
If anyone is interested in this please add your thoughts or PM me.
I would love to get some of us in a room and do some real racing together.

 

[DolHaus]

I'll throw my Nova tune up soon, I did it ages ago so I just need to give it quick polish so its at its very best

 

[killerjimbag]

I'll throw my Nova tune up soon, I did it ages ago so I just need to give it quick polish so its at its very best

Just trying to figure out what PP and weight it the cars should run at?

 

[DolHaus]

Just use the same rules as the FITT contest, they worked pretty well and gave a fairly close field. It had to be split into 2 groups because some cars of the era were about 4 seconds faster, can't remember which ones off the top of my head

 

[killerjimbag]

Just use the same rules as the FITT contest, they worked pretty well and gave a fairly close field. It had to be split into 2 groups because some cars of the era were about 4 seconds faster, can't remember which ones off the top of my head

Well I think a bunch of us should get out and do some online racing 1 night.
Break it into the slow's and the pro's!
LOL

 

[DolHaus]

Well I think a bunch of us should get out and do some online racing 1 night.
Break it into the slow's and the pro's!
LOL

My internet isn't great so I can't promise to make it to the race, but I can always try, sounds like fun

 

[DolHaus]

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/thre...-newdriver2-and-motor-city-hami.296396/page-2
Thats the FITT contest, you can see which different cars fit in the different classes. There was a really big gap between the muscle and the super muscle group so I wouldn't recommend running them in the same race

 

[killerjimbag]

Well we could let the big boys be out front,slower guys to the back. Pretty simple, they do pit lap, slower guys don't.

 

[DolHaus]

Well we could let the big boys be out front,slower guys to the back. Pretty simple, they do pit lap, slower guys don't.

That is a decent solution, good thinking

 

[ImToLegitToQuit]

I'd definitely be down for this. as for car classes, I tried to get a multi class series going where you would have 4500pp and 600pp cars racing at the same time. 2nd race would change cars for each driver.

So for this you might have the slower muscle cars running basically factory power + oil change and just adjust the weight to make it even. Then for the cars that were naturally faster, add power enough to be about 100pp higher than the other class.

In the example above we just made the race enough laps to hit lap traffic about 4 times for the leader. It was incredibly fun while practicing and figuring out what cars to use. I could just never get enough people on board. It also worked out because you had two classes and could group drivers based on a qualifying time. guys above Xlaptime in the slower group and guys below Xlaptime in the faster group.

It made for great strategic racing because lap traffic could make or break a lead. Also, with about 20 laps you had to pit as well.

Regardless of how it's put together, I'm in lol.

 

[killerjimbag]

Well I'm trying to figure out all the cars, some are heavier than others and more power.Any help would be appreciated.

 

[killerjimbag]

Car List Links,all I could think of, off the top of the old noggin.

Nova : http://www.kudosprime.com/gt6/car_sheet.php?id=1038
El Camino : http://www.kudosprime.com/gt6/car_sheet.php?id=1033
AAR Cuda : http://www.kudosprime.com/gt6/car_sheet.php?id=1118
Firebird TA : http://www.kudosprime.com/gt6/car_sheet.php?id=1123
Pozzi Camaro : http://www.kudosprime.com/gt6/car_sheet.php?id=1127
Shelby GT 350 : http://www.kudosprime.com/gt6/car_sheet.php?id=1133
Stielow Camaro: http://www.kudosprime.com/gt6/car_sheet.php?id=1153
Camaro SS 69 : http://www.kudosprime.com/gt6/car_sheet.php?id=1031
Camaro Z28 69 race : http://www.kudosprime.com/gt6/car_sheet.php?id=1048
Camaro Z28 69 : http://www.kudosprime.com/gt6/car_sheet.php?id=1032
Dodge Challenger RT 70: http://www.kudosprime.com/gt6/car_sheet.php?id=1071
Dodge Challenger RT race: http://www.kudosprime.com/gt6/car_sheet.php?id=1072
Mustang 71: http://www.kudosprime.com/gt6/car_sheet.php?id=1085
70 Trans Cammer: http://www.kudosprime.com/gt6/car_sheet.php?id=1103
71 Cuda 440 6 Pack: http://www.kudosprime.com/gt6/car_sheet.php?id=1119
Cougar XR7: http://www.kudosprime.com/gt6/car_sheet.php?id=1115
Pontiac GTO: http://www.kudosprime.com/gt6/car_sheet.php?id=1125
63 Vette: http://www.kudosprime.com/gt6/car_sheet.php?id=1029
63 Vette Anniversary: http://www.kudosprime.com/gt6/car_sheet.php?id=1164
69 Vette C3: http://www.kudosprime.com/gt6/car_sheet.php?id=1034
69 Vette L46: http://www.kudosprime.com/gt6/car_sheet.php?id=1036
63 Z06 race: http://www.kudosprime.com/gt6/car_sheet.php?id=1051
Art Morrison:http://www.kudosprime.com/gt6/car_sheet.php?id=1018

I threw the Firebird and the Mustang in also.

 

[ImToLegitToQuit]

i just got back in from out of town. If you want, I can go over the list and come up with two classes as a starting point.

 

[Camaro69427]

If this happens I am soooo in!
I've just emailed them at HTA about sending me the original rules and regs for cars in the original TransAm races. So, if they agree and send them, we can create custom TransAm cars based on the original restrictions.