Camaro Rolling Chassis

[George Lyons]

Please note the car is delivered with the factory flat hood, not the raised COPO hood needed for either blower or N/A intake clearance. Hood is available thru the COPO Parts Direct source listed in the build book.

[MLP]

$55,000 for a roller? What the hell?!?! You could buy a regular turn key, full dress 2013 v-6 in whatever color you want for $22,000. This is insanity.

[Ian Hill]

Originally Posted by MLP

$55,000 for a roller? What the hell?!?! You could buy a regular turn key, full dress 2013 v-6 in whatever color you want for $22,000. This is insanity.

...and just think, get your local chassis guy to put a 6 point bar in ($750-1000), get said chassis guy to add supports and stifeners to the rear suspension area ($500), add a mosier bolt in diff ($2000-3000), add some autogauge gauges a used quarter stick from a swap meet and while your there you could pick up a used Jaz plastic seat fro the drivers side and a cheap knock off for the passenger side (hopefully both with the same colour covers...oh they didn't come with covers, well then thats extra!), We'll need some brakes and braid flex lines (i've forgotten to add this up, lets add an other $500 to this point, cause i am probabley forgetting somethinng) A used 2sp and a 450hp 350 from the late 1960's should run you about $4500 to 5000. Add a tranny cooler and a fuel system ($300, cause you bought a used holley blue, reguator, a used b/m cooler and a holley blue rebuild kit). Add it up - approximately $30,000. FOR WHAT? to go 12.50's if your lucky, you will be hard pressed to run the minimum, oh wait you cant even race class, cause you dont own the proper carb and heads. while i am at it i forgot to buy headers, you probably could get a set from the swap meet...in about 15 more years.

This is not the first post where someone was bitching about the price of these new cars. add it up, seriously add it up. the new cars are the cheapest way to go fast, not only fast et, but fast compared to the indexes. You complainers are forgetting the (60's)copo's, the nickey's, the yenkos, shelby's (fill in your favorite here...) , by the time the high end cars of the 60's hit the track they were way more expensive than the high performance version of the same car being offered from the show room floor, and priced more than double than the regular economy model of the same breed.....kinda like whats happening today.

i am 40 years old, i wasn't even alive in the 60's. Man, the complainers do nothing but piss me off. It is simple, don't try to putt AAA on your windshield, try to run the minimum, HAVE FUN, and stop bitching...the only thing i am seeing from your bitching (and i mean all the whiners) is that you are not racing in the class you wish you were.

I got an idea....lets have a poll! everyone that is all whiny and bitching stand up.....and leave AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

ok, i am better now.

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Ian

[MLP]

Originally Posted by Ian Hill

...and just think, get your local chassis guy to put a 6 point bar in ($750-1000), get said chassis guy to add supports and stifeners to the rear suspension area ($500), add a mosier bolt in diff ($2000-3000), add some autogauge gauges a used quarter stick from a swap meet and while your there you could pick up a used Jaz plastic seat fro the drivers side and a cheap knock off for the passenger side (hopefully both with the same colour covers...oh they didn't come with covers, well then thats extra!), We'll need some brakes and braid flex lines (i've forgotten to add this up, lets add an other $500 to this point, cause i am probabley forgetting somethinng) A used 2sp and a 450hp 350 from the late 1960's should run you about $4500 to 5000. Add a tranny cooler and a fuel system ($300, cause you bought a used holley blue, reguator, a used b/m cooler and a holley blue rebuild kit). Add it up - approximately $30,000. FOR WHAT? to go 12.50's if your lucky, you will be hard pressed to run the minimum, oh wait you cant even race class, cause you dont own the proper carb and heads. while i am at it i forgot to buy headers, you probably could get a set from the swap meet...in about 15 more years.

This is not the first post where someone was bitching about the price of these new cars. add it up, seriously add it up. the new cars are the cheapest way to go fast, not only fast et, but fast compared to the indexes. You complainers are forgetting the (60's)copo's, the nickey's, the yenkos, shelby's (fill in your favorite here...) , by the time the high end cars of the 60's hit the track they were way more expensive than the high performance version of the same car being offered from the show room floor, and priced more than double than the regular economy model of the same breed.....kinda like whats happening today.

i am 40 years old, i wasn't even alive in the 60's. Man, the complainers do nothing but piss me off. It is simple, don't try to putt AAA on your windshield, try to run the minimum, HAVE FUN, and stop bitching...the only thing i am seeing from your bitching (and i mean all the whiners) is that you are not racing in the class you wish you were.

I got an idea....lets have a poll! everyone that is all whiny and bitching stand up.....and leave AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

ok, i am better now.

Next


Ian

Way to take something completely out of context and kneejerk react to it because you have no reading comprehension skills.. Who said anything about wanting to build a 12.50 bracket car? My point was (and you would have realised this if you had a clue) that $55,000 for a roller without the COPO hood, COPO engine, trans, rearend, shifter, wiring harness, engine computer and whatever else isn't there seems to me to be excessive and unwarranted. What makes a BIW that doesn't have any COPO parts in it worth that money?

As far as bitching and whining, the irony of you bitching and whining about my post makes me chuckle This is a website where we discuss cars and racing, and if someone having a different opinion than yourself offends you I'm sorry but that's life on the internet. I'm certainly not concerned or "whining" as I'd never even consider purchasing or racing a GM product, just wondering what makes this BIW worth the money. I've never said the COPO's, DragPac's and SCJ's weren't worth the money, those are your words not mine. I'm fully aware of what it costs to build competitive fast class cars, I'm in the middle of building a natural CC/S car with a Hemi, so your assumption that I don't understand the cost to build a fast car is, like the rest of your assumptions wrong. Next....

[Mike Gray]

Originally Posted by MLP

$55,000 for a roller? What the hell?!?! You could buy a regular turn key, full dress 2013 v-6 in whatever color you want for $22,000. This is insanity.

You could also sell off the parts not needed lowering your investment, not to mention the fact you have a car with a VIN# that you don't get with a copo

[Ian Hill]

ya, i was going to say that, but i figured that part of the invest would offset a good carb and stocker built tranny! LOL.

Ian

[H Hoover]

Those prices do seem crazy. If you added it all up buying the car in pieces would cost $150K. Plus you have the pleasure of breaking your balls putting it together.

[BPotts]

"Each specially numbered chassis is assembled by hand at the same facility that constructs Chevrolet’s COPO Camaro production race cars." This line in the second paragraph makes it sound like MPR has worked on these cars.

On the upper right under the picture is says "Chevrolet Performance's new Camaro drag-race rolling chassis is an assembled race car foundation, including an NHRA-approved roll cage"

Does anyone know what MPR charges for a roller?

[MLP]

In all fairness, I think it's great that GM is making these cars/rollers available and it's a chance at buying a very rare car. I just feel buying a complete COPO is a much better deal then buying the roller IMO. Either way I wish all that are buying them good luck and hope to see a lot of them at the track.

[joelster]

In all seriousness, how much would a reputable shop charge to take a brand-new Camaro and install an 8.50 certified cage in it, complete with a fully functional interior? ie: no butchering of the interior.