BLUPRINT_1LE Journal - 22' RB Track Car
 

- Built December/2021 add more details later.
- 1st 2022 Rapid Blue 1SS 1LE with PDR at Tim Lally Chevrolet
- 1st time ever driving a manual and ordering a manual car.
- delivered to Tim Lally Chevrolet in Warrensville, OH December 30th.
- picked up on January 4th, 2022 driven from Ohio to Michigan. 3Hr Drive, 226 Miles on the dash as (1/7/2022)

No need for a radar detector on this trip home, I was going to baby it and learn the fundamentals of a manual on the drive back. Talk about an expensive way to learn a manual. I had a friend with me who owns a Hyper Blue 1LE to guide me if I made mistakes along the way. My first camaro was a 2016 Camaro 2SS A8 which was intentionally used to cruise only until I met the Motor City Camaro Club and got swamped with car meets, track days, drags strip and everything changed since then. I've been hooked since Camarofest 2018! I tried to build it up to be a 1LE but decided let that dream go and buy one instead to prevent headaches and do things the right way since I enjoy road courses.

Long story short, I do YouTube part-time to showcase my build if you want to follow along there but I figured I want to document it here as well for something to fall back on and share on a site I spend quite a bit of time on. Let the games begin.

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congrats bro big thangs!

Thanks! I appreciate it!

wutcha gonna do with the old car keep or sell it?

That old car is long gone! I traded it back in October and got my wife the truck she always wanted.. so it’s a WIN/WIN for us both!

Congrats on the car and good for you taking on a manual. I must say, I find this to be one of the easiest manuals I’ve ever driven. This is especially true with rev match on. You’re gonna love it. It’ll make every drive more enjoyable.

Thanks I appreciate it! I believe there is some truth to that it’s the easiest manual because I didn’t have no problems driving it around the highway and back roads. My only issue now is not to continue stalling from a dead stop everytime…it will get easier over time. I’m just slowly counting the days down to spring

First time I drove my first stick shift car, I stalled it 3 times in the first 300 feet, so you've already done better than me :smiling1: At one point it's gonna "click" and you won't even think about it much anymore.

:smiling1: I stalled so many times in the dealership they just smiled in worry lol
I’m waiting for the day to come when it “clicks” and everything will be smooth sailing. The crazy part I did good reversing into my garage which I thought I would never get right lol.

Heh, that's awesome and a key part of the experience.

Clutch and gas pedal control while operating a shifter by hand is a fine motor coordination skill, and as such, the younger one is, the easier to master. I was already pretty, hm, mature when I learned to drive stick in driving school, took me a week to finally crank out smooth shifts, whereas 17-year olds did it in 3 hours (same or next practice session), oh well.

I was 17 when I learned in a 72hp 1980 Honda Accord. So yeah I can attest to that. Lol.

Wow I guess I’m starting late at 32. Better late than never I suppose LOL.

Just placed my order with DeadBrand Designs for my fuse box engine plaque! I like how he did the name which mimics the style of blueprint sketches. Engine output is classified because we all know it’s not going to stay stock forever:cool:

What an ol' geezer of a car, such a last year build already :sm0:

I quite like your classified output idea, though. My plaque has the stock 455 crank hp on it, which isn't really true anymore, but who wants to keep changing it each time. I've also toyed with the idea of asking for a dyno graph instead of the max hp/tq.