{"id":594,"date":"2016-10-03T12:21:09","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T12:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/howtokauai.com\/?p=594"},"modified":"2025-01-21T17:59:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T17:59:52","slug":"not-your-dads-camaro-miros-1970-z28-is-built-for-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howtokauai.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/03\/not-your-dads-camaro-miros-1970-z28-is-built-for-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Your Dad\u2019s Camaro: Miro\u2019s 1970 z28 Is Built For War"},"content":{"rendered":"

My first encounter with Miro\u2019s Camaro was unfinished, cut up, and aired out sitting inside\u00a0Cyrious Garageworks<\/a>, and even in that very unfinished state it was\u00a0obvious something incredible was in the works.<\/p>\n

Just over a week ago I had my most recent encounter with\u00a0the car, and that\u2019s when it dawned on me that it\u2019s highly unlikely any other car on the street today embodies the mantra that stance is everything better than the 1970 Z28 now known as World War Z<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Without taking anything away from the build, if this car didn\u2019t sit the way it does it could be considered by critics\u00a0to be \u201cjust another\u201d LS V8 swapped Camaro.<\/p>\n

The low ride height, header laying\u00a0park height, custom flares, and wide wheels wrapped in equally wide rubber, are what make this car instantly\u00a0recognizable and at the same time so polarizing.<\/p>\n

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\"cyrious-garage-world-war-z-camaro-32-dn\"<\/a>Like his Charger<\/a> (which is currently setting the internet ablaze) this car\u2019s stance splits the jury, those who like it\u00a0really like it, while those that don\u2019t can hardly contain their negative comments.<\/p>\n

Miro has received his fair share of criticism aimed at World War Z, much of it from fellow second gen Camaro owners who won\u2019t accept anything that isn\u2019t on Weld wheels, tubbed, and trimmed headliner\u00a0to floor in tweed.<\/p>\n

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Miro doesn\u2019t believe in playing things safe or conservative, so when it came time to rebuild his Camaro\u00a0he damn sure wasn\u2019t going to follow a formula popularized decades ago.<\/p>\n

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No, I\u2019m not trying to paint all Camaro owners with the same thick brush.<\/p>\n

I acknowledge that there have been some significant second generation Camros built before Miro\u2019s, however few, if any, have combined the best elements of show, drag, pro street, and pro touring as flawlessly as World War Z and more importantly without compromise.<\/p>\n

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Well\u2026 admittedly there is some<\/em> compromise in this car but not at the sake of build quality, performance, or handling. No, the compromise only comes when you try to put over 800 wheel horsepower to the ground on street rubber.<\/p>\n

At this point the massive\u00a0Nitto tires wave the white flag and concede to defeat going up in a cloud of rubber filled smoke.<\/p>\n

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\"cyrious-garage-world-war-z-camaro-30-dn\"<\/a>From outside watching World War Z squat ever so slightly before taking off sideways towards the horizon is, in a word, intimidating.<\/p>\n

The Flowmaster race\u00a0mufflers\u00a0do their best to reduce\u00a0the noise, but when the hammer is down people can\u2019t help but react, some with an enthusiastic thumbs up while others literally jump at the sound.<\/p>\n

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In contrast the experience inside the car is\u00a0surprisingly civilized, and while the speedometer climbs quickly the driver and passenger can actually have a comfortable conversation, albeit slightly louder than you usually would.<\/p>\n

The downright serene environment inside the car is no accident and is a direct result of the aforementioned no compromise approach Oakville Ontario\u2019s Cyrious Garageworks took when building this car.<\/p>\n

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At the direction of Miro \u2013who\u2019s non negotiables\u00a0were as wide as possible, as low as possible and as fast as possible\u2013\u00a0the Cyrious Garageworks crew cut no corners (metal however wasn\u2019t as safe) when building this car.<\/p>\n

Riding shotgun I was able to observe that the car maintains its composure under hard cornering, and hard acceleration while providing a ride that doesn\u2019t rattle fillings out of your teeth, and with moderate supervision it goes exactly where you point it when you have your foot in it.<\/p>\n

\"cyrious-garage-world-war-z-camaro-11\"<\/a>The car\u2019s capability under a myriad of situations, while riding low enough that the headers wear battle scars, is a result of the height sensor controlled Ridetech<\/a> Shockwave Stage 2 suspension complimented by an assortment of Hotchkis<\/a> accessories.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure the guys at Cyrious, who have a long history of Motorsports involvement, also threw some trade secret alignment tricks at the car when it was up on the rack.<\/p>\n

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Given its aggressive exterior one could easily imagine World War Z with a fairly spartan interior, but a refined ride deserves a refined interior and the fit and finish of this Camaro\u2019s living quarters are\u00a0far beyond what Chevrolet engineers originally shipped the car with.<\/p>\n

Aside from the bead rolled aluminum used for the door skins the interior is entirely alcantara and leather, including a\u00a0custom made center console that houses an iPad serving as the source unit for a fairly hidden contemporary in-car entertainment system.<\/p>\n

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The high-tech additions don\u2019t stop with the audio, the analog gauge cluster has been binned and replaced with a Racepak IQ3 dashpack.<\/p>\n

A significant amount of Dynmatt runs through the car keeping the road noise at the minimum, and the only real evidence that you\u2019re in a car from the 70s is found when you open or close the door which takes a firm hand.<\/p>\n

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As already mentioned the motor in the car is an LS but it\u2019s no truck motor. The potent 6.2 litre superchaged LSA is backed up by a Tremac T56 \u2018Tranizilla\u2019 six speed transmission and Auburn posi equipped center section\u00a0flanked by Strange 31 spline axles.<\/p>\n

When swapping the motor Cyrious Garage took care to position it for not only the best ground and hood clearances, but ideal over all weight balance front to rear.<\/p>\n

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The motor was a tight squeeze, which meant a couple of components ended up a little snug under the hood, but it wasn\u2019t anything the team couldn\u2019t handle even when tasked to work around carbon fiber inner fenders.<\/p>\n

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No you\u2019re eyes don\u2019t deceive you that is nitrous plumbing, a blown LS wasn\u2019t quite<\/em> enough for Miro who went down to The Racer\u2019s Edge and asked Harry for half of the Brian O\u2019Conner\u00a0special.<\/p>\n

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All said and done the car as been dyno tuned at\u00a0826whp, which equates to a 10.3 second quarter-mile at 135 miles an hour, for those of you who judge a car by its most recent time slip.<\/p>\n

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A ten second quarter-mile also justifies the cage Cyrious Garage managed to tuck up inside the car almost completely out of sight, save for the dimple die garnishes they wanted you to see.<\/p>\n

\"cyrious-garage-world-war-z-camaro-28\"<\/a>If there\u2019s any part of this car that goes unnoticed\u00a0it\u2019s the small details Cyrious has inserted throughout.<\/p>\n

The blame for people missing the little hidden embellishments\u00a0falls on the the huge\u00a019\u00a0by 12.5 and 19 by 13.5 RSV Forged<\/a>\u00a0that make a\u00a0powerful\u00a0statement sitting under the Cyrious Garageworks constructed flares.<\/p>\n

The specs of these wheels, which are wrapped in 295\/30 and 325\/25 tires required a lot of \u201csacrilegious\u201d cutting but I\u2019m happy to the report that at ride height, or park height, the car looks sorted.<\/p>\n

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Refinished by 242\u00a0Customs<\/a> World War Z now wears a unique shade of blue that\u00a0changes ever so slightly under different temperatures of light.<\/p>\n

Paint and flares are not the only body modifications to be found on this Camaro, the car sports custom carbon fiber bumpers front and rear along with a custom air dam and ZL1 style rear spoiler extension affixed with the same wheel hardware that holds together the RSV wheels.<\/p>\n

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\"cyrious-garage-world-war-z-camaro-26\"<\/a>Quite naturally this car turns a lot of heads, and to date I\u2019ve never shot a car that had more people wander over to take a look, or take a snapshot of their own.<\/p>\n

\"cyrious-garage-world-war-z-camaro-42\"<\/a>Miro is of course always happy to talk about the car, even to those that don\u2019t like it, because it is exactly<\/em> the car he wanted and when push comes to shove quite frankly this isn\u2019t a car you want to shove.<\/p>\n

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With his Charger on deck, and a Mustang to follow its safe to say Miro and Cyrious Garageworks are not quite done flipping the muscle car scene on its head and personally I can\u2019t wait to see the results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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