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Old 11-12-2006, 06:52 PM
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Plans are to finish what I started last winter! Heads, rearend, rear suspension, cam, tranny, intake, TB, waterpump, wheels and new paint.
Old 11-12-2006, 07:20 PM
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Hopefully start the 408" build.... up the hit.....get some weight out of the car, and call it DONE(finished.... no more..... stop it)by next Spring-

EDIT* My bad... it will NEVER be "done"
Old 11-13-2006, 11:25 AM
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Wink Yeah right <roll eyes>

Originally Posted by SLowETz
Hopefully start the 408" build.... up the hit.....get some weight out of the car, and call it DONE(finished.... no more..... stop it)by next Spring-

EDIT* My bad... it will NEVER be "done"
Damn, I was about to say..........
I'll probably find you in the ditch one day, alone & broke.. But with one helluva beast machine!
Old 11-13-2006, 11:39 AM
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Cage, rear end, rims tires, Nitrous, and finish all the little stuff. Get ready for some racing next summer. I only went to watch at the track once this summer. Looking at a year and a half in my build. Not too bad I guess.
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Dang guys I cant be left out here. I still have to get my 2000 Z28 ready. Get the 9 inch installed, get the complete UMI tube suspension installed, get the cage put in, new 325/50/15 MT radials, get the Nasty N8 fuel system in, and alst but not least get the 6.0L manifold turbo setup fabbed up and put on. I may even swap out the Century 4L60E and put a TH400 in the car with a T-brake. Oh yeah I gotta get my shop opened and in order. I have way to much to do...
Old 11-13-2006, 11:55 AM
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I wanna swap some 3.73's and a lw steel spool in my 12 bolt, get at least a 6 pt bar in my car, mount up a set of kirkey seats and get the 5 pt harness in, try to get some more weight out of it, find another set of welded r/t bogarts for the back and screw a set of 28x10 et drags on so I can 60 foot like I should, and buy a trailer. Gotta pave my driveway too, and get the elec. out to my garage... if all that goes well, maybe some nitrous will find it's way in the car too... maybe.
Old 11-13-2006, 12:32 PM
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Finishing my project that has taken WAY too long! 355 LT1 in my 94 TA backed by a th350. Gotta finish up the suspension, get some saftey goodies, get it tuned, get it painted and then get some NA passes in FEB and start racing next year and then add nitrous in the fall. Nothin too extravigant, pics later.

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Old 11-13-2006, 04:49 PM
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I'll hopefully strip and paint mine. It's been a racecar from day one, it was stolen out of the car lot and since the title got messed up someone just made it into a racecar. I don't think it's been stripped of paint since and I'm pretty sure there's about 7 or 8 layers of paint... I figure it'll be good for about 1-2 hundredths haha.

It'll also get a parachute, motor mounts, trans shield, 4.56 gear and MAYBE my dads 548 . If that happens it'll also get some sissy bars to keep it off the bumper, I wouldn't mind getting up with say a 1.35 60 ft. but I don't want to be on the bumper doing a 1.20
Old 11-13-2006, 11:45 PM
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Work on getting a bigger shop for my business,stay busy on the customer cars, and in my spare time/money work on this:



the hardest part is getting that spare time and money.

its going to be a radial class car with either a lsx or a sbc. Its just a shell right now. the pic is on my f-quick page
Old 11-14-2006, 05:01 AM
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Winter plans................

1)Lamb pro stock struts up front -40 lbs

2)Carbon fiber brakes on all four corners -15 lbs

3)Ditching 90 lb dual 16 volt batteries for a single 40 pounder -50lbs

4)Move intercooler and ice box to passenger seat area -40 lbs

5)Bigger,lighter engine -65 lbs

6)Neal Chance lightweight bolt together Pro Mod convertor -7lbs

7)106 mm turbo


Goal is for the car to have a 3000lb race weight with a 240-250 lb driver.
Old 11-14-2006, 05:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Roofer Dave
Winter plans................

1)Lamb pro stock struts up front -40 lbs

2)Carbon fiber brakes on all four corners -15 lbs

3)Ditching 90 lb dual 16 volt batteries for a single 40 pounder -50lbs

4)Move intercooler and ice box to passenger seat area -40 lbs

5)Bigger,lighter engine -65 lbs

6)Neal Chance lightweight bolt together Pro Mod convertor -7lbs

7)106 mm turbo




Goal is for the car to have a 3000lb race weight with a 240-250 lb driver.
Dave,

What is your current strut setup up front? I'll buy one of the 16 volt batteries and your current front strut setup... Let me know..
Old 11-14-2006, 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Big Mike
Dave,

What is your current strut setup up front? I'll buy one of the 16 volt batteries and your current front strut setup... Let me know..
Mike,I don't have a strut setup now,hence the change.

As far as the battery goes I'm not getting rid of them.I'm going to only run one battery at a time and keep 1-2 more on a charger in the trailer.

Losing weight at this level get's expensive in a hurry.
Old 11-14-2006, 03:51 PM
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4 projects in the works.

I have a complete, 557" BBC sitting on the stand. Needs to be washed and assembled. Fogger, dual dominator tunnel ram.

I also have the heads & sheetmetal intake off of Steve Schmidts Pro-Stock when he used Pontiac #427 heads. Brand new valves & Jessels in the box. Gathering up the parts to build a 705" BBC.

Looking very hard at either a new Schmidt 760" BBC Top Sportsman motor or experimenting and going nuts with the new LSX block, building a 454" with a F-3R, dual injectors on ethanol.

Good luck everyone with your projects.

I have Lamb struts-nice pieces, u will like them. I also removed one of my 16V batteries, that's where the dual fire bottles are mounted now.
Try losing engine weight with a 11.625 deck.
Old 11-14-2006, 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by mrdragster1970

I have Lamb struts-nice pieces, u will like them.
I've heard they're the best available and the pictures I've seen sure do look nice.

Only negative is they're kinda hard on the wallet,I damn near dropped my laptop when I saw how much they cost online.
Old 11-14-2006, 06:13 PM
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What am I gonna do? Work on Roofer Dave's car

Dave, I think Billy might have dibs on your front spindles and brakes, you just don't know it yet

And if you want the CF brakes, I need to make some changes to your quote
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4,000 stall, LCA relocation brackets, and a retune
Old 11-16-2006, 05:38 AM
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install the mini tubs/10 point, have the rear narrowed and sitting on the ground by mid winter so i can start wireing/plumbing

JR
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this is actully a light winter for once
6pt cage,harness, rear drag bar, freshen up the trans, and a spec 5 waiting to be dropped off the rev limiter come spring
and maybe buff the car if i get bored




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