Phil99vette

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I'm not really concerned with painting the doors or repainting the car. At this point in time I'd rather spend the money on stuff to make the car more consistent and faster and use the money we win to get the car painted. IMO you need a race car that can win first and look good second.

ty_ty13

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lol... i agree with you guys... my car is kinda rough when you get up close and lots of things i'd like to fix/finish.... but pretty dont make fast Glidden comes to mind pretty quickly

Fireball

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team FUGLY racing

Though the doors don't look anywhere near as bad as those god awful bullhorns

lt1camaroman93

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I can tell you this, I never want another pretty looking race car. Way to stressful worrying about every little chip and scratch.

ty_ty13

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isnt that the truth... makes them hard to work on.

JL ws-6

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I've tried hard to keep my sled looking decent, but sometimes, I do wish I had a dented up 1984 notchback for a racecar... just because if you drop a wrench on a fender you don't want to bang you head with a car like that.

TJ

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im with ya.
i would roll or spray the doors with some satin rust oleum, but thats just me.

101mmSBC

Just out of curiosity, when you were using the GMPP single plane ls7 intake, did it fare well in the 7000-8000rpm range?

brandoz28

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this is the answer i was hoping to hear!


i tore my car apart 2 and a half years ago, thinking i should make it look a little bit better. yeah, its still in pieces hahaha. i think about how much time/money has gone into making the body right compared to how far that could've gone to making it go quicker

Phil99vette

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when we dynoed it, the car made 1197 +-5 from 5800 to 8300. There is a dyno sheet on one of the eariler pages.

Phil99vette

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i got quotes of 3500 to do a wrap and 5500 to do paint. For 3500 or 5500 I can buy a ton of go fast goodies.

Fireball

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You/your dad painted it before in a garage...

Phil99vette

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Your right, a local company donated the materials so we didn't have any money tied up into the paint but there is a big difference in the paint job we did and one done by a high end shop for 5500 or a wrap for $3500.

Fireball

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IMO, racecars just needs to look good from 10' away

Broke EF

10'?!?!? That is show car range! I go by 20/20... 20' away or 20 MPH

Sean

Phil99vette

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Lol!!

brandoz28

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dang those are nice!


lots of "race cars" around here are 50/50 cars. 50ft/50mph lol. some of them still look like crap at 100 lmao

Fireball

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thats what I meant finger hit the wrong button

ATVracr

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I right there with you Phil.
I cant justify spending that much on paint when we still need more go fast parts that we cant afford.

csjta2

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Hell just walk around any NHRA/IHRA National event and take a close look at the Pro Stock cars, some of them are pretty ruff, but they look good on TV!

One of the racers once told me it's not a show car, it's just a tool