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Old 12-09-2007, 06:21 PM
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heres a few pics of our new build. 25.2 drag radial , hopefully will be done by feb.








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nice stuff. whats the plans for the motor, tranny, etc

plan on competing in anything or just a fun car
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well for this first half of the season we are planning on pulling the motor out of one car which is a 498 bbc nitrous motor with a th400, but once we get everything worked out with the car, we are expecting 600 cu + and a powerglide. we plan on running real street or true street and any radial class.
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Are those the new Billet Specialties Street Lite wheels? They look SWEET!!
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yea those are the billet specialties... we had to wait on backorder on the fronts, but not on the rear, i was impressed with them myself when i saw them. cant beat the price either.
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What size and offset are they? Really thinking about these for my car!! Do they seem heavier than other wheels to you? I have heard that they run a little heavier than other race wheels. I don't care, They look BADASS!!!
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no not at all. they are as light as the others, its a 15x3 1/2 and a 15x12 with a 6.5 backspace but theres a little modifications to the rear so it may be different for yours
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Originally Posted by bdas70
well for this first half of the season we are planning on pulling the motor out of one car which is a 498 bbc nitrous motor with a th400, but once we get everything worked out with the car, we are expecting 600 cu + and a powerglide. we plan on running real street or true street and any radial class.
can you run nitrous in those classes? or forced induction?
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yea you can, many of the radial classes are gettin down on the twin turbo guys, with more weight penalties, we can only run two stages
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where are you located?
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That's a cool looking project. post more photos if you can.
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just south of richmond,va
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heres a few more pics








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Are you running a diagonal link?
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well not sure yet, thats just in there to position the rear b/c we needed to extend the panhard bar
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Originally Posted by bdas70
well not sure yet, thats just in there to position the rear b/c we needed to extend the panhard bar
Are you running a tall tire and lowering the car? I had to raise my location of the hole up quiet a bit to level it out.

I also cut some of the stock panhard bracket off to make more clearance.
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Car looks great so far!
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just south of richmond,va
Am I going to meet you guys @ MIR? My mustang will be ready in March for some shake down passes and than April 23rd is the real street kick off.
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If you don't mind me asking, who is doing the work?
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Nice stuff, I love a Firebird racecar!!!


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