car_fixer

actually i had never foot braked a car, and the car not being setup for it , i really had to stand on the brakes, i could only get about 2200 rpm before it would creep, plus i suck on the tree, not alot of experiance. that was only the 4th time to a track with a tree. with the trans brake i can usually keep it under .100, need more practice. i really just cant belive the car looks so slow, and went that fast

chrismorales75

Tell the truth buddy, it's doing big wheelies and you're getting scared and now you wanna ***** foot it off the line

What's next an import with cut out front fenders and a big fart can exhaust pipe on the back

car_fixer

rotflmao, no i like the wheelys, its much more fun when everybody gets up along the fence to watch, Ive had several thousand (really) people cheering, at atlanta motor speedway they have friday night drags, on pit road. I had the only car pulling wheelys there, most cars couldnt hook at all, next year ought to be fun, now i have some reserve so i wont have to show everything on the first round. as it was the big guns, with way more power and car were wondering how it hooked like it did.

chrismorales75

Just wait till my cars done then it will be the 3rd gen 4th gen shoot out

Hope you have about 10 years to wait for me to get the money to finish this thing

car_fixer

lol, it will be cool when its done, of couse by then , there will be no gas so we will be pushing them down the track anyway lol.
actually im kinda seeing a full tube real race car in the future, maybe get my hands on one of those year one chevy 2's...those are bbbbaaaaddddddd, except i dont want their junk chassis. im thinking hair dried lsx, liberty trans ( ok maybe an auto but banging gears is fun). yup should be done soon after yours lol
east west shootout

chrismorales75

I had a 65 chevy II



<-- east coast guys can't hang with the big guns

car_fixer

hmm, dont think you should drive yours right now...........

chrismorales75

I can't drive mine it has no drive shaft and the rear gears are broke LOL. Oh and the panhard bracket is cut in half and I need to make a new panhard rod and lca mount, spring mounts and relocate the shocks.

mikes02ls1

iTrader: (2)

Got to love Silverdollar, that track can hook....

chrismorales75

Yeah it was a nice camaro until he switched to racing FWD

68maro

nice nova was the tire big enough?

chrismorales75

Big enough to leave wheels up at a stop light on cold tires


Besides chics like big ones

That was my first attempt at a race car, built it in my garage when I was 24. The car actually started as a 26x10 tire, then it was a 28x11, then a 30x10.5 then 31x16.5 et street, finally 33x16.5s.

Actually if I could have fit 34.5x17 I would have =)

chrismorales75

car_fixer you fix my tranny so I can go racing yet?

car_fixer

huh what...yup got a new solenoid in it, no local tracks doing anything though, that gives me a few months to add the chute,extinguisher,back brace on the rear, look for weight to take out lol, and see about fixing the steering box. oh yeah add a return line on the fuel system, and remove the writing from the side of the limiter bolts (cables get hung) maybe a few more things

chrismorales75

Cool I actually helped a buddy on his chute mount, 72 nova we're running 9.30 on a 100 shot with a SBC. Slapped some high performance spray paint on the mount.

Still a lot left in the car we haven't even touched the ladder bars yet, hopefully we will have it well into the 8's with a 200 shot. BTW my buddy is like 300+ pounds big guy so it will go even faster once he lets me drive it

3rd-Gen

iTrader: (1)

if u can handle that much car......lol j/k

chrismorales75

Don't under estimate what a person with time and a angle grinder can do

Actually the first car I ever built and raced went 1.30 in the 60 ft.


Which is faster than car_fixer

car_fixer

only on a foot brake, trans brake its 1.28, on the rear wheels, oh yeah i have to add one more thing to the list, steering box is shot.....

chrismorales75

How did you manage that? Next you'll say you're selling the car

I knew you were going import racing FWD

Told you not to tub the front end and run those big tires

Just remember the only difference from me and the fastest F-body is money.

car_fixer

no ALOT of money lol. the steering box came out of an early 70's car so being 30 some odd years old i guess it can have some play in it lol, ordered a new box today, got a great price on a new unit, not reman, so it should be good for a long time, got to order some other parts, a and then start fabbing what i need to make, should be fun yanking that chute the first time, then fumble with the folding part for an hour lol