not that people here really get on board with what i do for the most part, i figured i might share the work i did today to my next drag chassis anyhow
quick specs:
full chromoly tube chassis car with funny car cage, SFI 25.2 cert (6.00 to 7.50) bent up by Art Morrison Enterprises (SuperCar chassis kit) and being built by Vanderbeck Race Cars.
rear wheel drive, narrowed fabricated 9" Ford rear with 4-link and spool with real drag car parts this time.
all Strange suspension, rear double adjustables and front singles.
all Strange brakes with 2 piston fronts and 4 piston rears.
Turbo 400 3 speed auto trans
Weld Prostar 15 x 12 rear wheels with 315/60-15 (30" x 13.5") M/T drag radials to begin with. 15 x 4 fronts with 26 x 4.5 M/T front runners. car is being built to eventually move to a 32 x 14 on a 14" wide wheel or 33 x 10.5W on a 14" wheel.
using for a powerplant...... wait for it..... yeah the same ole 4 cylinder i use now. little bit bigger turbo, maybe in the 74-76mm range, a touch of nitrous to get up on the converter and out of the hole, and away we will go! trapping 167.31 mph in 1/4 mile this past year was fun and all, but i am more interested in how quickly it gets there, so this cars goal is around 7.80's and maybe under 180 mph.
anyhow, here is some pix of what i did today, and i will put a couple pix of cool go-fast parts. one thing i am impressed with is the fact that the entire tube frame material, cage and chassis, only weighed 230 pounds total!
i took the car to the chassis shop this week, and i spent the better part of the day there today cutting a little bit of stuff out of it doing what i can myself is saving me a couple bucks, like around $400 today probably. i will go back tomorrow and get some more cutting done, finer cuts as these were rough cuts. get the car on the table and away they go. already have plans for lengthening the wheelbase (from 100" to around 102", not too much) but widening the rear arches is gonna be fun. for him. and we are building it to the larger slick now, so i can move into those at a later date.
this work was about 5-6 hours. pulling all the suspension i left to get it here and rolled around. it was light enough to pick up by myself either end before i started today, but its really light now. i picked up the front by myself and placed it on the stands this high. the rear still had suspension as the forkenlifter would not have had a place to lift by if i removed the subframe.
one nice thing is this chassis is being built to be able to remove the body from the cage/frame. that will be sweet for car shows (i plan to have it at one or two this year just as a roller for display) and stuff like wiring it all up.
and a parting shot until i return tomorrow. i will be leaving a camera with them hoping they take a few pics for me during the week as i work out of town. but, office work is slow so i will be leaving as son as i can daily to go there on the way home. only about 6 minutes from my house which is really convenient for me.
quick specs:
full chromoly tube chassis car with funny car cage, SFI 25.2 cert (6.00 to 7.50) bent up by Art Morrison Enterprises (SuperCar chassis kit) and being built by Vanderbeck Race Cars.
rear wheel drive, narrowed fabricated 9" Ford rear with 4-link and spool with real drag car parts this time.
all Strange suspension, rear double adjustables and front singles.
all Strange brakes with 2 piston fronts and 4 piston rears.
Turbo 400 3 speed auto trans
Weld Prostar 15 x 12 rear wheels with 315/60-15 (30" x 13.5") M/T drag radials to begin with. 15 x 4 fronts with 26 x 4.5 M/T front runners. car is being built to eventually move to a 32 x 14 on a 14" wide wheel or 33 x 10.5W on a 14" wheel.
using for a powerplant...... wait for it..... yeah the same ole 4 cylinder i use now. little bit bigger turbo, maybe in the 74-76mm range, a touch of nitrous to get up on the converter and out of the hole, and away we will go! trapping 167.31 mph in 1/4 mile this past year was fun and all, but i am more interested in how quickly it gets there, so this cars goal is around 7.80's and maybe under 180 mph.
anyhow, here is some pix of what i did today, and i will put a couple pix of cool go-fast parts. one thing i am impressed with is the fact that the entire tube frame material, cage and chassis, only weighed 230 pounds total!
i took the car to the chassis shop this week, and i spent the better part of the day there today cutting a little bit of stuff out of it doing what i can myself is saving me a couple bucks, like around $400 today probably. i will go back tomorrow and get some more cutting done, finer cuts as these were rough cuts. get the car on the table and away they go. already have plans for lengthening the wheelbase (from 100" to around 102", not too much) but widening the rear arches is gonna be fun. for him. and we are building it to the larger slick now, so i can move into those at a later date.
this work was about 5-6 hours. pulling all the suspension i left to get it here and rolled around. it was light enough to pick up by myself either end before i started today, but its really light now. i picked up the front by myself and placed it on the stands this high. the rear still had suspension as the forkenlifter would not have had a place to lift by if i removed the subframe.
one nice thing is this chassis is being built to be able to remove the body from the cage/frame. that will be sweet for car shows (i plan to have it at one or two this year just as a roller for display) and stuff like wiring it all up.
and a parting shot until i return tomorrow. i will be leaving a camera with them hoping they take a few pics for me during the week as i work out of town. but, office work is slow so i will be leaving as son as i can daily to go there on the way home. only about 6 minutes from my house which is really convenient for me.
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