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Originally Posted by Vegas69
I really think you will regret building the same type of car you have already. Take what you've learned and apply it to this one.  Specifically, less maintenence and more reliability. |
Less maintenance, and more reliability? Why do you think I decided to build a Ford this time
I've been thinking about how to make a better, faster car for a while now. I think our definitions of better and faster are going in completely different directions though. I doubt I'll be able to make this thing weigh more than 3100lbs. Right off the bat it should have a 400lb weight advantage. the car is flared 2.5." It's going to have more front tire (probably a 295) and a little less rear tire (295-315). Horsepower is a lot of fun, but I don't know that I'll need much more than 500 in this car. If I do add a blower (650ish) the car should still be fairly light. I'd like to run a dry sump and all kinds of oil coolers. I'm going to open up some quarter scoops to house those things. They'll probably just look cool, but maybe I'll drive fast enough, and long enough to take advantage of them.
Honestly, I wanted to just throw together a solid, relatively light car to have fun with, but I do tend to obsess over design elements I just couldn't make the car ugly. I don't really care about shiny paint, but since it is kind of a BOS car it will probably get that eventually. I doubt it will get too many rock chips since it will be ahead of the Camaros, and almost all Pro Touring cars are Camaros
Matt