Famous last words...

[va72mlibu]

Dude, I am TOTALLY down to help out on this project. Where are you in Richmond?

[DDY RCKT]

Originally Posted by va72mlibu

Dude, I am TOTALLY down to help out on this project. Where are you in Richmond?

There ya go! There's the attitude I like to hear! I live out in Mechanicsville, man!

[DHARROD]

To be clear ... all you have to do is show up with that car and beat him? It doesn't have to look good (at least not at race time)? it only has to function... right? If so you shouldn't worry about paint, body work, interior – in fact you should strip the car as much as possible - even if he said it has to be close to stock weight .. you want to put the weight in the right places. I assume he gave you some cap on the build cost (what is your budget)?. I'd put the money in the drive-train, suspension and tires; skip the cosmetics. After you win and recoup half the build cost .. then finish up.

Also - I'll assume you'll take the time to go drive the course you'll be on (if you haven't already). If your just starting in track racing you may want to gets some instruction in some live situations.

... Also I do agree a good set of tires is a must/priority.

[DDY RCKT]

Originally Posted by DHARROD

To be clear ... all you have to do is show up with that car and beat him? It doesn't have to look good (at least not at race time)? it only has to function... right? If so you shouldn't worry about paint, body work, interior – in fact you should strip the car as much as possible - even if he said it has to be close to stock weight .. you want to put the weight in the right places. I assume he gave you some cap on the build cost (what is your budget)?. I'd put the money in the drive-train, suspension and tires; skip the cosmetics. After you win and recoup half the build cost .. then finish up.

Also - I'll assume you'll take the time to go drive the course you'll be on (if you haven't already). If your just starting in track racing you may want to gets some instruction in some live situations.

... Also I do agree a good set of tires is a must/priority.

It's gotta be a streetable, daily drivable car. So really, being a beater is kinda out of the question. Body work has to be done, no rust holes, etc. Paint is a nice to have, but not necessary I think. However, a man's gotta learn sometime, right? Has to be comfortable and drivable, essentially like his M, street to track.

I'll be running DOT slicks, probably. The build total has to be $12K or under. I can barter and sell off my stockpile of parts to augment the funds.

It'll be at VIR. I've been on the course multiple times, so I'm decently familiar with it. I'm no pro driver, but I know the course.

[deuce_454]

awesome first post... like it was said.. keep it simple, light and buisness looking.. take a look at nelson racings 2.gen, its flat green and still awesome looking..

there are many dollars to be saved buying used nascar stuff on ebay, race brakes, spindles steering components and so on... the BBC with aluminum heads might not be perfect weight wise, but the Hp will definately giv eyou an edge, especially if you have some decent straights on the track.. just set it as far rearward as possible

if there is anything i can do to help, let me know..

just off the top of my head i only have a pair of BBC long tube headers to donate to the cause... but let me know if you are interested

[va72mlibu]

Is there a time limit for completion? Does your BBC have iron heads?

[DDY RCKT]

Originally Posted by va72mlibu

Is there a time limit for completion? Does your BBC have iron heads?

Not really. I've got a year, year and a half or so. I travel a lot for work, so working on th eproject will come in spurts. He works here, too, so he gets the schedule issues.

I dunno. I need to go get it next weekend.

[novanutcase]

You might want to hit up alot of the subframe companies to sponsor you with one of their subs. This would be an excellent way for them to demonstrate how good their product really is, not just claims and skewed magazine articles, but an average joe that, with company ABC's product in it, smoked one of the best handling production cars out their! There's a certain company with 3 letters in their name that are starting to make your year subs and rear suspensions. They are one of the best companies out their!
Same deal with the other parts(Brakes, tires, etc.)
This, and the $50 paint job(LOL!), just might bring you in on budget!

Good Luck!

John

[DDY RCKT]

Originally Posted by deuce_454

awesome first post... like it was said.. keep it simple, light and buisness looking.. take a look at nelson racings 2.gen, its flat green and still awesome looking..

there are many dollars to be saved buying used nascar stuff on ebay, race brakes, spindles steering components and so on... the BBC with aluminum heads might not be perfect weight wise, but the Hp will definately giv eyou an edge, especially if you have some decent straights on the track.. just set it as far rearward as possible

if there is anything i can do to help, let me know..

just off the top of my head i only have a pair of BBC long tube headers to donate to the cause... but let me know if you are interested

I have no headers, so these would be very welcome!

Also, since I'm not that up on NASCAR stuff on ebay, if you could point me in the right direction to some links, I'd really appreciate it!

[va72mlibu]

Originally Posted by DDY RCKT

There ya go! There's the attitude I like to hear! I live out in Mechanicsville, man!

I live just off the Glenside exit off 64. I'm quite serious about helping out, let me know.