The Project Pad

It has a small block 427 Windsor based motor. The chassis and body is built by somebody local and he builds everything else. He would have built the framework to but he didn't have time with only 10 months or so to make this car happen.



Fully chromed and polished and powder coated Heidt suspension front and rear.

Awesome, that will be a blast!

Yeah turbo, going to put that 1.8t to the test! How many passes you estimate the motor being good for?

Pic drop.

oh yeah./ turbo....... i forgot to bring it with i will try and remember for next weekend.

i dont think its gonna be all that bad really. i certainly shouldnt have to run 47+ psi on this one like i do on the AWD cars 67mm. plus it will spool up RIGHT NOW with a lil 50 shot of laughing gas.

it will be a whole new world learning how to drive this car. i can promise that. and i wont have great results for at LEAST a year once i do get it on the track. just "keepin it reeaaaalllll".

have you thought about using a spool valve? I've seen some pretty awesome results at Hank's shop on big EFR's using spool valves on the I5. usually moves spool down by a solid 1000 rpm on big turbos.

no not really. far too early yet actually. nitrous will be simple to get it up on the converter, a 50 shot for maybe a second will be fine. once loaded up it will stay loaded up, and will/should not need spray down the track.

More dash work.













Then started closing up the a - pillars mess so I have a stable surface to make the tin here have good attachment points.





Some friends wanted to compare the Precision 7675 to the Garrett GTX4508R.

Nova 2 there getting picked up.

speeding-g60 wrote:...Some friends wanted to compare the Precision 7675 to the Garrett GTX4508R...

That 7675's lookn' a little wee... would like to see my K03 next those bad boys

That 4508R scares me.

Once again, nice sheet metal work. It is taking shape nicely! I always have liked the '67 Nova, that thing is a beast but yours will be far more original at the strip.

should hear it running. its lopey..... its a solid 8 second car, running 130's in the 1/8th even.

i put vids on Instagram..... can try to put them here.

and that GTX 4508R kinda scares me too a little...

gotta look for them, but notice the ghost flames in the paint on the nose.

woman driver putting it in the trailer, too. his girlfriend.

i just REALLY ENJOY the exposure to cars of this level of build and racing as it gives me ideas, i get to see how things are done, what to do and why.

for instance, i learned last weekend, from this car (it was in for scaling, corner weighing and suspension "tune-up") that once set, the rear four link bars are only ever adjusted by the top right bar. if it pulls left on the burnout, turn one way if it pulls right on the burnout turn the other. and it is minute turns or adjustments too. a flat is a big change. same with the launch.

and spring/shock setting. always have the shocks set the same. some people think to preload the right rear or change dampening on it, but this guy builds these cars, he track tunes the suspension with a lot of them, he has successful cars out in the real word.

also, for four link adjusting, always pull one end of one side of the swaybar link; dont matter which one, because changing the suspension geometry will also change the sway bar and it needs to rest neutral after changes.

little stuff i learn for this new (to me anyhow) type of chassis setup will help me.

wheelie bars, having the wheels 5" off the ground, and the left side 1/2" higher than the right.

little stuff i pick up listening.....

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbgVh71BLgI[/youtube]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J1vk2Et9Yg[/youtube]

Learning from others who are masters of their craft will save you lots of time and money!

little turbo comparo then firewall and dash to cage and a-pillar of car sealup work. Tin Tin Tin. when will it end???

stretcher and shrinker tools are neat. easy to go too far, too. but they are cool for sure.

And I do stuff during the week as well. I only get to go work on ze car on saturdays.











































https://vimeo.com/123781232

Fuching moles, lol

8 months been here. that is my number 19 confirmed kill.

Was reading an interview with Andy Robinson Race Cars in the UK. Interesting little clip...

and that is basically what we are building here today. the whole back half of the car is Pro-Mod styled with the upper halo instead of straight bars, etc.

there were lots of bars that had multiple purposes. and mine is nowhere near the level that these million dollar cars are. we probably added 40% or more bars to my original drawings that were prepared by Art Morrison, the place that designed the chassis. i have pictures of it, i will take a picture of the design and then what we built and you will be able to see how much more goes into details. but the basic design from them was a 7.50 car we have made into a SFI 25.1G spec chassis, 7.49 and quicker any speeds.

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Scotts funny car is insane. There is no suspension. The rear diff is mounted to the frame the front suspension is mounted solid as well. It flexes in engineered places and the tires are the only suspension.

Pretty amazing stuff really and talking to these guys and listening to their stories is great education for me

Work on my project was to finish the passenger side firewall to body tin. Pull the body up to weld out filler plate. And work on rocker panel to chassis tin. Also made some supports for the lower windshield framework.