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Oh hey, I'm a car. I have gone very fast. I will go even faster, or die trying.

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I haven't driven Ozarks and I know a lot of people are afraid of it, but I think it's the single coolest track in North America from an outsider's perspective. If my car is ready, I'd absolutely tow out there. It'd be just like the good ol' days Pat!
We putting the band back together?? I’ll be your huckleberry.
 
We putting the band back together?? I’ll be your huckleberry.
If we do, I got dibs on Dusty Bottoms because my vocal range is limited for "my little buttercup"

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Three classes, three platforms, three catastrophic engine failures.
 
And Now for Something Completely Different

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All of this stuff is completely new to me, haven't driven a carbureted car since my first one. Anyhow, without further adue, here's what we're starting with:

Griggs GR-40, torque arm and Watts Link
Koni coilover
275/40/17 17x9s
In car and under car subframes
Full cage, fire system
15 gal fuel safe

347 Dart thick wall, 4.125" bore
AFR 205 heads, Edelbrock intake, Holley 750
BBK longtubes
Accusump, Canton pan
Tremec T-5, Pro 5.0
Larson Racing 3.73 8.8" with 9" axle ends
Wilwood 6p front, 4p rear, + in-car proportioning valve

Pretty good starting point, and going from what I can gather from what others have had like this in the past, that should fit nicely in NASA ST/TT2 at around 3000# and 400rwhp, yeah?

So I guess, I might as well give it a few laps in the current config to see how dialed in it is, maybe get it dynoed and scaled, just to be sure. Not entirely sure what to do with carbs, but I guess I've got some time on my hands with it hitting like, -2 out the other day. Depending on how that goes will probably answer my question on whether to convert that to EFI, or maybe do a Coyote swap and use that opportunity to bring in some supporting modernization. I thankfully stopped myself from going on some data bender in the sim racing thread, but I feel strange, almost naked, for not having the data as I'm used to, but hey, I'm stepping out of my comfort zone, might as well FAFO, because what's the worst that could happen?
 

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