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Prolly why IMSA and PWC allowed Manley rods, and aftermarket valve springs.
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Prolly why IMSA and PWC allowed Manley rods, and aftermarket valve springs.
depends on what is on it, the v6 came with little 255/35/17s or something. a set of 295 x18 on 9.5 or 10 inch wheels would work wonders.Yep, that is the plan. The mods underneath were the first step.
I won't derail your build too much here, but you think wider wheels/tires will be the way to go first rather than suspension pieces?
Oh, it was definitely not for the feint of heart, you'd never be able to just track it as is, if I couldn't do a bunch of the work myself, it would end up a paper weight. If you look over some of my posted projects, this one is pretty mild, a $50.00 fox body, (with a moon roof cut into it), on my rotisserie was probably the worst case scenario. Problem is, my back can't take that anymore.. sadly.Seeing your updates on this make me glad I didn't pull the trigger on this car myself. Nice work though and glad to see it's coming along for you!
That's a decent build for less than 10K. so far !So the ledger books so far..
Car (excluding taxes)........................................................................................................................................................................ $5000.00
Stop Tech calipers, radio, carpet, rear calipers, brake lines, air filter, fuel pump,
hoses, water pump, thermostat, radiator, new limited slip clutches, misc bearings and seals and
really zoomy cam covers ............................................................................................................... ...................................................... $2235.00
Hubs and studs ........................................................................................................................................................................................ $250.00
Upholstery ............................................................................................................................................................................................... $600.00
MGW shifter ............................................................................................................................................................................................. $354.00
Watson Racing roll bar .......................................................................................................................................................................... $1200.00
Misc nuts, bolts, screws, and materials ................................................................................................................................................. $200.00
TOTAL ( so far ) ..................................................................................................................................................................................... $9939.00
Now, without question there is a lot of scrounged parts, the FP shocks are one, so is the limited slip carrier ( the original which I had to destroy in order to disassemble), is an example. I think there were some other take off as well, like the adjustable PHB, so you could easily drop another grand into this, on the other hand, depending on the car, you might not need to disassemble the posi unit or do the interior in another particular car. The really Zoomy FP cam covers were a complete non necessity, but were too cool to pass up, and they were on sale.
The car also came with offroad exhausts, an CAI and some suspension mods. The whole idea here is to get a car on the track as cheaply as possible and have some fun with it. I think it would be reasonable to get a car this far along as cheaply as I did by careful picking of parts, some significant scrounging abilities and the presence of salvage yards around where you live, including swap meets.
These cars are pretty bullet proof, this 180K mile car still has all the accessories working, including the AC (thank God, since it's a black car in Florida). Also we haven't addressed the tire/wheel issue yet, and that will certainly add as much as $2K to this, plus paint.
I'd really like to bring this in under $15K, and a bonus would be not to leave any driveline parts on the pavement, so we'll see how it goes.