victory_red_SS goes RWD
04-02-2008, 06:18 PM
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So it will be a race car that gets driven on the street. Got it. I guess I could call my dads race car a "street driven" car if I pulled it off the trailer and drove it around the block too. So your basically gonna change the rear end to drive it on the street? Seems real practical 
Just call it a race car (cause thats what it is), its a badass car either way. 
Just call it a race car (cause thats what it is), its a badass car either way. It is a race car that will be "street legal"
The shops I am dealing with didn't want to accept this fact at first either.
The truth is, I am not going out to win championships or break speed records. That allows me to sacrifice a bit so my car works very well in both worlds.
The chassis shop has engineered this car to handle both the strip and the twisties. Once they saw that I was serious, the frame/rollcage was built for dual purpose.
The car would be capable of faster 1/4 mile times if I didn't insist on cornering capabilities. At the same time handling could be improved even more so if I didn't insist on going to the drag strip.
As for the impractical idea of swapping out the axles/rearend, I have been told I can do it in an hour or less. Considering I am old what else is there for me to do the night before race day.
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04-02-2008, 06:27 PM
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That isn't so easy. I will need to have the basic ICBC insurance but evrything else will likely need to be private insurance. Insurance is going to be pricey.
04-02-2008, 07:02 PM
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Hagerty insurance covers special cars here in the states...not sure if they offer something in Canada or if there is another company that offers insurance for collector or specialty cars.
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It is a race car that will be "street legal"
The shops I am dealing with didn't want to accept this fact at first either.
The truth is, I am not going out to win championships or break speed records. That allows me to sacrifice a bit so my car works very well in both worlds.
The chassis shop has engineered this car to handle both the strip and the twisties. Once they saw that I was serious, the frame/rollcage was built for dual purpose.
The car would be capable of faster 1/4 mile times if I didn't insist on cornering capabilities. At the same time handling could be improved even more so if I didn't insist on going to the drag strip.
As for the impractical idea of swapping out the axles/rearend, I have been told I can do it in an hour or less. Considering I am old what else is there for me to do the night before race day.)
The shops I am dealing with didn't want to accept this fact at first either.
The truth is, I am not going out to win championships or break speed records. That allows me to sacrifice a bit so my car works very well in both worlds.
The chassis shop has engineered this car to handle both the strip and the twisties. Once they saw that I was serious, the frame/rollcage was built for dual purpose.
The car would be capable of faster 1/4 mile times if I didn't insist on cornering capabilities. At the same time handling could be improved even more so if I didn't insist on going to the drag strip.
As for the impractical idea of swapping out the axles/rearend, I have been told I can do it in an hour or less. Considering I am old what else is there for me to do the night before race day.
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04-02-2008, 07:39 PM
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The front tires are just for show. He will in fact give it enough gas to lift them off the ground, and then, by borrowing tech from Honda, will be able to control the power delivery to each rear tire separately, being able to rotate one slightly faster than the other, thereby rotating the entire chassis. Once car is facing the proper direction, a tap of the brakes brings the front end back to earth.
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04-02-2008, 08:01 PM
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The front tires are just for show. He will in fact give it enough gas to lift them off the ground, and then, by borrowing tech from Honda, will be able to control the power delivery to each rear tire separately, being able to rotate one slightly faster than the other, thereby rotating the entire chassis. Once car is facing the proper direction, a tap of the brakes brings the front end back to earth.
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04-02-2008, 09:54 PM
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Hagerty insurance covers special cars here in the states...not sure if they offer something in Canada or if there is another company that offers insurance for collector or specialty cars.
04-03-2008, 04:40 AM
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Well most drag racing front suspension (looks like what you have in the pics) is not made for turning.
04-03-2008, 08:17 AM
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The rwd conversion would have been completed long ago had this car only been designed to run straight lines.
Once again, this car has been engineered to handle and run straight. We have not missed any details.
04-03-2008, 12:28 PM
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Perhaps you are just confused because in the pictures the adjustable coilovers are not installed yet, due to all the welding being done.
The rwd conversion would have been completed long ago had this car only been designed to run straight lines.
Once again, this car has been engineered to handle and run straight. We have not missed any details.
The rwd conversion would have been completed long ago had this car only been designed to run straight lines.
Once again, this car has been engineered to handle and run straight. We have not missed any details.
04-03-2008, 12:33 PM
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Things looking sweet as hell.....And what are you doing with the stock rear lights? Are you putting them back in or going a different route, cause if so then I want to do a custom setup and looking for just the outer light with harness to plug in.
04-03-2008, 08:25 PM
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Cam I really hope you are paying better attention to your own project because you keep missing the most basic parts of mine, such as the twin turbo, one big and one small turbo, the small turbo for power down low.
04-03-2008, 10:37 PM
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04-12-2008, 10:43 PM
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Yes Mike, still waiting. I should have new pics up this week as the metal work is all getting primered. We are getting closer. 
The crankshaft maker promised me to ship the finished cranks this week too.
I look forward to hearing how well this goes.
The crankshaft maker promised me to ship the finished cranks this week too.
04-13-2008, 07:15 AM
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i was going to but when i installed it... it threw my engine into LIMP mode. I think i might not have had the right resistor in line with the O2 tapping connection. Vince said that the tuning on the 2.2 ECM for boost is the same as tuning for boost in any other NA GM ECM. All the same options and peramitors are in the ECM that are available in the vett, camar, gto ect ect ect. So ill be going with this and then LS2_Edit im going to pick that up to tune my auto trany