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Originally Posted by kmoose
big tire car - pretty much the same with a full 4 link and track locator
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This car has a pro modified style fully adjustable 4 link with a wish bone locator, The wish bone keeps it more centered threw the shock stroke a little better than a standard side bar. The links have 7 or 8 holes of adjustment per bar end so I can set it up in a wide range of CG positions. The links are tied to a 9" ford housing with a full back brace and an aluminum third member threw bolt case that has lightened nickel alloy gears that came out of Richard Childress shop. They were ran a few laps in the #29 Kevin Harvicks cup car. Got them at a parts swap meet at the charlotte motor speedway. Big tire indeed, she tucks 33-17-15's that are 20.8" wide.
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Originally Posted by kmoose
Can't imagine going through building another one from scratch again. People think boats are expensive.... Building a car to deliberately break over and over again to lose a 1/2 second is a tremendous cash vortex not may can comprehend or afford.
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The car when I got it was a dead stock daily driver that I purchased for $1200. It needed a lot of work but I drove it home. Little by little over a 15 year period it has evolved into what it is today. Me a my dad did all the work ourselves, mainly because we couldn't afford to pay anyone to do it. Lots of sweat and tears in this one. We gutted the whole thing and built a tube chassis and narrowed the rear housing our self with a jig that was machined at my dads work for us to use. It took 3 years to get it back together once we started cutting on it- so not a quick turnaround. I have let it sit in the car trailer the last 3 or so years due to not being able to afford running it. I would start it about every 3 months or so and wait for the day to be able to run it again. We had just built a new motor (due to the old one broke a crank) right before I was unexpectedly laid off. Then my old lady lost her job so it sat awhile with just 7 passes on the motor. This spring my old lady got promoted to an management position and I have spent the last 3 years at a power plant rebounding from the 6 months I was lay off. I finally got back to a place where I could afford to buy gas to go in it. She sat so long in the trailer that rust started to show threw the cheep lacquer primer that was sprayed on it 10 years ago. Like mentioned I stripped it down to bare metal and re-primed it with the left over awlgrip I had. The car never had a color on it since I owned it so it was time for a cheep back yard paint job. I priced a few guys in town and the best price I could get was $4500 and that was with me doing all the prep work. Need less to say it was getting done by me. I aint no painter but after doing all these boats I am getting fair at it enough to give it a shot. Got a new set of tires and ready to get back into it. Got kids now that want to be evolved so it will be a family event. It defiantly hasn't been cheep but little by little over a long stretch of time with me and my father dumping what money and overtime in it we could spare, it has became a decent car. The good thing is when there is not funds to go racing it don't hurt a thing sitting in the trailer. We don't go ever weekend but just when I can talk the boss into some extra hours for gas money. Cant wait to smell the rubber again!