Fun Car...

[François Pugh]

Yeah but there are no cup holders and you tend to get wet when it rains...

Yes, there is that. Plus you get cold in the winter, or when it's raining and a degree or three from freezing you can get quite cold. Still more fun though. Not so good handling on ice either.

 

[scott43]

Yes sir we are within the rules still. He runs a 9.99 it has to be caged and looped

also comp license in events

They have had to change the rules because you have factory cars out there that break the rules lol

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The event schedule is to be released sometime in January for the high school drags and other events. Hopefully I will be able to post more vids of him racing.

That's a cool read. I mean, if you think about it, 10s cars from 30 years ago could be really sketchy. More modern cars have much better suspension and braking. People were freaked out when I told them I ran sub 11s on a bike. I said, with modern sportbikes, it's really not that dramatic. 260kmh feels pretty much like 60kmh. Effortless. I can remember worrying about stopping a 69 12s Camaro in the entire runoff length. On my sportbikes I almost had to reaccelerate to hit the first turnoff.

 

[AEV4EV]

For about 16,000 CAD you could have bought a nice nimble little 750 that can pull 10.3 s in a 1/4 mile.
Just say'n.

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I’ve had two of these in the past 15 years, and I’m seriously considering buying another local one on sale. Fun bike

 

[Bill Talbot]

Yes, there is that. Plus you get cold in the winter, or when it's raining and a degree or three from freezing you can get quite cold. Still more fun though. Not so good handling on ice either.

Well that's not really true...
From last January

 

[cantunamunch]

<- is currently trying to figure out whether persuading herself to allow a KLR in the shed is a good idea. Probably not.

 

[François Pugh]

I’ve had two of these in the past 15 years, and I’m seriously considering buying another local one on sale. Fun bike

Do it!

 

[François Pugh]

Well that's not really true...
From last January

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Having experienc with Hakka 10s on the Mazda three, I agree with the ice. Don't think they would be confidence inspiring on bare pavement in a high speed sweeper though.

 

[djetok]

Cage is being completed this weekend. 6.0 motor will be completely disassembled and sent to the machine shop next week. Most of themaximum motor sports suspension stuff was 4 weeks out , 4 weeks ago so, soon. They did send all the subframe stuff that will be connected to the cage.

1983 Mercury Capri GS Build
6.0 chevy with a precision 78mm , 4l80E trans, Maximum motorsports Drag kit , 12 pt cage, Kirkey seat.

It will be a drag and drive car and we have a goal of 8s , turned up should go in the 7s. We will be bracket racing this season!!!

 

[djetok]

That's a cool read. I mean, if you think about it, 10s cars from 30 years ago could be really sketchy. More modern cars have much better suspension and braking. People were freaked out when I told them I ran sub 11s on a bike. I said, with modern sportbikes, it's really not that dramatic. 260kmh feels pretty much like 60kmh. Effortless. I can remember worrying about stopping a 69 12s Camaro in the entire runoff length. On my sportbikes I almost had to reaccelerate to hit the first turnoff.

Oh and I am the owner of the 340i now and I slowed it way the hell down. It will run high 11s and its tuned like 50-75 hp over stock. He took my tundra and bought a roller. Its the one in the above post.

 

[scott43]

Cage is being completed this weekend. 6.0 motor will be completely disassembled and sent to the machine shop next week. Most of themaximum motor sports suspension stuff was 4 weeks out , 4 weeks ago so, soon. They did send all the subframe stuff that will be connected to the cage.

I helped on a motor build for a 5.0 back in the day. They did a home tub and 4-link suspension job. I checked it out and told them they were not doing the 4-link correctly, didn't listen. Car couldn't hook up no matter how they tried to adjust it! Great car to mess with though, lots of parts and fun.

 

[djetok]

I helped on a motor build for a 5.0 back in the day. They did a home tub and 4-link suspension job. I checked it out and told them they were not doing the 4-link correctly, didn't listen. Car couldn't hook up no matter how they tried to adjust it! Great car to mess with though, lots of parts and fun.

they are fun and he is enjoying. He bought the turbo and had it for a week. I just kept asking him, how fast do you want to go? also saying for the money you spent on the turbo, you could get a roller and a engine for what you paid for the turbo, and when the race car breaks your daily didn't. Glad he listened, because he is enjoying the wrenching on a 900 car vs a 25k car with a lot more expensive parts.

 

[JCF]

One time at Lime Rock I watched in awe as this totally stripped out VW Rabbit rat rod went into Big Bend over and again - on three wheels… all I could say was that there was no way you could have more fun than that

 

[Andy Mink]

One time at Lime Rock I watched in awe as this totally stripped out VW Rabbit rat rod went into Big Bend over and again - on three wheels… all I could say was that there was no way you could have more fun than that

Back when Le Cars were a thing there was a class for them. I saw them race in the sport car track at Pocono. 3 wheels in every turn bouncing sideways. Slow as molasses but very evenly matched.

 

[johnnyvw]

Dodge Neons were the same way

 

[DesmoDog]

Not a racer but from what I recall, pretty much any front wheel drive car of the era was the same way.

 

[johnnyvw]

If my knowledge of vehicle dynamics is correct, they keep the roll stiffness low on the front and higher on the rear to transfer load to the rear to reduce the load on the front tires and induce some rotation. Otherwise the more heavily loaded fronts (by weight and also by power transfer and braking) would run at a higher slip angle and the cars would just tend to understeer like crazy. The difference in roll stiffness is high enough it manifests itself with highing the inside rear tire like a dog peeing on a hydrant LOL.
You'll see some older RWD cars exhibiting the opposite, lifting the inside front. Same thing in reverse

 

[djetok]

If my knowledge of vehicle dynamics is correct, they keep the roll stiffness low on the front and higher on the rear to transfer load to the rear to reduce the load on the front tires and induce some rotation. Otherwise the more heavily loaded fronts (by weight and also by power transfer and braking) would run at a higher slip angle and the cars would just tend to understeer like crazy. The difference in roll stiffness is high enough it manifests itself with highing the inside rear tire like a dog peeing on a hydrant LOL.
You'll see some older RWD cars exhibiting the opposite, lifting the inside front. Same thing in reverse

If you are rwd and lift one wheel. That is typically from chassis twist from the engine torque. We will be connecting the cage to the tubular k member to reduce twist

 

[Bill Talbot]

Spring is in the air!

 

[Varmintmist]

Easter ride.
With the rebuilt steering box in, and little stuff like rear speakers, windshield washer pump, fluids and filters and an empty house Easter afternoon, I decided to give her a little run and test the tunes with the lid down. It was ... brisk.. but tunes worked and we went around corners like we should. Co pilot didnt complain.

 

[François Pugh]

Easter ride.
With the rebuilt steering box in, and little stuff like rear speakers, windshield washer pump, fluids and filters and an empty house Easter afternoon, I decided to give her a little run and test the tunes with the lid down. It was ... brisk.. but tunes worked and we went around corners like we should. Co pilot didnt complain.

What if Co pilot sees a squirrel?!!