This is going to be a Loud Proud and maybe and Ugly build too boot...LOL
Just hope it's not as hideous a color combination as Junkman threw up at me as what he thought was beautiful on his DC Heavy Hitter thread ...LOL
His taste in his Lady of choice is a good, can't say the same of a Knock Off of a Famous car created for Harley EARL by GM Design Department. First off what it took to build the original was a sense of design, with little body modification to pull it off. The only hard part was making the exhaust for car, the rest including the interior changes is easy to do. The knock off of car was easy, requiring little work and or money to do it.
Just cut holes for exhaust to past through, add a little treatment to stiffen up the opening and the body work is done. That leaves color choice and GM's was a good one. Complements the change. On the other hand, the Knock off version falls flat on it's face at least for me an others I showed post too...LOL.
So to maybe enhance JunkMan's knowledge in what it really takes to create a some what Custom on your on, I went out and purchased a project that had been started with Chassis I thought would work best for what I have/had in mind. I want to try and build a C2 that can turn 10s in 1/4 mile with less than 400 RWHP, on Street Tires car with minimum of 200 Treadwear tires, no DR's or Slicks used to get it done.
Part of what I'm going to try and do is show JunkMan a personalized build by me for me, not a COPY of what some one else has done. Some of what I'll be doing is taken from my 1964 Corvette named Lydia Build. Like her rocker panel, but with the body changes, I'm going to try and make the body's beltline look stock enough that most will not even realized it has been changed or that 95% of the rest of car's body panels will have been modified too. This build is about trying to make body look like it was designed to fit C6 Z51 tires and wheels along with suspension. I think I can pull off the body work for project, but the 10s in 1/4 with limitations I imposed on myself along with educating JunkMan, I may fall short on....LOl
But if you don't try, you can never succeed, an I'll be a trying...LOL
I'll try to start JunkMan's education with my next post(s) on build... Hope he and others enjoy seeing car built and raced this year.
Picture(s) of 1964 project car and chassis. Chassis is Street Shop Inc, C2 with C6 suspension.
Why I got the car for project. Part of what was uncovered when former owner had body stripped.
64LS;2854186 said:
We'll play a little catch up on status of car, in next couple of post.
Because the car will be raced a NHRA track it will need to meet their safty rules, so car has to have both a Flexplate Scattershield an a transmission shield along with driveshaft loop.
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64LS;2854186 said:
http://robrobinette.com/et.htm
http://www.wallaceracing.com/et-hp-mph.php
(this calculator assumes its rear wheel hp)
your car and the effort your putting into building it, and your ability to post clear pictures of your project, is very impressive, Im forced to point out that to reach your stated goal, your cars power to weight ratio, aerodynamic drag and drive train efficiency,tires and suspensions ability to transfer power to the pavement all come into play here.
yes an impressive start , and if correctly assembled your going to have one very nice car when your done, but I would NOT be so dead set on a 10 second E.T.that only getting close might ruin the build, it will still be a nice car.
the 4l80e TRANS AND ls SERIES ENGINE CERTAINLY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GET THE CAR INTO THE TENS but I'd suspect the power level required will exceed 400 hp.
