what u want to do this winter

I’m taking my old 82 Dodge Omni 024 foot brake car out of its 10 year retirement and getting it ready to race in the spring. I’m installing a new 496 engine, converting it to a PG transmission, rewiring the entire car, and upgrading the chassis. Anyone interested in buying a RED?

Finish my mini tub and hopefully put a backbrace on the the 8-3/4. Scraping the undercoating is taking longer than the work and after reading the post on backbracing I dont think I want to touch it.

I'd like to start the year out right with a successful full pass at the Hangover Nationals.

Ever since my car was finished a couple months ago I have been trying to track down a problem with my tranny or torque converter. The engine was over revving by half track and I've had to back out of the gas every time I've run the car.

I started by sending the converter back to PTC, they said it was loose and sent it back to me "fixed". Still did the same thing, so I contacted John Cope and we started looking at the tranny. Checked pressures, a bit low, but within range. He sent me a new valve body to try, and that didn't do a thing. Sent the tranny back to him for a thorough inspection. He didn't find a single thing wrong. John has been great throughout, a real stand up guy.

So... I just purchased another converter from another manufacturer. It shipped today and I'll have it in the car for the "Hangover Nationals" at Speedworld on New Years weekend.

I hope that the new year will bring an end to the problems and a successful season of racing

i want to find a 6 second roller chasis car. i have 1 in mind and im looking into the 6.0 cert upgrades for it.if all goes well.i may have my new car.then it will be motor time.

Building a new eng. Hoping to run 10's all street legal on pump gas. Ron

nice good responce hope evrey thing works out for every one

Its year 5 on my N/SS project. 3 different jobs in the last year didn't help. The bodys in my buddys home paint shop waiting (its's next in line). All the metal work and cage are completed. I'm getting the last parts machined to assemble a aluminum internal push button 727. The Dana is set-up, I'll disassemble it to paint it. The engine has been mocked up for clearance checks. Block needs only a hone and slight trim of the deck. Seats and door panels are off to a secret facility for "government" upholstery. I still have to build MSD mounts,Lexan windows,and mount the accusump,alternator,and vacuum pump to the motor plate. Then brake lines and wiring. Just about everything else has been fabbed and prefitted. Oh ya,I need to restore the vintage American 200S wheeels and polish the stainless. That about sums it up.
Doug

great post
i'll take a 9;90 10;00 pass in new car please
a new track or reopen of old one will work too

440 into a 493
11:1
.590 MP
Eddy RPM heads... maybe a little work if it's in the budget
Hope for 11.90's with 3.23's
pump gas, street legal

Michael

Taking car apart to get repainted (same color), swaping out the 440-1s to 572-13's when I get them. Rewiring the whole car to suit me better with the fuel injection. Installing a x-pipe and tail pipes. Hopefully new cage to run in the 9's legaly and tubular front end which if I do I will get the tti 2 1/8 step headers over the 2 inch I have now.

I just got my engine back from my friend/machine shop/engine builder after taking it in for its 500 run / 4 year check-up. All it needed was rod bearings, even the valve springs were good. So its back ready to go back in the car. I might get my headers recoated besides that and getting my backup 904 ready I`m not really doing much else.

New 7.50 cage done. remount nose new radator bigger four link bars, figure out why i keep braking lifters. have more fun then i had last year Merry Christmas to all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just need to put a roll bar in it and new front shocks.For the first time in years the drive train was good when I put it to bed
I was going to paint it but all the guys that see it say leave it alone It has that "old drag car patina"
Gus

I went 9.90s in the duster ,going for my nhra licence next year

and take the 72 roadrunner to the track too

if anyone 1 is interested in a xmas motor,i may have a b1 519 koffels motor for sale.p/m me if interested.

how fast will it go im my 73 duster
@ 2800 w driver
456 ladder bar coil

finish my engine.

W O W SANTA CAN I HAVE ONE P L E A S E ! !
get to work

Some body work, new springs maybe Cal traces or SS springs, rebuild pwr steering box to stop a very annoying leak and try to run a low 11 next year

get cought up. building three boat trailers at the same time like this one.

one more

Man, that's a bad azz boat trailer!
Hope to rewire the entire car and convert over to E85. If money goes well maybe put some light front brakes on it too.

Randy

Hopefully my cam will show up this week! Cant wait to get my headers back from ceramic coating also(proparts new style 2 1/8th steps)... I feel I am ahead of schedule for once!

* Dry sump
* Lexan front and back windows
* Going coil on plug ignition
* loop line water system
* Fiberglass trunk lid
* dropping the car 3" in the front and 2" in the back
* Lithium diode battery
* 16x16 beadlocks
* Dropping 180 pounds off the car.
* Promod 1.75" gun-drilled anti roll bar

Nothing...Car is probably gonna stay dormant for the foreseeable future. Maybe once we get moved to Vegas and settled in I will get back to it. Then again maybe list it for sale and see what happens. It is all fresh and ready to go.

Finally getting my 496 running and in the car so it can move under its own power for the first time in 12 years.

Dropped the car off yesterday to have the cage finished to 25.5 spec, wishbone locator installed and anti roll built and installed. Also moving the master cylinder under the floor and removing some weight.....this is just phase 1 though. Phase 2 will happen when the car comes home from the chassis shop and I get into the engine.

Get my car ready for 2011 Season