Re: Thinking of building a cheap track car.
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11/23/20 03:17 PM
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Be wise... determine your sanctioned racing club, etc., determine which class you favor to run in, as well as how much money you're willing spend on the ;project and the typical race season (travel costs, entyr fee costs, tires, etc.
I've seen many racers modify their car without ever considering any given club's rules in different classes, then only to find poor race class results. Go to the extreme of the class rules so that you can stay within that class on a competitive level, rather than not having the car modified to the max and having poor weekend results.
You may not finish in 1-2-3, but you don't want top be dead last all the time.
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Re: Thinking of building a cheap track car.
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11/24/20 01:41 AM
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And make your tires the last thing you buy. Use used tires for fitment
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Re: Thinking of building a cheap track car.
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11/24/20 09:22 AM
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Cheap track car?
'old' 5.7 hemi lx platform (300c or Charger or Magnum)
replace the worn out suspension gut the interior for weight put sticky tires on it & don't touch the rest
done
It will be easier to build quickly, cheaper, more reliable, and faster on the track. The only downside is it won't look nearly as cool.
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Re: Thinking of building a cheap track car.
[Re: migsBIG]
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11/24/20 10:54 AM
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Not looking to compete in any races, more like if a track has a pay-to-play kind of thing. Heck, might even try to get plates for it so it can be on the streets! Thanks for the ideas again. Keep those ideas coming. I'd suggest looking at the tracks nearby where you may be doing this and see what organizations put together open track days. In many cases, this will be done by NASA or SCCA. There may be some other freelance rentals or clubs that allow it, but the majority will probably be by a sanctioning body of some sort. Look through these organizations sites to see what options they show for these track days. For NASA, they offer the HPDE events for simply bringing your car out and driving it on the track. These are primarily geared towards using street cars, not dedicated track cars, although those do show up on occasion. The next step up from that would be their Time Trials events. This is actual racing against the clock with several different brackets of cars and their mods that they use to determine classification. SCCA has their own set of classifications, as well as a set of new rules they have developed toget the pro-touring crowd involved with a slightly less regulated class called Classic American Muscle. Since you may be years out before beginning this, find the organization, find out who the local contacts are, visit some events to see what they look like, and talk with some of the officials about how they deal with a track specific *race* car, decide if you want to formally join their group. This will give you the background to decide how you want to proceed with a build up of a car as well as possibly what car you want to pursue.
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Re: Thinking of building a cheap track car.
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11/27/20 08:44 PM
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Cheap track car?
'old' 5.7 hemi lx platform (300c or Charger or Magnum)
replace the worn out suspension gut the interior for weight put sticky tires on it & don't touch the rest
done
It will be easier to build quickly, cheaper, more reliable, and faster on the track. The only downside is it won't look nearly as cool. Except maybe for newer/better shock upgrade, your suggestion is spot on IMO , except it ain't "cool" as mentioned, and nobody here will do it a
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Re: Thinking of building a cheap track car.
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11/28/20 07:49 AM
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Cheap track car?
'old' 5.7 hemi lx platform (300c or Charger or Magnum)
replace the worn out suspension gut the interior for weight put sticky tires on it & don't touch the rest
done
It will be easier to build quickly, cheaper, more reliable, and faster on the track. The only downside is it won't look nearly as cool. Except maybe for newer/better shock upgrade, your suggestion is spot on IMO , except it ain't "cool" as mentioned, and nobody here will do it a I Appreciate the interests, but you didn't read my post fully. I wanted to build a 'cheap' track car. I'm getting this Satellite for nearly free. Plus I have just about ALL the mechanical parts for it and just need a few other items to complete it (wiring harness, cage, seats, fuel cell, wheels). If I buy a late model car, that would be a higher cost, not to mention all the parts I have wouldn't work on it. Calculated out, it would be triple the cost of building the newer car. In the future, I would like to get a late model to lighten up for something like this, but it's not feasible cost wise at the moment. Plus the newer cars have soo much electronics, fixing/finding or working with a system I'm unfamiliar with would be an added burden. It's a good idea, it's just not something that I'm able to work with.
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Re: Canceled.Thinking of building a cheap track car.
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12/22/20 11:26 PM
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When to retrieve the cars today and they were too rotten to use as builders for a track car. Sadly, I wanted to build something on a b-body platform, but the repair and welding required for the car is beyond my skill level and pay grade. Will entertain ideas, but nothing will be coming home for the meantime. That was the fear in looking at the pics. Fire does bad things. There are cars out there, but they won't be as cheap as that would have been for you. If I see something I'll let you know.
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Re: Canceled.Thinking of building a cheap track car.
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12/23/20 02:02 AM
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When to retrieve the cars today and they were too rotten to use as builders for a track car. Sadly, I wanted to build something on a b-body platform, but the repair and welding required for the car is beyond my skill level and pay grade. Will entertain ideas, but nothing will be coming home for the meantime. I liked that LX platform suggestion. Beater cop Charger, put it on a diet and add SRT brakes and suspension if the cop package doesn't have the equivalent. Should get the job done for what would pass for cheap for a race car. You could even find a roller and go backwards with the engine technology and still have a blast. Will the SRT stuff fit the V6 chassis? Should be able to find a refugee from Hertz with a blown up 2.7 for about 12 bucks. Kevin
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Re: Canceled.Thinking of building a cheap track car.
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12/24/20 11:51 AM
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Thanks for the advice. Hope to find something. Was really hoping to get at least the 70' Charger for a MAD MAXX build along with the satellite as a track car. Guess I'll go with another idea on my 72' Roadrunner unless one-in-along-shot Coronet might come into for a possible build. Will see what happens.
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Re: Canceled.Thinking of building a cheap track car.
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12/25/20 07:23 AM
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Just for fun, what about a 74 to 78 Monaco? Get rid of the extra rubber in the chassis, lose some weight, paint it white.
Don't forget the light bar and sheriff stickers!
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