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Daytona small tire car???

Posted By: RockChip

Daytona small tire car??? - 02/01/15 10:45 PM

I was kicking the idea around about using a Daytona chassis for a ladder bar small tire car.

Is this a possibility?
Where would a guy start?
I believe Mopar used to sell a kit to convert these to RWD...... What did this kit consist of?

By the popularity of the Fox body in small tire racing I figured the Daytona is similar in size and weight..... It's just the fwd that messes things up.
Posted By: Randy..

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 02/01/15 11:20 PM

Look up Tim Davis, he had a small tire car for some time, he did ok. LoL won ALOT of races.
Posted By: SpareParts

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 02/01/15 11:57 PM

If you are planning on going out and actually doing some small tire races I would get a new plan. It would basically be considered a back half car which is a no go
Posted By: 72Swinger

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 02/02/15 12:02 AM

A Mopar powered 64 Nova would make an impression.
Posted By: MR_P_BODY

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 02/02/15 12:57 AM

Quote:

I was kicking the idea around about using a Daytona chassis for a ladder bar small tire car.

Is this a possibility?
Where would a guy start?
I believe Mopar used to sell a kit to convert these to RWD...... What did this kit consist of?

By the popularity of the Fox body in small tire racing I figured the Daytona is similar in size and weight..... It's just the fwd that messes things up.



That kit consisted of 3 tubes basically, front one
was part of a K-member, trans mount tube and I think
the third was the rear upper shock mount... that
kit is no longer available from MP.. but I heard
there was someone making his version... but in
that class I dont think you want to go that way
Posted By: ksj

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 02/02/15 01:08 AM

What kind of suspension was under the Chrysler Conquests?
Posted By: keefe

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 02/02/15 01:14 AM

Quote:

Quote:

I was kicking the idea around about using a Daytona chassis for a ladder bar small tire car.

Is this a possibility?
Where would a guy start?
I believe Mopar used to sell a kit to convert these to RWD...... What did this kit consist of?

By the popularity of the Fox body in small tire racing I figured the Daytona is similar in size and weight..... It's just the fwd that messes things up.



That kit consisted of 3 tubes basically, front one
was part of a K-member, trans mount tube and I think
the third was the rear upper shock mount... that
kit is no longer available from MP.. but I heard
there was someone making his version... but in
that class I dont think you want to go that way




Do you have to fab a trans tunnel for the Daytona?
Posted By: MR_P_BODY

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 02/02/15 01:17 AM

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What kind of suspension was under the Chrysler Conquests?



Strut front
Posted By: dvw

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 02/02/15 01:21 AM

I have a friend with a Daytona, back half rails, the front suspension kit, and I think a matching axle. He wants to get rid of it. Pm me if interested.
Doug
Posted By: MR_P_BODY

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 02/02/15 01:22 AM

Quote:

Quote:

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I was kicking the idea around about using a Daytona chassis for a ladder bar small tire car.

Is this a possibility?
Where would a guy start?
I believe Mopar used to sell a kit to convert these to RWD...... What did this kit consist of?

By the popularity of the Fox body in small tire racing I figured the Daytona is similar in size and weight..... It's just the fwd that messes things up.



That kit consisted of 3 tubes basically, front one
was part of a K-member, trans mount tube and I think
the third was the rear upper shock mount... that
kit is no longer available from MP.. but I heard
there was someone making his version... but in
that class I dont think you want to go that way




Do you have to fab a trans tunnel for the Daytona?



I'm sure you would.. I did on my P-body.. the tunnel
in the G-body was for a exhaust pipe.. and it wasnt
very big.... by the way.. if any one is looking for
a 91 Daytona I have one for sale.. its gutted but
still on 4 wheels and has the ground effect stuff
Posted By: rumblebee4232

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 02/02/15 01:34 AM

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by the way.. if any one is looking for
a 91 Daytona I have one for sale.. its gutted but
still on 4 wheels and has the ground effect stuff




MR_P_BODY was that your Daytona that was on Racing junk till a few days ago???
Posted By: MR_P_BODY

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 02/02/15 03:22 AM

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Quote:


by the way.. if any one is looking for
a 91 Daytona I have one for sale.. its gutted but
still on 4 wheels and has the ground effect stuff




MR_P_BODY was that your Daytona that was on Racing junk till a few days ago???



No it isnt.. I havent even posted it here.. YET
Posted By: rumblebee4232

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 02/02/15 05:22 AM

it was in MI and I saw you are also in MI is why I ask.. tried calling who ever it was but could not get an answer..he was selling as a roller but didn't give any other info..
Posted By: MR_P_BODY

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 02/02/15 05:35 AM

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it was in MI and I saw you are also in MI is why I ask.. tried calling who ever it was but could not get an answer..he was selling as a roller but didn't give any other info..



This is still on stock suspension but gutted... I was
gonna turn this into a full tube chassis car to run
quick 16 with a B1 M/C 1050 hp then spray it hard but
2 things changed.. they changed the rules and I lost
my license.... so the body is for sale... $600...
and its nice
Posted By: theraif

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 02/02/15 06:23 AM

http://www.exlinecustomauto.com/daytonaconversions.html
http://www.turbododge.com/forums/f11/f68/496681-rear-wheel-drive-conversion-dodge-daytona.html
http://www.oocities.org/tamiller75/rwd.htm
Posted By: slantzilla

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 02/02/15 09:20 AM

I think the Exline setup is made by a member on here.
Posted By: rumblebee4232

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 02/02/15 11:49 PM

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This is still on stock suspension but gutted... I was
gonna turn this into a full tube chassis car to run
quick 16 with a B1 M/C 1050 hp then spray it hard but
2 things changed.. they changed the rules and I lost
my license.... so the body is for sale... $600...
and its nice




I was hoping the other one was a tube chassis car .. I have built a stroker 5.7 I want to put in one.. It is 3.937 bore 4.05 stroke 14.6cc domed pistons 65cc combustion chamber, cam:::

int exhaust
lift 0.581 0.591
dur 241* 246*
lobe seperation 114*
open @.050 9.5* btc 60* bbc
close @.050 51.5* abc 6* atc

I was going to go carb but have now ordered the Holley Dominator system to run it..hoping to run low 10"s but still looking for a daytona body close to me..
Posted By: MR_P_BODY

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 02/02/15 11:57 PM

Quote:

Quote:


This is still on stock suspension but gutted... I was
gonna turn this into a full tube chassis car to run
quick 16 with a B1 M/C 1050 hp then spray it hard but
2 things changed.. they changed the rules and I lost
my license.... so the body is for sale... $600...
and its nice




I was hoping the other one was a tube chassis car .. I have built a stroker 5.7 I want to put in one.. It is 3.937 bore 4.05 stroke 14.6cc domed pistons 65cc combustion chamber, cam:::

int exhaust
lift 0.581 0.591
dur 241* 246*
lobe seperation 114*
open @.050 9.5* btc 60* bbc
close @.050 51.5* abc 6* atc

I was going to go carb but have now ordered the Holley Dominator system to run it..hoping to run low 10"s but still looking for a daytona body close to me..



My P-Body is for sale... a lot cheaper than you can
build one for... its good to 8.50
Posted By: rumblebee4232

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 02/03/15 02:17 AM

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My P-Body is for sale... a lot cheaper than you can
build one for... its good to 8.50




I know thats true which is why I have been looking for one that was already done.. Missed one in Alabama that was for sale for $3300.00.. Your P body looks good but I prefer the G body..
Posted By: DAYTONA540

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 02/03/15 02:45 AM

There's 8 listed on R/J some of those could be bought rolling. Also one listed that needs repair to the front end pretty cheap. There is always a lot of Daytona's for sale.
Posted By: rumblebee4232

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 02/03/15 03:55 AM

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There's 8 listed on R/J some of those could be bought rolling. Also one listed that needs repair to the front end pretty cheap. There is always a lot of Daytona's for sale.




yeah I look every 3 or 4 days there is only one of those remotely close to my budget and it needs lots of work IMO for what he is asking..I would only go about half what he is asking..
Posted By: kenworth_goose

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 02/03/15 04:12 AM

Look at Jeg's, they sell a complete kit for Daytona's, shadows's etc.

As soon as money will allow I'm going to do the same thing. I want to build a twin turbo big inch Mopar.
Posted By: RockChip

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 02/03/15 08:00 AM

I wouldn't per say back half the car I'm thinking more along the lines of graphting in a ladder bar kit, it's allowed in my neck of the woods....... Not sure how the rest would go.

I wish they had designed the hatch differently......
Posted By: FastmOp

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 02/03/15 07:39 PM

Looks like it was a bolt on kit. That should pass tech for small tire racing.
Posted By: ProSport

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 02/04/15 01:52 AM

I would love to have bought this one for 14 grand and stuck a healthy G3 Hemi in it, would have been a fun car. It's a big tire car.

http://www.racingjunk.com/Super-Gas/182273723/1993-Dodge-Daytona.html
Posted By: pittsburghracer

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 02/04/15 02:06 AM

Not a Daytona but this was sure a fun car. 10.0's all day long with a .030 over 440 stock crank, TRW piston engine.

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Posted By: SRT6776

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 02/04/15 04:07 AM

O/T - Is this Bill Mays old SS Avenger?

http://www.racingjunk.com/Complete-Race-...wSuperSize=true
Posted By: ProSport

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 02/05/15 04:12 AM

It's Brian Hicks car, not sure if Bill May used to own it.
Posted By: bdaz smblk

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 02/05/15 05:11 AM

Yes that is Bill Mays old kos car
Posted By: all spooled up

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 02/05/15 03:34 PM

brians wife drove that car.
Posted By: dirt

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 03/20/15 02:25 AM

I was making the Daytona rwd conversion kits for about 15 years now but I decided to stop after I used up the last of the parts I had cut out. there had not been very much interest in the last few years and I have been busy with other work so I decided not to invest the money back into making another batch of parts. I also removed everything from my website, so the link that is posted earlier does not work.
I do still have an 88 Shelby Daytona that is a RWD converted rolling chassis if anyone is looking for a project. I had a thread with pictures of it here turbododge Daytona RWD conversion
I am not interested in making any more conversion parts but I will answer any questions you have if you are working on converting one.
Posted By: rumblebee4232

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 03/20/15 05:34 AM

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I do still have an 88 Shelby Daytona that is a RWD converted rolling chassis if anyone is looking for a project.



and what would the asking price for that be??
Posted By: dOc !

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 03/20/15 06:27 AM

I have a 84 Lazer with a 440 in it .... strut front end and Dana 60 ..... asking 11k$ complete ....
Posted By: cudaboy

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 03/20/15 06:10 PM

I want to go the same kind of racing, small tire/ NO ET, and start messing with a G3 Hemi too. I sure wish Mopar had something from the 80's/90's that would work. Maybe I'll just put one in a Fox body...lol.

Dennis
Posted By: pittsburghracer

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 03/20/15 06:15 PM

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I want to go the same kind of racing, small tire/ NO ET, and start messing with a G3 Hemi too. I sure wish Mopar had something from the 80's/90's that would work. Maybe I'll just put one in a Fox body...lol.

Dennis




If you are going to give up on Mopar and run a fox body be smart about it and make it Chevy powered.
Posted By: theraif

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 03/20/15 07:58 PM

yepp sad to say thats the hot ticket fox with a ls
Posted By: cudaboy

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 03/21/15 12:36 AM

No, I want to have some Mopar content.

Dennis
Posted By: rumblebee4232

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 03/21/15 04:19 AM

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I have a 84 Lazer with a 440 in it .... strut front end and Dana 60 ..... asking 11k$ complete ....



I'm looking for a cheap roller, I have a Gen III stroker that I have built so I do not need and engine.. thought I had a 2008 Challenger for $3000.00 but someone got to it a couple days before me..
Posted By: SpareParts

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 03/21/15 05:36 AM

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I want to go the same kind of racing, small tire/ NO ET, and start messing with a G3 Hemi too. I sure wish Mopar had something from the 80's/90's that would work. Maybe I'll just put one in a Fox body...lol.

Dennis


You been sneaking around my garage???
Posted By: cudaboy

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 03/21/15 04:54 PM

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Quote:

I want to go the same kind of racing, small tire/ NO ET, and start messing with a G3 Hemi too. I sure wish Mopar had something from the 80's/90's that would work. Maybe I'll just put one in a Fox body...lol.

Dennis


You been sneaking around my garage???

No, but what are you up to? I would love to try KOTS one of these years if I ever get something together.

Dennis
Posted By: 462hemi

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 03/21/15 11:04 PM

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it was in MI and I saw you are also in MI is why I ask.. tried calling who ever it was but could not get an answer..he was selling as a roller but didn't give any other info..




You couldn't get ahold of him because it bought it!

It's got a 441" gen 3 hemi being built as we speak. This one is carbureted
Posted By: dirt

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 03/23/15 07:59 PM

I want to get $3500 for the rolling chassis
here Is a link to some pictures on my website RWD Shelby Z

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Posted By: rumblebee4232

Re: Daytona small tire car??? - 03/27/15 03:24 AM

Too bad you didn't post this a day earlier, I bought a 93 Daytona Monday evening.. Maybe I can save up more and come get it if you still have in a couple months,,it would be perfect for my Stroked 5.7..
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