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Offline Oldschool

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Finished My Car
« on: September 02, 2014, 09:23:20 PM »
Finally finished the car and will be testing next week.Here are some pictures.
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Re: Finished My Car
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2014, 09:25:38 PM »
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Re: Finished My Car
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2014, 09:32:58 PM »
Have some big races including Hot Rod Reunion,that I am looking forward to. I do have a new surfer scoop for sale if someone is looking for one.
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Re: Finished My Car
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2014, 09:41:38 PM »
 :D
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Re: Finished My Car
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2014, 03:55:39 AM »
Congrats, nice work....what are your E.T. predictions?

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Re: Finished My Car
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2014, 05:35:52 AM »
I like! Which HRR?
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Re: Finished My Car
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2014, 06:24:52 AM »
Car looks great, good job and good luck.

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Re: Finished My Car
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2014, 06:32:11 AM »
Car look great ,should be a blast.  So how long on build and if under my 3 years you suck.  Let us know how she runs,maybe have someone take picture of you w/o helmet on return road after your first pass. Not much more satisfing then first good pass on new car,well maybe first race won with new car.
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Re: Finished My Car
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2014, 08:58:07 AM »
Know that feeling!!! Congrats what a beautiful ride!
I have always had a fascination with fast cars at the expense of more normal character development

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Re: Finished My Car
« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2014, 10:34:05 AM »
Get rid of that tab/bracket on the left hand side upper frame rail. Very dangerous in a crash. Do you also have a back end shot of the car?.Other than that ---have fun
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Re: Finished My Car
« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2014, 01:08:51 PM »
Great looking car ! Best of luck with it !

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Re: Finished My Car
« Reply #11 on: September 03, 2014, 04:44:29 PM »
The bracket for fuel shut off cable,which I could not use. If I go to mechanical fuel injection in the future,I would use. Maybe put padding around it. I am maybe looking at low 8 second,once I get used to and dialed in. Here is a picture of the back,minus wheelie bar. First full pass will be very exciting and I am sure my first words will be holy sh** . Can't wait :) HRR at Mo Kan Dragway,not big like the others,but fun.
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Re: Finished My Car
« Reply #12 on: September 03, 2014, 05:41:05 PM »
Cool looking car. What are you using for the throttle pedal assembly? Looks like cable comes out the back and loops around behind. I need sometning like it for my altered that I am working on.

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Re: Finished My Car
« Reply #13 on: September 03, 2014, 05:46:11 PM »
Then cut that bracket off and deal with the fuel shut off mount later ,besides creating a better design that wont injure you in a crash. and second whats up with the shoulder strap mount(s), cant figure out what you are doing there either. Just trying to save you some hassle in tech.

Second look , on your chute release arm pivot, turn the bolt around so that the threads are not hanging down in the drivers area, you want the drivers cockpit to be as smooth as possible,no snags or sharp impailers. Been building cars for 35 years trust me on this
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Re: Finished My Car
« Reply #14 on: September 03, 2014, 05:56:46 PM »
Congrats!!! Good looking car.Now let the fun begin!