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What path to choose ?

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Paul New:
Quite a few of them were funny cars in the beginning of their life. As far as wheelbase 125" is most current bodies now you need to think do you want a big overhang in the front of a more period correct look of no overhang? I think 118" was pretty common for the 70's cars

dreracecar:
All depends on the wheelbase. But unless you have crew, space and a lot of money, I would stay away from the F/C body.
Bodies take a lot of work to mount and tin properly, they take at least 4 people to lift off the chassis to work on the car either at home or the track and a place to put it. More weight means more power you need. F/C's required to have a fire system where as an altered at that ET is only reccomended.
 Altereds/roadsters are the simplest cars one could own and work on that still fit in ones garage and still close the door.

Paul New:
A 1000hp will get an altered into the mid to high 7'sif it is in the 1800 or so pound range

Flint78:
Yea, you guys are right - I can't gather a team of 4-5 ppl that will always accompany me to the track. I got 1 maybe 2 guys tops. So body is not a good idea.  Altered is the way to go.

What do you mean by the "BIG OVERHANG" in the front ? You have to excuse me sometimes - English is my 2nd language.

dreracecar:
Overhang is the distance measured from the front spindle (usually the left front) to the most forward part of the car. For dragsters it 30" and F/C -Altereds its 40".  since the downtrack timing cones have the beams set at 6", the front end triggers the beam. the only timers that are triggered by the front tires are the starting beams. Having an overhang gives you a 30" lead off the timers and shortens the track 30" while the distance from your front tire to the finnish line remains at 1320'

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