Update on the tube chassis and some 25.1e madness

[vassil]

Thanks Steve. I will be powdercoating the chassis. I gave up on the whole paint thing. I just got off the phone with the MN NHRA inspector and I finally got all my questions answered as far as the certification is concerned ... yay! I will end up sandblasting it first, which will take a negligent amount of material off and then powdercoat it. The inspector said that it is perfectly OK to sandblast it and powdercoat it before I have it inspected. Amazingly enough the allowable margin of error on the wall thickness is a whopping 10%. So All should be good. I just hope that I did not forget anything. The color I am going is one of those vein powdercoats its black/grey-ish ... the name is IronAge.

The transmission in the car will be a TH400. I did not go with a powerglide because I want more than 2 gears :)

As far as the fuel cell cage is concerned it clears with ample amount of room ... the angle of the pic is kinda weird, so it is hard to tell.

Here are a few more pics I took the other day. This time with rear tires and diff. The whole idea was to make sure the trans tunnel I fabbed up clear the up/down movement of the driveshaft.

http://www.eclipserwd.com/gallery/data/517/medium/IMG_0426.JPG
http://www.eclipserwd.com/gallery/data/517/medium/IMG_0429.JPG
http://www.eclipserwd.com/gallery/data/517/medium/IMG_0431.JPG
http://www.eclipserwd.com/gallery/data/517/medium/IMG_0417.JPG
http://www.eclipserwd.com/gallery/data/517/medium/IMG_0419.JPG

[Outlaw1]

Looks pretty good. I don't know anything about your background, so don't take any of this the wrong way, such as doubting your knowledge.

TH400 over a 'Glide? ? ? Don't get me wrong, I use a 400 with some combinations, like heavy cars with big cubes, tons of spray and plenty of tire....but a featherweight with a high winding turbo 4 banger? ? ? ? I'd be afraid to sling the guts out of a 400 if I turned it up to 12,000+rpms. What kind of trap speeds are you shooting for? Are you licensed?

*subliminal message*'Glide, 'glide, 'glide, 'glide....*/subliminal message*

I know these may be stupid questions because the car is still pretty far from done and you probably have a handle on all of this, but you do have a set of scales, right? By the looks of the links, you haven't started roughing in your instant center. Do you know what you're shooting for? Hard hitting wheelies, or low smooth power wheelies? I see the lower diagonal out back, but I don't see an anti-roll bar. With a soft spring rate I wouldn't be suprised to see the DS reaching for the sky when you come off of the 'brake @ 10,000+rpms. Until the last few years I never used them. Now that I do use them, I'll never go back to not using them, they WORK. Some people love them, some people have no use for them. Whatever works for you.... I can't really tell from the angle of the pics, but how's the bump steer going to be? A set of wheelie bars and a 'chute mount and you'll be ready to put up the welding machine for the most part. With all that tire, are you going to set it up on the 'bars and go for the gusto, or are you planning on bracket racing the car? Was there enough room up front for the fuel system?

I love home built cars. Put some plates on it and drive that bitch around. When I'm done playing with my Z06 I'll be putting another 540 together for my other Camaro...I've also been toying with the idea of going 25.5, but I sure do love my stock suspension and 10 wides. :D

[FattyBoomBatty]

, but I sure do love my stock suspension and 10 wides. :D

LOL, nice.

[driftn1g]

Looks pretty good. I don't know anything about your background, so don't take any of this the wrong way, such as doubting your knowledge.

TH400 over a 'Glide? ? ? Don't get me wrong, I use a 400 with some combinations, like heavy cars with big cubes, tons of spray and plenty of tire....but a featherweight with a high winding turbo 4 banger? ? ? ? I'd be afraid to sling the guts out of a 400 if I turned it up to 12,000+rpms. What kind of trap speeds are you shooting for? Are you licensed?

*subliminal message*'Glide, 'glide, 'glide, 'glide....*/subliminal message*

I know these may be stupid questions because the car is still pretty far from done and you probably have a handle on all of this, but you do have a set of scales, right? By the looks of the links, you haven't started roughing in your instant center. Do you know what you're shooting for? Hard hitting wheelies, or low smooth power wheelies? I see the lower diagonal out back, but I don't see an anti-roll bar. With a soft spring rate I wouldn't be suprised to see the DS reaching for the sky when you come off of the 'brake @ 10,000+rpms. Until the last few years I never used them. Now that I do use them, I'll never go back to not using them, they WORK. Some people love them, some people have no use for them. Whatever works for you.... I can't really tell from the angle of the pics, but how's the bump steer going to be? A set of wheelie bars and a 'chute mount and you'll be ready to put up the welding machine for the most part. With all that tire, are you going to set it up on the 'bars and go for the gusto, or are you planning on bracket racing the car? Was there enough room up front for the fuel system?

I love home built cars. Put some plates on it and drive that bitch around. When I'm done playing with my Z06 I'll be putting another 540 together for my other Camaro...I've also been toying with the idea of going 25.5, but I sure do love my stock suspension and 10 wides. :D




well considering a T400 would be perfect since you dont have to make a whole hell of power in a 300lb car. that t400 will support hell of power..

gl on the project!