shot of the car on the front lawn with Hoosiers, rednecks just need a lawnchair and a PBR Options

[byndbad914]

so I took a few photos of the car on the front yard to remind my neighbors just how bad it could be (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) I coulda took off my shirt and sported a farmer tan while drinking a PBR but figured I would spare the world that sight (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)

I really like the overall look of the smaller diam rear Hoosier, but since nobody else seems to I can't buy 'em used. And new they are cheaper than the bigger GYs, but I can get the GYs used for about 1/5 the price of the Hos. In any event, they should be better on the track overall gearing wise as I tend to be well below redline through every turn except thru the esses at Pueblo - and I just hit the rev limiter so I will just increase it up to 7800 or so from 7300 and bump up against it a little.

[byndbad914]

Looks Mean....

Have you done any competitive events with it yet? Is it as fast as it looks, I'm also a fan of sbc's so I am very curious...

I have tracked it quite a bit after moving to Colorado (but don't W2W) and my best timed run so far was in the upper 1:44 range. I went thru some iterations on suspension setups to get to that, then it turned cold over the winter and I know I was improving the car but the times weren't showing it as the track was so cold I couldn't get grip from the tires.

Last time out I didn't have a timing set unfortunately, but I had heat in the tires and I was flying through some of the corners at higher rpms than ever before, so I am hoping it is faster and not just back to the 1:44s and 1:45s I saw last summer. I have my own timing set now and was going to run it last week and the car just didn't agree and suffice it to say it never started at the track. I got home and it started about fifth try, but the starter was intermittent and messed up so I have a new one.

Hope to get out in the next couple of weeks and get some times.

For comparison, the last Rocky Mountain Vintage Racing event there last month on a hot day so good heat in the tires track surface, the fastest fendered car I saw was a taildragger running best time of upper 1:41 and 1:42s and the second fastest was another dragger at 1:43s. A couple other cars in the 1:45 range and then right downhill from there. So it's fast by comparison to most cars and I think a little faster now but only the timer will tell. And I am pretty tame with it and haven't really pushed it to driving like I stole it yet. I think it has 1:41s in it as well.

On big tracks is where it will shine - Pueblo is not a HP track except the quarter mile straight, which isn't worth much in the long run with all the slower turns. Fast tracks like Willow Springs would make quite a difference I think - I moved right when I finished the chassis and never ran it there in this config.