I have up-close pictures of that shifter from long ago over on TD.com. I didn't even realize it was yours.
Once again, every single piece of this car is a work of art all by itself.
What's the string hanging down on the LH side for?
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I have up-close pictures of that shifter from long ago over on TD.com. I didn't even realize it was yours.
Once again, every single piece of this car is a work of art all by itself.
What's the string hanging down on the LH side for?
oooh quicker than a stocker. still kinda slow. My 2.5 8v revs quicker. And after watching it again it still sounds like a 350 chev to me.
Its like car porn only better :hail:
It still has the rear sunvisors!! LOL
Warren, I noticed the braces for the door windows. Are they still glass? If so, why the braces? I figure you probably have them locked in the up position and have removed the regulators, but if they are glass do they flex that much?
(on a side note I know that anything over 110 and I can't roll the windows up in my Daytona because the pressure sucks/pushes them too far off track at the top!)
Interesting. I figured with the move to manual brakes you would have done away with the cross split system. I know why it's there on production cars, but what is your opinion on race cars and such? I am wondering form the standpoint of adjustability for bias and simplicty of the system as a whole. I've not found an adjustable proportioning valve that works with a cross split system..you always have to run 2, which to me adds complexity, room for error, and an uneeded variable.
Ah...makes sense!
I know the stock Laser wing isn't functional at all. When I owned an '84 XE (looked EXACTLY like yours actually!) it would vibrate at highways speeds, meaning the air was turbulent in tha area and it wasn't designed to do anything with it.
Is the rear of your car feeling "light" at higher speeds? I know my '90 that doesn't have a stock rear wing wasn't nearly as stable as my '88 Shelby Z. Not a nice feeling when the rear feels like it wants to skip out at 125mph!!
Gotcha! :thumb: Are you looking at doing something similar to Mr. Slowe or even switching it up farther from that?
Eventually I think going to manual brakes will be an upgrade for my car for what I want to do with it. However the system will have to be completely redesigned from the pedal on! I think it will give better feel, modulation, open up room in the engine bay, and the system I have in mind will be more than adequate for stopping the car on a road course over and over again!
First off, stock Laser spoiler is a non functional and heavy. I suppose it looks ok but thats about it.
Unlike most guys here I like bracket racing and that is mostly the racing I do. Sometimes in order NOT to brake-out you must be HARD on the brakes at the finish line. With the light rear end of the car (and getting lighter) I can damn near get air under the rear wheels on a hard brake apply....not good at 140! I need a little down force at speed and the aero wing should even make it cut the air better.
Also the reason I dont go to little skinnies on the back, with them you have essentially no rear brakes in a hard stop, there is no tire contact patch, and the thought of getting crossed up at speed with them skinnies scares me. Just dont think it is worth it for the few hundreds its worth in ET.
And no offense,I think they look dumb:p
As for the rear axle plan....Think titanium,aluminum,and Harley calipers.(got some from James:thumb:)
I really am liking the manual brake conversion for racing. I have much better control for staging now. I couldnt supply the booster anyway with this cam........No vacuum.
I think my dad has some he took after you built it and before you put it in your car, or at least he use to. I'm driving to SD tomorrow and I can find out, if he has them I can post up the pics.
I lost the pics of you car I took 8 years ago when my dad and went to your shop.:( I did alot of moving around up until 5 years ago, must have lost them during a move.