FS 87 shadow drag car project

[skunkwork]

Decided to sell my project car, have some pics on my myspace @ www.myspace.com/csxt152. asking $1800 OBO
here`s a basic run down of what`s been done so far
1- lightened to the max, mini tubbed, 1-3/4 mild steel 8pt roll cage, mig welded w/ welds ground smooth, could be converted to rwd, front an rear frame tied together.
2- doors are gutted an lightened an hinges have been modded to a lift off style an set up for lexan.
3- has QA1 adj. proma star coilovers w/ 90lb springs an needle bearing thrust washers an spanner wrench, installed in rear w/ adj ride height brackets
4- has rear disk brake setup installed off a 89 lebaron gtc w/ new vented rotors for it. New bearings an seals an long wheel studs installed. Needs a panhard bar!!
5- have 2 new 15x 3.5 weld magnum 2.0 gold wheels, real lightweight wheels, never been mounted, they do clear the calipers
6-new rebuilt manual rack for a horizon w/ new longer tie rod ends to compensate for the shorter rack. New wheel bearings an seals an ball joints, long wheel studs installed. Has a steering column an steering wheel out of horizon installed.
7-have rci plastic racing seat an 5pt harness
8- have 89 cb t2 "g" casting engine an a 413 trans, no head, out of 89 baron gtc, was planning a hybrid engine....have 2 2.4 dohc heads, 1 is for mock up, other head is complete w/ ehx. manifold out of minivan
9- have a couple of spare 413 trans to go w/ it
10- 90% of the tinwork is done, needs bead rolling. Need to finish the front floor pan.
there is alot more stuff that has been done to the car an more parts. E-mail me for more details an pics..This car is NOT street legal. Like I said it needs to be finished, all of the hard work an fabbing is done. Would take very little to finish. I can have in rolling form, need to put the front struts back on.

[skunkwork]

the pics I have on myspace or older pics i`ll post some new ones tomorrow

[BadAssPerformance]

You can link the pics here? Some of us are not registered on mysace.

Pics of yoru csx would be cool too

[turbojerk]

Awesome car!

Here's some pic's...

Troy

[BadAssPerformance]

cool...

[skunkwork]

posted some more pics of the car this morning, this is the way it sits now, just bolt some wheels on it an it`ll roll....if somebody wants more pics just send me your e-mail an i`ll send them..thanks

[turbojerk]

MORE!

[skunkwork]

C`mon people, this could be a EASY 10 sec car, there has been no shortcuts taken in the building of this car, believe me, cause i`m the one that would`ve been driving it, an I don`t have time to get hurt.

[BadAssPerformance]

I would have bought it before you cut it... but you know that

[skunkwork]

It was "cut" for weight reduction, an the floor pan had rust in it, now it`s alot stronger an lighter than stock .....I knew I should have built a Honda!

[BadAssPerformance]

Hmmmm, don't remember any rust in the pics I saw...

You are right, it is built light and strong for a racer. I am looking for a street car, already have a car with a cage in it.

[skunkwork]

The rust wasn`t real bad , just pinholes here an there, the spare tire well was petty bad though. I do have a csx-t#152, could you be interested in that perhaps?

[BadAssPerformance]

Yeah, now that you mention it I do recall some rust on the spare tire well. Damn Shadows and their aquarium spare tire wells!

Thanks for the offer, but I am reaaaally partial to '87 CSX's... Got a 'for sale' thread for the CSX-T? I'm sure someone might be interested.

[Skibbe]

Nice chassis. Will it pass NHRA tech though? I seem to remember something mentioned in the rule book about not grinding the welds on the roll cage.

[skunkwork]

I was building it to run @ a couple 1/8 mile tracks near me in either the DOT class or foot brake, or to reak havoc in the import classes they have. I`m not really sure if it would pass NHRA tech, the closest nhra track to me is Bristol, over 2hrs. away, so I never checked the nhra rules.

[Anonymous_User]

No, you cannot grind welds on rollbars in NHRA and I think the same applies to IHRA. BUT, you can build and do anything you want to the rollbar if you don't run fast enough to require it. Anything slower than 11.50 IHRA and 11.99 NHRA this would be fine. Many tracks I have been to would not bat an eye allowing this to run to 10.00. At 9.99 you are going to need chassis certification and they woudl definitely frown on the ground welds.

But, it is a nice job on what is done. Should be a very light car that will not need a lot of motor to run a good number!

[BadAssPerformance]

NHRA is 11.49 for a bar now too.

Most NHRA and IHRA tracks will let you run quicker if they see a cage, they wont really look at it until you run 10's or better. Faster than 10.0 they will look at the roof hoop to helmet height first, but being a full chassis (I didnt see the stock floor pan) they might look harder at slower speeds tho.

[Anonymous_User]

When did NHRA change to 11.49?

[BadAssPerformance]

2005 or 2006

[Anonymous_User]

Well, guess I should get out to an NHRA track more often.

Thread hijacking over. Now back to our regularly scheduled conversation.