anyone willing to take a challenge??

torchd

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so saw this on another forum wondered if someone would take me up on a little cxhallenge....

realistically hoping to have at least 3 or 4 people.

challenge: take until a set date, use 1500$ including the price of the car to see who can build the fastest drag car.

rules:
1> selling of parts on the car is allowed to make more money for project... max profit is 500$
2> buying of used parts is permitted and encouraged.
3> accepting free parts especially those in serious nature (engines, trans', whole car) or borrowing parts is not preferable. (want it to be about how you can build a car not who you know) (this is negotiable)
4> car must remain street legal.
5> any make model or style of car is permitted
6> any engine in any car is permitted (if you have the skills fab whatever you can muster)
7> teams are allowed and encouraged but no more than the $2000 cap is allowed to be sourced.
9> if you already own a car that does not count as free. you must declare what you payed for said car or shell... new projects are preffered. plenty of mullets and mustangs on cl... imports are allows encouraged for a diverse group.
8> CAR MUST MAKE 3 PASSES (fastest 2 will be added together for your score)
9> CAR SHOW PART (not necessarily pretty but votes for coolest all around) (this is under question)
10> PREVIOUSLY OWNED PARTS: will be assesed fair used price (sorry have to keep it fair for those of us who don't have a garage full of parts)

***** possibly considering an extra batle against a car built with more money idk about that though

we will race end of this season at either milan or lapeer wherever people like more.

the nature of this is fun... i'd like each team entering to put forth 25 or 30$ so there can be a small prize to the winning team.

well thats my thoughts... lemme know what everyone thinks i think especially if you can get 3 or 4 guys to throw down on buildign a car itd be a wicked fun time... i'm starting putting together my team and ride... let me know if theres any itnerest here.


johnny

P.S. you can catch me on aim im on all the time (j0hnny 5t0rm)... set up a chatroom through aim so we can talk.... minimum of 2 teams needed.
 
lol exactly my thought....

5.0 HO with stock forged internals???

the other major idea is loose all weight you can.

johnny
 
lol thats actually a good idea i like it braxx... will be added as noted. was thinking about runnign for pinks but would really like to keep doing budget builds on these cars... like this fall race on a 2k budget... next spring add another 1000$ to the budget and run again... see what can happen.

thanks for the input.

johnny
 
The getting the parts and car together part kinda reminds me of what we did with the PINKS car. Spent a bit more than that, but it was a very low buck deal for how fast it was.
 
This sounds like alot of fun. They do something similar to this in Grassroots Motorsports Magazine, except the dollar amont is the year its held ($2008.00 in 2008). In fact a local guy won it recently with a 5.0 powered Mazda. I would be willing to give this a try, maybe even partner up with someone.
 
alright well inform me of who the teams are... over on xceed speed i have at least 3 times signed up possibly 2 more in the wings... would love 5 cars. 3 cars are already a sure thing. and just like the grass roots competition free parts are discouraged so this isnt about the connections someone has... parts you already own you can either put on your build list what you paid for them or a fair current used price... im reasonable on this rule.

examples....

most shells 300-500 value
most v8 engines 200-250$ value (unless not stock obviously but mile mods permitted under that)
th350 50, 100 if you have a converter...

i'm basing most of these fair prices off of craigslist and the forum for sale add's. knowing that most people dont get their asking price.

so yeah im starting a signup sheet... pm me or post here the teams... i'm trying to put a meeting together somewhere convienient for most people... looking like brighton or novi right now. and start putting together a build sheet for yourself....

so far current chassis are looking like
1> s13
2> rx7
3> festiva
4> fox body mustang

an unlikely group but some intersting swaps lol.

we are planning on a meeting tonight in brighton if anyone is free... i klnow its short notice but we will do another in a few weeks if noone can come

johny
 
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