the shell prep was done in 3 days b4 christmass, the cage was started thursday by jason at rally ready, rest of the car will be assembled by matt at rally worx. i will list the info as its built, photo bucket link to pics Build specs: suspension: DMS 50 gravel formerly on cpd2 driveline: 5spd dog box with DccD, front lsd, cluth style modified prodrive with extra friction disk Group N tranny and engine mounts Rear end: R160 with quaif Lsd 4:44 final drive open light Engine: 257 block, nitride crank, balanced rotating assemble for 7500RPM, 12.5:1 wiseco pistons, STI Oil pump, 2007 Sohc cams with custom delta ported heads, +1mm valves, custom delta rally cams, will be tuned for E98, Borla headers, 2.5in custom exhaust with cat at back of car +++ estimated HP from Delta calculations 260 WHP+++ Chassis/ cage by Jason at Rally ready. Multi point roll cage will be tied to front struts thru fire wall, pin stands, flocked dash, Lexan side, and rear windows Rally worx custom skid plate, and underbody, Custom wiring. Shell will be Black gloss vinyl, shell inside white.
In those pics it definitely is open and very light! Hehehehe!!!!!! Good to see another team starting up. Just out of curiousity, what made you decide to build your first car rather than buy a prepared one? Or is this not your first rally car? It will be nice to see it when it's on stage. Hopefully we get to make it out to one or two rallys this year.
Yes carl, open light, but being built so someday it can go full open, once i get bored, its not going to be a regular open light tho... it is the first rally car i have owned, but not the first i have built, i work for rally worx doing service, and chassis prep, the biggest reason is that my best friend builds the cages for us, so i only paid for the tube, the rest like the 5spd Dccd dog box, R160 lsd rear end and other parts were purchased as spares by rally worx back when Bob olson raced the national circut in an open car, and since his retirement i was able to pick them up at a discount
Mods: why cant i edit original post? i want to add this info: Build specs: suspension: DMS 50 gravel formerly on cpd2 driveline: 5spd dog box with DccD, front lsd, cluth style modified prodrive with extra friction disk Group N tranny and engine mounts Rear end: R160 with quaif Lsd 4:44 final drive open light Engine: 257 block, nitride crank, balanced rotating assemble for 7500RPM, 12.5:1 wiseco pistons, STI Oil pump, 2007 Sohc cams with custom delta ported heads, +1mm valves, custom delta rally cams, will be tuned for E98, Borla headers, 2.5in custom exhaust with cat at back of car +++ estimated HP from Delta calculations 260 WHP+++ Chassis/ cage by Jason at Rally ready. Multi point roll cage will be tied to front struts thru fire wall, pin stands, flocked dash, Lexan side, and rear windows Rally worx custom skid plate, and underbody, Custom wiring. Shell will be Black gloss vinyl, shell inside white.
That's understandable. If it's available, might as well take advantage of it. Most people starting in rally just don't understand how much money is involved in building a car from the ground up the right way. How is Bob doing? Haven't talked to him or Conrad since the last nemadji they ran. I used to work with Conrad many years ago.
I really have not talked to either since he stopped racing. His last DNF, in black river stages, didnt end well. he heeled physically, but lost interest in rally...risk over reward...
As far as I know, Bob's operating the Danza del Sol Winery out in California (which sponsored MaxAttack this past season). when's the car going to be done? RallyMN?
Nothing new. Just trying to reduce the chance of sellers scamming/hurting the search for prices etc... Unfortunately, the honest group suffers by not being to edit after a set amount of time(15 mins?) Got the first post updated, if you need anything else feel free to PM a mod or post what you want updated and we'll take care of you. Cool build btw!
car will be done in a month or so i hope, not expecting any delays, but its just an as time premits build, got full time jobs and such, hopefully for Rally mn, i might use lessons learned by carl, and many others, and start off at O'neal b4 i ever race it on stage. thanks bennyB. is it not possible to apply that only to the for sale sections?
i added more build pics to my photo bucket link in 1st post. dash is trimmed and mocked in so i can fab seat and steering wheel brackets. dimple died gussets take forever, pin stands are in, well they were in b4, actually in use now, front ones are tied into the front feet of the cage, front strut towers are attached to the cage thru the fire wall. once the drivers seat is in, the main hoop X, harness bar, and door Xs can be fitted and installed, and roof X, then more and more gussets. cage may be done by saturday. then off to media blasting and powder coating after that.. stay tunned for more updates
a few more updates added to the photo bucket link. roof X, passenger door bars, and main hoop, now to make more gussets
i would definately agree, its still a work in progress, new rear suspension is being worked out, didnt have enuf travel, and bottomed out
