The rules allow nerf bars, so we plan to run some. Nick wanted to make them easy to repair or replace, so he made them removable. There are stubs welded to the cage, and the nerf bars have corresponding tubes welded to them so they slip in. They will be drilled and bolted securely on. They are just schedule 40 black pipe, so fitment of the OD and ID of the pipe was not the greatest. I ended up turning the inner pipe down a tad on the lathe:







Here is a shot that shows how the front bumper is mounted. Apparently, we still need to install a few bolts in it:



Other than that we finished up a bunch of little odds and ends, installed the flywheel and clutch, and bolted the engine to the tranny for mock-up hopefully this weekend. We are finished welding on the inside of the car, so Nick is going to spray the interior and underhood flat black this week. I did take a few more pictures, but the e-mail Nick sent me didn't make it through. I'll get those up as soon as possible.

Thanks for looking

Zane

 

real nice job..this is getting me motivated to build one..but i need thos green rectangular pieces of parer called money lol.

cant wait to see it when it makes its first pass

 

I hear you. We are poor too. Nick just has some pretty good contacts in the racing community around here. A lot of the cool stuff we have was donated by one racer or another. Nick's dad races a vintage sprint car, and has been driving circle track cars his whole life. He is pretty excited about Nick finally getting to drive a racecar, so he has ponied up some serious cash for new parts.

I'll let you know when we race it, but we don't make passes, we run laps!

 

Hey man love the post. I am currently running an 82 Firebird at a 5/8th mile dirt track in NJ. We have some more open rules it seems, like I have a ford 9". The car is a new build and the ONLY Gen III around. We are currently 5th in points and just can't seem to touch the Gen II guys, but hold our own. Setting up the suspension is tricky. Are you alllowed to run an adjustable pan hard bar? How about bead-locks. I found the car handles better in the turns with 15 to 17 psi on the right side.

Get back to me if you need any info, maybe you know a few secrets we don't.