I should have her ready for testing in early 2004.

I plan to run in NMCA L/S and PRO Xtreme Street. Should be a good time, and I know at least a few other board members will be with me in Xtreme Street

 

Good luck man.

I will want to see some pics.

Also what are the rules/guidelines for running Xtreme Street?

 

Here are the rules for Xtreme Street http://www.fasteststreetcar.com/2003...emestreet.html

 

Being competitive in that class is going to take some seriously hard work, Nick.

How do you plan on getting the car close to 3150 lbs? Or will you just make up the difference with more power...? hehe

 

I have tricks up my sleeve Denny. Don't you worry

 

Denny,


many ways to pull weight out of a car! 3150 will take some work but is definitely doable.

g'luck Nick, keep us posted on the build up

Taner

 

Good luck!

The guy who won NMCA Limited Street last season lives inthe same town I do about 3 miles away.

Its a 90 Firebird with a 337ci or something close to that SBC wiht a lot of nitrous. His name is Mike Libecap.

Are you planning on 4-linking your car or sticking with a totally stock type suspension?

 

Good luck Nick, give em hell next year!

On a related note, I honestly wonder how competitive a PRO X/S legal car will be in Limited Street. Bob Curran (X/S car) was 4 tenths behind the the #1 Qualifier, (Gary Rohe w/ an 8.3x) Its not unheard if for there to be $30,000+ engines in L/S. Makes it kind of rough on a guy that will be using 23* heads due to the X/S Rules. L/S Head rules are VERY liberal in comparison to X/S.

JM $.02 Good luck!

 

I plan on straying away from the Stock (ie: torque arm style) suspension in order to be competitive.

Bob Curran has a very fast car indeed, and in my opinion was just having tuning issues. That car has gone 8.40's several times and is expected to touch .30's this year.

The NMCA is less of my concern, especially since they just combined Limited Street and EZ Street. I think after this year they will either change it back, or people will bring bigger guns to the fight.

 

good luck nick! Its nice to see some other entusiasts of the street car racing series! There arent a lot of us around here. LOL

 

just to be politically correct, an LT1 is a SBC

but i think we all know what you mean...


i dont follow much of those "street" classes by the NMCA. in my opinion, they've all long since crossed the line from "street" cars, to more of a drag car. just my .02


good luck!




jon

 

I aggree with that.

 

As do I. I'd like to see a class that really allowed different "real "street cars of different brands to compete. Sort of like what NASCAR was in the early days.

Rich Krause

 

Sorry guys, but t just doesn't work that way. No matter the rules, you will always find someone willing to go a step further then you are. Take a look at PRO's "Cheap Street". What started out as a basic simple class for entry level headsup Racing, is now a class that dips into the 9s.

Many times, the MORE rules you make, the more expensive the class becomes. Take a look at NHRA S/E classes. Allowed modifications are very strict, and yet, to have a competitive engine, plan on spending in the $20k+ range, on an engine using alot of stock type parts.

In the end if ya wanna play with the big dogs, ya better plan on packing a lunch and being serious about it.