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Offline BALS aSALT

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fiberglass frontend
« on: October 28, 2010, 09:27:37 PM »
so if i build a car for CGC, is it ok to run a fiberglass frontend.? i was thinking of a one piece type. hood, fenders grill, all the whole frontend. and would i have to install the lights and grill or can i leave it all fiberglass one piece???
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Re: fiberglass frontend
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2010, 10:58:31 PM »
BALS-

According to the rule book you WILL need: grille,headlights (high and low), and park lights. NO decals.

No one-piece front ends.

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Re: fiberglass frontend
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2010, 11:16:10 PM »
Front ends are allowed in altered. :cheers:
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Re: fiberglass frontend
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2010, 11:36:54 PM »
ok. guess i'll have to do it the hard way. damnit!
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Re: fiberglass frontend
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2010, 10:32:07 AM »
Sounds like the plan has changed. What's the new plan?
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Re: fiberglass frontend
« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2010, 09:07:19 PM »
hey rich,
thinking building my own car. wondering what i can get away with. i bought a 608in.dry sump bullet that is good for 280 mph in a 98 trans-am. thinking maybe a 70's camaro. so maybe 260 with this car.    thinking big :-D :-D :-D
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Re: fiberglass frontend
« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2010, 09:11:44 PM »
Quote from: will6er on October 28, 2010, 10:58:31 PM
BALS-

According to the rule book you WILL need: grille,headlights (high and low), and park lights. NO decals.

No one-piece front ends.

Will
what page is that on? i found where it says you have to have that stuff but it does notsay they have to work.
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« Reply #7 on: October 29, 2010, 09:24:01 PM »
If I was doing it again I would not get a one piece front end. It's a pain to remove by myself. You need a place to put it when it's off. If you just want to warm the engine and change plugs you have to remove the whole front end and drag it along with you if the line moves. I would rather have a hood that opens all the way or maybe comes off and a front end that is not hard to get off but mostly stays on.
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Re: fiberglass frontend
« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2010, 09:29:26 PM »
i think you might be on to something there rich. good enough, we'll go with steel fenders and a glass hood. i was thinking a glass front for the aerodynamics of the closed grill and headlights. but i guess that would put me in altered.
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Re: fiberglass frontend
« Reply #9 on: October 29, 2010, 09:57:55 PM »
Quote from: RichFox on October 29, 2010, 10:32:07 AM
Sounds like the plan has changed. What's the new plan?
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Re: fiberglass frontend
« Reply #10 on: October 29, 2010, 11:08:13 PM »
Quote from: cheeto racer on October 29, 2010, 09:57:55 PM
Quote from: RichFox on October 29, 2010, 10:32:07 AM
Sounds like the plan has changed. What's the new plan?
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checking all my options, seeing if building is cheaper than buying since first idea of turnkey fell thru. :-( :-( :-(
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Re: fiberglass frontend
« Reply #11 on: October 29, 2010, 11:28:05 PM »
You can build a 260 mph car cheaper than you can buy one?

Hmmm, funny, I can't build the 160 mph car I'm working on cheaper than I could have bought a 248 mph car.

Have you checked with GH? I talked with him this morning, and his 248 mph Stude  is still for sale.

Just sayin.......
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Re: fiberglass frontend
« Reply #12 on: October 30, 2010, 05:14:50 AM »
Quote from: BALS aSALT on October 29, 2010, 09:29:26 PM
i think you might be on to something there rich. good enough, we'll go with steel fenders and a glass hood. i was thinking a glass front for the aerodynamics of the closed grill and headlights. but i guess that would put me in altered.
A little time with a sheet of .050 aluminum and a pop riveter will close off the front end if you want. Or the traditional Sta-Lube box and duct tape.
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Re: fiberglass frontend
« Reply #13 on: October 30, 2010, 11:18:10 AM »
Quote from: 38flattie on October 29, 2010, 11:28:05 PM
You can build a 260 mph car cheaper than you can buy one?

Hmmm, funny, I can't build the 160 mph car I'm working on cheaper than I could have bought a 248 mph car.

Have you checked with GH? I talked with him this morning, and his 248 mph Stude  is still for sale.

Just sayin.......
gary sent me an email about his car. kind of a hassle to go to that far for a car. plus i am starting to have reservations about buying someone elses car that has been on the salt for awhile. thinking starting fresh. i think if i shop around, do my homework, alot of elbow grease, and i think i might build a car that i could call my own. make my own history with my car instead of buying someone elses history. that might be ok if i were buying a car for monterey, but for me on the salt, i am thinking fresh. there is this certain fairlane that i really like alot, but the deal i was hopeing for kinda fell thru. still thinking about that car too. it's done and proven. but there again someone elses history. i just don't know what to do yet. all i know is i am running out of time. need to get a car soon.
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Re: fiberglass frontend
« Reply #14 on: October 30, 2010, 12:26:42 PM »

The days of being competitive at B'ville with a hot rod are almost gone----you are going to have to have  a serious "RACE CAR",  my lakester RATICAL was a homemade hot rod BEAST---if I ever want to beat The Hammond's beauty---I am going to have to have  an all out race car, with a race motor. I dont mean that I have to have it all built by porfessionals---I am just going to have to have a more professional approach.

This is especially true if you want to run speeds where AERO is almost everything.

San Diego to Maine is a lot less hassle than trying to Build ANYTHING that maybe competitive--- maybe even a 500 CC turbo bike. If you want to run  a BBC and you can buy a Complete car that has had a BBC, goes straight and has competitive aero, you can tweak and change and make it yours.

my opinion

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