Summertime Builds

[Short_track_champ]

With a couple day off I made some good progress on the silly car’s going in circles stuffs.

Busted out a solo rear end pull....Probably would have been easier had it been drained and axles pulled but wasn't about to have that mess on my shop floor.
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Slapped on some new rear rotors
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Plumbed out the front spindles and rear snouts
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Gave the back end a quick spray job then got the new rear end mocked up. It all lined up pretty good considering I bought the housing sight un-seen.
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Going to move to the front next week and start pulling the old stuff off.

[wrackmaster]

Lookin good! Lookin fast! When's the next race?

[Short_track_champ]

Lookin good! Lookin fast! When's the next race?

Thanks! Trying to breathe some new life into this old Lefthander. Everything I touch wants to be replaced or upgraded which is making simple jobs turn into pricey jobs.

As far as racing, I think our season is a wrap. There is 1 more open show at Irwindale (last race for the track) for the Pro-Lates, we still have fuel and tires so we are just thinking about going at this time. Off-season build time then the first practice shakedown days are first week of March.

I'm just hoping my car can hit the track early summer. I still have an Elephant in the room with my motor....

[Hoggin]

The cars are cool. But your food pics are where it’s at!

[Short_track_champ]

Started to play around with the front end a bit.

Took off the old outdated front hub/rotor and spindle assembly.
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Slapped on some repurposed spindles and hubs with some nice new rotors.

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Needed some trimming around the lower ball joint for some clearance. It came out pretty good.
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Next up will be some new calipers on all four corners, and to get some new trailing arms on her.
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A slow expensive project to say the least.

[Buck70]

Looks good

[Short_track_champ]

Still working on the front end geometry, new brake shimming and stuff. Getting closer need to do some switch-a-roo on the front spindles to get my brake brackets on.

In the meantime I can across an absolutely smoking deal on a seat that I couldn't pass up. Drove half the state to meet a guy and it ended up being one of the best damn FB Marketplace purchases I've ever made.
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I'm multitasking and starting the prep to pull the motor. Gunna have to pull it, crack it open and throw a affordable (lol) refresh at it. Plan to pull it this next weekend.
A little valve cover porn in the meantime.
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