Competition Car Ideas

I want to put together a car to do my drag strip flathead experimentation on instead of my '34. My main concern is getting something as safe as possible but I'd also like it to be light. My first throughts are getting a Speedway or Total Performance kit and putting a roll cage on the car. Any degree of fabrication isn't a problem but time investment is. It needs to be a pretty straightforward build in order to squeeze it in with engine work before the fall. Does anyone have some alternative ideas or suggestions?

 

find yourself a "retired" rail.--a lot of them have popped up lately, and they are super easy to wrench (or weld) on. even if you have the fastest flattie in the world, you're not at risk to maim yourself.do the basics-wrap the rearend,(no one wants the ol' ring gear through the scrotum trick) use a 'glide or even a 3 speed, and go have fun. I have no idea how much actual rear wheel h.p. you are looking at, but it should be an excellent test bed for your motor. think of it as a dyno on wheels.

 

Build an HA/GR !

 

Take a look at a Chris Alston Ch***is Works roadster kit.

Lots of tubes, bent to shape, ready to fit and weld.

Lightweight fibergl***, somewhat stylized and very low 27 T roadster.

I saw one of these with aluminum bumpers fore & aft that were similar to Model A bumpers.
Looked great.

They don't weigh much, about 1700# with 455 Olds, T-400 and nine inch rear.

Low 9's with a mellow single carb, hydraulic cam 455 Olds.

Fun car, change the oil and go racing.

Nice part is, if you get tired of it, yank the flatmotor and sell it.
Lots of SBC guys looking to pop their engine in a lightweight car.

 

Definitely! Light, simple, easy to change engines, traditional, cool, and most guys probably have the basics lying in a s**** pile!

 

How about a 55 T-bird g***er with an ardun head flathead w/ multi carbs, now that would be cool.

 

HA/Gr= ng blower motor.If I use Ardun stuff woundn't be a flathead.c9 I did look a their stuff thanks.LB rail? we are b
ig boys 280 lbs son is 6.7won't fit.

 

Howabout the low-end Speedway channeled '32 roadster kit with some cage work? I don't know if anyone still makes or will make a roadster body with gutted innards--most have a lot of weight in framing and hingework, but I would think this coud be 1,000 lbs lighter than engine's current home...a STOCK '32 roadster is like 2,200 I think.
Teach your daughter to drive the thing--she's gotta be worth a tenth here!
I'd lend you the Austin coupe...maybe 1,200 lbs wet??, but your engine would just wind the whole car up on its driveshaft...