This letter took so long getting posted (I guess because of the
attachment that died along the way) that you guys have already answered
most of the stuff.
Thanks
Dick J
--- richard jurkowski <lsr_man@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> My first taste of LSR (sort of) was when my dad took
> me for a 150 mph
> blast on the Daytona sand in his new 1957 Chrysler
> 300C. Since then my
> dream has been to drive on the salt at Bonneville.
> After 40+ years of
> hydroplane racing, hot rod drag racing, motorcycle
> road racing and
> motorcycle drag racing, my second taste of LSR was
> in a very slow but
> very fun "G" coupe at Maxton. Now I have the fever
> bad, and my Chief
> Financial Officer and Team Manager has given me
> approval (and her
> blessings) to build a "real" LSR car. I know it
> would be easy to go
> out on the local used car lots and buy an already
> hot-rodded, low rider
> pickup or something and convert it with just a
> little effort, but this
> is my once-in-a-lifetime-chance, and I really want
> to do it with a
> "real, hemi-powered" race car. I've started putting
> together plans,
> and some parts, and that's where I would like all
> the input you guys
> care to give me.
>
> I have a 354 hemi (I have now learned class "C" not
> "XXO"), a Chev S-10
> frame, a lot of ideas, and a line on a 1948 Renault
> Model 1062/4-CV
> body - all of which I hope adds up to a C/GCC. The
> 4-CV is a little
> bigger than a '40s Fiat, and a little smaller than a
> '40s Anglia.
> (Look at the attach. and you will get an idea of
> what I plan.)
>
> I want to mount the hemi back as far as I can and
> still have room to
> sit relatively comfortably in front of the rear
> axle, which should be
> with the crankshaft pully about 26" - 30" behind the
> front axle line.
> The S-10 wheelbase is about 105" so I think that
> engine placement is
> OK.
>
> I then want to take the 4-CV body, chop the top
> about six inches
> (leaving about 5 1/2 - 6 inches of vert windshild,
> remove the rear
> fenders, and mount it over the rear of the frame
> with the originial
> Renault wheel location centered over the S-10 axle.
>
> I then want to take the front clip of the body,
> mount it centered over
> the new front wheel location, and build sheetmetal
> panels to connect
> the front end to the back end. The stretch looks
> like it will end up
> around 18" to 20" in front of the fire wall.
>
> I plan on fabricating a belly pan, and using a roof
> hatch for primary
> entry-exit.
>
> I guess the car will technically be a modified
> Renault. The Renault was
> originally a rear engine vehicle, and will now be a
> front engine. Does
> that present any class-qualifying problems? Does my
> overall plan sound
> like a sound route to building a "household budget
> based" C/GCC?
>
> Any advice you can give will certainly be
> appreciated. I want to be
> sure to invest my Team Manager's money wisely, or
> she may stop cooking
> dinner and other things that I enjoy.
>
> [ Mostrously long attachment chucked intot he bit
> bucket. mjb.]
>
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