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The wait is over: the SC hits the road...and the track!
Some of you Pelicans are aware that my Father (NY65912) and myself got our hands on an 80 SC from another Pelican, with plans on turning it into a part-time street car and DE car/track weapon.
here is is in all it's stock glory. I know it's a small pic, but there isn't much to look at being that it was a stock-bodied SC. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...b/DSCN0958.jpg well, here she is now: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...1/DSCN0365.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...1/DSCN0367.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...1/DSCN0368.jpg Some of you may be looking at the pic and saying, "Ok, it's got some cool bumpers on it and a ducktail, and it's lowered, get to the good stuff!". I'm getting there... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...1/DSCN0366.jpg Cobra seats and 6-point harnesses attached to an OG Racing cage. We scraped out about 30 pounds of sound insulation from this car, no joke. The P.O. really liked his sound, but who needs any other soundtrack than the Flat-6 pumping away, PMO's ingesting the atmosphere and a Monty Muffler spitting it all out?! And what a Flat-6 it is! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...1/DSCN0362.jpg 46mm PMO's hint at what lies inside the engine ;) Here's the short list: JE Pistons 10:1 compression ratio Ported heads Dougherty DC40 cams SSI's MSD ignition Competition valve job Racing valve springs TI retainers 993 headstuds ...among other things (it's still a 3.0, BTW) wanna see it on the dyno? OK! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...h_DSCN0359.jpg right now she put down a little over 250hp to the wheels @ 6500rpm. That's all well and good, but the car has to turn right? Sure it does. It's sitting on almost every part out of the Elephant Racing catalog. 29mm front and 32mm rear torsion bars, fully adjustable swaybars, poly-bronze bushings all around, Bilstein shocks and more. What's that? Brakes? 930 Turbo brakes at all 4 corners haul the car down. So, there you have it. We'll be bringing this car to Watkins Glenn for a Metro PCA DE weekend next week to see how she does. It's light, it makes good power, it turns well and it stops well. Pops should have some fun. Don't worry, I'm going to co-drive it starting next season. Can't let him have all the fun :D Big, BIG thanks to Bill Rudtner and his crew at Rudtner's Racing for building this car, and for generally being a bunch of cool guys who love what they do, and it shows! decent pics coming this weekend. all of these pictures were taken in haste. oh, and the car is plenty quick :) |
Couple more pics for you guys
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...1/DSCN0351.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...1/DSCN0350.jpg as for the future, we're going to paint it Signal Orange for starters. Who really knows what is in store for this car! |
NICE car................ nice power as well.!
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WOW! Very cool. Nice Build.
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Sweet! How much does she weigh?
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Hey Mike,
The car is really coming along well. Duck tail was a good choice too. I put your shaved rear bumper on my car last weekend. It's still yellow, but I wanted to see how it looked anyway. It fit well with the bumper shocks you sent also. Only one bummer... I did snap one of the studs. I think some of the threads on it got a little jacked up and made it difficult to tighten, and then it got real easy. (whoops). The bumper is still rock solid on the car though. When I have the car painted I'll have a new stud welded on. Hope all is well. Keep the shiny side up!! |
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a little bump for the daytime crew:)
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Nice car! I can't wait to see it in orange. Are you keeping the flag mirrors? I'd go with something racier.
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Are you going to the Glen with Metro next weekend? If so, I'll see you there.
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See you there SmileWavy |
Mike, she's a beauty - even with the current color! (but Signal sounds sweet - not sure I've ever seen an SC in Signal). Anyway, congrats!!
Are those Fuchs anodized? I'm leaning pretty hard toward having my black Fuchs ano'd just like that. |
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Good looks don't have to be expensive;) |
Great car Mike! Somehow I bet that black Beetle has a trick or 2 as well.
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It's got a few tricks up it's rounded sleeves ;). My favorite trick is when people see that *gasp* it's an automatic :o I'll be driving it at the Riesentoter DE at Pocono North in September. Looking forward to that one :D |
Nice transfomation. Who made the fiberglass bits and how do they fit??
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The fit is exceptional for fiberglass. Excellent quality, nice and sturdy. Highly recommended! |
Nicely done Mike, beautiful (where it all counts) car!
It is a slippery slope my friend and you are running ass over tea kettle down hill :) Have fun with it! Here is my SC 10/1/02 http://www.standingwave.org/albums/p.../aaa.sized.jpg and 6/20/03 http://www.standingwave.org/albums/p.../aat.sized.jpg and 8/10/03 http://www.standingwave.org/albums/p.../aew.sized.jpg And by '05 it looked like this :) http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1155921061.jpg |
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