Racin Chicken January 26, 2008, 05:26:20 PM Just curious if anyone in here races there chicken im not talking abou drag racing either. Last year i dirt tracked a 91 mn12 tbird with moderate sucess and this year im building a foxbody tbird to take on the chevys. Quote Selected
Racin Chicken Reply #1 – January 26, 2008, 06:10:08 PM No way.An occassional drag,sure,but nothing that would involve rubbing panels with another car.This is a special car,not a dirt track car at all.Now if it's an MN12 car,sure,race 'em til you kill 'em.Not the Fox body. Quote Selected
Racin Chicken Reply #2 – January 26, 2008, 06:15:37 PM i've thought about it, in hobby stock. i watched a guy run i think a 86 with the plastic nose of an 87-88.. he spent the whole time under the hood so as you can assume he didnt run well. but i was suprised to see a fox ford in hobby (with prolly a 351 swap) Quote Selected
Racin Chicken Reply #3 – January 26, 2008, 06:56:18 PM Dirt's for plantin'. :flame: Asphalt and concrete are for racing. When finished, the one on the left will be seeing lots of track time. I've got some old pics (from before the build) of it cooking rubber, including some from in Vinnie's neighborhood. Quote Selected
Racin Chicken Reply #4 – January 27, 2008, 12:06:22 AM dirts for fun asphalt is for being serious. competition is better on dirt, more difficult on asphalt, apples n oranges. Quote Selected
Racin Chicken Reply #5 – January 27, 2008, 12:26:36 AM Quote from: t3skidoo;200092Dirt's for plantin'. :flame: Asphalt and concrete are for racing. When finished, the one on the left will be seeing lots of track time. I've got some old pics (from before the build) of it cooking rubber, including some from in Vinnie's neighborhood.Nice !!! Quote Selected
Racin Chicken Reply #6 – January 27, 2008, 06:34:14 PM its hard to run a tbird as a hobby stock ive tried alot of tracks outlaww them an the mn12 b/c the car of choice , metric monty carlo, cant compete with them when there running right. Im racing my foxbody this year and hopefully get a few more wins under my belt. fox body cars arent that rare and the suspension makes them great race cars. As far as dirt vs concrete its like comparing drag racers vs real racers. dirt more about the driver while pavement more about the car, oval more about the driver while drag more about the car. If you crazy like me you run figure 8 and put ur car on the line at any lap she could be totaled but still run like hell and shoot the gap. http://www.myspace.com/midgetracing28 go to this link and under pictures and fig 8 cars theres some pics of the old 91 b4 the first race and after the season with some body damage lol. B4 anyone says anytihng the blue house in the back ground isnt mine im on the other side of the street lol. Quote Selected
Racin Chicken Reply #7 – January 27, 2008, 10:55:24 PM Hey, go ahead and dirt track race it... Its your car...Welcome to the site, any questions go ahead and ask. Dont take them too serious. Just try to do it with a rusted out car... Quote Selected
Racin Chicken Reply #8 – January 28, 2008, 01:26:39 AM i gotta deal with a guy that owns a junkyard he holds these cars for me and waits to take them to the crusher until after i get use outta them. so its a win win really the cars get some final glory moments and i get cheap chassis's and no i hardly ever take a rust free car on the track when i have to cut most of car up anyway to get them down light enough. I've actually got a question for everyone preferably the v8 guys. Ive got some fairly open engine rules compared to most other dirt series.Stock block and heads (no porting) max 360 ciaftermarket intake ok After market carb ok (no efi)no electric fuel pumpsheaders okStock style ingitions only hei legal ( ive already made up my mind and found descently priced hei distributors for ford v8s)aftermarket pulleys okpump gas only 93 octane maxengine must pull 15psi of vacuum at 1000rpm.So what would be the better engine to start with a 302 or 351w? Quote Selected
Racin Chicken Reply #9 – January 28, 2008, 09:10:47 AM Find a Explorer 5.0 and use that, they have the better flowing GT40 heads... With a good intake and 600-650cfm carb it would be a tough combo... Those heads on a 351 would be even better but you will have the extra weight... BTW I believe the 351 is approx the same weight a s SB Chevy... The 5.0 is 60-70 lbs lighter... A killer combo would be a 5.0 stroked to 331 or 347... Quote Selected
Racin Chicken Reply #10 – January 28, 2008, 12:06:16 PM I don't even drive mine on dirt roads. Quote Selected
Racin Chicken Reply #11 – January 28, 2008, 03:59:51 PM the 5.0 is about 100lbs lighter than a race ready chevy 350. i like the engine they make descent power through the upper rpms. Ive heard of people taking the heads off of 289s and putting them on 351s and 302s but im not sure what all work would have to be done to this. A friend of mine that races bmod raced a fox tbird 2 years ago as a hobby stock won all but 3 races in the car and he had a stock 351w bottom end with 289 heads. wicked fast car every body hated him b/c he was beating them with a chicken. Quote Selected
Racin Chicken Reply #12 – January 28, 2008, 04:45:03 PM Quote from: midget28;200496Ive heard of people taking the heads off of 289s and putting them on 351s and 302s but im not sure what all work would have to be done to this. Except for the smaller combustion chambers 289 heads ain't nothing special(on a 351 prob at least 10.5 CR)... they have minuscule exhaust ports as does most stock 302/351 heads... The GT40 and '69-'71 351 heads are actually very similar... With the GT40 being the better of the two... Quote Selected
Racin Chicken Reply #13 – January 28, 2008, 05:07:48 PM is there any place to get reman gt40 heads? or does anyone on here have a set up for sale lol. Ill be using a crane z cam long tube headers and a aftermarket intake from speedway with 750 holley double pumper to get as much outta the stock 302 as i can. Quote Selected
Racin Chicken Reply #14 – January 28, 2008, 05:10:39 PM explorer 5.0 motors have gt40 heads Quote Selected
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