victory_red_SS goes RWD
11-03-2008, 04:29 PM
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11-03-2008, 04:40 PM
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LSX RWD S/C conversion
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As far as updates go, the next couple of months will be a bit slow. This is due to the onset of winter in Ontario (not able to get the car on the track/road for final tuning) plus the time for JBP to catch up on some of their other projects.
The car is still going ahead and we anticipate being there come opening track day next year.
As well as the other V8 RWD Cobalts out there racing.
Because that's where the fun is.......
The car is still going ahead and we anticipate being there come opening track day next year.
11-09-2008, 02:13 AM
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This still isnt done! Ive rarely check this thread, i just assumed by now itd be done, or at least close... No offense but me and my dad ripped apart and rebuilt a 72 monte carlo in three years in just are spare time.. this is crazy
11-09-2008, 02:27 AM
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i have no idea how you do it bud. Seriously when i spend money on my car i want instant results... now lol. The dudes at the shop know when i drop my car off i expect their full attention on it till its finished. We both win lol i always buy them pizza when they finish as an added thank you 
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11-12-2008, 09:49 PM
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11-17-2008, 12:06 AM
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11-17-2008, 12:29 AM
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i know to build a pro-mod or top alcohol dragster it costs around $100-150g, everything being new components. now about $50-75g of that is the powertrain (motor, trans, clutch, bellhousing, rear end, including the fuel and ignition system). the rest would be everything else in the car. that is also if the owner buys the chassis and body and assembles it all themselves, not paying anyone to do it.
11-17-2008, 12:52 AM
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Not a Sebring
Building a twin turbo RWD Cobalt drag car however.....not so much insight available. He's more or less paving his own path right now, so of course its gonna take quite some time.
11-17-2008, 12:58 AM
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in reality the fact that its a cobalt body doesnt mean a whole lot in the grand scheme of things. its a tube chassis that uses a cobalt body and an ecotec. anyone that has put together a tube chassis car would realize that at this point, its all just metal.
11-21-2008, 01:02 PM
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11-22-2008, 12:42 AM
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Trust me I know all his builds. One of the biggest issue with the RWD build was getting this gypsy turbo setup working with the gypsy computer setup together as one. I'm wondering if this was one of the final tipping points for its plug being pulled.