besides the resto on 87x that got diassembled , reassembled for kirbans open house , then disassembled again and stripped to bare metal (and bare glass for those parts ) and then sealed its almost ready for a show worthy paint job ..
the 86 was launching hard last month at etown just need to install a few items to improve the 60' from low 1.4x's into the low 1.3x's high 1.2x's
So focus moved to the 87TTop
last spring with GN rims , iron heads , 3" external downpipe, stock headers , 2004r , stock 8.5 rear alum drums , pypes exhaust , full cage , cas v1 fmic , dual fans, alum radiator , stock suspension , wolf rear sway bar and control arms , 3" driveshaft, cold a/c ,vac brakes and fiberglass bumpers it was 3650 lbs with driver
over the summer i redid the car with hartline glass hood , vfn decklid , weld prostar rims w/drag radials ... i replaced the drivetrain with gn1's, ta4 bolt headers ,champ race manifold , 72 turbo , cottons FMIC, th400 with carbon fiber trans shield, dusty ptc 9.5 converer, moser 9" with drums , 3.5 cmoly driveshaft, ridetech coilovers , tubular uppers and lowers , trz spindles, strange 4piston front disc, 3.5" vband stainless DP and 3.5" stainless single shot , relocated battery to trunk, removed ac compressor and core .. took it to track rental and it weighed..... 3450 with driver
shedding weight sounds like it should be simple and one of those things that is often overlooked in the cost of a build , reality is after alum bumper supports which is about the cheapest loss it usually runs about $10-15 per lb to shed weight and the further you go past the common items the cost goes up ..alot
plans are underway to shed another 300+lbs ,
rack and pinion man strg
10 gal fuel cell
strange rear disc with prop (may go manual)
kirkey seat(s)
rear firewall +carpet rear seat area
c-moly x-member
c-moly swaybar
weld alumastars (mickey pros)
frame notch
and a couple other small items
delete the a/c box ( havent decided yet ) will drop another 35lbs putting the car almost 3100 w/driver
