As much time as I've spent reading other peoples' build threads, I figured it was finally time to do one of my own. Fair warning...this has been a slow build (2 years, so far) and will be at least another year until it is on the road.
To make a really long story somewhat short...about 3 years ago, I decided to buy someone else's project. As many of you know, you can get some pretty good deals, but you can also end up inheriting someone else's problems. The coupe I bought was a '93 with a stock-block Vortech S-Trim 347, TKO 600, and a Moser 9" rear. It made 509 RWHP, but had an odd mix of stock brakes, street/strip and road race parts...and a spool. The plans were to drive it as much as possible and make improvements along the way. Well, eventually I figured out that no matter what I seemed to do, I couldn't get the car to launch or drive worth a
$%^&. Ultimately, a broken ring land on #8 ended the first plan.
The last time on the road.
At this point I decided to completely start over. I decided to tear the car down to the shell (always fun in a 1-car garage), sell off all of the parts that I didn't want to keep, and build a serious street/strip car. The only parts that I ended up keeping were the Moser 9" (to be modified later), the TKO, the driveshaft, Spec pressure plate, and some assorted small parts.
The goals were to do through-floor connectors, 8.50 cage and mini-tubs. The mini-tub was a little more complicated as I'd already had a stock type aluminum fuel tank built by BBRC, so cutting out the entire trunk was out of the question.
To make a really long story somewhat short...about 3 years ago, I decided to buy someone else's project. As many of you know, you can get some pretty good deals, but you can also end up inheriting someone else's problems. The coupe I bought was a '93 with a stock-block Vortech S-Trim 347, TKO 600, and a Moser 9" rear. It made 509 RWHP, but had an odd mix of stock brakes, street/strip and road race parts...and a spool. The plans were to drive it as much as possible and make improvements along the way. Well, eventually I figured out that no matter what I seemed to do, I couldn't get the car to launch or drive worth a
$%^&. Ultimately, a broken ring land on #8 ended the first plan.
The last time on the road.
At this point I decided to completely start over. I decided to tear the car down to the shell (always fun in a 1-car garage), sell off all of the parts that I didn't want to keep, and build a serious street/strip car. The only parts that I ended up keeping were the Moser 9" (to be modified later), the TKO, the driveshaft, Spec pressure plate, and some assorted small parts.
The goals were to do through-floor connectors, 8.50 cage and mini-tubs. The mini-tub was a little more complicated as I'd already had a stock type aluminum fuel tank built by BBRC, so cutting out the entire trunk was out of the question.
