Putting in the motor this weekend.

I hope to have it done by the end of November.

 

Looks Great! You know... these cars were made for fender flares. It makes all the difference in the world in appearance. The wheel/tire combo doesn't hurt either.

 

Cool, good lookin I agree.

 

The people that designed these body kits in the late 70's early 80's really spent time on the design.

Its amazing that they follow the lines of the car so nicely being designed for racing.

Plus they give incredible downforce at high speeds. All these crappy body kits out today are just for looks, I can bet no R&D was spent on how much it can help the car in cornering, downforce, etc

 

Such a small teaser picture, I'm interested in learning more about your car. What are you doing for the engine? Drivetrain? Rear end? etc.

Looking great!

 

Dan, your project is awesome as well. Great to see the progress

Here is a small list:

85 SE rust/accident free body
Dave Kent flair kit
respeed front coil over kit
t-2 front brakes
re speed rear adj spring perches
tokico 5 way adj front and rear.
street ported/pinned t-2 motor
t-2 tranny, bronze cluth
turbonectis hybrid

i am keeping the stock SE rearend for now. Not really planning on going to big on the HP. Just want something realiable and fun, if i can get 325-350hp i am good with that number.

I hope the rear end holds up. Just got to watch out coming off the line with so much traction.

 

get the respeed moser rear axles and dont do high rpm launches with slicks and you should be fine

 

wow, that cars beautiful..can't wait to see it finished. keep us posted

 

should be running by monday

 

picture

 

jesus thats beautiful.

 

Tthat's the mariah body kit right?

 

 

Beautiful car. I'm very impressed.

 

OH ****,duh

 

Tires are still freaking like new. I hardly used them

 

I thought the stock rear end was only good for about 220whp-ish?

 

fat wheels where u get them?>

 

+1 who makes those wheels?? simply beautiful....

 

ccwheel.com They are the classic wheels, same rims I have and the same ones that Luis was using on his widebody.

 

that was incredibly fast! thanks- theyre beautiful...oh so wide! it took me a second to notice from the first picture, i didnt even catch the wide body (been at school 7-7 today...but the flares are beautiful as well) at first glance, then i saw the lip on the back wheels and sharted....simply beautiful.

 

Dan, actually those were luis's wheels.

I just flipped the dishes around to fit my flair kit as his was different.

Here are some pics of it when i first started

 

Be sure and build some duct work from the front air dam back to the radiator. Without duct work, you are going to be fighting over heating issues - a big aluminum radiator without duct work will still overheat on you.

With proper sealed air ducts from the front air dam to the radiator, she will run cool.

 

Oh, didn't realize you got the rims from him. I was thinking about getting them from him before but I didn't because of the bolt pattern, I went with the 5x114.3 and big brakes all around.

 

I miss her alot!!!

New toy will be rolling in ccw's real soon though



Did'nt really get to finish the SE the way I wanted.

Slammed to the ground




Car looks good JP. Good luck