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Hey All,

thought I would post up some pictures of my latest drag car in the build....

Its being built to run the 1/4 mile in 7 seconds, and aiming to be the fastest mx5 body in the world...

It is a half chassis with a 13b turbo engine in it. Has 32in x 14inch wheels.

Here are some pics..










What do people think?

I thinking of painting it purple, like the commodore morpheus purple....

whoa, that is some serious piece of kit. nice one.

what size wheels/rubbers were you running?

whoa...

sliq wrote:whoa, that is some serious piece of kit. nice one.

what size wheels/rubbers were you running?

The old car was running 29x11 tyres on a 12inch wide rim.

Very nice. Thanks for sharing.

hmm, it looks like your back wheels are a bit wider than stockies...

it would be a lot of fun if you can road register it regardless it is a serious piece of engineering..

silvermiata wrote:hmm, it looks like your back wheels are a bit wider than stockies...

it would be a lot of fun if you can road register it regardless it is a serious piece of engineering..

I wish I could road register it.... even just to drive it to the end of the street

what sort of mph are you hoping for here - 165 plus?

must say that its looking good thus far but a long way to go.

what fuel do you run these on - methanol?

list of colours i would like to see it in.

matt black

997 GT3 RS Green

Lambo Superleggera Orange

R34 GTR Bayside Blue

I reckon the existing blue looks good, sprinkled with some carbon fibre.

Looking very tough, now you need c.f. doors, guards, bumpers, boot, headlights, roof and g.v front lip.
I was just thinking with the rear of the roof - i could make the window opening smaller, (add 6" around the window when it is being made) so you can cut around the tubs without going into the window. I will start on the NB parts in about 2-3 weeks.

lightyear wrote:Looking very tough, now you need c.f. doors, guards, bumpers, boot, headlights, roof and g.v front lip.
I was just thinking with the rear of the roof - i could make the window opening smaller, (add 6" around the window when it is being made) so you can cut around the tubs without going into the window. I will start on the NB parts in about 2-3 weeks.

did i head you say GV front CF lip??? ooooohhh!! pick me pick me!

16bit wrote:what sort of mph are you hoping for here - 165 plus?

must say that its looking good thus far but a long way to go.

what fuel do you run these on - methanol?

Looking for around 180mph.... It needs to be fully finished, tested and ready for racing at the end of August... Yep runs on methanol with 12 x 1600cc injectors

lightyear wrote:Looking very tough, now you need c.f. doors, guards, bumpers, boot, headlights, roof and g.v front lip.
I was just thinking with the rear of the roof - i could make the window opening smaller, (add 6" around the window when it is being made) so you can cut around the tubs without going into the window. I will start on the NB parts in about 2-3 weeks.

Sounds good, but im quickly running out of money and I think all those parts would be $$$$$$$

Hot Damn!!! That's the biz.

simply awesome, best of luck reaching your goal.