Vanstrom Performance Build for X275

EHA Racing

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I have decided to take the Vanstrom Performance shop car to the next level and enter the ever growing ranks of X-275. The class is crazy and involves heads up, 1/8th mile racing on 275/60/15 drag radials.
In order to make the car compete I will need to put around 1,100 RWHP down on them drag radials with only 9" of tread!! The bump spot for an 8 car field is around a 5.20 in the 1/8th. Some guys are even running in the high 4's.

There is a thread in the member projects section on the engine http://www.newyorkmustangs.com/forums/time-to-start-building-my-engine-2011-a-t18340.html so I guess I will post chassis updates on here. For starters, even though I have to add weight to the car I need to get as much off the front as possible and get it to the rear. The most likely spot to start with was the brakes. The car had SN-95 spindles, rotors and calipers and weighed in at a whopping 88 lbs. I found a mint used set of Aerospace street/strip front brakes to not only shave weight but help to slow my heavy ass down!! :rock:

Here are some pics of modifying a stock pair of '87-'93 spindles for Aerospace brakes. This operation took a whopping 44 lbs off the front of the car.













 
jmiller

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EHA Racing said:
Jules did you use spellcheck on that relpy? Haha
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No, did you use spell check in your's?? :p LOL jk It was early... and I am on a no coffee diet so at 6:50AM, that's all I could muster. :(

How about this: Hot snot! That's some fancy machine work, Dougy. I can't even begin to tell you how much I love the smell of a metal grinder (cut off saw, whatever your fancy name is for it), too. :drool:
 
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Finally purchased the rest of the suspension parts I needed. I replaced the UPR front control arms with UPR's new 1" shorter arms to help tuck the front wheels a little better. Replaced the front struts with new strange adjustables coil over kit and springs, ditched the single adjustable QA1 rear coil overs for Strange double adjustables with new Hypercoil springs. Adding a UPR wishbone to help keep the rear end stable at high speeds, -3an braided brake hoses, and those little itty bity 275 Hoosiers drag radials that I'm supposed to go high 4's on on the 1/8th.





 
zoomie

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hmmmm, think you can figire out a way to make something like this for a panther chassis car?. i ve been toying with several ideas, but looks like your the mang to talk to about this sort of thing., i do know that i can swap over to areo cvpi brakes up front if that helps any
 
EHA Racing

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With this new aquisition it looks like our engine program is going to be stepping up to fight!
Blue Thunder 3.6 Canted Valve Heads
2.20" Titanium intake valves/ 1.625" titanium exhaust valves
255cc intake runners, 152cc exhaust runners
Heads flow 396cfm intake/ 288cfm exhaust @ .800" lift.
Jesel Shaft Rockers
Intake is ported to match.
This combo has been 5.05 and 143mph in the 1/8th mile on a 440ci sbf on 2 stages and 275 drag radials. My car will be 200 lbs lighter!!









 
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Well I sold the cast intake that came with heads so I could really put a hurting on.
I am freshening 302N20's engine so I figured I would set my top end on his block and take a few pics!!!
Now THIS is what I'm talking about!!!!





 
EHA Racing

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Still slowly making progress. New parts showing up daily and I'm stock piling them on shelves.
The rear differential is back out and sitting at Vito Antonicelli Race Cars. He is installing the new style big Ford 9" ends. The other axles and spool have been sold and I am replacing with 35 spline Hy-Tuff axles with 5/8" studs. He is doing a little more bracing to the rear and welding some larger -an fittings on my fuel cell as well.

A new 5" extended cowl hood has been ordered from VFN Fiberglass and should be here in about 6 weeks. Then I will cut a big hole in it for a Lexan scoop.

The motor plate is on it's way from Racecraft, Inc., a belt drive service kit is coming from Danny Bee and a set of fabricated valve covers are coming from Ocean State Performance.

Here are some pics of the new transmission that should have no problem handling all the power. It's built with an ATI supercase, turbo input shaft, pro-mod drum.....yada yada yada. It was built by R&R Transmission in Olean. I just added the ATI Bell, ATI Flexplate and crank adapter, and ATI overflow and all the accessories that go with it. It also has a roller tailshaft that's now fitted with a Strange 3150 moly yoke.




 
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