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crazyamc
AMC Apprentice Joined: Jan/08/2012 Location: Texas Status: Offline Points: 70 |
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The SCCA Trans Am rules were very specific on mods and such.... "most" people consider '70 the ultimate year, since 6 manufacturers were fully involved. 1970 was also a year of big change- mainly the single four barrel rule, the 3200# (full of fuel- mandated 22 gallon cell, gas 6.33 pounds per gallon.. 140#'s of gas).... so a weight of 3050 empty would be a "perfect world", but difficult and expensive to get to legally... Legally, at the time, 70-71, front and rear glass was real glass, (70 required roll up side windows also) a working wiper motor, all brake calipers were cast iron except for the Hurst/Airhearts..... early cars, (68-69 stuff) had a lot of acid-dipped factory stuff, as the rules for then was 2850# empty (or 3000# full of fuel).... That increase in later years of basically 200# was supposed to help defer costs to the independent racers with smaller budgets; it's EXPENSIVE to make a race car light! The lucky racers were the few with ex-factory 68 and 69 cars which were "underweight".... they got to add it wherever they needed..... Trans Am RULES!! Ken
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Ronnie Kaplan Engineering :)
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Coloradoamx
AMC Addicted Joined: Jul/02/2007 Location: Parker, CO Status: Offline Points: 583 |
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Don't really have a target, but we played with weight to simulate a full fuel cell (the tank was empty when I took the picture) and it was 53%. It is what it is at this point. I'm not making it an active racer, just a track day or two from time to time. We also replaced and re-routed all the brake lines. All the lines were previously single flared and were leaking. I drove the car a bit today after the work was complete, and the car doesn't even come close to being the same car. Huge difference. I brought it home this afternoon.
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CamJam
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That is such a gorgeous car. I remember seeing it in Kenosha and spent a lot of time admiring your work.
And speaking of the comments about 1970 T/A season a couple posts ago, one of the highlights of my life was watching Parnelli Jones and Donohue fight it out from the top of turn 6 at Riverside in 1970. My dad traveled out of the country a lot on business in those days so my mom took me. Not her cup of tea, I'm sure, but she was a really good sport and seemed to enjoy it too. On my way to my own SCCA race at Willow Springs in the 90s I went by Riverside to see what was left. They had torn it down by this point and put the shopping center in. The only think that remained was a bit of the pit wall and a little bit of where turn 9 was. So much history just plowed under... it was really sad. Edited by CamJam - Apr/15/2016 at 12:36am |
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'73 Javelin 360 (current project)
'72 Baja Bronze Javelin SST '69 Big Bad Orange AMX (2018 Teague Heritage Award) SOLD |
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Holeshot
AMC Apprentice Joined: Jun/14/2010 Location: Michigan Status: Offline Points: 166 |
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Even IF these were outlawed by '71, would STILL be worthy of being in that engine bay! I have the SS/AMX Hurst-Airheart front disc setep & engine crossmember with the drop out section as well..
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|'69 AMX BBO 390 9.88 qtr. | '71 AMX 401 w/Richmond 5-spd | 2012 Hemi Challenger R/T 6-spd w/Sidewinders | Michigan 49120|
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crazyamc
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Wayne, you've done an amazing job in re-creation.... the power front brakes only system- per the original... wow!!! I promise you, build a vintage legal 305, put the Hurst/Airhearts on it, if you only make 1 vintage race a year- you won't regret it... because it will still be an awesome track day car!!! Don't limit yourself... Also, I can't thank you enough for the effort on getting me my block!! Money and work should start any day now; I've already brought home the a nice shell to start on the tub... '69 Kaplan car!! yahoo!! Ken
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Ronnie Kaplan Engineering :)
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Coloradoamx
AMC Addicted Joined: Jul/02/2007 Location: Parker, CO Status: Offline Points: 583 |
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Thanks Ken. I have to admit, it was a bugger getting that in-line booster bled. It took forever to get all the air out of it and get a hard pedal. But now it really works well, especially with the dual master cylinders. Tilton helped me spec the size of the master cylinders because the front has a different bore than the back. Below is a picture of the remote in-line booster set up like the actual Penske-Donohue Javelin
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79amxv8
AMC Apprentice Joined: Jun/04/2015 Location: Iowa Status: Offline Points: 119 |
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Got to love those classic Trans Am cars! Great job, it is beautiful.
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Photon440
AMC Nut Joined: Sep/22/2014 Location: B.C. Canada Status: Offline Points: 327 |
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Thanks for showing this beauty. I like it. I like it a lot!
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Faster is Better
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343sharpstick
AMC Addicted Joined: Mar/10/2010 Location: Wisconsin Status: Offline Points: 554 |
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Looking at your scale results,interesting and very different from mine. Was that WITH Driver?
My car, 1969 Javelin street car, full interior, full of fuel without driver is 3,181 with a 53.7% weight on the front. BTW, saw this in Kenosha, LOVE IT, and probably more fun to own this than the original. Edited by 343sharpstick - May/06/2016 at 10:51am |
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target
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I agree Wayne has made a lot of mechanical changes to suit his tastes and usage but I don't think it should go unsaid that underdog built it. Credit where credit is due.
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