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June 8, 2010 9:19 p.m. barnca Reader
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June 8, 2010 10:08 p.m. novaderrik Reader
i wonder what you have to do to those things to make them turn right, and are they still running powerglides with gutted converters?
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June 8, 2010 10:58 p.m. Tom Heath Webmaster
That was about as awesome as I'd hoped.
The dirt modifieds I'm familiar with used a lot of offset chassis components, so I'm really curious how they handled the setup on these cars. The cars in that video had a ton of roll, so I suspect stiffer spring rates and/or bigger anti-roll bars next time out.
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June 8, 2010 11:57 p.m. Wally SuperDork
novaderrik wrote:
i wonder what you have to do to those things to make them turn right, and are they still running powerglides with gutted converters?
Most use a Two speed with a tiny multi disc clutch. You don't need many gears with a light car and a bigblock, even on a roadcourse.
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June 9, 2010 8:46 a.m. poopshovel SuperDork
That was about as awesome as I'd hoped.
berkeley yes. I would pay to see some of that action at Road Atlanta...it also would've been cool to hear some driver reaction. I bet those dudes were giggley.
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June 9, 2010 9:04 a.m. Monkeywrench Reader
Outside of adjusments that can be made to a dirt car (springs, sway bars, etc), they must be run in dirt trim, including the tires!
That video was shot from a weeknight practice session.
They're calling for over 50 cars.. $300 payout to each starter, $5000 to the winner if he's in a big block, and I think $7000 to the winner if he's driving a small block. It should be pretty wild.
There is also a 2 hour Street Stock support race. Which should be equally as entertaining.
Date is June 20th at NJMP.
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June 9, 2010 9:42 a.m. Brotus7 Reader
My brother was telling me that a similar thing is going down at Lime Rock this year.
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June 9, 2010 10:38 a.m. 96DXCivic Dork
That is all kinds of awesome. So how much does one of those dirt modifieds cost?
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June 9, 2010 10:43 a.m. barnca Reader
In reply to Brotus7:
they are runnin pavement mods on the road course at lrp.
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June 9, 2010 11:03 a.m. nderwater Reader
holy crap that looks fun!
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June 9, 2010 11:11 a.m. barnca Reader
these babies will be on the road course at lrp. they have run at the glen before also.
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June 9, 2010 11:18 a.m. slefain Dork
Holy lifted tire Batman!
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June 9, 2010 11:29 a.m. neon4891 SuperDork
96DXCivic wrote:
That is all kinds of awesome. So how much does one of those dirt modifieds cost?
Around me, durring the off season you can find several a week at challenge prices
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June 9, 2010 11:41 a.m. Monkeywrench Reader
neon4891 wrote:
96DXCivic wrote:
That is all kinds of awesome. So how much does one of those dirt modifieds cost?
Around me, durring the off season you can find several a week at challenge prices
The problem is these aren't crate modifieds. Some of these guys have some big $$ tied up in motor programs.
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