Posted by TParker (IP: 208.252.153.183) on April 27, 1999 at 12:42:37:
In Reply to: 460 Big Block!! posted by 72grabber on April 26, 1999 at 23:11:39:
If you are serious about making this a full time drag car( not on the street) you can save a lot of weight by tubing the rear end and putting on a complete rear end section, there are a lot of pre fab units out there with the differential in it. Also you can get a Fiberglass deck lid. Since you are going with the 460 you mine as well redo the entire front end with a tubular chassy and tilt one piece fiberglass front end. with this done even with the 460 in it you car should only weigh around 2000lbs. and if you build the 460 right you could get aruond 1000hp without nitrous. this combination will be very very fast! Trust me I have a friend with this same combination and he runs in the high 6 second range. But the cost is high for this package, I think he paid around $20,000.00 total to complete the car and he did almost all of the work himself including the engine work. Part are expensive these day's. Good luck and have fun with your project.