sheridan wide body kit for the street?, am i nuts thinking about it ??? |
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sheridan wide body kit for the street?, am i nuts thinking about it ??? |
SirAndy |
Mar 11 2006, 04:52 PM
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so, lately, i have been thinking ...
i HAVE TO put my car on scotts celette bench to get it straightened out. more likely than not, the FG bodywork will crack in the process. then there's the issue of fitting more rubber under those fenders with the 3.6L. i had no trouble spinning the 9" goodyear schlicks with the ~120HP 2056. with the 3.6L it'll be worse for sure ... so, anyone here who has made the sheridan widebody kit work for the street ??? i imagine it would take some fabbing, as the hoods are part of the panels and would have to be cut out. how about taillights and front blinkers? am i nuts? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif) Andy (IMG:http://www.ultimate914.com/MOTORSPORTS_WE/photo_7/IMAG0000.JPG) (IMG:http://www.ultimate914.com/MOTORSPORTS_WE/photo11/IMAG0000.JPG) Attached image(s) |
Brett W |
Mar 11 2006, 08:45 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,856 Joined: 17-September 03 From: huntsville, al Member No.: 1,169 Region Association: None |
The Sheridan wide body kit is designed to take advantage of the SCCA Gt rules that allow a maximum track width of 60in. For a stock chassis your would need some huge spacers and some really deep offset wheels. Now the problem with doing this is on a strut car you end up creating a massive amount of scrub radius. By doing this the car can get harder to drive. You would be better off going with the narrow body kit so the proportions stay in line.
Now I really want to build my street car to use that body work. Have both halves hinged on the ends so that I can open it up like a 550. The wide body is one sexy ass body kit. It would look cool as hell. |
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