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Originally Posted by Waffle
What are your goals with this project? 15 seconds? 14? 13? 12? 11? Budget, 1/4 mile et & trap speed, total weight, keeping it 4wd or rework it to 2wd, strip or street/strip, engine, trans, drivetrain, gearing, manual or auto and if auto what stall. Is your goal just a weekend racer for fun or do you plan on getting into class racing. If it's class which one. If you're looking to spend at weight savings on a cage are you willing to spend elsewhere for more weight savings? If so, you need to look at ultralight wheels and brakes and panels etc etc. $$$$$$$, but you're starting with the heaviest chassis possible so you'll spend a fortune to bring it down (I'll still be a tank) when you could select a lighter chassis and go much faster for less $. What's your plan for the rear suspension design?
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I'm not entirely sure what you're getting at with all the questions. It'll be competing in a 10.5 index class. It will remain 4wd. As I stated earlier, it will weigh in at approximately 5000lbs with me in the drivers seat. It's Cummins powered and will make approximately 1100hp on fuel and 1300ish hp on nitrous.
I understand this is out of the norm for you, but what I am doing is nothing new. My old truck consistently ran an 11.3 in 4wd in the quarter mile and it weighed 7800lbs. Full interior and was still daily driveable. It's nothing to have a 10 second daily driver at full weight these days as the power we are able to make is pretty impressive.
There's an 8.50 index class for diesels and more than half the field is still 4wd. Again, I understand this may sound crazy to people who are not familiar with the sport, but for us, it's just "normal".