Off Season Upgrades

[Old Hippie]

Now that NSS racing is over for most of us, what plans do you have for your car over the Winter?

[Old Hippie]

So far the underside has need scraped and degreased, and waiting to be painted. All of the carpet has been ripped out, and New carpet will be installed after I Rewire the car and make a seat adjustment

To be done:

Inside

• All unneeded wiring removed and the car rewired with K&R switch and circuit board
• the floor ground down to bare metal
• New seat mounting holes drilled to move seat forward 1"
• All unused holes welded up
• Inside of floor painted in POR15 Silver
• New Carpet
• New headliner
• Seats wiped down with Acetone and redyed
• New 5pt harness
• New window net mounting
• Cage repainted in hammered black
• Make a rollbar mounted tire gauge holder
• New & bigger low oil pressure light
• Clean or replace door panels

Chassis

• Going from 33" Slicks to 31"
• Clean and polish both sides of the wheels before tire change
• Going from 4.71vto 4.64 gear
• Modify Driveshaft loop
• Take Driveshaft to be balanced
• While slicks and drive shaft are out, the underside floor will be painted POR15 Silver, the 4-link and read end Red, and the frame/Sub-connector rails black
• Send shocks to Afco to Dyno to see if they're the reason the left all if a sudden lifts higher than right on launch
• Change brake pads on all four corners

Drive train

• Trans out to install Lokar Trans dipstick
• Locate and seal trans leak
• Install new ATI Convertor
• Check and adjust pinion angle
• Change Engine oil/filter
• Maybe (if time) Weld up some Stainless Steel Headers
• Bump starter switch on firewall
• Run the valves
• Disassemble and dip carbs before rebuilding to duplicate Doug Duell's - which are currently in car
• Maybe set up a spare lid with Holleys

Body

• New Roof chrome strips
• Detail the back area where fuel cell/weight boxes/batteries are
• New Lexan sideband back Windows and lettering
• Maybe new windshield if time permits
• Complete Detail of wrap
• Sand and repaint bumpers