It is official….The new chassis passed both the NHRA Tech and IHRA Tech….for 7.50
NHRA Tag
IHRA Tag
Took the new project to the Cleveland Piston Power show along w/ other Slick Devil car club HotRods and Customs.
Inside the Cleveland IX Center...thanks for the pic Don !
Lower Main body mounts tacted into place…..
Lower main body mounts, made out of 3/8'' chromoly.
New Wheels arrived…mounted new 13” wide slicks….
Rear of body narrowed even more...
Mounted seat, belts, gas pedal and fabbed up some helmet bars….for 333
1'' helmet bars tacked into place.
Front of new five point cage….on the 333 chassis
Front of old six point cage.
Front of new five point cage.
Changed the helmet bars from a six point to a five point on the 333 chassis..
Old six point cage profile
New five point side profile.
I never did finish weld the helmet part of the chassis…Something did not look correct to me……I waited to take a real good look at it once the chassis was set on the floor…and then I knew I needed to change at least the side profile…But ended up cutting the tact welds and removed the entire top. I bent up new hoops using the full 7” radius of my 1-5/8” die..I also went from a six point top cage to a five point cage. I laidback the front hoop harder and I finally like the end result. The cage now has some visual flow and is all around allot tighter.
Mocked up the steering on the 333 chassis…….made a new foot-box wall as well…………
I made the footbox uprights out of 1-1/4” .065” chromoly along w/ the upper cross bar from side to side…..Then I used 3/4” .065 and X’d the footbox area wall, the lower crossmember that runs from side to side is 1” .065” moly………Machined all of the steering parts today and started welding them up……..Littleman Dave