Originally Posted by zerospeed:
Informative thread.... I am picking up a car tomorrow that's a bit older but is fresh and has new components. This was a good read. I am planning on stripping it and taking it to someone just to have it checked and re powder coated. That way I can go through it and I am confident in what I have.
Zero
Ninety Eight Percent of the reader racers on IOW are sportsman racers. They have a day job also, of these about ten percent have to have a race car just like their hero races or the guy that is winning the most in the class they choose to race in. All too often a racer new to the class thinking that they can spend their way to victory gets an awakening that just perhaps It might require more than money to race up front, leaving us with a disgruntled racer and a very expensive race car for sale at a discounted price.
If you are new to the sport DON'T hock the farm to go racing, get a hold of somebody with a tad more experience than you and go shopping>>>stay away from those cheap expensive race cars, rather look for a good solid older car 10 year old cars are great for gaining "seat time" after a couple of years racing then it is time to decide in what direction you wish to go. In that time you will be much better prepared to know what is hot and also by that time maybe you will have the seat time to take advantage of a better race car.
Like the preacher said "Do as I say>>>Not as I did"
Originally Posted by wingtrail:
I am new to dirt racing and just bought a used sprint car. The chassis is an 04' but comes with paperwork and is straight off the table/checked. Most of the bolt ons are pretty new, maybe 8-10 races old. If the car is dead straight, and the bolt on pieces are in new/good shape, does the year or the chassis really matter? I've gotten a few conflicting opinions, I just thought I'd ask here and see the consensus.
Wing
You should spend a little money on new bars or having yours checked and getting your shocks rebuilt. You will need all the help you can get, and trying to race a car with unknown suspension problems is frustrating.
Don't know if chassis age means anything or not, but I have been running top 5's with a 1994 non wing 360. It's bent , twisted, and heavy, but the wheels almost point straight... LOL
I was thinking the same thing Gregg. But troy has gone to a Maxim here in the last year or two. That old Comp Welding car, I think he said was a '89 but it was no later than early 90s
I've only seen him run it once and I remember the announcer saying it was a Maxim, But a pretty old Maxim.