anyone else build a racecar a little at a time

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  1. JHodges

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    I figure our cars would be a good race since there pretty close.
     
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    jayss10 This is Minerva

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    wow blown 5.0 that pic of you at the track is badazz ...love the maverick...,wish i lived near you guys id be there ...
     
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    your more than welcome to come stepside. that would be aesome to get a bunch of mavs in a shootout
     
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    My first race car took me 6 years to build. So yeah I built a little bit at a time. It was a Blown 351w in a 1971 datsun 240z.
     

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  5. JHodges

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    any idea when we will have the meet. right now I will probaly be the slowest car there
     
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    i need to get a lil money in my pocket first
     
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    I say next spring since its really to cold to race. The last time I went I went skating on the top end
     
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    that sounds like a good idea to me. give us all a lil time to get ready
     
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    Blown 5.0 Hooked on BOOST MEMBER

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    But my Blower loves the cold.
     
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    but if its hot the rest of us might not get embarrased to bad when we run against your car
     
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    my car loves the cold too. well after i finally get warm and running
     
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    ford84stepside Lone Wolf

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    Naw, your reaction time will probably be better than an old fart like me.:rofl2:
     
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    I wouldn't say that mine ranged from .084 to about .500 something:rofl:
     
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    I am going to try and take my car to bama next weekend if things go good. If it gets in the 9's I will be happy
     
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