Power Tour looks cool on TV, but not sure how much of a cluster F* it might actually be in real life. I looked up the driving time/distance and Miles of Mayhem is actually closer to me than PT! and that event actually might be more enjoyable with fewer participants and traffic. I probably can't make it to any of them this year, but I
might spectate at Rocky Mountain Raceweek when the stop comes to Bandimere. I missed it last year due to work. The current motor in my car would be an embarrassment on RMW as a participant.
I forgot how close powertour would be this year... had too much going on mid winter to even think about it.
Now, come to realize we would likely be entirely moved and done when it's going on.
I know I wouldn't take one of the 3 regals on the trip. Only one I'd be willing to risk in hotel parking lots and such would need too much before I'd think of doing a long haul in it.... and if we went, that's the only way I'd try it.
That leaves me with a mix of spare parts and late model stuff you see everywhere you go. The yukon makes the power to fit the bill, as do the mustang gts. But you see those everywhere and the yukon is more a tower than a racer and nobody who really know what it was about if it rolled by. The v6 mustangs are lightly modded and probably push the gross hp as net by now. But still common and boring. And it wouldn't feel right to send an import (either benz).
The firebird or c10 *could* be thrown together using spare parts lying around.
I've got a 94 tbi350/4l80(2wd) in my creeper van as a donor vehicle
C10 brakes suk (have new stuff I could use), the 90k mile inline runs well enough but the trans leaks fluid on grade. And i only run ethanol free whichbmay be a tough find. Other than that it's ugly but entertaining. Wonder if they do tech aside from your helmet requirements on the track/cross portions, and if so, how they would care about a passenger door that falls 1/2 off when you open due to one broken hinge and one half cracked?
😆 🤔 But the 350 would drop in on the inline mounts, rad is updated HD, has an interesting look, and if I cared about baffled tank I could throw in an 87 tbi c10 tank from the garage piles, thats about an hour project, nothing big. Going that route could probably use the van wiring and computer, just get an xmember for the 4l80. GPS would give speedometer readings. Swap itself is probably a weekend to drop into space.
Firebird has been required to sit untouched as evidence from 5/27/17 until 4/28/22, a month shy of 5 years..... has it been that long? It used to burn oil, badly. When parked rear brakes were out leading to events giving rise to the AAA tow that caused the law suit. Other than that and tires, everything at the time worked. Paint burned off and dash got one thin crack in the middle while stored. I've got pirelli take off tires I could repurpose on some 18s. The tbi 350 would drop in. $120 summit radiator for peace of mind and a weekend on the brakes it could go, assuming the 700 transmission was happy after the car fell. Trans being the wild card.
Have to file this one under things that make you go hmmm. Might be the last easy shot at a long haul trip for a long time. Easy thing would be enjoy the shows and experience by flogging a late model mustang, but that feels boring.
