New to the forum, building my 87 cutty into a race car

buckcity614

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Joined forum for info for wlquestion that arise as im.building my 87 into a ls swapped twin turbo race car.
 

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SS_Malibu

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Welcome to the GbodyForum!
Bad @ss! We have several racers here that can help with all your questions.
 
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buckcity614

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Welcome to the GbodyForum!
Bad @ss! We have several racers here that can help with all your questions.
How about with familiarity when it comes to wnting to swap 87 euro front to the older 4 eye style
 
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SS_Malibu

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We've had guys here go to a Euro front end and guys remove a Euro front end for non Euro. Someone will chime in who is familiar with the change.
 
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64nailhead

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Race car details needed haha. What engine management, what fuel, cage? Plan to keep it street legal? What turbo's?
 
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All I can offer is racing experience and rules knowledge. I never progressed beyond Small and big block N/A race engine building. Ran 8.80's N/A with my last race car.
 
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buckcity614

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Race car details needed haha. What engine management, what fuel, cage? Plan to keep it street legal? What turbo's?
Holley dominator w/12.3 pro dash
Forged 5.3
Trickflow 220s
Vic jr single plane
Weldon 2345a pump w/ bosch 210s
Custom turbo kit with billet bullseye s366s mounted behind the grilles
Btr stage 4 turbo cam
Hughes th400
Hughes billett convertor
Quick performance 9inch 40spline, 3.50 gear w/spool
Trz pro control arms
Trz rack an pinion
Trz Afco dbl adj front coilovers
Viking dbl adj rear
Wilwood 6pot front
Wilwood 4pot rears
Willwood master cylinder
Hellwig frame kit
Motion raceworks gbody column
Motion quick release with grant wheel
Restomod custom ac kit
No cage
Completely streetable
Full interior
 
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mclellan83

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Welcome, that looks like a lot of good stuff
 
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64nailhead

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Holley dominator w/12.3 pro dash
Forged 5.3
Trickflow 220s
Vic jr single plane
Weldon 2345a pump w/ bosch 210s
Custom turbo kit with billet bullseye s366s mounted behind the grilles
Btr stage 4 turbo cam
Hughes th400
Hughes billett convertor
Quick performance 9inch 40spline, 3.50 gear w/spool
Trz pro control arms
Trz rack an pinion
Trz Afco dbl adj front coilovers
Viking dbl adj rear
Wilwood 6pot front
Wilwood 4pot rears
Willwood master cylinder
Hellwig frame kit
Motion raceworks gbody column
Motion quick release with grant wheel
Restomod custom ac kit
No cage
Completely streetable
Full interior
No cage? Really? If you don't decide to put a cage in, then you need to stiffen the frame an incredible amount.

You're $20K + in parts and should be able to put down 1200whp pretty easily. With no frame support you'll twist that thing in half with a decent tire. The cage will cost 1/2 the price of the heads and half the price of the Dominator and stiffen the chassis enough to make the frame feel like a solid frame.
 
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