Cage, bulkhead, towers, front end: Jenzorace on DODC $30
G10 from mcmaster that I had: call it $10
Transmission from my buddy Ryan out of a T3 parts truck
diff rings and balls $5
bent motor plate I straightened from the parts box
used slipper elim' of an old gt parts truck in the parts box
misc aluminum for standoffs and cage parts nabbed from work
mcallister speedway sprint body $13.99
used rear arm mounts out of the parts box
used rear arms out of the parts box
used front arms out of the parts box
carbon fiber cloth and resin nabbed from the race team I used to work for
Misc Lexan from Tap plastics $3.00
used associated wing things from the parts box
unknown sprint car wing plates (guessed value) $5.00
.71 shock shafts x2 $5.00
shocks out of the dirt oval spares box
shock bushings $ .95
hinge pins out of the hinge pin jar
So last week I was thumbing around on DODC and found this old Barts Parts sprinter that had a little pile of parts that happened to contain a new set of GPM rear RC10 arm mounts. I inquired and got the thing for a song and a dime.
There wasn't much to the sprinter other than the cage, a home made chassis plate that weighed as much as the rest of the car, the barts rear bulkhead, towers and a B3 front end.
The cage needed a little help, I've never really liked the way the barts upright cages didn't have any forward bracing and the body mounted on two little posts so I bent up and welded some front structure, which is going to keep it an upright cage, even though I contemplated converting it to a downtube car. The basket bar on the rear bumper was also broken off and long gone so I made up a new one of those.
On To the chassis. I got out a piece of Black 3mm G10 and layed some paper on it. I layed out the cage, rear suspension, front end, etc.
Cleaned up the rear bulkhead, added some JRC rear toe blocks, and bolted up a rebuilt tranny that came out of a T3 parts truck a friend of mine gave me.
bolted on the cage, and snapped on last pic. Next will be making some shock towers that have a little bit better geometry options as opposed to the stock Barts towers.
