Just wondering if I'm going down a misguided path here....
Background is that I've had a crazy notion of buying an old (80's...) Indy car chassis and putting an SBF into it and having some fun on the track. Let's leave aside the problems of re-using an old Indy car (cracks in chassis, etc.) for the moment. The idea is something like a cheap F5000 car. Old Indy cars without any special provenance (minus drivetrain) seem to be going for $30-75K. Put in an SBF and a porsche G50 and you're going really fast for maybe $50-75K.
Trouble is, it seems like open wheeled cars are not accepted at most general track day events. Porsche club doesn't want 'em at track days nor does the alfa club or the mustang club etc. Vintage racing doesn't want odd ducks like that out there either.
Am I trying to do something which is just plain a bad idea?
Background is that I've had a crazy notion of buying an old (80's...) Indy car chassis and putting an SBF into it and having some fun on the track. Let's leave aside the problems of re-using an old Indy car (cracks in chassis, etc.) for the moment. The idea is something like a cheap F5000 car. Old Indy cars without any special provenance (minus drivetrain) seem to be going for $30-75K. Put in an SBF and a porsche G50 and you're going really fast for maybe $50-75K.
Trouble is, it seems like open wheeled cars are not accepted at most general track day events. Porsche club doesn't want 'em at track days nor does the alfa club or the mustang club etc. Vintage racing doesn't want odd ducks like that out there either.
Am I trying to do something which is just plain a bad idea?