Recent content by Paul_H

I've used AutohausAZ for parts for our Mercedes. They seem to have the best pricing on parts for German cars, and they list the manufacturer of the parts so you don't have to guess if you're getting a cheap chinese copy, though sometimes they offer those and I've put 100k on a pair of front...

Fran, Thanks for the quick reply! Griffin will probably get to market before I start my build. With one in college and two to go, I've got plenty of time to plan before I have funds in hand. Also having a house built which seems like running a race car in terms of going through large sums...

I know the transaxle options have been discussed a fair bit over the years, but availability seems to fluctuate, and then there seem to be some newer options, or advertised options. While I've been considering an SLC for awhile, now I'm leaning towards an rcr T70 w/ a 416 ci LS3 ~600hp. From...

LED's are expensive, but between power savings and long life they pretty much pay for themselves. I'm having a new house built and have been trying to figure out what to do about the garage/shop lighting. I'd thought LED high bay would be much more expensive, but I'm sure the shipping to AK...

Fran, I'm aware GM doesn't offer 600+hp LS crate engines, though there are engine builders that do offer such turn key crate engines. https://www.texas-speed.com/p-3584-tsp-418-cid-630-hp-ls3-turn-key-package.aspx Having not driven a street car with a ~ 5#/hp power to weight ratio it's tough...

Re: One Lap America & Luggage Space in a SLC Thank God I have a truck and don't get calls from my wife saying she's stuffed her E-420 full of bags of soil or manure.

There are 600+hp naturally aspirated LS3 crate engines, for the sake of discussion.

Awesome, thanks for sharing! I completely understand wanting an engine in the SLC that sounds every bit as good as the car looks. The downside of an American V8 is the sound, and for some of us that's a big deal. I know from a practical standpoint the LS series provides wonderful relatively...

Fair enough, but every racing team has a budget. If running cc brakes eats up a significant amount of your racing budget, then that means either you run less races in a season, or you have to make cuts elsewhere like trying to get more races out of a set of tires than you should, or putting off...

I'm looking for an SLC power plant, it's just that reading about the mkIV made me think about a 427 mill as an option. While I can appreciate a high revving mill. I'm having a hard time believing a car barely over 2000 pounds with 600 up would be incapable of spirited driving

As I'm in the dreaming/planning stages the engine decision is top on the list. While I'd originally been thinking about a ford coyote with a possible twin turbo upgrade, that would end up being a fairly spendy power plant, and transaxle. With the discussion of the RCR's MkIV the wheels started...

If one wanted something different and had a Bridgeport and some spare time, you can make a V-8 based on a pair if Hayabusa bike motors. Excellent sound, 12,000 rpm, nearly 400 up naturally aspirated 3 liter or 700+ up w/ turbos. But those peaty financial and time constraints read their ugly...

Another option would be a ford boss 302 coyote engine. Modern twin overhead cam so fairly fuel efficient, and high revving so a decent sounding engine. New in the crate they run around $10k, and no expensive foreign parts. While heavy works fine in a truck (I drive a turbo diesel) you don't...

Just realized I'll be in Cleveland the end of next week and might have to see about taking a drive over to RCR to see an SLC in the flesh. BTW, figured you might like a picture of the streamliner I helped build. Can't believe it was 20 years ago!

Thanks for the welcome. I'm in Eagle River, which is just outside of Anchorage. Even by Alaska standards, Sparrevohn is pretty remote! To me the hardest thing to figure out with the SL-C is the transaxle, as that could limit my power options. My vission at this point is a Ford coyote twin...