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managed to get an old shell and a few panels so let the fun begin..... plan is nitrous motor full chassis nowt special  hope to have it on track next year


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Another ::) and it's red. I'd better build something else.. ;D
gonna be a good one i can tell. Keep us updated.

Good luck Danny. Who is doing the chassis for you?
Lee

ill be welding it  :D

Oh no ;D

I think the title should be Pro Nitrous or Pro mod notch?   still think a fasty would look way cooler but guess you do have weird taste :D ;D

We can´t have too many Notches racing, will be following this thread

ive already got a name and colour chosen  :)

Nice Project Danny!!

thanks mate should be fun  :D

That's not hard to workout is it now.  ;D ;D

might surprise a few  :D

TOP NOTCH ? That must've been used already !

nope

The one you pictured isn't yours ???

they are guessing the name of car you bellend  :D ;)

I see, yep dumb moment :)
Bell end would suit the car name though, good idea ;D

i know mate ..but you guessed wrong  :D ;) lee has just released the name of his car though  :D

It's ok now, I've got a new/different body coming now :)

Is a the new vw moanback?  :D ;D

You are on top form :)

well the shell is in holland ...should be with me next week  :D then work can start on it finally  8)

Let the fun begin  :D

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thanks you might need to do a few more later lol  :P

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Oh i do like a red turbo chassis notch  ;)
looking good dude. Keep chipping away at it.

There was a beautiful gray Notch at Drag Day this past weekend racing Outlaw Turbo -- was one of the nicest VW notch race cars I've seen done in quite a while (since Jon Scheers' notch) -- I was semi-crewing and wasn't taking pictures and haven't seen any on the forums.

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shell is pretty much cut now .just got to finish off the rear of cills where i cut it ...

Nice work. Are you keeping the dash?

yes i like it with dash

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Did you do the sills with the doors on?

inners were already on but i fitted up doors to check gaps ok then fitted outers and then patched up a posts right side is perfect door line left isn't quite perfect but will pack up fine on hinges ......  :-X

Thought you would have. They just get a bit wobbly once you cut that much out the shell/do the sills :)
Looking good, wish I had as much time as you :)

Danny, where's the rest of it?!  :o I think my pedal bike weighs more than that shell!

yeah theres not much left to be fair  :D

Like your build, I also kept the dash and rockers to keep the original look. Keep up the good work

shell is almost ready  to go .a few more bits to clean up and finish off but its not to bad at all a couple of small repairs around front window and it'll be solid  :D

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Jon Schweer's notch at Fontana this last Sunday -- -- 5.85 at 137 in the eighth

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New paint again?  Did he wreck it in Jager trim too?

parts arrived today ...
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Cool, that lot should push it along nicely  ;D

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That place looks familiar  ;D

yes there was a climbing frame having a funny cage fitted there today.....  ;)

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What spec you going for, 4 link rear, strut front?
Lee

 :-X

I though it was double wishbone fully independent?? same as little pete? ;)

will be very cool :)

not 100% on rear end yet but it'll be irs 4 link or ladder bar,  they will decide .the front is double adjustable strange strut 

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its starting to take shape....

looks nice and safe , keep posting  ;)

Oh yes that's the dogs nuts.

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Nice, gotta love a T3 8)
Cheers
Kev

Cheers mate .good to meet you on sat car looked great

Any more progress at Andy's?

Cheers!
Maybe manage a match up sometime??
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Its coming along nicely havent been back since last pic but i hear a lots changed.😉

had a couple of pics sent through today ...
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It's looking good, when are you hoping to finish it?

not sure mate sooner than i first thought though  ;)

Good effort hopefully it will be on the track soon

went over to andys today to confirm a few details on seat and steering .also details on mounting the body .its coming along nicely very happy

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step by step closer to the startline  ;D
good job  ;)

Looking good!

Looks great  ;D

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so i finally got the car back to the unit .really happy with the work and service from andy robinson  lots to do but i cant wait to get stuck in  8)

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The car looks good Danny! Out for next year?

ohh yes mate race ready by spring

Looking rad, will it be done in the same blue as Lizzy?  ;D

it will be obvious  they are sister cars  ;)

Looks fantastic mate, clearly some top quality work gone in there.

yeah none by me though  :D :D :D I'm just about to start lowering the standard though  :o :o :o

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Looking awesome Danny, looking forward to seeing it on track  :)

hopefully out this year mate  :)

Looking good .  :)
Did Andy Robinson make the complete chassis ?
Udo

hi udo
yes he made it all to a rolling shell and  mounted body, very good service

I know about his nice running V8-s , interesting how yours work . good luck

Udo

we will find out this year sometime...... hopefully it'll perform as well as his v8s... :-)

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Like the title of this thread  :D

did some testing today in the car .track was not prepped and very cold so only slow passes but it still ran 12.0 rolling off line so happy with that for first pass.car is amazing the work and service from andy robinson racecars is second to none i cannot recommend them enough .im really looking forward to getting the big shot of gas on it and seeing how it runs  :D :D :D :D :D :D
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Looks hard as nails! Great effort!

Well done Danny, are you at Big Bang?
Lee

Good work Danny, You must have put some hours in to get it done in such a short time.

No point in messing around mate I wanted to drive it

great job ;)

car ran 9.96 straight off the trailer on sunday at garys picnic ..then i couldn't get it off line after that for one reason or another .but I'm well happy with that for a first half decent pass  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Well done mate 8)  All that hard work and testing paying off now :)

Nice numbers! Good to hear the car felt good too.

Hard work always pays off in the end.

Enjoy!

Peter

Looked like an easy pass too. Well done Danny. How was the champagne?

Fucking waitrose stopped selling dom perignon...so had to settle for pol Roger  ;D

I will see if i can get it back in stock for you sir  ;D

You made that look easy! good job I know how many hours you put in to get the car done.

car ran well at cal look drags  a small pb of 9.95@139.7mph but 60ft was only 1.48 so more to come if i can figure the launch out ..... fingers crossed it performs well at dragstalgia

good few passes racing lady marmelade at dragstalgia was real close racing until i couldn't get 3rd gear on last of the 3 runs we had so lady marmelade took the win  :D 8)
but i came home with a pb of 9.92@137mph so was a cracking event 

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Wish I could've been there to see that!
Cheers
Kev

nice job dude ;)
you see hard work pays of ;)
congratz

You can change your signature again now ;D

went to shakey today only got one run a sit shit a rocker stud on first pass .but ran 9.95 @129mph so not bad considering it went at top end .dyno time now.....

That's a bummer Danny. Pretty consistent in the 9.9's now tho. Where do you see it ultimately topping out performance-wise? 9.50's? 8's?

High nines until the proper motor is built

Good job!

https://youtu.be/i3NC0Ie-ZFA

went to the nat finals this weekend ,i torched a he'd on the first pass testing out the new box .so I'm don't for the year. its been a good year getting used to the car and running some decent numbers even if the moons never lined up for a perfect pass .
time to remove the bug motor and get onto fitting the turbo motor for next year .... 8)

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notch is coming along nicely still a while off being race ready but will be out this year ......
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Dannyboy, that is a great picture.  Something to aspire to!

Are you running 3" shorter axles on the notch?  What wheel width and back spacing did you go with?

I'm build a pan based notch, 3" torsion raise, 1" trans, 3"/side torsion narrow.  I finished all the metal work this weekend and I need to get some wheels under it.

It is 5 inch narrow.
Well mine is anyway. But I’m swing axle ladder bar. 8 inch rims with 3.5 inch back space.

the rear end has 300mm axles the wheels are 8 inch wide with 4 inch backspace :-)

Danny, your 5"/side?  Is that how RLR builds all his chassis?

Stussyrich - thanks for the feedback.

I went home today at lunch to take a quick measurement of my Split which has a 3"/side torsion narrow.  I've got 8.5" MTs on 7" bogarts with a 2.5" back spacing and about 1-3/4" clearance to the adjustable spring plate  (obviously things you chassis car guys don't have to worry about!).  I haven't mocked up a rear fender yet on my notchback to get an idea of where the wheel will sit in relationship to the fender lip, but I will tonight.   I have Weld spindle mounts up front (magnums just like DannyBoy, but in black) and I wanted to match them with Weld rears.  They have 15x8 in 3", 4" and 5" backspacing.  I used an online wheel/tire calculator and the 3" back spacing puts me about .5" closer to the spring plate, but would still allow for clearance.

The 3" back spacing reduces my rear track width by 1" compared to my split window.  Do you guys have any thoughts on reducing the rear track width?  If you run narrowed 5"/side, with 3.5" backspacing, that pulls the wheel in 2.5" per side compared to where I'm at, total track width narrowed by 5".  Your both really fast, so I assume I shouldn't be concerned with the 1"?

You both have badass cars, along with "Ragtop" aka Notchback Racing, and all have given me ideas for my build.  My car is following the NHRA SS/VX rules, so "pan based", pie cut pan head, aluminum beam, 3x3 torsion housing, etc.

Thank you guys for the responses, Its nice to see a little life left in the lounge.

EDITED to correct the measurement between the MT 8.5 slick on 7" wheel with 2.5" back spacing.

no worries mate ,stussyrich car is a lummus chassis  mine is a andy robinson chassis  to be completely honest i didnt have any input into my cars design other than giving him the  wheels i wanted to use the rest i left up to the chassis builder i then got axles made to suit the car

In regards of RLR chassis and the rear narrowing it’s up to you when you order. You can get them with both 3” and 5” . Mine is 5”

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I'd say you won't get an 8.5 wide tyre under the arches with a 3 inch narrow rear.
you can see how tight it is and how close the rim / tyre are to the ladder bars. I have 1 inch from tyre to ladder bar.

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I must admitted this has me a little worried.  Enough to run out in the garage and pull a wheel/tire off my split and check it out.

This is my 2-1/2" backspace wheel. At 4-1/4" off the spring plate.  I measured the split and the face on the hub is about 5-3/4.  So this wheel is where a 4" back spacing would sit.  It's tight, like maybe not get the wheel off with the fenders on tight.  I'm not sure what will happen when the suspension articulates.

so work has been slow on the turbo setup .a few other cars got in the way .back on it now the motor is built and fitted plumbed in ,the loom is going in  .ive made the new wheelie bars and fitted  hopefully have it running by early jan .....
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Wow thats amazing! 2019 will be the PB year then!

is it a TF1 case?

fingers crossed it will run well .yes its a tf1 case .really nice cases
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I'm trying to work out if I've actually seen this in the flesh, but I guess you'll be doing plenty of meets at the Pod next season? Did you have it at Shakey for the Cal Look Drag Day last year?

My wife wants to know where the headlights are - she says they're not real cars without them!

you probably see it at shakey last year as i was testing the car with the  nitrous motor and box out of bug . :)

Have you been working on the X1/9 I can see in the background? You rebuild it???
Frank

Hi mate .no it's a track car project I acquired old fiat has gone to new owner to rebuild for next year

Ah nice one. I'll live again then. Still in the UK?

yes mate it'll be out next year i think  8)

good few days doing bit and bobs on the car decided i dint like the rubber dash so welded it up and painted it ...

Really like the dash Danny.

Has the turbo motor ran yet?

not yet  still a little wiring to do but hopefully this month it will be on dyno   :o

It's going to need some strapping down  :o

so the car is finally ready for testing on track ...fingers crossed it will be ok for a few gentle test passes at bugjam   :o

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What are the engine specs Danny?

I've seem to have missed that part in the thread  ;)

Tnx!

hi walter its a 2720cc tf1 case scat flange crank pauter rods cant remember the sspecs on cam and turbo but should make enough power to run easy 9s  gearbox is a 091 fully seq box with flat shift (when I can get round to configuring it) ::) :D

Wow! 2,7ltr should spool most any turbo pretty easily  8)

Good luck chasing that 8 !

test passes went good  .first pass I forgot to adjust wheelie bars so it hooked up and pulled a big wheeile so had to back off but did a 1.44 60ft and ran 10.6  so all good then second pass it didn't 60 ft so well but ran 10.3 (works much better with fuel in tank)  all on 0.5 bar of boost so time to turn it up and add a little more boost for green light nats  .car is in lockup ready to go  :D
that was Friday then it pissed with rain all weekend.....

There's a cracking wheelie photo on Eurodragster! Shame about the weather, it was a really good turnout.

yes really nice pic cheers .was great to see so many cars there

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car is back at track with ecu and fuel system upgrades ran 9.1@152mph on sat then the alternator shit itself stopping play very happy with that and looking forwars to more testing soon 8)

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Congratulations on the new PB
/// Micke

Well done Danny, that MPH is awesome  ;D

Really impressive - was watching live. Well done!  8)

been figuring out a few gremlins over the last season .but the car runs great on e85  ran 8.88@154mh then 8.77@156.8mph  a good starting point for next year 1.2 bar on line and 1.7-1.9 bar over finish line
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Was there any footage from the Pod Danny?

There is on the OFF Facebook page and @outlawflatfour Instagram

Nice one Danny.
That launch looked hard and nice wheel stand!!