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“A” Pillar Tubes-
I thought of something I would like to share with those that are just getting involved in drag racing. Be sure not to get ahead of yourself when making modifications to your car! Look through the rules of all classes you intend to race in. It is possible that you can make irreversible changes that can limit your options. For example in my situation, I went with a full tub rear suspension to put fat tires on back in 1999. Then realized now I need to run a 10.5W tire. That’s fine I can just put a set of those on I have PLENTY of room. BUT, some classes require stock rear frame rails as well. Only allowing the notching of rear frame rails( leaving inner panel of stock frame rail). Again, hind sight is 20/20. So, Think Ahead.
“A” Pillar Tubes-
We have completed the “A” pillar and under dash tubes.
We installed the Horn shape tubes on each side of the transmission. We had the seat in to check head clearance and such. Without the package tray being behind me I’m able to sit back 6″ inches further. My feet are barely to where the horn shape tube meets the main frame rail.
Here is more of the funny car section being constructed. We are going to have to get the doors on to finish the Funny car section, this way we clear the arm rests and window cranks.
Here you can see the “X” in the floor. The floor tubes are finished. You can also see in the center, the 2 tubes coming from the main hoop down behind the trans to the floor. This will have a flat peice of aluminum along with the sides. Then, the driveshaft tunnel will fade right into this. Should look real nice when it’s finished out.
Here we added the gusset tubes between upper and lower levels of the rear section.
