Quote Originally Posted by Turbocharged400sbc View Post
welcome to the club bud!

what a long strange trip its been... we are currently finishing off the new rear powerplant and gathering more 2nd gen W suspension parts for when we redo the tube frame chassis...been sorta looking at a double A arm seup for the rear since we can go clean sheet

enjoy the rear throttle cable...we went through 23 different setups before we found one that worked okayish. now we are switching to 04+ dbw for the rear that will let us use a switchable hand throttle/foot throttle.

from experience....for just cruising around and shocking people (you'll love the looks you get when people hear the rear engine start) linking the throttles is plenty fun and quite predictable.

however for the strip/track there is a huge benefit to independant throttles as you can limit front wheelspin while applying power at the rear.

you have complete control over making the car oversteer/push with a bit of practice.

we've spent over 10 years building the 442, stick to it....id suggest maybe not going as overboard as we did....but we are paying homage to a legend so ****it

youll have a blast with it but youll sweat your brains out... lol

Regards, James
Hi James, thanks for sharing. If you have any more insights on things you wasted time on, or improvements you made, let me know.
I wish our busy season didn't start this early, it sucks not finishing a project in time.
I now have to resort to driving my spare parts GTP car and laying 300 feet burnouts everytime I leave the shop.
These S/C love the very cold and dry winter air.

Although our snowmobiles are plenty fast to make any street car feel really slow. We are recording 0-60mph in 1.7 seconds with datalogging on ice.
500HP+ in a 775lbs machine does that.