Thinking about this poll today to find out some stuff about the topic. Please vote and leave your opinion.
Many, many advantages to having a tube car. 1) Lighter You can spend lots of money building a tube car, however you can spend lots of money on a high HP motor. A tube car, if built correctly, can easily run low 10's with very little motor. 2) Consistant Tube cars, if built correctly, make very consistant bracket/class race cars. 3) Much less weight off the front of the car. The idea is to have a cars front end weight closer to 50% of the total weight of the car. Back halfs and stock chassis are very front heavy. The car will respond much better with chassis tuning with the weight off the front end. 4) Stronger Show me a low 10 sec GS and I'll show you a tweaked frame. There are many other reasons to tube frame your car and I could ramble on forever, but probably one of the biggest reason is "IT'S JUST LOOKS COOL".:Brow:
Personally, I got no use for one. The one in Mikes post above that Tri-Shield built is one of a very few exceptions though. A cleanly done tube car is awesome. But, when you look around, there are a whole h3!! of a lot of 9 second factory frame cars out there. And some do that on small tires. I watch tube frame cars, Pro mod and both Pro stocks. But lately I have been looking into chassis' and such in some of the real 10.5'' tire classes in the central states and have talked to a few folks about them on the phone. Thats cool to me. In reponse to your question "would I race a tube chassis car?", Yup I sure would, I race "against" them every weekend I go to the track. later...................
Tube Cars RUULE!!! :laugh: :laugh: c/o Bill @ Buickstreet.....with a little final touch with wheels by me....from Sweesy's car.... There's got to be someone building one of these right now. It's just too cool NOT to:Brow:
I wouldn't do it to my car, but I would love to buy someone else's tube car AFTER I won the Powerball. Hence my "if I had the money" vote. - Freed
This is a pic of my old car during construction. Lots and lots of money and time. Then one day a friend walks in the shop and says "you can't cruise in that ----!" So I sold it.ou: :rant: :spank: That's why I went for my true love...GS!:3gears:
I've been thinking about putting the stock engine back in my car and getting a race-only Regal and sticking my current engine in it. Should be a mid-to-high 10 second car losing about 1200 pounds!
:TU: i like that car we were just looking at a 68 riv, to make a 10.5 car out of, :laugh: luv the wierd bodies,[let me rephrase, different] :grin: bob
The purple car has a 535 cubic inch Buick motor in it. It has all the good stuff, dry sump, Stage 3 heads and the list goes on. It use to run on alcohol 3 or 4 years ago. It hasnt been at a Buick event in as long. I think the last time anyone saw it was at Norwalk almost 4 years ago.
stupid fast is only fun if you can still drive it on the street(i think thats where the stupid part comes in) LOL
how hard is it to do a tube car, i see the kits in jegs or someplace, have an 87 regal, people say they are pricey, est cost?? maybe i shoud use some 2x4s and sheetrock screws... :laugh:
It all depends on what you want.A square tube car will be cheaper than a round tube car.Mild steel cheaper than chrome moly.Then you need to decide your ultimate goal et wise 8.50 or faster you will need a sfi certification.A mild steel square tube car will be 10-15k range moly cage with that add 2-3k to that.A round tube moly sfi car will be in the 20-80k range depending on who you have do it and what you supply parts wise.A complete round tube Prostock from Bickel Rj's or Haas is around 125k.You need to find a reputable chassis shop in your area and sit down to figure out what YOU want.Then you can better talk $ wise.
