fastsc92
Registered User
Well after a very very long vacation from the SC world...I'm on the fence in taking the plunge back into this hobby.
Long story short, over the past 8 years between the car getting into my accident, grad school, engagement, buying a house, getting married, changing jobs, etc., I just never had time or the motivation to get into it again.
I took up street bikes and have been racing these on trackday events over the past few years. There is nothing like leaning the bike over and dragging your knee at high speeds on the track, but unfortunetly those "thrill" oppurtinities are only available safely on a closed course. 95% of the season, I find the bike sitting in the garage, on stands, with a battery tender...
The wife would rather see the bike go anyhow (it scares the $h!t out of her when I race it...). I'd love to do both, but it doesn't make sense since the seasons overlap, and then I wouldn't have time to do either. Anyhow, I've pretty much decided to sell the bike and all my race gear and get back into drag racing. Its just far easier to pop up to the track on street nights and make a few passes after work. I've committed to buying a new enclosed trailer so whatever I decide to get will be 90% track, 10% street use.
He's my dilema....I'm on the fence whether to find another SC and transfer my parts into it/build another motor......or find another platform (most likely a mustang) and go the V8 route (prob 347-393 twin turbo...).
The two paths are clearly different. It's a fairly straight forward process to get a mustang into the low 10's. Doing that with a SC....well, not so much. I have A LOT of custom and performance parts on the SC and it would make getting back into the hobby much less painful on the wallet.
The most challenging part for me has been finding a solid donor car. Getting a clean, solid 92-93 non-sunroof car (roller or complete) has been extremely challenging for me at a reasonable price.
Anyhow...I'm looking for some helpful (hopefully un-biased) feedback to either push me in one direction or the other.
Long story short, over the past 8 years between the car getting into my accident, grad school, engagement, buying a house, getting married, changing jobs, etc., I just never had time or the motivation to get into it again.
I took up street bikes and have been racing these on trackday events over the past few years. There is nothing like leaning the bike over and dragging your knee at high speeds on the track, but unfortunetly those "thrill" oppurtinities are only available safely on a closed course. 95% of the season, I find the bike sitting in the garage, on stands, with a battery tender...
The wife would rather see the bike go anyhow (it scares the $h!t out of her when I race it...). I'd love to do both, but it doesn't make sense since the seasons overlap, and then I wouldn't have time to do either. Anyhow, I've pretty much decided to sell the bike and all my race gear and get back into drag racing. Its just far easier to pop up to the track on street nights and make a few passes after work. I've committed to buying a new enclosed trailer so whatever I decide to get will be 90% track, 10% street use.
He's my dilema....I'm on the fence whether to find another SC and transfer my parts into it/build another motor......or find another platform (most likely a mustang) and go the V8 route (prob 347-393 twin turbo...).
The two paths are clearly different. It's a fairly straight forward process to get a mustang into the low 10's. Doing that with a SC....well, not so much. I have A LOT of custom and performance parts on the SC and it would make getting back into the hobby much less painful on the wallet.
The most challenging part for me has been finding a solid donor car. Getting a clean, solid 92-93 non-sunroof car (roller or complete) has been extremely challenging for me at a reasonable price.
Anyhow...I'm looking for some helpful (hopefully un-biased) feedback to either push me in one direction or the other.