[hrdlydangerous]

Well like the title says I'm new on the board but that's not to say that I haven't been lurking for a while. I just aquired a '94 Trans Am that will be used to compete in the Grassroots Motorsports Magazine $2010 Challenge. This will be the second car I've competed with in this venue. The first car was a fox Mustang that finished a best of fifth in 2006. I've been autocrossing for more than a decade but this is the first F-Body I've owned. I promise to search this board thoroughly before I post up any tech questions. Look for me to post a lot in the classified sections looking for cheap parts to keep me under my budget limit. Thanks in advance for all the help.

Matt

[hrdlydangerous]

It's been a while since I posted anything and I figured I'd give everyone an update. First the bad news... this project is moving along S L O W L Y. At the pace I'm going the $2011 Challenge looks more like reality. Now keep in mind I'm not complaining because my wife and I are expecting to bring child #2 into this world within a month. I knew this child was coming but I figured I could juggle responsibilities. Wrong!

The good news (aside from my soon -to -be-here baby) is that I'm getting a lot of seat time in the car at local autocrosses and accumulating parts from a lot of different sources.

To date I've gotten...
A set of 17x9 SS rims and a race seat for $50 (from NJ Speeder)
A used Strano 35mm bar for $75 including mounts
Twelve (yes twelve) used Hoosier R-Comps from a local Corvette racer for FREE! ( I owe him a cigar)
A set of KYB AGX shocks for $100
An adjustable panhard bar for $50
A pair of free 15" alloy wheels for my drag slicks that were attached to a free S-10 Blazer that I drug out of a local woman's driveway and onto my trailer. The truck had a blown trans and her son left it there to rot. She gave it to me in return for removing an eyesore. ( scrap prices are down BTW (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) )
Two used Opti -Sparks for $50. The opti's were instrumental in getting the car running and I can sell one off to lessen my budget hit.

I've begun the process of adding lightness to the car as well. So far I've removed the front bumper support and fog lights, headlight motors and mechanisms, ( I fabbed some tabs to mount the headlight doors so it looks like it still has headlights) A/C compressor and condenser, rear view mirrors and fender liners. That's just the tip of the iceberg but I've already removed almost 100 pounds. I'll try to remember to take some photos to post here. Until then, here's a shot of it's autocross debut when it was still eligible to run in stock class. Gotta love an oem suspension with 100+ thousand miles on it. Look at that body roll...

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