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« on: August 15, 2016, 06:18:11 PM »
thank you for the replies. i understand the simplicity of buying a roller that has been on the track already. i have searched a little bit on the net for other roller FED's. as it stands right now, i think i can build a roller for about the same total out-of-pocket cost (or cheaper by hair) then to buy someone elses car and have it modified to fit me and or the cost of picking one up out of state (shipping). im 6'5" 205lb. so, anything i get ill have to have it modified for me. there is one for tall guy in texas, thats going to be a 5000 mile round trip, time off work, etc.. that would cost me 3k by the time i make the trip and back. right now as a roller, ill be less then 20k. i have all the electronics already from past projects and just need the mechanical fuel stuff (hat, valves, j block, cans, etc), trans, torque converter; my buddy is handeling the motor details. nevertheless, im having Bill Comstock build me one new. although Tuttle is 5 miles from my house, i like Bill and will use him to build the chassis. I have been down the road of buying a used car, i ended up totally redoing anyways and that is the other reason i want to have a new one.
Mr. Hayden, i am familiar a little bit with the A fuel, my buddy Steve (with the nitro vw FED), has talked about Jr Fuel too with the rules, a, b, c classes. i haven't looked into either much as not at that point. never thought about being able to run a different nhra class such as B/ND, thank you for mentioning that.
man, all heads up classes are very competitive, shoot the stories i hear of even the index racing with qualifying etc are super competitive. definitely will be excited to even make any of the index fields, that would be an awesome goal first. then to make one round haha.
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dean