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Conquest351 Dork
8/20/12 5:19 p.m.

Check out Ebay...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/GTA-TA2-SCCA-ASA-rolling-chassis-/140826785962?pt=Race_Cars_Not_Street_Legal_&hash=item20c9ee38aa

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/GTA-TA2-SCCA-ASA-rolling-chassis-/140826785931?pt=Race_Cars_Not_Street_Legal_&hash=item20c9ee388b

Road race geometry setup. $5k for these things?! Why am I broke?!

Strike_Zero Dork
8/20/12 7:22 p.m.

WTF . . . and in GA

corytate Dork
8/20/12 9:13 p.m.

I want that neon green roller, as an exoskeleton car. BAD. I want the other as well. BAD.
That is an awesome deal. correct me if I'm wrong but $5k is just a fraction of the cost of JUST the chassis? not to mention the fuel cell, rear end, steering, etc etc etc

ransom SuperDork
8/20/12 9:33 p.m.

Jiminy Christmas... When I get serious about wheel to wheel or track time, I really need to find out where these things fit into the sanctioning bodies' grand schemes. I know a high-zoot mega-motor belongs in there, but I bet they'd be a lot of fun with a relatively cheap V8...

Knurled SuperDork
8/20/12 9:56 p.m.

ransom wrote: I know a high-zoot mega-motor belongs in there, but I bet they'd be a lot of fun with a relatively cheap V8...

I'll just leave this here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMph1pX4W_I

EvanB UberDork
8/20/12 10:21 p.m.

In reply to Knurled:

I'll leave this right below it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQkhE6BOwK4

Same car, or just similar?

Anti-stance Dork
8/20/12 10:35 p.m.

Wow, that was awesome. At 8:15, coming out of turn 5 was pretty intense.

fornetti14 HalfDork
8/20/12 11:03 p.m.

There is no such thing as a cheap race car.

DaveEstey Dork
8/21/12 10:30 a.m.

You'd be surprised how often you come across deals like that. Even a circle track chassis can be converted for road-course use. Most of them aren't offset chassis so you just have to switch some of the suspension around.

Case in point:

This was a roundy-round racer. It's a 70's Super Street class Camaro chassis. Total money in this bad boy is probably around $5-6k. He runs a spool rear end too.

It's pretty quick too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42Vld8INgso

I need to get him on here. He's definitely one of us.

Alan Cesar Associate Editor
8/21/12 12:54 p.m.

We saw one of these at the Ultimate Track Car Challenge. I didn't realize they'd be that cheap. That's a hell of a bargain, considering it hit 9th place with a 2:02 lap. Good stuff.