F-Body Europe

It's finally done, sorta. I've only had it out a few times so far. Just a few "little" jumps, none over 1 foot high, I think. Afraid of rolling it over. (no sway bar now, made a big difference, feels like it wants to roll over) The removal of the windshield frame and the rest of the roof causes the car to flex below the dash area. (at the floor) Might have to add some more water pipe to stiffen that area up. Then again, wife wants it gone and I don't care if the car starts to fold on itself. Hmmmm, sounds like a challenge. I did a couple of mods as well. Cut off the a.c. belt, removed the exhaust, and remounted the air intake over the headlight (with a little help of duct tape). The car will now burn the tires to third gear. There is less rubber on them though. Tried grinding off chunks of rubber but that took too long. The sawzall however, didn't take as long. Now the tires have big grooves in them, looks kinda funny and they are louder (on pavement) now but I haven't gotten stuck in the woods yet.
For those of you who are wondering why, why not? It's something I always wanted to do. I recommend trying it. Just as long as you don't use a F-Body.
BTW, glad I own a helmet. It saved my head last night, not from rolling over or tree branches, but from a rock that was flung at me from the tires. Left a mark/chip in the helmet. That would have hurt. Here's some pics, enjoy.


edit #? (lost track trying to fix this): I don't know why the pics are not coming up. Yes, I did the "tags", think that the site is not allowing them to come up this way. Here's a link to go to to see them: http://community.webshots.com/album/113580439DwJndn/1 Pics of the "buggy" starts at the bottom and continues to the third page. If someone can make the pics come up and not too big, go ahead. ( Sorry, I suck at this computer stuff. But as you can see, I can tear a car up, no problem. )

Since I gave up trying to get the pics to show, this might have been better under the "Elsewhere on the Web".

Found out that the engine is built better than expected. However, going through 1 1/2 feet of water/mud at high speeds didn't help it run any better. Sucked some water in the intake. Didn't know that there was a rev limiter installed either. With the car screaming in 2nd, I dumped it in 1st without letting up on the throttle to see if I can cause the crank to exit via the oil pan. It didn't work. Tires locked up at first and then the front of the car started "bouncing". Thought that it was due to the pistons smacking the heads, but it turned out to be the rev limiter. Kept doing it to get some kind of results, but no luck. If only our cars can handle this...not that we would want to try.
This is a good stress reliever and I recommend this to everyone. Just DON'T use a "real" car.
BTW, the car still runs for some strange reason. It's been running rough since the mud hole, but if I keep the skinny pedal mashed down, it runs ok.