Cool.
What kinda slip is in the drive shafts?
What kinda slip is in the drive shafts?
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Fortify Offroad Mission Race Blazer
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A lot, I'm not sure of the total amount but HAD made a special shaft and it was almost 800$!!
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Approximately 10" in front, and I'm guessing 4-6" in the rear.
For Class 3 are you allowed to move the spring and shackle points on the frame?
Also: I had read through the rules on the SCORE website and thought that it stated the radiator had to remain in the factory location. Did I misread this(the rule book is a bit enigmatic at best) or does there exist a set of accepted, unwritten deviations?
Also: I had read through the rules on the SCORE website and thought that it stated the radiator had to remain in the factory location. Did I misread this(the rule book is a bit enigmatic at best) or does there exist a set of accepted, unwritten deviations?
Some rules are left to interperet, some things like the radiator may be grandfathered in because of the age of the car, similar to the 1.75 cage. You can also move pivot points and the shocks and travel are open and used to be limited.
The rules really need updating because at this point the class is close to dead. You are looking at the only blazer to be campaigned in score for the last 15 years.. there are a few stragglers but raffo pretty much was solo in the Chevy group.
Which is why it is so hard to find much in the way of this generation blazer or Chevy for that matter in recent memory.
This was a class 3 Dale White updated and ran in the late 80s I believe and was considered legal for the time, up until recently when savage was the tech inspector you wouldn't get this truck through even if you paid him..
Somehow freaking bronco guys have had the most leniency, they can update an early bronco with ttb coilovers and some even got links!!! Somehow blazers and ramchargers are the bastard children of this class.. while I agree somewhat with the sentiment of starting with the most competitive package, those who have spares on other platforms should also be treated fairly and have the chance to update as well..
I'd compare that likeness to using Coilover and ifs from a Tahoe or Chevy truck.. but then the bronco guys might be mad that they still had to run a solid axle.. so there should in my opinion be some compromise on the rules considering the class is a short wheelbase 4x4, what does it matter how it's sprung? Who cares if everyone runs coilovers.. makes for better racing I think if the trucks have an even ruleset to start with.
I would have to go back and do some research and really dig to find out what races I was watching and reading about when I was a kid in the 90s, but I remember Broncos and Ramchargers and Blazers.
That Dale White truck looks very familiar, was it ever in Peterson's or OffRoad?
I'm not sure if it was in a mag, it wouldn't suprise me. Back in the day there was a lot, I mostly refer to the early 2000s when the blazers got scarce.
I remember this truck. Nice to see it revived. If I was still in So Cal, I would be in to help. I miss desert racing.
Thanks wade! Hopefully we have it somewhat close and running so we can test it out at KOH some. I could be dreaming about that though.. we'll see. I'm just stoked it's in my garage.
The radiator location is not specified. There have been at least three, possibly four sets of rules for Class 3. At one point there was a front travel limit of 15"
Heck I'm 2.5 hours away and want to come help.
The K5 of Dale White, was his last ditch effort to beat the Dave Ashley in his Bronco in the early 90's. I don't know the exact details, but he raced his Blazer in Class 3 from 1990-1992 or 3. In that time, it was allowed to update or backdate in a given model, so for example, it was ok with Savage that Dale grafted on the later torsion bar/ a arm off the new Blazer. Years later the rules changed, that only allowed what was offered that year. In fact, the Moss Bronco that has dominated Class 3 is illegal under the current rules, for the fact that it has a 351 Windsor in a 1978-79 Bronco, where the stock engine is a dog/expensive 351 M engine.
@Babaganoosh any help is appreciated man! Once we get into the more labor intesive part of this I'll put a call out.
Maybe some kind of BBQ thrash fest would be cool.
One can only hope the rules are looked at by the new Norman score crew and maybe updated! Brb gonna sacrifice a lamb, 70 virgins and toss some salt and say a prayer for that to happen..
Maybe some kind of BBQ thrash fest would be cool.
One can only hope the rules are looked at by the new Norman score crew and maybe updated! Brb gonna sacrifice a lamb, 70 virgins and toss some salt and say a prayer for that to happen..
I'm in! Have been getting way to into racing lately.
