DragRacer Question

Right now i am stuck on a project im eager to finish asap. Some of you might remember i started a projectect on a 1999 Ford Mustang convertible. Their are some problems i want to make it a drag car i finally decided to go with that. But since it is a convertible how can i make it a hard top and how can i instal drag racing tires that will fit good with minor modification?

Any help would be appreciated. Sorry i dont have any pics.

Ps it a Maisto 1:18 scale model.

doesnt maisto make a hardtop mustang? cuz u can just get one of those

well the thing is i already started and i dont want my money to go to waste. The stock tires that came with it broke also so i cant put any modifications on the original axle.

someone plz answer

About the only thing you could do is scratchbuild a hard top.

For the drag tires to fit it will require some modification and scratchbuilt suspension.

ok but where can i get the drag tires? Will it be weird if i build a convertible drag car,with a role cage?

Yea. I believe NHRA states that for a legal pro stock drag car that the top cant be removable.

that blows but anyway where can i get wheels for it ill figure out something for the hard top.

Heh, the Maisto Mustang convertable Drag car, I've done it, and it came out rather nice, what I did was used cardboard to make a custom hardtop, bondo'd it and all other holes and un-wanted indents in the body, then I bought a 1:18 Johnny Lightning Bad News II Drag Nomad, took the slicks and the motor, and this is the part that requires ALOT of modifications, I cut out BIG squares to accomidate the wheels and ground away all intrusions in the wheel wells of the body, then made a 100% custom suspension frame, and that was basically the jist of it, hope I helped. :D
Take a look at my Supra Drag car, it's basically the same deal.
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=381126&page=1&pp=15

Just make it a Pro Street car and leave the vert

so bandito i can make a preety good hard top for a dragster with normal cardboard?

i will tell you something i did on my plastic model but it is the same take the rear eng and cut a small section of both sides and super glue them back together and for th back half of the frame i whould reconmend tubbing it and for tires look at 1:18 rc car foam tires or rubber

Yeah, simple cardboard, just cut it to what you need plus tabs to band and glue, then shave it down, then enjoi.

thanks for the tip ill try that plus can you tell me if this is a good idea? I dont whant to buy a new model car just for its slicks so i was planning this get my old model suv's tires and custimize it to be slicks.

also i forgot to add this for the front get these other smaller rims i had in mind

also thanks for the tip mod

so will that be a good idea

thanks for the tip ill try that plus can you tell me if this is a good idea? I dont whant to buy a new model car just for its slicks so i was planning this get my old model suv's tires and custimize it to be slicks.

If you do it that way you wont get the slick width, and it would just look gauty with tread, but if that's all you can get your mitts on, power to ya.

well i was going to put electrical tape cleanly around it.

^ :rofl: ^

whats so funny i dont go waste my money

why waste it when you can just experiment and create new stuff.

exactly, electrical tape is great for slicks, last year in industrial tech, we had to make wooden drag cars, put them on string with space for a small CO2 cartridge, and we were the only group to use electrical tape on the wheels (just plastic). We won every single race (but not all because the tape ;)

Well, that will eliminate the tread problem, but still the width has to be addressed, if you use suv wheels your slicks will be about 1/3 the width of slicks, so if you can find a way around that, then you'll be sittin pretty. Kudos.

what if i put 2 together

then it will still be 2/3 the width... j/k

that would probably work, but I think that the slicks would look too animated.. you know? too shiny without any realistics

we will see how it goes