The thing's already pretty light and has near 50/50 weight distribution but I never did like the heavy old cobbed up Euro valance and modified Shark spoiler. I got the crazy idea to build a new front end so it was time to break out the woodworking equipment and do something about it. One sheet of $8 Luan with the inner ply planed off (real bendy this way) of it and some leftover West System resin, Kevlar cloth and some scrap 1x3's provided the rest of the materials. It only took a few evenings to wrap up.
The new setup is kind of ugly but weighs 11lb, around 20lb less than the old one and is stronger than poo-poo. Here's the end result.
I built some side skirts that are really slick but am having issues getting on/off the trailer with them. I'll leave them off until I can get a different trailer.
New for this year are a set of Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2's and I'm switching to slicks for now. Tire/rims cut 60lb of rotating mass from the Style 32's and StarSpecs I used to run.
I had pretty well toasted the motor last fall and thus had to start from scratch in that department. There was virtually nothing left of the old lump that was useable so I pulled a spare block from the shed and went to work. This one's had a little more thought put into it than the last one and sports Burke's pistons, Burke's cam/reworked head (off Todd's old motor), O ringed block and a bunch of other stuff, so secret that if I told you I'd have to kill you
. Heat soak is always a problem so in an effort to get rid of as much of it as possible I flipped the TB and clocked the compressor outlet in the 6 position, routing all of the charged air away from any heat generating sources. IAT's are benifiting from this and moreover It really cleaned up the engine bay.
I had it dynoed earlier this week and the tune is pretty conservative for now but it runs very well. Primary concern is that it holds together and what with other things done to it, the car's around 100lb lighter than last year. I've not had it on the scales yet but I'm guessing it's less than 2500 w/me in it right now. Huge power's not neccessary.
A big thanks goes to Paul Burke, Peter Florence and Todd DeHate for helping to bring the project together. I think they're all sick of me by now!
Oh yeah, not like I had enough to do but Greg (KatoM5), his son Noah and I took this POS Chump car candidate
And when it was all said and done, built this:
As far as I know it's likely one of very few e21 pickup trucks out there. It's cool as hell but is still a big-time piece of shit
I like it. Way to stay with it my man. 
