Getting Started Over the next few months, Stock Car Racing will follow along as race car builder Sleepy Gomez builds an IMCA Stock Car. This is an ideal beginning race car for the novice car builder and driver. We will attempt to describe, in the simplest t
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The Work's Done, So Our Street Stock Goes To The Track
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When The Sheetmetal Meets The Break And The Chassis Meets The Saw
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Saturday Night Buildup: Taking Shape
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For our Project Mini Stock, we’re looking for impressive power from a small package. We only have 2.3L of Ford engine to use, so we went to a couple of pros with experience extracting power from this unit.
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After we finally got our Project Mini Stock stripped to the core and ready for its rollcage, we had to make another one of those decisions about tempering our enthusiasm with our better sense. We (collectively) were smart enough to realize building a rollcage
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The comment that sparked our inspiration was innocent enough: “We should do that sometime.” The conversation was about building a race car and going from being fans in the stands to racers on the track. It still surprises me how little planning we di
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Presented here is the entire Stock Car Racing Series Building an IMCA Stock Car. By clicking on the links below you can follow Sleep Gomez as he details the build-up from beginning to end. So read on and you are bound to learn at least at thing or two...
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No stock car is complete without an engine, and this car has one from JR Motorsports. The new 383-cid Chevy arrived by truck at my workshop. Before you buy a crate motor, make sure you have a way to unload it. Most trucks don’t have lift tailgates. My ol
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In this fifth part of our series on building an IMCA stock car, we move to the engine department. We will locate and mount the engine, transmission, and radiator. Also, we’ll be using a unique tranny/torque converter setup. The radiator is a narrow, one-r
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Think of the cockpit of your IMCA stock car as an office. After all, that’s where you go to work each race night. And just like in an office, you’ll want to be comfortable. Fixtures and equipment must be properly placed to maximize their efficiency.
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In this third installment of building an IMCA Stock car, we will finally get to see some moving parts. The front suspension, the rear suspension, and the brakes will go on the car. In addition, you will learn how to make some fittings and install plastic brake
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CSC recommends checking the squareness of the frame. I did that, finding that it was OK. “OK” means nothing was quite right but it couldn’t really be improved upon. One measurement traded off for another. However, when placed on a level surface
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