Welcome! I built my car while in High School too... my advice is to focus on safety and reliability more than horsepower. Disc brakes and a few cheap suspension upgrades can do a lot for the safety of the car.
For performance mods, start at the back of the car and work forward... a bunch of HP won't do much for you if you have junk suspension and an open rear with freeway gears. Add HP when you have the chassis to handle it. I know a few people who won a lot of races against much better engines, just because they could hook up and go.
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Derek Kiefer, member of Minnesota's Northstar Chevelle Club
69 Malibu Pro-Touring - 69 SS396 3spd - 23 Model T roadster pickup
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08-14-2010, 09:10 PM
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