1980 Replica/Kit Makes

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This is the 2nd Indycar that I have transformed into using a Chevrolet engine. My first one, a 96 Reynard, I used a V-6 and ran it strictly on the track. This was my "Dream build" with the goal of registering it for the street. It has a used, low mileage LS1 using the FI tech injection system. It took about 12 months to get it to fit with only lengthening the wheelbase 3/4 of an inch! There are adaptor plates front and rear with top billet stress members and a steel skid plate along the bottom that ties the two plates together hence creating the "Frame" that is needed. Freshly rebuilt Transaxle is the Reynard 7 speed sequential (and reverse) with one of the only 6 made tallest gearsets in it. Its a self starter. Aim steering wheel buttons controls the directional and horn. Speedometer and tach in the wheel also. I have fenders for it but use them only when needed. Dry sump system, Odyssey Battery. It took us 2.5 years to build this. I got it not only registered but titled but my biggest problem is that at 65 years old, 240 lbs.,6 feet in height, and having had 2 back surgeries, I cannot fit comfortably in it enough to feel comfortable on the street .By the time I get down into it low enough for my shoulders to get into the "mushroom" area below the top edge of the drivers compartment...my knees are up into the dash. BTW, I got this car painted at Andretti Autosports. Roberto Moreno was the driver of this car and even though I got this car in road course configuration, though it is likely the car he won the Vancouver Grand Prix in, there is no way that I have been able to confirm this. There's probably a lot that I can't think of off the top of my head also. If you want want the sickest street car there is, you've found it. Car is a 2000 and titled as a 2000 but ebay will not recognize a non 17 digit vin number after 1981.
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