Funny Car Body

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  1. doug_ta

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    I have an older style funny car body and am looking to upgrade to a new one.

    What weight would be considered a light complete alcohol body (Monte Carlo or Mustang) (with empty chute packs, paint, etc), and with what sort of tree (titanium or moly)?
     
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    doug_ta, Jul 2, 2012
  2. Will Hanna

    Will Hanna We put the 'inside' in Top Alcohol
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    body

    Unless you are mounting it yourself, it's usually bad money to put a new body on a used car. If you are doing the labor, it's not too bad. Usually you can find a roller with a late model body for not much more than having a new body mounted will cost you. Even if you have to really go low on the price to sell your car, you'll be money ahead and have a newer car.

    That said, I personally like the quality of a Hairy Glass Mustang vs the Roush Monte Carlo. Hairy does offer a Fiberglass version of the Mustang. We have to run a weight bar on Chris Foster's car to make weight with the Fiberglass version. I don't remember the weight difference. The Hairy Glass body is nice enough out of the mold that you don't have to put a bunch of filler to smooth the body up. We just wrapped it and went.

    Sorry I don't have the numbers you are looking for.
     
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    Will Hanna, Jul 3, 2012
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    Thanks for that Will. How has the fiberglass body held up after running 261mph?

    Does anyone else out there know what weight would be considered a light complete alcohol body (with empty chute packs, paint, etc), and with what sort of tree (titanium or moly)?
     
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    doug_ta, Jul 3, 2012
  4. john348

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    I am going on a limb here but i think a carbon body w steel trees and "V" tin will be around 145 lbs
     
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  5. Marc White

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    Last hairy glass carbon body we got was 70 lbs bare. We've got a carbon firebird for sale 186 lbs with tin,tree work,paint,spoilers and windows if interested.The Monte Carlo Jeff had was 190.
     
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    145 is actually pretty darn light with wings, windows and paint. That is like pushing the envelope to "how light can we POSSIBLY make this thing."
    For a very light car, expect it to be in this high 160's and a light car in the 170-180 range. Not uncommon for an older car, or a fuel car to be close to 100 over those numbers.
     
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