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Owner: Greg
Amy
Stats: 1987 Shelby CSX Mileage: 135, 000+ |
| Here's my 1987 CSX that I have now (under restoration) that I raced
1989-1991. Info on the car? Well, I'm the original owner, bought it in
November 1988 from Lone Star Dodge in Dallas, TX. Strangely, they had 3
of them sitting in the lot, a year after they were offered. Needless to
say, I got a good deal on the car. The car currently has over 135,000 miles
on it, of which about 15K were racing alone! It's first race was at Texas
World Speedway in November 1988 for a Texas Region 2-hour Enduro. First
National on the car was Texas' Double National in Feb 1989 where we were
severely tromped. We qualified it for the SCCA Runoffs that year, but the
whole year was spent fighting gremlins (underboost, overboost, fragged
transaxles, handling, braking - it originally came with ATE/Teves brakes).
By 1990 we had it all sorted out and won the Southwest Division and finished
7th at the Runoffs, and raced two 24hour events: Nelson Ledges and the
IMSA 24 at the Glen. In 1991 the Diamond Star twins and the Nissan 300ZX
were added to Showroom Stock A (plus SCCA came up with some real nifty
boost recorders) so the CSX was beginning to be outclassed. Plus side to
that: they didn't pay much attention to our cars and we started modifying
them like crazy: Koni adjustable shocks, A-555 transaxles with limited-slip
differentials, extra boost, internal engine work, Caravan brakes, and so
forth. However, I realized we'd never pass Tech Inspection at the Runoffs
with this car, so I finished the year by driving an Eagle Talon at the
Runoffs and finished fifth (while the CSX - which got me the points to
be there - watched from the Road Atlanta parking lot.) This car has been
through various stages of restoration since its last race in August 1991.
Right now it has over 135,000 miles on it, and the engine is still running
strong. As you can imagine, 3 years of racing took its toll on the car,
and I've had to re-weld the firewall, replace the K-frame and radiator
support, and replace virtually every piece of sheet metal panel on it.
As it sits, it's not the hottest car around, but it has its share of modifications.
The engine is still a Turbo 1 long block, but we had rebuilt it with a
cross-drilled "common block" and head. Everything was balanced and blueprinted
with Total Seal rings, and the head was shaved .030" The head was a back-door
gift from Ed Peters (back before when knowing Ed Peters was cool, when
he was working for Dodge in Houston |