Old Style Nose ?

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  • RacerX10
    Senior Member
    • Jun 2007
    • 571

    #1

    Old Style Nose ?

    Anybody know where you can still buy the "old" style nose piece (not the MD-whatever stuff that require the $$ flappers)

    Like this one :



    Thanks
    Last edited by RacerX10; 12-04-2010, 10:26 PM.
  • mudderfudder
    Senior Member
    • Aug 2008
    • 264

    #2
    I beleive you can still get them at Performance Bodies.

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    • RacerX10
      Senior Member
      • Jun 2007
      • 571

      #3
      Originally posted by F22 RAPTOR
      To me the noses keep getting uglier and uglier. Why bother having these noses anymore, they have them laid back so far we might as well run the slope style nose and call it a day, they look better anyway. By the way I'm not bashing you nose, the one pictured looks better than the one I just saw on the new killer chassis with the flappers.... JMO
      I agree, the new stuff looks ridiculous. The nose piece on my car in the picture is about 7 years old and that's the last time they didn't look stupid.

      I don't know wtf is up with the nonsense about them molding the new ones with 2" of rake on one side either .. they look horrible.

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      • hpmaster
        Banned
        • Aug 2009
        • 1088

        #4
        Function over looks, downforce.

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        • Rocky
          Senior Member
          • Jul 2007
          • 3218

          #5
          You can still get them noses Speedway still has them in the catalog.
          Guerilla Racing Junkies.

          Shovel on a little more coal, then when we cross white oak mountain, watch 97 roll!

          The problem is the gall dang motors.

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          • dirty white boy
            Senior Member
            • Dec 2008
            • 1238

            #6
            speedway has some,...performance body got them for a verity of makes all way back to 70s camaro
            white trash motorsports

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            • F22 RAPTOR
              Senior Member
              • Jul 2010
              • 1023

              #7
              Why force us to run a nose is my point. You could go back to the slope style nose from the early 90's and make it yourself, no retarded sticker set masquerading as stock appearing. The whole reason everyone went down this road was to appear more stock so the fans could relate to a make and model, but it's obviously a lost effort because nobody could identify with this junk... JMO
              "If racing were easy, everybody would do it."

              #77 Leon "Slick" Sells

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              • RCJ
                Senior Member
                • Nov 2007
                • 509

                #8
                Were the MD3 ,dominator nose designed in a wind tunnel or did somebody say''looks good build it''?

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                • FYS motorsports
                  Junior Member
                  • Dec 2010
                  • 26

                  #9
                  Old style nose

                  859-382-3557 give me a call i can get u those cheap thanks Bobby

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                  • F22 RAPTOR
                    Senior Member
                    • Jul 2010
                    • 1023

                    #10
                    Originally posted by RCJ View Post
                    Was the MD3 ,dominator nose designed in a wind tunnel or did somebody say''looks good build it''?
                    I'm going with selection number 2, because I seriously doubt anybody ponied up for a wind tunnel test.
                    "If racing were easy, everybody would do it."

                    #77 Leon "Slick" Sells

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                    • supercomet32
                      Senior Member
                      • Jan 2009
                      • 186

                      #11
                      Think about it like this in the last few years weve seen the birth of the world of outlaws late models and they (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) sure wind tunnel test winged sprint cars to determine what down force is being produced and set a rule regarding what can be done to the wing. its not unlikely that they slipped in some bodied chassis and played with various noses angle etc for a couple of extra runs im sure it didnt increase the cost by much. when you sign up for a wind tunnel test at an air force base or a air craft manufacturer you paying more if your testing every possible test but to fire up the fans and run a few analysis and the facility doesnt have to provide as much input it would make perfect sense for someone looking to do wind tunnel test on the cheap. not that its cheap but compared to testing avionics on a x plane i promise you its not as complicated or costly.

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                      • WheelchairWarrior
                        Senior Member
                        • Jan 2009
                        • 321

                        #12
                        I had often wondered if a guy could still find any of the old Ford Probe noses that used to be so popular?
                        "Doc"
                        Dowdyracing.com

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                        • RacerX10
                          Senior Member
                          • Jun 2007
                          • 571

                          #13
                          Found it !

                          Respectable price, too ($114)

                          Huge Inventory of Parts for Street, Racing, & Off-Road Applications. One Stop Shop for Performance Auto Parts at the Lowest Prices.

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                          • 9D7
                            Senior Member
                            • Jun 2007
                            • 108

                            #14
                            I GOT 5 PONTIAC GP BLUE NOSES I TAKE 65.00 ea PLUS FREIGHT BRAND NEW
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                            • lazermod3
                              Senior Member
                              • Jan 2008
                              • 1910

                              #15
                              the XD-4 has been to the wind tunnel and outperforms anything out there when it comes to downforce. check them out plus i think they look alot better, and i know they're alot less expensive.

                              you just got greased
                              http://www.goddardwarrior.net

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