All forms of racing demand specialized vehicles which conform to the racing environment and the class rules. This is what makes the world of motorsport so diverse and interesting.
Our build feature shows an ice racing jeep that uses interesting details to be highly competitive in its class. Built by the owner of Edgewater Jeep in Colorado, this ice racer was fabricated around a heavily modified Jeep DJ3 frame. As with any racer, a rollcage has been built and attached to the frame to both provide protection in crashes and chassis stiffening. Suspension is an upper link/lower wishbone combination front and rear, which is damped by adjustable Koni coilover shocks and Hypercoil springs. Disc brakes front and rear handle the stopping duties and depending on the class that the Jeep is entered in, tires used vary from grooved or studded with 1.5 inch spikes.
Power is provided by a highly modified, carb-fed 400-ci V8 Chevy that provides 500 horsepower at 7,400 rpm. A dry-sump system is used for circulating the engine oil and A 3-speed TH350 automatic is used to transfer the power to Dana 44 axles front and rear with 4.27 ratios.
Since a stock DJ3 weights about 998 kg, it would be safe to assume this racer weighing in at 900 kilos or less. Performance calculations for this four-wheel drive hotrod place 0-60 at 2.6 seconds with a potential top speed of 130 mph. In a vehicle as light and open as this, that is scary performance. But it should be a lot of fun, as the below video suggests.
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