So for anything less then the stock capacity ~14 Gal ~ surge tank FTW. For those that are doing 35 min. + races with 375+ HP on e85? Cell FTW.

 

Is that roll cage finished, as theres not much strength in the back of the car.

Nothing conecting the main hoop to the rear towers or to the center of the car, ie trans tunnel.

Just asking as we run to FIA rules and that would'nt pass tech here.

 

It connects to the rear towers.

It's a time attack car, the rules for cages are very light.

 

as JID2 showed, we do have full triangulation to the rear strut towers. and beyond that the cage is designed to meet the NASA cage rules, with very little more. i did add the triangulation bar to the rear strut tower for added stiffness, even though i don't think it is actually required. we will be adding some gusseting to the A-pillars and a bit more to the B pillar after this event. i considered doing the 7th point in the center of the firewall as well. we'll be doing then when i go to lexan front wind screen.

 

here we've tied the center of the car to the main hoop

 

+1 to that

Plus, don't you feel that the weight distribution will be much better now that you don't have the fuel sloshing around in the middle of the car?

 

Ya, what color and when Kevin?

 

Nice job on the windows. Did you remove the crash beam from the doors? I didn't look when I was over to bring you that strut.

 

Pulled this from the bottom of page 4...I know you guys just moved, but what are your next plans for this thing?

 

the doors are fully gutted thanks to jim (txevo8). they don't weigh much at all with all the sheet metal cut off them and bars /power window stuff removed.


right now i took the motor back out from the exxon valdez spill we had last track day (banjo bolt on oil cooler backed out, oil pump doesn't work well, so i'm going to check and replace all the bearings to be sure its ok). on a side note we think we found out why we were getting so much vibration and it wasn't from the 4 billet mounts. the driveshaft had one of the studs break off the frame which held one of the joints in place. driveshaft was wobbling around a wee bit. we are going to get it back together for the don herring track day though.

 

I hope so^^ I want to see it run!

 

Looking great!

 

Yup, gonna get the cage painted and touch up a few other things too.

 

a few updates because i've had some time to work on the car again here and there.

while the engine is out getting fixed from the oil pump failure, i decided to rip everything out and paint the car. i started with the wiring harness. me and richard are going to build a race harness for it, using only the wires we need, and everything will be direct from the ecu, tucked, loomed and heatshrinked when needed. i made a quick version of it for the pikes peak car we had to throw together overnight (not pretty or clean, but its functional). the weigh savings is roughly 20lbs for the front, and 10lbs for the rear sections of the harness.
notice the fuse panel is out:

and in the next few days i;ll be removing the rest of this stuff so it is bare:



only stuff to remove inside is fuel system, seats, pedals and steering wheel:



before we paint the exterior, i made sure to get the carbon trunk installed from my daily driver which doesn't really need it.


we are going to use a MR aluminum roof for now because i don't have 1200 to spend on a carbon one. and the dry carbon hood will finally get installed before it all goes to paint.

 

What's she weigh now?