+1000!

 

HAHA I WISH! Very far from wealthy. I don't yet have a wife or children, I live in a small cheap house (hopefully upgrading soon, I need a pole barn/workshop!), and I spend every extra $ I have on the EVO. I'm sure when I am 55 I will look back at all the $$ I spent on racing and the EVO and kick myself in the a$$ when I realize how much it would have been worth in 20 years if I invested it wisely. Oh well, that's the price I'll pay - working until I'm 80 because I enjoyed life as much as I could when I was youngish

p.s. - I REALLY wanted air jacks, but you need a large high pressure nitrogen tank. With just a small open trailer right now there is no way I could haul that big tank around to races. When I get an enclosed trailer - air jacks here I come!

Don't instigate! You have already talked me into spending too much money! lol

 

I agree with this wholeheartedly. A lot of my friends question why I dump such huge sums of money into a toy that barely sees time on the street. I simply enjoy all aspects of my evo, from working on it, to driving it, to occasionally tracking it. Just think of it this way, you'd probably have spent the money elsewhere anyway. You are only young once...might as well make the most of it and do what you love. Awesome build, by the way.

 

hilarious as I'm on the flip side of that argument, I own my evo outright, nickle and dime to keep it nationally competitive, and enjoy packing large sums into my investments and retirement. Goal being to retire in early 50s, and then have 35-40yrs of fun... heck if Randy Pobst & company can be quick at that age... that won't be my 'limiting factor'

<~~~ says the guy who manages money for a living.

Still.. I envy your car, build and skills Jarrod... (envy is free!) haha

 

Hey now, I tried to talk you out of a few parts and save you money but you weren't hearing it!

 

Now for the seat mounting setup. Unlike most setups I've seen, my seat mounts will be UNDER the floorpan rather on top of it. That is if everything works out how I've pictured it in my head. . .

Here is one of the two main mounts. One for the left and the right. I marked and drilled holes so that the RaceTech seat brackets can be moved fore/aft to get the final seat position perfect. Weld nuts will be welded into place:




Seat bracket at its most forward position:




Here is the rear most mounting position - 160mm back, or about 6" of adjustment:




Initial passes on the weld nuts:




Finished welding, now time to take a grinder to it to smooth/level everything out:




Next up is to finish the seat mount skeleton and then weld it into the car . . . STAY TUNED!

 

Thanks for changing your mind on the non adjustable seat!! I cant wait to drive this beast again!!!

 

I can't wait to drive the black beauty at next year's Ultimate Street Car Challenge at something higher than "training wheels" level boost!

 

A few more updates. Still working on seat mounting. This has been problematic - the way the cage was designed and the angle I need my seat would not allow me to move it back far enough for a "normal" pedal box. I think I have an angle-mount pedal box sourced from Europe that should work.

Mock up of the front horizontal seat base and trans tunnel support plate:






Door side with brace to the roll cage:






Seat rails with multiple mount points to move the seat fore/aft:




Uh oh, something seems to be missing!




Oh, found it!!






I hope to have the seat bases done this week if all goes as planned. . .

 

More progress on the seat mounts. This is a PITA. Trying to guestimate load paths in front impact, roll over, etc. to have the proper structure and gussets to be sure that no matter what happens my seat mount is not going to break or otherwise fail - while still being able to have a possible weld-progression so that I can get to all the areas that will need welded.

Getting there:

 

double post . . .

 

I wouldn't worry about this. More likely than not, that money would have simply disappeared into some investment bankers account and you'd be working until 80 anyway with the rest of us that are planning for the future financially. "Retirement" is a joke investment agencies use to keep people pumping money into their pockets.

Project is looking sweet.

 

Got some more work done over the past couple weeks. My buddy Jacob came over to help me with some welding and show me how it's supposed to be done We got the seat bases fully welded and installed.










Awesome MIG welds from Jacob - thanks for all the help!!






Got my pedal box from OBP in the UK. After some careful research I went with their Track Pro bolt-in box for a BMW E30 which is an angle-mount. It looked like it would be the best fit in the EVO. I has a 6:1 pedal ratio, and I got multiple master cylinders so I would have the right size based on what I end up using for my brake caliper setup.








Next step is to finalize the seat and brake pedal location, then I can start the mounting/location of the steering column. Once I get that done it will be time to primer the interior/cage and underside of the car. . .

 

Super crazy no expenses spared build man. Very impressive. I wish I had the unlimited monies cheat code.

 

^^^^ people think it is this:




but it is really this:



Major respect for you Jarrod.
I'll be around to help out with the retirement funding/planning down the line though.