Its looking pretty neat and hope its doing great now.

 

car looks awesome nick. The only alignment issue that I could see that would bug the hell out of me was the trunk the front fender didn't look too bad. Definitely looks badass. I bet the cf isn't helping the stock wheel gap :-). I'd definitely reccomend getting coilovers when you do get around to your suspension so you can drop it enough to compensate for the loss of fat...

 

Looking forwad to a final weigh-in of the cf beast...

 

Drove it on the freeway at speed for the first time this morning. Let me put it this way. I'm not completely comfortable without hood pins. I know the latch has got it locked, but you could definitely see it moving around a bit with the wind getting under it.

Also, and it's probably from the weight loss, but it felt as if I was being lifted up. Weird sensation...hard to describe... kinda like a parachute was on the front of the car...

I will be very VERY shocked if I haven't gotten the car under 3000 lbs. It feels completely different now.

 

Get splitter and some pins and let er rip!

 

yeah lowering the car or adding a splitter/lip combo will help with the floaty front end. Just need a bit more downforce is all.

 

Hood "pins"...

http://www.aerocatch.com/

 

Those are the ****.

 

+1

 

and aileron, elevator, rudder and flaps.......lol

 

The list just grows and grows.

The more you do, the more you have to do.

wheels
tires
lowering
splitter/lip, or maybe whole new front bumper
hood pins
wing (debating)

 

+Beer

 

qft

 

On my '87 GSX I went with a VIS CF hood and found that at speed air was lifting it. Instead of hood pins I put a door gasket material under the leading edge so that air couldn't get under at the hood gap and that solved the problem. I did many track days at VIR with it with no problem and speeds were well over 125 mph. In my case I didn't want the hood pins to be out in the open and the flush style weren't available then.

Jim

P.S. - let us know what the weight is!

 

^^^Jim, wish that said, would you have done the flush hood pins if they were available?