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- George3 - 09-29-2009
Some of those pictures remind me of CP3O... or was it R2D2...
Anyway, my hat's off to you, Darren. Hope all works out well.
- ccm911 - 09-29-2009
Gotta give him credit! He actually built a racecar in his garage.
- Lainey - 09-29-2009
Darren, you are amazing! Can't wait to see it finished.... fun to watch the progress.... keep those pictures coming.....:dude:
- Lainey - 09-29-2009
P.S. Like that "DARE" license plate....
- JAB993 - 09-29-2009
ccm911 wrote:
Quote:Gotta give him credit! He actually built a racecar in his garage.
...sure it was the garage...I saw uplighters in one of the photographs. Maybe it is mood lighting?
- ninjabones - 09-30-2009
Darren:
That cat looks an aweful lot like "sticky" from the recent duct-taped cat caper. They caught the culprit yesterday, so I guess you're off the hook.
- ccm911 - 09-30-2009
I wonder if "Miss Kitty" helped out, or was just supervising?
- Darren - 10-23-2009
Update after MAW at Thunderbolt:
Everything held together very nicely, no major issues, which was essentially what I was trying to prove. I couldn't get any speed going whatsoever because of the cold/wet conditions and the tires I was running. I had bought 2 year old leftover Hoosier Grand Am tires. Between them being essentially endurance slicks and so very hard, and them being old, I could never get any temperature into them whatsoever! It was like driving on ice!
On Sunday I drove a bit and it felt very good, but I finally parked the car because I didn't like catching it every turn. I had massive power on oversteer and massive corner entry understeer.
The understeer was because I was running the H&R big sway bars that were from my old suspension setup and the front bar is gigantic and non-adjustable.
I'll be back out in 2 weekends with NASA Northeast at Thunderbolt with new Hoosier slicks and stock GT3 (same as the GT3 Cup) sway bars. I also managed to remove about 36 lbs from the car. My weight at Thunderbolt (with me in it) was 2908 lbs and I need to get to 2745 lbs (163 lbs too heavy).
Removed:
Passenger door bar and cutting out door panel - 8 lbs
Remove rear crash bar and mounts - 20 lbs
Remove rear heat shielding - 8 lbs
I still have 127 lbs to lose but at this point its a few lbs here a few lbs there. I'm going to need to do a carbon fiber hood I think.
- bobt993 - 10-23-2009
Human head weighs 8 pounds................
- Darren - 10-23-2009
I need that...I considered sealing the cage and filling it with helium though