996 race car conversion

[George3]

 

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]

Gotta give him credit!  He actually built a racecar in his garage.

[Lainey]

Darren, you are amazing! Can't wait to see it finished.... fun to watch the progress.... keep those pictures coming.....:dude:

[Lainey]

P.S. Like that "DARE" license plate....

[JAB993]

ccm911 wrote:

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]

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]

I wonder if "Miss Kitty" helped out, or was just supervising?

[Darren]

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]

Human head weighs 8 pounds................

[Darren]

I need that...I considered sealing the cage and filling it with helium though