06-14-2014, 04:59 PM
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Wiring done, interior cleaned up and dash installed. Next will be a the seat / harness.
Decided against getting the immobilizer kit, just removed all but the minimum required wires, moved it to a safer locations and installed a push start switch. Should be only a pound or so heavier than removing it. 
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06-14-2014, 05:01 PM
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06-16-2014, 10:55 AM
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No. 
I have one car we got down to 1950lbs. You are nowhere close (and won't be) 
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06-17-2014, 07:58 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brad Roberts
No.
I have one car we got down to 1950lbs. You are nowhere close (and won't be) |
Brad, do you have a build thread? I love to know how you did this.
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07-02-2014, 08:47 PM
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No build thread The car now resides in Austin TX and ran SCCA AutoX at Nationals multiple times. I believe the female driver won a National Championship at Lincoln in it a year after it was sold.
Steel doors
It had another 50lbs I could have pulled out for a true AutoX car (small fuel cell)
How serious was it? One radiator in the right front. The current owner put it back (they were running 3 drivers in it)
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07-03-2014, 07:28 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brad Roberts
No build thread The car now resides in Austin TX and ran SCCA AutoX at Nationals multiple times. I believe the female driver won a National Championship at Lincoln in it a year after it was sold.
Steel doors
It had another 50lbs I could have pulled out for a true AutoX car (small fuel cell)
How serious was it? One radiator in the right front. The current owner put it back (they were running 3 drivers in it) |
Hehe, Grant's car.
Light weight Boxster racer
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07-06-2014, 12:17 PM
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The car is currently at 2148lbs with only one radiator. (2116 lb goal for FP formula) It now has a 2003-2004 2.7 motor with the larger cooling pipes which added some weight. I also added fiberglass flared front fenders (heavy) and rear fender flares that added some weight, custom solid 28-spline heavier axles, as well as added bars on the roll cage that went forward to the front strut towers. The car has 16x11 front and 16x12 rear wheels with the new Hoosier R75A radial slick that are not very light. (Grant ran 16x10 on light bias Avon). And yes, Beth, my wife, won L1 Pro Solo Championship with it in 2012. I messed up the car last year with custom cams that made 20 less hp at Nationals with late year attempt at improvement. After figuring out the problem with slipped cam timing reluctor wheels and a custom tune, the car now makes 25 more hp, so hoping to add a few more championships going forward.
Btw, Brad, I'm interested in that light fuel cell idea. Do you have one built up?
Thanks,
Erik Strelnieks
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brad Roberts
No build thread The car now resides in Austin TX and ran SCCA AutoX at Nationals multiple times. I believe the female driver won a National Championship at Lincoln in it a year after it was sold.
Steel doors
It had another 50lbs I could have pulled out for a true AutoX car (small fuel cell)
How serious was it? One radiator in the right front. The current owner put it back (they were running 3 drivers in it) |
Last edited by 3RotorRx7; 07-09-2014 at 07:32 AM.
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07-30-2014, 02:05 PM
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Erik, the car looks great. Thank you for moving the development forward I come from EP-FP SCCA road race cars.. and helped push through (w/ the technical help) the Boxster into production classes. Erik Madsen did 99% of the communication with SCCA pushing it through. I about  puked when they decided on 2650 for the weight LOL WHAT WHAT WHAT!! LOL
I also knew a long time ago the 2.7 was needed. It breathes a lot better than the 2.5.
I wanted to apologize in person (but haven't seen you yet besides the '12 nationals) I wanted to apologize about the door coming off at the Austin track  I'm not accustomed to putting the bolts back into the doors. I leave them out on purpose. Our west coast corner workers are told/taught they can lift the handle and pull the door off to get someone out of a car quickly if need be. The issue with that on your car? No windshield posts.. no posts to hold the door down.
I do apologize for that. It was a mistake on my part that should have never happened.
Hope all is well I'm in Austin several times a year for PCA events. A customer of mine lives there and we run his cars back forth for CA/TX events.
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