roll cage time...
back when I was ordering big parts I had called up Kirk Racing and had ordered the Deluxe cage kit w/ optional dash bar suitable for SCCA ITC specs...thought it would be just like the ones pictured on their site with 2 door bars left and right...so the cage showed up unload it off the truck...unwrap it...I start layin out pieces and find I'm missing the upper door bars and riser supports...call them up, what's up?...second door bars and risers, another 100 bucks or so, on top of the $575 plus $60 truck frieght...
ok...deep breath...can still make this work...
test fit the main hoop...
to wide to fit center on the b-posts...the forward supports were almost long enough (even if the main hoop was behind the b-posts) to go past the firewall...
more deep breaths...I can make this work...
when I look at the invoice...says it is for a BMW!!...call them up, not for a BMW, just misslabled...forward supports to long, cut your dash, SCCA will allow it...
hyperventalateing...I WILL MAKE IT WORK!!!
set the cage to the side and did all of the rust removal and body work...all the while debating on what exactly I was going to do with this project now...had too much invested in the cage to not use it...the main hoop really is top notch...the welds are very nice...and I knew I could get it in there...
I began debating the ITC idea...it is 9 hours to Atlanta...6 to the course south of Charlotte...5-6 to Richmond...ITC was starting to look just as expensive just in gas to haul to an eventas if I were running a Trans Am car and lived at the track...
in 04 the NC Region held 2 or 3 auto-x events at the local mall...my boss at the time wanted a display vehicle for the car audio shop...and I wanted a quick and fun toy to drive around and show the ricers what real performance is...
triple duty?? streetable, race-able, showable...could it be done...could it be done in one car...with full interior...big-time sound system...and clean enough to take to national shows???????????????????
big questions to ask someone that had just finalized the build budget for the car and just scrapped the original build plan....
Edited by blacksheep, 22 December 2005 - 02:23 PM.