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Yes, the tank will need to be enclosed. I was going to get a tank fabricated at work but found a new cheap aftermarket tank too cheap to pass up. I am thinking of a side exit 3 inch exhaust, which should get rid of quite a few kg's. Currently have a mugen twin loop which and its nice and quite...

thanks...I am a bit obsessed with trying to get my car light. I have done some calculations on what I can do to removed weight to get to my ideal goal of 925 kg. I would like to get down to that weight but, not sure if I'd get there. Currently I think my car is about 1015kgs, and gutting as...

have you got any pictures of the old car?showing how and what you did to remove the weight? I'm trying to gut my Ek at the moment

Ek doors are heavy. Carbon doors will save you heaps. From memory a bare door will be about 20 kgs ( includes hinges, rubbers, door latch and side moulding strip). When I enquired about fiberglass doors they where saying they would Be about 6 kg and carbon being about 4 kg. So I would say an...

Yeah the cage was a bit more than I expecting, but at the end of the day they know what they are doing

The first one was a ek3 (which I have sold) and the new car is an EK9

Pics of the car with the cage installed

You must be talking about colin..I saw him a few days ago and talked cars for ages...Good guy...Only a few small things to do before I start it.

Cheating? doubt it - I reckon its smarter! I'm doing a track day on the 11th at Manfeild so hopefully its all go by then. I just got all the glass installed a few days ago and the side windows will need to be redone as I can't close the doors(They did not push the glass towards the back of...

Pics of the new car (Ek9) This was a stolen and recovered car that was originally going to be put back on the road as a nice road car with a K20a. In the end I decided it would make a good race car.

No they don't...

This is what happens when you kiss the tire wall

did he try other exhausts before going to a 3 inch?

From New Zealand....Making just under 220hp on a hub dyno. What setup is your friend using?

2.5 inch....I am not so sure about going to a 3 inch...It just means more $$$ but will not necessary be any faster around the track

No Not really, as we tested it by removing the rear muffler and we did lose power. From what we saw though it definately lost power based on the tune, the header length and exhaust design we did lose power in the region of 5-10 hp (from memory). I was not wanting to get the car retuned with...

after the car was built it was time to hit the track

Here are some pics of my build A pic of the motor in engine bay Custom headers still more wiring to be done custome facbricated exhaust with mugen twin loop muffler headers are very close to brake lines etc to keep motor towards centre of car as opposed to the first...

I just got to figure out how to post the pics.

The first evolution of the car started off as a standard auto ek3, which the running gear was quickly dumped after all the components required had been collected, 98 spec 5 stud hub conversion was done custom headers Mugen twin loop exhaust Custom engine mounts S14 silva radiator Rota...