clockwoRk
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As per the title, this isn't going to be one of the most epic, no expense spared builds you'll see. I'm entering my car in the 2012 VTEC Challenge but the plan is to be cost effective and enjoing myself in doing so rather than racking up a debt to chase glory.
My member's car thread is here to give more detail but in short the car is an EK4 with a B18C6 with some breathing mods, coilovers and a bolt in rollcage.
The biggest bit of work to get the car ready is replacing the rollcage for a weld-in job. Unfortunately the OMP bolt-in looked unlikely to get past the scrutineers as some of the tubing is 40mm diameter and 2mm thick whereas the MSA stipulates that the minimum is 45x2.5mm or 50x2mm. Also there is a slight second bend in the front legs which are not allowed. Further more, with the increased chances of having a shunt in racing, compared to trackdays, it made sense to have a more robust cage.
Not much progress to show thus far, as the car is currently having the new cage built. But....
Stripping the dash back to make it easier for the cage to go in and give me a better chance at getting to some of the now defunct wiring and make it easier when fitting the cut-off and extinguisher pull.
Updates of the new cage so far
Towing is a bit of a no-go with my circumstances (company car which is a little too light and weedy for the job and don't have the right letters on my driving licence) so the car will be driven to and from the races, and obviously still used on the road for the odd jaunt hence the blower and heater matrix are staying.
My member's car thread is here to give more detail but in short the car is an EK4 with a B18C6 with some breathing mods, coilovers and a bolt in rollcage.
The biggest bit of work to get the car ready is replacing the rollcage for a weld-in job. Unfortunately the OMP bolt-in looked unlikely to get past the scrutineers as some of the tubing is 40mm diameter and 2mm thick whereas the MSA stipulates that the minimum is 45x2.5mm or 50x2mm. Also there is a slight second bend in the front legs which are not allowed. Further more, with the increased chances of having a shunt in racing, compared to trackdays, it made sense to have a more robust cage.
Not much progress to show thus far, as the car is currently having the new cage built. But....
Stripping the dash back to make it easier for the cage to go in and give me a better chance at getting to some of the now defunct wiring and make it easier when fitting the cut-off and extinguisher pull.
Updates of the new cage so far
Towing is a bit of a no-go with my circumstances (company car which is a little too light and weedy for the job and don't have the right letters on my driving licence) so the car will be driven to and from the races, and obviously still used on the road for the odd jaunt hence the blower and heater matrix are staying.