Installing this:



Also:

- Remove rear sway bar and rear coilovers and clean/lube everything and try to get rid of some slight clunking I have got going on back there.

- Change diff and trans fluid

- Change PS fluid

- Install Evo-R hood dampeners

- Purchase new 5zigen 17x10 FN01RC and 275 series rubber for them

- Figure out how to get a tow hook to work with my Aerosync front bumper (it covers the OEM tow hook hole).

 

I'm kind of weary on that cusco cage as well. With the bends that essentially will go under the dash, instead of through, are nothing more then a weak spot in a front collision. May be ok for Auto-X but not sure it would pass any SCCA/NASA/PCA etc... regulations. I certainly would hope not anyway.

anyhow...its cool to see what everyone is up to this winter. I have so many things I would like to do, but I know I will run short of money long before its all completed. Hell at one point even thought about selling every mod I have and going back to stock. This way I could buy a mx-5 car or something along those lines. I found a couple formula cars, parts and trailer for not much more then I have in all my mods. Oh well we'll see.

 

wow, dude you need to eat a tampon and calm down a bit. its not a full out race car, its a street car that sees a roadcourse couple times a month at most.

 

Nice... how's the 4th grade working out for ya?

IF you do in fact do "a couple roadcourse" events a month, you better check with whoever you run with before getting this bar.

Look... all I'm saying is, I hate to see anyone spend that kind of money on something worthless. And it is actually worse than no cage at all IMHO. God forbid you rolled that thing on track or WORSE on the street (where the time it takes an ambulance or fire/rescue to get to you is anyone's guess). Those bends in the front tubes will only move one direction, down and back either into your seat, or beside you, effectively trapping you in the car.

The main hoop without a diagonal cross bar renders the bar useless for any practical purpose, the tubing is too small, it has too many joints and bends, too many "lightweight fasteners"

My guess is you haven't considered any padding for the roll bar yet either have you? (Or if you have, it'll be the foam pipe insulation found at Home Depot or something.)

For the money you're talking about spending, you could get a very nice custom 4-point roll bar that would NOT compromise your safety in an accident on or off track.

 

I found a local guy to do a 4pt cage for 700 bucks. didn't think that was to bad considering it would be custom fit. He does a lot of cages around here and I have seen his work. Well worth the extra couple hundred to get quality, safe products, no matter what the product is or what its intended to do.

anyhow, back on track.......

 

Stacy let him have his cage, I need a parts car for a super secret project and will be cheaper when his next of kin sells it to me.

 

I think I will stay out of the Cage debate here....but I agree with Stacy.

Looks like my winter plans include an engine pull

 

did it break or looking for more power???

 

Looks like it broke, but I should be able to get more power and a better setup on the rebuild

 

tc kline koni's, kinetix front a arms, nismo bushings, swap the longblock and build the one I pull out. Clean and regrease sway bar bushings. Clean out and organize the garage. Look for a cheap used harness bar. Install my cobra evolution seat. Read some books.

 

i know Jersey has some long winters at times but geeesh, thats a lot of shizzle!! good luck with it all...should be hella fun once its done!

 

well since you ask, the rollcage is going to be installed, and the joints welded and then padded with an x bar. so its a modified cusco setup. and no, its not home depot padding, its actual rollbar padding (http://www.safedrives.com/proddetail...2DDDpad&cat=72)

 

I'm with stacy - why start with crap then modify it? But hey, tons of power w/ defective safety equipment should make for a GREAT time. (you ever stop and think why all of these random people on the intarw3b are harassing you? hint hint: it ain't for kicks and giggles, maybe we actually care to NOT read another "kid killed at the track" thread?).

my plans are up in the air right now, finishing a disastrously over-budget loft renovation right now... if I'm not broke on the street I have more trailer plans than car but I want to remove some OEM wiring (stereo, radio, etc) and clean stuff up interior wise, race car or not, its kinda meh in there.

 

700$ is about half what I was budgeting for a custom roll bar. What standards does he adhere to ? SCCA? FIA?

 

BCR harness bar, SFR TT kit, Tanabe and gt spec braces.

 

I know he runs his car in SCCA and when I talked to him he said he would build it to whatever standards.

http://www.competitioncages.com/

 

wow, looks like good work there.

 

Chris Schimmell does quality work. He builds for NASA, Car Guys, SCCA and many more. he just happens to be quite a bargain as well for the work he does.

 

Oh, and Carbon LTD TS diffuser replica.

 

I hear that. The guys who did mine, ProCar Performance (www.procarperformance.com - in Rochester) are the same way - they love their jobs and love cars more than making a ton of cash.