Being known as a long time Waxer, you can imagine the difficulty I had tearing out the inside of my car; however; the gains in safety and stability of the car far outweigh the Wax Factor !!!
Doing 20 or so events in a year and always driving hard, Safety must be a priority.
THANKS to Danny Popp for some great technical assistance and Joe Rook of JR Mechanical Services. Joe will be fabricating and installing the cage.
THANKS also to James, Len and Ed for assisting with the Sunday Carnage of dismantling the car!!!
THANKS to Sam for assisting with the installation of the Fire System !!!
Lowered
Poly bushings, upper and lower
Corner weighted
Race alignment
Oil Catch Can
Accusump
Z06 Oil Cooler
Brake cooling ducts
C5 brake brackets
Stainless steel brake pistons
Stainless steel brake lines
Anti-Kick Back Springs
Full cage
Driver side spot mirror
Window nets
Race seat / harness
Automatic fire suppression system
2-way radio system
G2X Datalogger system
Chase Cam system with datalogging
Sparco Steering Wheel w/quick disconnect
Royal Purple Fluids everywhere except for the SRF Brake Fluid
Forgeline Race Wheels (Some great wheels)
Phadt racing sway bars
What about any engine mods you say!!! I figure it is best to learn how to drive the car and increase the safety aspect first. I know a quartet of folks who best hold their ass once we do start on the engine though !!!!!
$$ Invested in all the above -- $250.00 (At least that is what I told my wife)
As far as time involved so far as it relates to the dismantling of the interior, fabrication and install of cage, install of fire system and now the re-install of the interior, I would estimate it as follows:
Gutting out the interior of the car
12 Manhours
Design, fabrication and install of full race cage
100 hours (Note, this was the first car Joe installed a cage in) He normally builds dragsters from the ground up.
Interior cleanup and painting of cage and rear trunk area
12 hours
Re-install of interior
25 hours
One more week and it should be competely finished and track ready. The net weight loss will be about 400 pounds making the car much stiffer, and allow for later braking and better acceleration out of the corners.
