New Norcal team (Page 1 of 3)

TinyVette! You should see if you can hire some little people to dress up like Mark Hamill and Annie Potts.

Cool.

I thinking about re-bodying our car to look like a 935...

KT

Let me know if you need some help... As you are in town I could possibly be persuaded...

Brian, we'd love to have you. Let me talk to my team co-dictator.

By, are you really ready for a 90hp, maybe 100 hp car? Can you handle all that power, coming for Porsches like you do?

Update - the rat nests and ant farm are gone and the car almost doesn't stink anymore. We're scrounging for a starter solenoid, so we have even cranked the engine yet, but it does turn by hand, easily. We're working on the front end now, the rear end next week, and may have to resort to using rubber blocks to stiffen the suspension.  and we've got things set up with Evil Genius Racing for a cage and seat and help lowering the car.

SHE LIVES.............................  TEAM racing is still a month away...I think it can be done!!!

... Five WEEKS? For an Opel GT?

No, that's crazy quick for a basketcase car like that.

me likey....the C4 wheels just add to the whole package!!!  Plus those tires look MEAN....can't wait for Friday!!

The C4 wheels are for the theme and those tires are used up Toyos off a Miata that John (EGR) gave us.  We won't use those for the race. So heavy. We have 6 steelies coming, and 6 Azenis 615's already in the carport.

The air dam we put on the car today makes the front look very Corvette-like as well.

It is off the jack stands, though is does look a bit high. The KYB shocks jack the rear end up. We might cut the springs to level it again. Meanwhile, it looks like some kind of drift car.

I look forward to seeing it. The Opel GT just screams miniature Corvette to us, so we had to do that with it. We're putting a lot of effort into the look, probably more than we should, bad for the budget. But we've decided that instead of backing off on theme costs we'll just take our laps.

We're putting a lot of time into the mechanicals, too. I think I mentioned that if we had tired to start this car when we bought it it would have caught fire. Later we learned that if we had even installed a battery, it would have caught fire. It's come a long way since then.

For example on the pace of work, last weekend...

1. Installed the front air dam (courtesy of OGTS and UPS), which now makes the car look even more corvette-like.
2. Patched holes in the cabin, such as where the e-brake was
3. Patched a hole in the fender where the radio antenna was
4. Did more work on the damaged R/F fender. Geoff got to try out his new metal shrinking tool on our car.
5. Installed the tach using tabs welded to the roll cage
6. Stiffened the fuel bulkhead so it would be quieter
7. Fab'ed up a battery holder that mounts in the rear, just above the shocks, behind the fuel bulkhead.
8. Installed one of the headlight pods, holding off on the other while Geoff worked the fender.
9. Hooked up the fuel line to the gas tank
10. Fab'ed up a bracket to hold the fuel and vacuum lines running from the carburetor to where ever they come from.
11. Installed the hood and secured it using hood pins. Removed the original hinges and latch.
12. Did a lot of sanding. Much sanding still left to do.

Our current immediate, before Friday, to-do list:

1. Find a cheap long battery cable. Rumor has it that a certain model of BMW has them.
2. Finish the electrical
3. Install the gauge panel. The panel itself should arrive tomorrow. After assembly, it gets installed.
4. Make a splitter, to complete the ALMS Corvette look.
5. Repair the driver's side floor. Too much rust.
6. Install kill switch.
7. Install tow hooks.
8. Figure out what to do about the tranny. Swap in the tranny from the parts car???
9. Install harness.

Tomorrow car goes back to EGR for some work and tuning. Today I paint the roll cage (second coat), work on the electrical, and pull the parts car tranny. Meanwhile, Alan's playing golf and Geoff is working on his 914 restore/Subie engine swap.

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Winner of a project.

That car is screaming out for some side skirts made from plastic garden edging. Can't wait to see it in C5R/C6R livery.