Nick_LeMonsHQ wrote:komododave wrote:Actually, it's 6 ways, so your argument is valid. We have some people on the team kvetching about the fact that my 1000 bucks per person cost estimate is being crossed by expesive safety equipment. I keep telling them that the next race will be cheap-o-cheapy after paying for all this stuff now, but they don't listen. We're aproaching 1250 per person with everything involved.
Getting over that first hump is the hardest part. It's easy from there out....
That easy part can come any time now. It's easier but there are still difficulties. Like getting team members to pay on time. When are our fees due for Yee Haw 2009?
Regarding seats, we have a pair of Kirkey Pro Drags (yes, we have a passenger seat), I bought both used from Craigslist and eBay. One thing to remember about Kirkey's is the covers are sold separately for about an additional $100.
We started with Latch Links, the belts weren't that expensive but then we needed tabs to weld to the car to bolt them too. Them we realized we needed wrap arounds up top so return shipping + new shipping cause we were down to the wire added another $30 or so.
If you are in the Houston area, Smiley's is on the north side of town. theyu are mainly a cirle track shop. They carry Kirkey and Ultra Shied seats, most of your personal safety gear and I am pretty sure they have harnesses too. Their prices seem to be inline with Summit.
I bought Nismo Clip in Cam Locks off eBay early this year. They came with the hardware and were dated 12/08. I think they were around $80 each.
There seems to be a lot of misconceptions (denial) about what it costs to build one of these cars.
Our $500 car would have only been about $350 if it didn't have several thousand dollars of safety gear.
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