Now that finals have rolled around, it has become important for me to become very interested in some aspect of car building so that I have a valid reason to avoid studying. I'm kicking myself a bit at this point for the current setup in my car (Kirk 4 point rollbar, g-force camlock 5 point belts, spl driver seat, memoryfab humongous passenger seat) since I've done 1 track day since it was all installed. So, streetcar express for me, although i don't drive much so it doesn't particularly matter either way. Plus, I got a good deal on most of the stuff.
Moving on from my regrets, I was thinking about where I want to go with my car in a few years once I graduate/move and I hope to get something cheap as a DD so I can really go further with the S14. Not track only, but more of something that you can just barely drive to the track, and have fun with on weekends on a nice day...toss the carpet and rear interior, add lightness, maybe something along the lines of an NT-01 if I can drive the car enough to get to that point.
Bolt in roll bars are pretty lame, so it will definitely be sold and I'll get one welded in. I've seen some pretty questionable elements in most pics of 240 cages I could find though, so I thought we could start up a thread with pics and commentary. Def, I know you got a rollbar welded in and I haven't seen pics. Wissass, you have good pics of work you've done on your site so I'll probably ask about some of those too. Andy's cage looks good, if a bit on the heiffer side of the safety/weight continum. I guess if you can't buy an S14 you can at least make your S13 weigh as much as one.
I'm actually really curious what logic people use when building cages, and when I have a chance I'll post up some pics of specific cages and ask about elements that struck me as odd.
Moving on from my regrets, I was thinking about where I want to go with my car in a few years once I graduate/move and I hope to get something cheap as a DD so I can really go further with the S14. Not track only, but more of something that you can just barely drive to the track, and have fun with on weekends on a nice day...toss the carpet and rear interior, add lightness, maybe something along the lines of an NT-01 if I can drive the car enough to get to that point.
Bolt in roll bars are pretty lame, so it will definitely be sold and I'll get one welded in. I've seen some pretty questionable elements in most pics of 240 cages I could find though, so I thought we could start up a thread with pics and commentary. Def, I know you got a rollbar welded in and I haven't seen pics. Wissass, you have good pics of work you've done on your site so I'll probably ask about some of those too. Andy's cage looks good, if a bit on the heiffer side of the safety/weight continum. I guess if you can't buy an S14 you can at least make your S13 weigh as much as one.
I'm actually really curious what logic people use when building cages, and when I have a chance I'll post up some pics of specific cages and ask about elements that struck me as odd.
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