I've been procrastinating on making this thread for nearly a year now, but at the moment I've got nothing better to do, so here it goes...
Bought the car off of a friend of mine almost a year ago following an accident on the day that we were supposed to be heading on a trip to Raleigh for another friend/business-partner/friend-I-got-the-car-from's-brother's wedding. She was heading to an appointment to get her nails done at about 8 in the morning and dosed off. She wasn't hurt and initially the car wasn't TOO bad off either, just a busted windshield, and a messed up hood and passenger side fender. Unfortunately, the tow truck guy was mildly retarded and decided it would be best to somehow manage to dig the windshield frame into the bank (did I mention it was on it's roof at the time lol?) and bent the crap out of the A-pillars and essentially totaling the car.
So after successfully surviving the 100* heat in Raleigh at the wedding we get back and after a little while I wind up buying the car. I figure the car (which my friend had dubbed "Vicky") had gave up it's life to save my friend's so I owe it another shot at life; in this case, $500-race-car LeMons glory!
Here's the car as it sat before the "modifications" started :ninja2::
More early pics in the following posts...
What the car looks like now:
Current Mods
Interior
See exterior...
Interior lighting
That day's weather forecast
Audio and Video
Open Exhaust
Wind Noise
Electronics
Master Kill Switch
Removed everything else not needed to make the car move
My cell phone in my pocket.. if I remember to bring it with me.
Exterior
Dust
Body kit courtesy of gravity, the planet Earth, and Milwaukee Tool
More Dust
Hood and trunk bracing removed; both now pin-on
Both doors gutted
Kirkey Intermediate Racing Seat
Some nicely polished spot welds
Roll cage
Some Dust
RJS 5-point harness
Longacre mirror
IO Port Seatback Brace
Stock wing
Oh, some Dust
Added Lightness
Exterior Lighting
Stock tail lights and 3rd brake light
Brakes and Wheels
Stock brakes
Black Evo VIII wheels
Random All-Season tires that came with the wheels, or whatever holds air pressure for now...
Suspension
"Stock" springs
Monroe Shock/Struts
Moog Rear Sway Bar End Link Kit
Moog Front Sway Bar End Links
Prothane Master kit plus poly rear knuckle bushings
Prothane side and Energy Suspension front/rear motor/tranny bushings
Engine, Performance, and Under the Hood
Intake? Ummmm.. No intake currently
Battery moved to trunk
Exhaust cut off in front of cat
A/C removed
Probably a dead raccoon, or a mouse nest or two..
Parts Waiting to be Installed
Evo VIII/IX brake swap
SS brake lines
Diamante upper and TB
New core support
'03 front end conversion
Future Modifications
Finish covering the area formerly known as the interior in Lotus 2-eleven style
Foam chassis
2 sets of Dunlop Direzza ZIIs and another set of Evo VIII Enkeis
Other random crap to make it LeMons/SCCA legal
Whatever else I can sneak by the LeMons judges
A Few Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDioPbKTMKU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flWcVuFXJU4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9AjYVUfLf8
Bought the car off of a friend of mine almost a year ago following an accident on the day that we were supposed to be heading on a trip to Raleigh for another friend/business-partner/friend-I-got-the-car-from's-brother's wedding. She was heading to an appointment to get her nails done at about 8 in the morning and dosed off. She wasn't hurt and initially the car wasn't TOO bad off either, just a busted windshield, and a messed up hood and passenger side fender. Unfortunately, the tow truck guy was mildly retarded and decided it would be best to somehow manage to dig the windshield frame into the bank (did I mention it was on it's roof at the time lol?) and bent the crap out of the A-pillars and essentially totaling the car.
So after successfully surviving the 100* heat in Raleigh at the wedding we get back and after a little while I wind up buying the car. I figure the car (which my friend had dubbed "Vicky") had gave up it's life to save my friend's so I owe it another shot at life; in this case, $500-race-car LeMons glory!
Here's the car as it sat before the "modifications" started :ninja2::
More early pics in the following posts...
What the car looks like now:
Current Mods
Interior
See exterior...
Interior lighting
That day's weather forecast
Audio and Video
Open Exhaust
Wind Noise
Electronics
Master Kill Switch
Removed everything else not needed to make the car move
My cell phone in my pocket.. if I remember to bring it with me.
Exterior
Dust
Body kit courtesy of gravity, the planet Earth, and Milwaukee Tool
More Dust
Hood and trunk bracing removed; both now pin-on
Both doors gutted
Kirkey Intermediate Racing Seat
Some nicely polished spot welds
Roll cage
Some Dust
RJS 5-point harness
Longacre mirror
IO Port Seatback Brace
Stock wing
Oh, some Dust
Added Lightness
Exterior Lighting
Stock tail lights and 3rd brake light
Brakes and Wheels
Stock brakes
Black Evo VIII wheels
Random All-Season tires that came with the wheels, or whatever holds air pressure for now...
Suspension
"Stock" springs
Monroe Shock/Struts
Moog Rear Sway Bar End Link Kit
Moog Front Sway Bar End Links
Prothane Master kit plus poly rear knuckle bushings
Prothane side and Energy Suspension front/rear motor/tranny bushings
Engine, Performance, and Under the Hood
Intake? Ummmm.. No intake currently
Battery moved to trunk
Exhaust cut off in front of cat
A/C removed
Probably a dead raccoon, or a mouse nest or two..
Parts Waiting to be Installed
Evo VIII/IX brake swap
SS brake lines
Diamante upper and TB
New core support
'03 front end conversion
Future Modifications
Finish covering the area formerly known as the interior in Lotus 2-eleven style
Foam chassis
2 sets of Dunlop Direzza ZIIs and another set of Evo VIII Enkeis
Other random crap to make it LeMons/SCCA legal
Whatever else I can sneak by the LeMons judges
A Few Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDioPbKTMKU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flWcVuFXJU4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9AjYVUfLf8