#27288, "RE: Let's talk handling perfection (Gurus welcomed)" In response to In response to 7 Jun-13-05 05:01 AM by BumpinTalon
for a real race car.... I'd get a NHRA/SCCA legal rollcage. those things are absolute bastards to make and it would completely block off the back seat since you need a diagonal and horizontal brace bar in the main hoop. but on the other hand, roll cages look completely badass from outside the car... nothing like a big metal "X" in the rear window. I'd change as much of the front end to fiberglass or carbon fiber as I could, since our cars are extremely nose-heavy. carbon fiber hood for sure, maybe fenders, maybe bumper. I'd remove everything inside the front bumper. if I was really crazy, I'd see if I couldn't fabricate new mounts and move the engine back a couple inches but I don't think that is possible without some kind of crazy transmission work. I'd relocate the battery to the trunk, too. then I'd ditch the stock gas tank and put a fuel cell in the trunk, to help with weight distro and to be legal under more rules. I'd put it as low in the chassis as I could. then I'd lower the car on some nice full-on racing coilovers. and then I'd put on a widebody kit and some really wide tires, 265/45R17 fronts and 285/40R17 rears.. maybe equal size fronts and rears, the car is FWD so it understeers anyway. Bigger rear tires would help keep the ass end in control under hard braking. of course, you need racing tires for something like this. then a real racing seat, with a 5 point harness, and a tiny steering wheel. I'd keep the full interior for bragging rights. no back seat tho. I'd drill a bunch of holes wherever I could to save more weight on the car, and change those big rear plastic pieces to fiberglass or carbon fiber since they weigh quite a bit.
