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Car 986 Scion FR-S NASA PTD Race Car Build
It's more of an "I gutted my car and turned it into a race car as quickly as possible... and now that it's actually completed a race, I can share it" story, but here it is.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.n...62544677_o.jpg While I did have occasional help along the way, this was mostly a one man effort in my tiny townhouse garage (except for the professionally done roll cage by Mark Cooper at Performance Chassis. Therefore, there are very few actual build photos since I was all hands on deck. My usual helper (my wife), was the better part of 6 months pregnant and sadly :( unwilling to work on a car. We did have a race to see if the birth of my daughter or the completion of car would come first. I let my daughter win! :) I haven't fully thought this out yet so expect a few edits over the next few days. And I've been around racing long enough that looks don't really matter to me so my car isn't the cleanest or prettiest, but I'm working on that. 1. #trackcar 2. #rollcage 3. #racecar parts 4. #racecar |
I wanted a Firestorm Red M/T, my wife wanted a Raven A/T. We couldn't find either anywhere in Raleigh the day we decided to pick it up, so the Fred Anderson dealer said he had both being delivered in 3 days and we could come reserve either. We got there and the Raven MT with 15 miles was sitting on the showroom floor with borla catback, tint, bespoke headunit, paint protection, toyoguard elite and he tossed in a few additions (lojack, free 1-day car rental for every service at the dealership etc.) so we both compromised. The plan was to drive the wheels off it for a year before deciding if it would be a race car or not.
Took it to Road Atlanta 6 days after buying it and loved it. We drove through the NC and TN mountains. We did a 7hr 15min bull run from Raleigh to New York. Covered 3000 miles in a 10 day trip from Raleigh - Charleston - Savannah - Gainesville - DisneyWorld - Miami - Key West - Tampa - Atlanta - Raleigh. And just before our Route66 trip, we found out my wife was pregnant so that was the end of the fun and games... racecar time. Here are some random road trip pics, autox, and track pics. Straight to the track at 987 miles. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-G...-42-30_907.jpg https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-v...00534580_o.jpg This was probably my favorite trip. Here's the google maps link if you want to try it out. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-U...nforgetrip.jpg https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-n...132742_201.jpg https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Y...8061413956.jpg Carries race tires, and race bikes very well. https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-j...114156_504.jpg Hanging out with my partner in crime at Petit Le Mans https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-W...103223_075.jpg NASA MidAtlantic Autocross with the pTuning crew https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-G...115933_751.jpg Coilovers came late so installed at the track with no testing :(, but there was beer and friends :) https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-K...21960520_o.jpg https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-K...01433673_n.jpg Test day with coilovers at NCCAR https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-u...%2B%281%29.jpg https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-j...160733_203.jpg Last pic before the gutting begins! https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-a...073943_264.jpg Dyno runs to make sure we're legal for TT https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-F...%2B%281%29.jpg TT fun at Road Atlanta https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/iC...=w1043-h586-no https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Z...45662524_o.jpg https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-9...64478278_o.jpg Giving some rides, and pace car duties https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6...5-no/esses.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-g...5-no/gary1.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-e...o/pacecar1.jpg https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-R...-no/rides1.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-V...5-no/rides.jpg https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-7...5-no/ttfun.jpg Charlotte Motor Speedway testing https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1...09772771_n.jpg |
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roll cage pics updated - @Piercemotorsports @philooo
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awesome picture of the cage building, nice ! you did that yourself..R-E-S-P-E-C-T ...for not messing it up ;)
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Didn't do it myself. I can't weld for nothing. I pre-bent the main roll hoop and down bars using some muffler tubing so the cage builder knew exactly what I wanted. Then I stood around like a kid in a candy store as he translated that to the actual cage. :) I like to do as much of anything as I can and give people as little work as possible.
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Looks great!! I'm trying to see in the pics. Did you remove the oem dash bar or put another bar in front it it?
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I thought TTD was time attack, not "race"
What race series are you in? Sick car regardless :) |
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TTD is Time Trial "Class D". PTD is Performance Touring "Class D". The car was only in TT until it was paid off and because I hadn't completed all the safety stuff needed to pass race car tech. (fire system, kill switch, cage, window nets, etc). I personally don't care for Time Trials, prefer wheel to wheel racing; however, you still earn contingency and there's an official time sheet results to show to sponsors. |
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