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02-18-2014, 02:10 AM | #1 |
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2014 Scion Racing Road Race Build
Hi all, my name is Michele Abbate and I drive for Scion Racing. In my past 3 years with Scion I have been in a tC. For 2014, we are building our 2013 Scion FR-S. We purchased it on Friday Feb. 14th, it had 1,086 miles, and its now cage ready.
We will be racing in the United States Touring Car Championships, full press release can be found here on my website.. Here are some quick shots from the past couple years and also from our progress with this year's build. 2011 with Crawford Performance 2012 & 2013 with Dynamic Autosport and of course, our FR-S for our 2014 season. Partners will be announced this month.... Weighing the car before gutting out the whole interior. It was at 2657 lbs. with about a 1/4 tank of gas PS- All interior parts, pieces, etc. are for sale. As you can see they had already been wrapped up and ready to ship (I'm sure I'll need a FS thread, but just dont have the time right now) You can find more information on my website: www.M1cheleAbbate.com or instagram @M1cheleAbbate Look forward to sharing this build with all of you! -Michele UPDATE After gutting out the full interior, the weight of the car became 2467 lbs. Once we get the 6 point cage in.. it will probably weigh about what it started it... we shall see. We also gutted out the doors and removed the windows and all of the mechanisms. You'd be surprised at how heavy the window stripping and wiring is on the car... About 33 lbs. worth of weight here from both sides of the car... Gutted out and plasma'd the doors for the NASCAR bars in the cage. We will only be doing the driver's side as a NASCAR bar though, per the rules, and to save more weight in tubing Also removed the rear window glass... but it was only about 14lbs. we were hoping to lose more weight. still deciding if we'll keep it permanently removed or just put it back in Next up, the cage!! UPDATE: you cand find more build info on Local Motors CoCreate Website Here is a quick picture of the cage, painted. May-ish shot June at Laguna Seca for our debut race in USTCC: see more at: www.M1cheleAbbate.com Last edited by MicheleAbbate; 07-08-2014 at 03:50 PM. Reason: update |
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02-18-2014, 02:13 AM | #2 |
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Subscribed. Something tells me this thread is going to own. btw.. your new helmet is fking intense. Also, dibs on stock header if for sale and reasonable price. |
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02-18-2014, 02:24 AM | #3 | |
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Not selling any engine parts just yet. Well, except the AC unit... lol which is already out of the car
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02-18-2014, 02:29 AM | #4 |
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02-18-2014, 05:58 AM | #5 |
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02-18-2014, 07:27 AM | #6 |
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Interested in the stock seats.
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02-18-2014, 02:45 PM | #7 |
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What racing experience do you have? I don't see any race classes listed on any of the pictures of your cars. My guess is you will be running in the SCCA Pirelli World Challenge like the other FR-S team.
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02-18-2014, 02:56 PM | #8 |
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Nice cant wait to see what happens
btw not to nitpick that doesnt look like a 10 Series Headlight don't look right |
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02-18-2014, 03:59 PM | #9 |
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I think she was confused. The 10 Series only came in one color I thought, and that color is not red.
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02-18-2014, 04:29 PM | #10 |
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I'm excited to how this build will turn out. I remember you from the Mazda forum. You've done some great work and racing. Welcome to the forum.
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02-18-2014, 07:51 PM | #11 |
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I think @Anthony will find this interesting, as his car is at about this point.
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02-18-2014, 11:05 PM | #12 |
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Jealous of the no-A/Cness.
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02-19-2014, 01:50 AM | #13 | |
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I'm sure it's not the last thing i have to learn about an FR-S... lol
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02-19-2014, 01:53 AM | #14 | |
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what a pain lol... but a must-do you can check out my website, but while with Scion I did NASA TT, then two years of MotoIQ Pacific Tuner Car Championships. Used to race for Crawford in their Subaru... before all that i did the time attack thing and autocross when I was like 16.
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