nice !! thanks for the detailed pictures, always wondered what a IMSA car looked like on the inside.

how did you come across this race car? would love to hear that story

 

Decided to check the wheel bearings. One side was pretty dry so we will repack them all with neo synthetic bearing grease.

 

this is awesome!!!!

 

New Aircraft aluminum floor . Lots of rivets were sacrificed here.
Naca duct under car for rear brake cooling.

 

You don't have to drill out all those rivets to service the undercarriage, do you? Or does it come off in sections?

 

Wow, that is a major undertaking.

I have seen John Finger's car with the MX-6 bodywork at the Mitty, maybe 8 or so years ago. He was paddocked right next to me. He had it for sale, and was asking $60k or $75k at the time; I can't remember the exact amount.

I wish you were not so far away from me, I would really like to see it at the track again. I have been vintage racing for 21 years now. With your tube frame, you would probably be classed in SVRA Group 10, class GT2. My tub chassis 1979 GTU car runs in SVRA GT3.

 

The bottom of the car consists of 3 pieces , only the centre floor is riveted. Axle and cv installed.
Finally the car is back on its wheels. It's off to the body shop next week !

 

its coming together nicely

 

Incredible work! Thanks for sharing.
Your garage is a dream

 

awesome work so far. Please tell me you are going to get a new wiring harness made!

 

This is sofa king cool

 

Thanks for posting! The level of detail on race cars like these is so cool to see.

 

Starting on the bodywork. Will spray putty and block sand next.

 

OK, just found this - that is so cool. Interesting too to see the contrast between various of the professionally built tube chassis cars - this is executed differently than Glen Jung's car (which I think was a late 90s GTS-3 car) which is executed differently than the Mandeville built car (no idea what class it was for originally) that I last saw being run by Ron Tambourine. Some similarities (they're all now wearing basically the same bodywork) but the suspensions are done differently and yours is the only one I've seen with a transaxle. The Mandeville built car had the fuel tanks in front of the diff too, but was using a quickchange setup for IRS and a conventional style trans.

What's the weight at, do you know?

 

Nice project you got going.

 

Glen's car is an older Chassis Dynamics car as far as I can tell . He has done a lot of updates before racing it in Trans Am. It is going on the scales when its back from the body shop. My guess is 1900 pounds.

 

any info on where to source those hubs? always curious what kind of hubs race car people use.

more info on that FD too !! another build thread?

 

The single lug hubs and uprights were machined/ cast by the builder of the car, Bob Cuneo of Chassis Dynamics . He had a molding company build the molds to his design. Unfortunately as IMSA started going towards tub cars in the 90's there was less demand for these and he scrapped them. Riley and other racecar builders generally make their own. Riley wants $40,000 for 4 uprights last time I checked. lol

The silver car is a 1993 rx7 with a 3 rotor turbo, Jerico 5 speed, 14 inch brakes, some aero, and Cobra diff. There are a lot of videos on youtube of this car in action. I've owned it since 1997. Sometimes it feels like it owns me.

Here is a link from Forcefed Racing in Abbotsford , BC that handles all the engine work and tuning of this car. They specialize in rotaries, turbos, tuning, and custom builds.

 

the FD looks nicely setup !

could you share the suspension setup information on the FD?
Very curious on the spring rate/sway bar/alignment you are running

 

The fd set up is as follows.

front

1300 lb spring
1.25 speedway style swaybar
Penske 8300 shocks
3 to 3.3 degrees camber
0 toe

rear

1400 lb spring
disconnected rear bar
Penske 8300 shock
2.4 degrees camber
1/8 total toe in

hoosier a7 tires

 

^don't forget the aero

I believe you have a big wing and splitter?

 

thanks ! That's the direction i'm going with my new setup as well, stiff front sway bar, 1/8inch toe in. I'm trying to dial out the power on oversteer characteristics.

I did try no rear sway bar a few years back on another FD (448lb front spring, 336lb rear, stock front swaybar) , but i felt it had too much understeer mid corner.
Did you encounter a similar issue after removing the rear sway bar?

 

thanks for sharing...love seeing how actual race cars are built.

 

Hi Wouter,
Awesome project! I don't check these forums often. Looking forward to seeing this car on the track this year! I have a shop on the north shore doing 3d scanning, fabricating, and CNC milling. We can easily 3d scan those uprights if you need them remade or we can design you a modern upright in aluminum that will outperform those guys and fit the suspension design!

See you at the track!

 

We picked up the car from the body shop today. They did an amazing job . Next we install all the little bits and decals