New member. Old car. Maybe somebody will recognize it?

[RdstrBlk]

Thanks for the warm welcome and great inspiration yall. Ive gotten the car a lil cleaned up, replaced the starter and battery, and have run a few tanks of gas through it now (did take a while, damn MPGs). I'll get some better pics up soon, as well as an official thread for the car, which I am still struggling to name.

[RdstrBlk]

Just leaving the sticker shop, just got inspected. Figured out why the doors wouldnt open, the lock mechanism is entirely jammed. Pretty used to leaving my doors unlocked having come from a miata.

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[TominMO]

Welcome & congrats! Just found this thread. Advancedynamix/Charlie is the guy you want to velcro yourself to about track Festys.

Regarding all the bracing put in, I don't believe Charlie does any of that. I wonder if it is useful for some types of competition but not others, depending on when you might want chassis flex and when not. His racing is all high speed. Maybe slalom or autocross? Anyway, get his ideas on bracing. You might find it's actually better for you to remove it, esp. the rear strut tower part.

Also moving the battery forward, like on the floor behind the front pass. seat, for better weight distribution. Charlie says the rear end should be as light as possible.

Plus with freeing up space in the rear, it becomes a much more practical car if you need to haul something.

Carpeting, a headliner, foam rubber to fill the body cavities will make it less of a vibrating drum when you are DDing it. Unless you like it totally raw like this.