I'm a fairly new member here so I would like to start by introducing myself. My name is Hill McCarty and I'm the owner of a performance shop outside Baltimore, MD. I was recently contracted by one of my customer to build a race variant of the SLC for their race team, Raver Motorsports.
We've started a build blog to document the build process. Here is the link to the blog:
Agile/Raver Superlite Coupe | The evolution of a track car build
I will be copying the text from the blog over to this thread as the build progresses. I'm not going to be linking to all of the pictures here as I would rather spend my time building the car than posting everything to 3 separate places. I'm sure you all understand.
Here is the first post on the blog. Some of you who've been on the boards will know a little about the start of our story.
Origin:
Those of you that have been to the shop know that we’ve been hard at work on a big new project. For those of you that haven’t been in for a while, let me give you a quick introduction. At the end of last year Agile had the privilege of partnering with and supporting Team QRP with their Superlite Coupe (SLC) for a bid to win the NASA 25 Hours of Thunderhill. While we didn’t win the race due to a steering rack failure in the 18<SUP>th</SUP> hour of the race, we were 5 laps ahead of the nearest competitor and held the overall lead for well more than half of the 18 hours we ran. This was our introduction to a brilliantly put together kit car with enormous performance potential.
When we got back to the shop, we couldn’t help but sing the praises of the SLC and as a result one of our racing customers made to decision to take the plunge and have us construct an equally capable machine for his race team, Raver Motorsports. <?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com<img src=" /><o
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Once Raver Motorsports had determined that the SLC platform was going to be the new flagship in its garage, we set about making arrangements with Superlite Cars to get their race-prepped bare chassis, race spec suspension arms and uprights, fiberglass body and race spec aerodynamic package. Since we knew from the start that this was going to be a race-only build, we preferred to start with a clean slate rather than a rolling chassis. This way we have absolute certainty that every part we put on the car is just as we want it to be. Starting with a minimum of parts also allows us a lot of freedom in spec’ing the absolute best parts for us and the racing environment we intend the car to be used in. <o></o>
The car will be built as a dedicated track car, maximizing agility, reliability, and minimizing operating costs. As a result, we selected the Chevy LS3 engine for a power plant and the Graziano 6 speed transaxle from the Audi R8 for carrying the power to the rear wheels. We will be using standard calipers, rotors and pads (no carbon/carbon here) and will be pumping standard 93 octane pump fuel to keep cost down. Tires are just expensive no matter what for this car so there isn’t much we can do to minimize operating costs there.<o></o>
Let the fun begin!<o></o>
We've started a build blog to document the build process. Here is the link to the blog:
Agile/Raver Superlite Coupe | The evolution of a track car build
I will be copying the text from the blog over to this thread as the build progresses. I'm not going to be linking to all of the pictures here as I would rather spend my time building the car than posting everything to 3 separate places. I'm sure you all understand.
Here is the first post on the blog. Some of you who've been on the boards will know a little about the start of our story.
Origin:
Those of you that have been to the shop know that we’ve been hard at work on a big new project. For those of you that haven’t been in for a while, let me give you a quick introduction. At the end of last year Agile had the privilege of partnering with and supporting Team QRP with their Superlite Coupe (SLC) for a bid to win the NASA 25 Hours of Thunderhill. While we didn’t win the race due to a steering rack failure in the 18<SUP>th</SUP> hour of the race, we were 5 laps ahead of the nearest competitor and held the overall lead for well more than half of the 18 hours we ran. This was our introduction to a brilliantly put together kit car with enormous performance potential.
When we got back to the shop, we couldn’t help but sing the praises of the SLC and as a result one of our racing customers made to decision to take the plunge and have us construct an equally capable machine for his race team, Raver Motorsports. <?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com<img src=" /><o
></o>Once Raver Motorsports had determined that the SLC platform was going to be the new flagship in its garage, we set about making arrangements with Superlite Cars to get their race-prepped bare chassis, race spec suspension arms and uprights, fiberglass body and race spec aerodynamic package. Since we knew from the start that this was going to be a race-only build, we preferred to start with a clean slate rather than a rolling chassis. This way we have absolute certainty that every part we put on the car is just as we want it to be. Starting with a minimum of parts also allows us a lot of freedom in spec’ing the absolute best parts for us and the racing environment we intend the car to be used in. <o
></o>The car will be built as a dedicated track car, maximizing agility, reliability, and minimizing operating costs. As a result, we selected the Chevy LS3 engine for a power plant and the Graziano 6 speed transaxle from the Audi R8 for carrying the power to the rear wheels. We will be using standard calipers, rotors and pads (no carbon/carbon here) and will be pumping standard 93 octane pump fuel to keep cost down. Tires are just expensive no matter what for this car so there isn’t much we can do to minimize operating costs there.<o
></o>Let the fun begin!<o
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