Well guys, the time I (and many of you) have been waiting for has arrived......
In the words of Fran Hall, RCR SLC Production Chassis #1 is "sitting here ready to be picked up". Awesome!, <pencil in your favorite word for, great!>
Over a year ago, I viewed a promising looking pile of parts, a bare chassis, a body plug and some nice interior drawings by Mike Moore that would become ''the yellow car'' shown at Carlisle. I was impressed enough to be the first to plunk down a deposit. Along around Christmas there was a word that the car might be ready, but additional development (good) and supplier delays (bad) put an end to that possibility.
I have only seen the result of the additional development in the photos of the black LS7 equipped prototype. The pics that have been posted by RCR and others that have been mailed to me by forum friends have been impressive, in addition most of you say the car is even more impressive in person.
Since my original posting describing my intentions for SLC 001 a number of things have changed. Two of them being - my time available to build the car has shortened and the RCR crew has done a great job on the comprehensiveness of the LS7/Ricardo installation. This being the case it made good sense to change my plans and opt for the LS7/Ricardo engine as in the black car. RCR offering the Ford GT/Ricardo flywheel, clutch and starter package for sale made it that much easier. I see from the updated site there is now a updated spec sheet - I had already selected, the fold down side glass, FIA fuel cell and the sway bar set.
I still plan to use 18"front/20"rear dia wheels for street and 18"/18" for the current Dunlop "LeMans Prototype" size slicks for the track, which may cause some body wheel opening modifications to be needed. I would like to have tried a center lock option on the wheels but at this time is looks like that would hold up progress too long, we'll see. I plan to get the car together enough to apply for registration come Jan 1. with the good old California DMV.
In the future there is a good possibility that the finished car will be the main attraction at a major automotive paint company booth at SEMA in 2009. That would be cool, eh? I'll update you all on that as the deal becomes clearer.
I have some business I could tend to in the area so I may try and get over to RCR this week to pay my bill, get the crew together for pictures and lunch. To basically take a few minutes out of our busy lives to document and celebrate the delivery of the first production example of the much anticipated RCR SLC. The culmination of a dedicated lengthy effort by Fran Hall and the crew at RCR part to bring a completely new original high performance offering to market.
With much anticipation,
Rob
In the words of Fran Hall, RCR SLC Production Chassis #1 is "sitting here ready to be picked up". Awesome!, <pencil in your favorite word for, great!>
Over a year ago, I viewed a promising looking pile of parts, a bare chassis, a body plug and some nice interior drawings by Mike Moore that would become ''the yellow car'' shown at Carlisle. I was impressed enough to be the first to plunk down a deposit. Along around Christmas there was a word that the car might be ready, but additional development (good) and supplier delays (bad) put an end to that possibility.
I have only seen the result of the additional development in the photos of the black LS7 equipped prototype. The pics that have been posted by RCR and others that have been mailed to me by forum friends have been impressive, in addition most of you say the car is even more impressive in person.
Since my original posting describing my intentions for SLC 001 a number of things have changed. Two of them being - my time available to build the car has shortened and the RCR crew has done a great job on the comprehensiveness of the LS7/Ricardo installation. This being the case it made good sense to change my plans and opt for the LS7/Ricardo engine as in the black car. RCR offering the Ford GT/Ricardo flywheel, clutch and starter package for sale made it that much easier. I see from the updated site there is now a updated spec sheet - I had already selected, the fold down side glass, FIA fuel cell and the sway bar set.
I still plan to use 18"front/20"rear dia wheels for street and 18"/18" for the current Dunlop "LeMans Prototype" size slicks for the track, which may cause some body wheel opening modifications to be needed. I would like to have tried a center lock option on the wheels but at this time is looks like that would hold up progress too long, we'll see. I plan to get the car together enough to apply for registration come Jan 1. with the good old California DMV.
In the future there is a good possibility that the finished car will be the main attraction at a major automotive paint company booth at SEMA in 2009. That would be cool, eh? I'll update you all on that as the deal becomes clearer.
I have some business I could tend to in the area so I may try and get over to RCR this week to pay my bill, get the crew together for pictures and lunch. To basically take a few minutes out of our busy lives to document and celebrate the delivery of the first production example of the much anticipated RCR SLC. The culmination of a dedicated lengthy effort by Fran Hall and the crew at RCR part to bring a completely new original high performance offering to market.
With much anticipation,
Rob