Hey Malcolm,
You’ve got to bring that light weight Miata over for 2011. You’ve done a nice job with it. I bet your car should be very fast and quite capable of winning the 13 hour, very capable indeed. BTW, how is it coming along, do you have recent pictures? Post them up. I remember paint pictures, and Glenn said that it is bright, is the engine in yet?
Thanks for the kudos. Our T70 comes in at 2154 lbs without the driver but full fuel at 24-25 gallons. We could easily shave 200+ lbs off the car: aluminum wheels, aluminum block, light flywheel, remove one fire system, remove 2nd complete ignition system, fewer gauges, smaller cell, cage backing plates, and those are the easy “big” things. If we put as much attention to detail as you have done with the Miata I bet we could knock off another 40-60 lbs with thinner access panels, light weight body work, cutting bits off bolts, using lighter hardware, and so on. I suspect a 1900 lb car is possible, but she is coming along well as is so we’ll stick with what we have.
R