My name is Gregg and I am a new SLC kit owner having just purchased #242 with only a few build items completed. It is yellow with a street tail and Selig wing, carbon fiber street and side splitters, fiberglass tub, and some additional nice add-ons. The prior owner was great to work with. He was able to start the project: routed the brake lines, installed the A/C unit in the dash, the rear emergency calipers and installed the front lift pump and lines, and had the stainless cooling pipes welded (very cleanly...)
Just about 800 miles round trip to pick the car up and get it home and many hours figuring out how to best secure everything and trailer it without damaging anything - a sporting event, to be sure! Dozens of thumbs up from passing vehicles and every stop for gas drew a small crowd - a very interesting experience.
I've been lurking here reading (and rereading) every build blog I could find and Allen's videos for a little over a year and I've been interested in kit cars since I was first starting to drive (decades ago!). The attention to detail, creativity, and willingness to share in your journals, videos and blogs is phenomenal and inspiring. I've built 2 Spec Miatas - farming out the cages to a master welder in the family - and both raced and HPDE'd them for years doing all the repairs and maintenance (except painting) but they were nothing compared to this project. I should have most of the tools, though... I am still full time in the workforce doing software development and product support for a fortune 500 company so this will be primarily a weekend and spattered evenings build and I've taken a new position in my company that comes with a move across country... Yippie!
Planning this to be a street car that will be HPDE'd (not raced) around 4-6 times a year. The engine will be an LS3 takeout from a Camaro or Corvette - need to pass smog and I believe this route will be my best option to secure that goal. I have not decided on a dash but will replace the included unit, and I'm still undecided on my ECU - go with the reprogrammed takeout or maybe a Holly (Motec is out of my price range?) My plan includes adding an MK60 ABS system. Might add a Prius electric steering assist - more research needed on this. The car came with a Graziano transaxle and I've been in preliminary talks with Auto Bionic's out of the UK about their LS-to-PDK integration. Not as young as I once was and my hips make heel-toeing a challenge nowadays and the PDK would make it an easy drive for my wile - if I can find an easy way to adjust seating between my 6' 1" to her 5' 6" frames! I'll be adding removable side impact protection similar to what Mr Swartz has done. I've been avidly following Howard's bearing journey. I think I can fit Air Jacks into the design. I have Bill Phillip's build journals, and Del, Pete, Ken, CAM's build blogs are always thought provoking. I don't want to leave anyone out as I've learned about building bucks to hold the body when it is off the car thru to the particulars of under counter water filters for coffee machines over the past year in reading SLC build journals and blogs and I was inspired enough by all of you to convince my wife to support the purchase and dedicate the garage for the project.
I very much look forward to the build and continued inspiration from the community's continued build projects.
Gregg
Just about 800 miles round trip to pick the car up and get it home and many hours figuring out how to best secure everything and trailer it without damaging anything - a sporting event, to be sure! Dozens of thumbs up from passing vehicles and every stop for gas drew a small crowd - a very interesting experience.
I've been lurking here reading (and rereading) every build blog I could find and Allen's videos for a little over a year and I've been interested in kit cars since I was first starting to drive (decades ago!). The attention to detail, creativity, and willingness to share in your journals, videos and blogs is phenomenal and inspiring. I've built 2 Spec Miatas - farming out the cages to a master welder in the family - and both raced and HPDE'd them for years doing all the repairs and maintenance (except painting) but they were nothing compared to this project. I should have most of the tools, though... I am still full time in the workforce doing software development and product support for a fortune 500 company so this will be primarily a weekend and spattered evenings build and I've taken a new position in my company that comes with a move across country... Yippie!
Planning this to be a street car that will be HPDE'd (not raced) around 4-6 times a year. The engine will be an LS3 takeout from a Camaro or Corvette - need to pass smog and I believe this route will be my best option to secure that goal. I have not decided on a dash but will replace the included unit, and I'm still undecided on my ECU - go with the reprogrammed takeout or maybe a Holly (Motec is out of my price range?) My plan includes adding an MK60 ABS system. Might add a Prius electric steering assist - more research needed on this. The car came with a Graziano transaxle and I've been in preliminary talks with Auto Bionic's out of the UK about their LS-to-PDK integration. Not as young as I once was and my hips make heel-toeing a challenge nowadays and the PDK would make it an easy drive for my wile - if I can find an easy way to adjust seating between my 6' 1" to her 5' 6" frames! I'll be adding removable side impact protection similar to what Mr Swartz has done. I've been avidly following Howard's bearing journey. I think I can fit Air Jacks into the design. I have Bill Phillip's build journals, and Del, Pete, Ken, CAM's build blogs are always thought provoking. I don't want to leave anyone out as I've learned about building bucks to hold the body when it is off the car thru to the particulars of under counter water filters for coffee machines over the past year in reading SLC build journals and blogs and I was inspired enough by all of you to convince my wife to support the purchase and dedicate the garage for the project.
I very much look forward to the build and continued inspiration from the community's continued build projects.
Gregg