I add more to the weight of the car by sitting in it, than I did by adding the V8! Unfortunately it would also be easier to take weight off the driver than the car.
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Sept. 9, 2011 10:32 a.m. Sofa King Reader
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Sept. 14, 2011 11:22 a.m. ninelives75
Alan Cesar wrote:
My friend and LeMons driver built himself an LS1 Miata. He overspent on a number of things, he says, but he did a complete build -- including seats, big brakes, wheels, tires, roll bar, SFI bellhousing, limited slip diff, coil-overs, new front bumper, camshaft, tuning and so on. He used the Flyin' Miata kit.
All told, he said he spent close to 30 grand. Maybe slightly more than that, my memory's fuzzy. Did all the work (except the tuning) himself. Skilled guy, too. Top-notch, show-quality work; he's won a few trophies already.
He said if I wanted him to build me a similar car, he'd charge a bit over 20 grand. Maybe 24k? Again, fuzzy memory. No doubt you could build one for quite a bit less if you forgo a lot of the upgrades.
He's been surprised that it's not an oversteering, unwieldy drift machine; it's got plenty of traction. He has details on his blog, and he'll be at Holley LSx Fest this weekend.
Dyno http://www.johnnycichowski.com/2011/03/dyno-time.html
Scales http://www.johnnycichowski.com/2011/03/ls1-miatatale-of-scales.html
Autocross http://www.johnnycichowski.com/2011/05/we-got-ourselves-race-car-wcmc-auto-x.html
hi Allen hows Daytona? i did the swap and i was expecting the car to be allot heavier. 2400 lbs was a big surprise when i was expecting 2700. i hit the scales at full weight full tank of gas and full of fluids. i have some areas to lose some weight. this weekend I'm going to be removing my steel scatter shield and replacing it with an aluminum one. also i was going to source an aluminum rear diff out of a cobra. this winter we will be tubing the front and rear end. hopefully next year we can brake the 2299lbs mark.
