The beginning of the build, SCCA “T2” Race car.

[38bfast]

[38bfast]

[BobaFettm]

This is gonna be one hell of an Exige! Glad to see it being built right here in michigan

[38bfast]

Yea, Not much happing in Michigan anymore

[da1duc]

Nice build, good luck. Those penske's are nice. Not legal in IT racing though.

[fireball25f500]

Ralph,
What is the purpose of the stud on each side of the rear hoop, just above the door bars?

Jeff

[dstevens]

Door latch.

[38bfast]

Yup, Door Latch. Just some more complexity to the build. Like there is not enough.

[gtlotus]

Looks Great!

[mrpuma]

I was one of the first ones in 2007 to race a NA elise in T2 at the runoffs and got my ass kicked. But I did get some picture time in sports car for an ad for the runoffs. So I parked the car in 2008 and watched someone else do a bit better but kept going backwards during the race. This year as Jeff stated they finally put the SC version in the class but I still think its weighs too much. When I raced the elise in 07 I had to bolt 175 lbs in the car. Yeah thats fair. But the main problem with the car is, it can't take a hit at all. During the runoffs there is always some bumping and shoving and the elise, exige can't take it at all. You must make it to turn 1 first and never look back which is very hard to do. I wish you the best Jeff and if there is anything I can help with let me know. Just maybe if you have success I will have to bring mine back out. Later, Dennis

[AZReason]

I was just looking at the pictures of the cage and noticecd one thing. It looks like the harness bar is too high. Have you put the seat in the car and made sure the bar is at the proper height? It may just be the way the pictures turned out. Have a fun and safe season. Please keep us updated on your progress.

[jdegrieck]

Originally Posted by AZReason

I was just looking at the pictures of the cage and noticecd one thing. It looks like the harness bar is too high. Have you put the seat in the car and made sure the bar is at the proper height? It may just be the way the pictures turned out. Have a fun and safe season. Please keep us updated on your progress.

Yeah, the harness bar is too high. We thought we were going to use a sparco pro circuit seat in the car so the harness bar was built around that seat but the seat ended up not fitting the way we wanted it to. We are now using a ultra shield aluminum seat b/c we could modify it to fit as needed. I'm about 6'2" so it's been hard to get my head under the plane of the roll hoop and windshield bar with my helmet on. We are going to make some kind of bracket that will sit below and attach to the harness bar for the belts to attach.

[jdegrieck]

Originally Posted by mrpuma

I was one of the first ones in 2007 to race a NA elise in T2 at the runoffs and got my ass kicked. But I did get some picture time in sports car for an ad for the runoffs. So I parked the car in 2008 and watched someone else do a bit better but kept going backwards during the race. This year as Jeff stated they finally put the SC version in the class but I still think its weighs too much. When I raced the elise in 07 I had to bolt 175 lbs in the car. Yeah thats fair. But the main problem with the car is, it can't take a hit at all. During the runoffs there is always some bumping and shoving and the elise, exige can't take it at all. You must make it to turn 1 first and never look back which is very hard to do. I wish you the best Jeff and if there is anything I can help with let me know. Just maybe if you have success I will have to bring mine back out. Later, Dennis

Well, the min weight for the sc exige is 2190 with driver/fluids. We haven't weighed the car yet but since i'm about 190lbs with suit on i think it will be tough to get the car under 2000lbs with the cage anyway. Remember that the stock exige is something like 70lbs heavier than the stock elise. I'll let you know when we get it on the scales. Thanks again for all your help Dennis.

[38bfast]

[BobaFettm]

Any more about this car??!

[38bfast]

We just had the car out for the first time this past weekend. Logged lots of data and we are crunching through it.

The stock track pack springs are way too soft but it is what we have to run per T2 Rules. We have a lot of other ways to test to deal with the soft springs.

We logged oil pressure and it is downright scary without the Acusump. PSI dropped down to 18lbs in several spots on the track. Even with the Acusump PSI dropped to 28lbs. Seems quick transitions are hard for the stock pan to manage. Again T2 rules mandates we use the stock oil pan.

Fuel slosh is also a big concern. We logged instant fuel level and LH turns kills fuel pick up.

We also had a hard time meeting minimum sound. The track we were at has a very low and very strict policy for sound. Thanks to Fireball and his stock muffler we were able to continue testing.

The driver did have a lot of fun with the car and it was the envy of the paddock.

Graphics should be done this week.

First race is in two weeks. Still lots of work to do. I will post more after the first race.

[BobaFettm]

Sounds good! Even with the issues you guys are working on. Any photos of it all finished? Gonna ever come out to a GLLC event at all?

[38bfast]

We hope to make it to some of the GLLC events. No pictures yet. Want to wait till all the graphics are one.

[Shine]

Originally Posted by 38bfast

We hope to make it to some of the GLLC events. No pictures yet. Want to wait till all the graphics are one.

Can't wait to hear more about the development of your car!

[dstevens]

Originally Posted by 38bfast

We logged oil pressure and it is downright scary without the Acusump. PSI dropped down to 18lbs in several spots on the track. Even with the Acusump PSI dropped to 28lbs. Seems quick transitions are hard for the stock pan to manage. Again T2 rules mandates we use the stock oil pan.

Did you try overfilling the oil level? What pressure are you using in the accumsump? Did you use the non return valve for the accumsump?