Hope the holidays have found you well, folks! It's been busy here, had the last week off work but down time has been sparse. Here's a quick update on the car...
We're scheduled to go in for roll cage installation April 4th, 2020. We decided to go with Holzman Race Cars here in Wichita for the work. Excited for that day to come around. We recently (Christmas day) finished gutting the interior... almost didn't get there though. A dang bottle of whiskey appeared from nowhere and almost ceased productivity. Thankfully we persevered and got the task finished!
Had a quick chat with Kiwi Steve a couple weeks ago about the car. In the conversation, he pointed out our fancy Ultra Shield full containment seat with Bonneville halo may not be enough to satisfy the rule book... Those side bolsters on the halo may not be deep enough to go completely to the front of the helmet. Going to need to get a current helmet and make sure. Also said we need to check but will likely need to get SFI-rated foam for the halo... Just something else to problem solve and figure out a workaround to. There will most certainly be plenty more communication between now and when we get to go racing. I'd hate to make that drive only to fail tech.
Got some parts and pieces ordered yesterday for mounting our transmission and relocating the rear torque arm to the trans x-member. Trans (4L80E) is still with the builder, engine (LQ4 - 6.0L iron block) is currently occupying a tire in the shop. We're on the lookout for a K-member from a '98-'02 LS1 powered Trans Am or Camaro to simplify engine mounts and header routing. We get that found and we can get the powertrain set in. Still early on but we're chipping away at it... by spring the thrash will be on haha.
'tis all for now, folks...