flatlander937
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- '11 Mazda2 Sport
Out of curiosity, I imagine several years from now a Mazda2 could be a potentially viable car to build for the SCCA E-Prepared class.
Here's a basic idea of the class:
http://www.solomatters.com/shopmanual-chapter_7_e-prepared
In a nut shell:
Gut it completely, sounds like you can completely remove the doors and put fabricated panels in their place(ours being 4 door cars I think a good amount of weight can be removed here?)
Removed windows and everything, probably plexiglass or speed glass windshield for convenience. Rear hatch fabricated or replaced with CF(there is someone that makes one for the 2), CF or thin sheet aluminum hood
Engine built up naturally aspirated, high compression, race gas, ported with a pair of wild cams, completely balanced, knife-edged crank, lightweight rods/pistons, etc etc.
Min weight would be 1500lbs since we have a 1.5l engine. There is an add-on to that rule that says you must run a 7" wide wheel, though you can run a 7-10" wide wheel for a 75lb weight penalty... so 1575lbs if you run a 7.5-10" wide wheel. No idea as to what would truly be fastest. (Weights without driver)
Limited slip diff necessary. Slicks of course. Because racecar.
You can also completely lose the dash and everything on the interior. It honestly might make sense to lose the power steering pump/lines/hoses and loop the power steering ports on the rack into each other(like the Miata guys do) since the car will be so light. Lose the headlights and tail lights in lieu of some thin fabricated plates(or just stick the factory lense only in place for aesthetics), etc. There are a lot of places you could lose weight if you look for it.
It would be a relatively inexpensive way to end up with a really fast car for autocross or E-production road racing(well, maybe except for the engine). A local guy has a G-prepared CRX and is consistently one of the top 3 raw times and top 3 PAX times of the day at every event.
Maybe Corksport can chime in with how much their stripped out B-spec car weighs for reference?
Just my random thought of the day.(hi)
Here's a basic idea of the class:
http://www.solomatters.com/shopmanual-chapter_7_e-prepared
In a nut shell:
Gut it completely, sounds like you can completely remove the doors and put fabricated panels in their place(ours being 4 door cars I think a good amount of weight can be removed here?)
Removed windows and everything, probably plexiglass or speed glass windshield for convenience. Rear hatch fabricated or replaced with CF(there is someone that makes one for the 2), CF or thin sheet aluminum hood
Engine built up naturally aspirated, high compression, race gas, ported with a pair of wild cams, completely balanced, knife-edged crank, lightweight rods/pistons, etc etc.
Min weight would be 1500lbs since we have a 1.5l engine. There is an add-on to that rule that says you must run a 7" wide wheel, though you can run a 7-10" wide wheel for a 75lb weight penalty... so 1575lbs if you run a 7.5-10" wide wheel. No idea as to what would truly be fastest. (Weights without driver)
Limited slip diff necessary. Slicks of course. Because racecar.
You can also completely lose the dash and everything on the interior. It honestly might make sense to lose the power steering pump/lines/hoses and loop the power steering ports on the rack into each other(like the Miata guys do) since the car will be so light. Lose the headlights and tail lights in lieu of some thin fabricated plates(or just stick the factory lense only in place for aesthetics), etc. There are a lot of places you could lose weight if you look for it.
It would be a relatively inexpensive way to end up with a really fast car for autocross or E-production road racing(well, maybe except for the engine). A local guy has a G-prepared CRX and is consistently one of the top 3 raw times and top 3 PAX times of the day at every event.
Maybe Corksport can chime in with how much their stripped out B-spec car weighs for reference?
Just my random thought of the day.(hi)
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