diverdog

I've had several requests to post some in car video. Here is a couple of qualifying laps from the last Willow Springs race. I went 4 seconds faster than my previous best (1:21.6). Seat time and getting the suspension sorted made all the difference. The composite best of these two laps was a 1:21 flat. Reviewing the video, I see plenty of room for improvement and a 1:19 is certainly possible as is.

The car is down 200+ HP from max and the aero was not finished. Unfortunately, I'll never know it's true capability.

The engine is a race prepped 3.8L 996 TT era Mezger. Brakes, front and rear suspension from a 996 cup.

2fcknfst

Sounds awesome; hope you're fully recovered.

Hopefully the engine will live in another chassis.

powdrhound

Car looked real strong Bruce! It's a bummer. Hope you're all healed up...

diverdog

Thanks! The cut on my neck, sore lower back and bruised leg are long ago healed. The car and I where well prepared and I was lucky. I had rotator cuff surgery the Wednesday after the accident and I'm healing very well from that too. But no Driving till April or so.

Short term strategy is to buy a car with similar grip levels but much less power for a reasonable price. Long term strategy is to transplant the old organs into a new tube frame. The car will look very similar as we have molds from the rear panels and will use the same Getty front end. New body will be carbon fiber instead of fiberglass. Roof is from a 911 though. Since the old front suspension is smashed we are planning on using the double A arm from a 992 Cup. I'm hoping for a 500+ Lb diet

powdrhound

Sounds like a great plan. I’ve thought about using a tube chassis but have always found comfort in the fact that the Porsche tub in conjunction with a full weld in cage provides such a safe cocoon in case of a severe crash. You are living proof of that. How much did the old car weigh?

diverdog

3200 lbs with a full tank of gas. Lots of fiberglass and bondo in the bodywork, enclosures for dry sump and steering pump very heavy.

Agreed that the crumple zones and roll cage combo is very safe. The tube chassis will attempt to add some of the same by having a very stiff drivers cage and lighter tubing around the periphery to absorb energy in a crash

powdrhound

That's very surprising. I was thinking you guys were around 2800 - 2850 lbs with the car. I guess fiberglass is pretty heavy v. thin stamped steel panels.

diverdog

When I was throwing body parts into the dumpster I was shocked at how heavy they were! Since we have to fabricate mounting points anyway, another possibility for a new front clip would be to use Porsche OEM 991 GT3R Cup parts. It would give us the correct openings for the center radiator and save a ton of labor. The hood and fish lip splitter would work perfectly too.