Now that the car has had a quick cleaning and assessment, now it's time to create a solid plan. Ultimately, we want the car light, hopefully in the 2,700-2,800 lb range. Being a designated race car, perhaps with limited street use, we are removing everything we can to drop weight. Other considerations include front/rear lexan instead of glass, and possibly glass fenders and a glass hood. The weight savings for the fenders would be minimal, and perhaps not cost effective. A hood and the front/rear glass would offer more bang for the buck, as would switching from power to manual steering and brakes.
We are still in the very early planning stages and have yet to sit down and go over a plan, but my partner wants to push forward the timeline, hopefully making the track in 2014 now. I don't think it's really a long shot by any means. Next work day we will start removing more parts and digging deeper to see what we've missed.
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