SHG_Mike

Here is a glimpse at the final design. Should be sanded and prepped for paint this weekend.




Still not the best but I am getting better with practice...


Also got my rubber delivered...

freq

For a track only car, I'd remove that rubber cover that goes over the filler neck. Especially if some sort of shock adjustment is under there.

SHG_Mike

I dont think its worth the risk of extra fuel vapor,water, and dirt getting in the interior. This is also a full fledged street car it is built to perform on track. On the race car I had to build a crazy tin surround around the filler neck as a "fire barrier" to meet SCCA specs.

crappy pic

freq

Huh!?! I have never seen anything like your tin cover on a W2W S2000. I track occasionally and street drive less that 3K miles / year but have removed that rubber cover for easier access to my Konis.

That said, I have never smelled fuel in the cabin. Nor would I expect to.

Nice write-up regarding Thompson.

bouford

love the fab work you're doing

//steve\\

Are the front base plates for the rollbar mounted through the Chassis in any way or just using all existing holes the stock roll hoops were mounted to?

What about the rears?

SHG_Mike

The front plates are using existing hole/bolt locations that have been drilled out larger for larger M10 hardware. I will be making pass through access holes for the front bolts through the chassis with 1/8" backing plates. Rear will be the same 1/8" backing plates with M10 hardware.

SHG_Mike

The rear shelf interior paint was looking a little ratty and I needed to paint the center tunnel anyway so this weekend I got the interior prepped and re painted base SSM.

before




after:




The wheel wells after 14 years were also looking a bit tired so I cleaned, brushed and wired wheeled them to prep for some fresh undercoat. While I was at is I added a few extra beads to better secure the upper arm mounting points which have been known to tear out with out this treatment.



I tossed around many ideas for wheel well paint or coatings but at the end of the day this car will be used and used hard so spending a huge amount of ware to being everything down to metal and repaint a nice silver would really be worth it. I decided to just redo what Honda did from the factory and used some nice Dupicolor undercoat. It left a nice hard coating exactly like OEM so I was pleased with the results.





The cage and suspension arms will be painted this week(end) and then things will start to go back together!

s2sik

looks great.

SHG_Mike

it may be a bit bright for some folks but I promise when the interior and car is all said and done it will make sense.