[scarsofcarma]

Originally Posted by RedR1

I think, per capita, this forum has the most completely custom FB's than any other forum i've found, and all of them have write ups! One guy has a meticulous build thread in the 1st gen section called, "it seemed easy at first" . . . gives me so many ideas and inspiration. his suspension makes my pants tight. . . all rewelded and refabbed. almost nothing OEM in there (just don't tell him I love his car, i'll never hear the end of it LOL).

Yeah I was very interested in that build as well, I commented on it.

Originally Posted by RedR1

that had to be SUPER scary. Glad it all came out ok and you're here!

I don't have video of the actual flip, but here is a clip of one of the runs and what the car looked like afterward...

http://youtu.be/vrJcJOHridE
http://youtu.be/OLsNY4-czEc

It was rather scary but not really anything to worry about. The car was fully caged and I was strapped in with a harness and a helmet. I Instinctively reached up to brace myself as the car was sliding on the roof and the steel got so hot from the friction that it burned my palms. That's the only injury that came from it.

Fuel leaking out of the webers had me worried though so as soon as I unstrapped myself I got out and yelled for help to flip the car over again. Then the track paramedics showed up just as a perfunctory gesture. But I drove the car home with a smashed windshield and all... It wasn't until the next day that I noticed the cracking in the unibody framing and decided it wasn't fixable.

If you want to talk about scary moments at the track, locking up the rear brakes coming into turn 10 was far worse. That's a downhill entry into a left hairpin with very little runoff before a wall lol.

Originally Posted by RedR1

Actually, my best friend's significant other installed a Miata subframe into an FB for one of their FB race cars. he said it was a very good and cost effective swap, mainly bc the Miata donors are a dime a dozen, has all sorts of cheap parts for it that are pretty well, and race teams are always getting rid of/upgrading parts which makes hand-me-downs cheap for primo parts

So if you choose that route and run into questions, i'd be more than happy to tap their shoulder for you/get you in touch with him

Excellent, glad to know that thanks.

Originally Posted by RedR1

I live in FL. . . but one of these days I will make it out there and greatly appreciate the offer!! I'm different. I have the nerve to go, it's just the non-running rotary part that plagues all rotaries at one point or another in their lifetime

Laguna Seca is pretty much my west coast Mecca. Everyone that has driven it, says the corkscrew can't be described. TV, video games, youtube videos. . . all of them do it zero justice Out here, I love some Sebring Intnational action

I've traveled to Florida before... you can keep it! lol, joking... yeah the corkscrew is amazing. It wasn't so fun though to be sitting in the passenger seat of an 240sx when it starts to do tank-slappers as soon as it crests the 'table' before the corkscrew. Then it just looks like a cliff you are about to do barrel rolls over lol. That was also scary.

Originally Posted by Whizbang

well if you want, once I move this month, my two FBs are both FC subframe cars. You can check it out for yourself.

Yes please! I'm sure my friends will be just as eager to see that. When I mentioned the FC subframe swap after learning about it from this forum they couldn't believe it lol.