Well, hopefully, this car will have a race history in a few years. I do plan
to race it as much as possible and, as time goes on, I will have more time to
go to races. Besides, I really don't plan to sell either this car (the TR4),
the TR3 or my 240Z. Older cars are the only real vice that I have and,
fortunately, my tastes (and budget) run to the less expensive varieties. A
friend has a thing for Ferrari. One of his cars would pay for all of mine
plus a lot. So, everything is relative.
The TR4 will be a race car, albeit with a streetable motor. I will drive it
on the street (maybe a few hundred miles a year), but it will be a race car.
Just something I have to do, I guess.
By the way, I have invested the total sum of almost $900 so far and that
includes the complete TR4 (of which I will be selling lots of the stock stuff
on Ebay to offset some of the costs), full polyurethane bushings for front and
rear (including sway bar), Koni shocks, 30wt fluid for the rear shock, MGB
front shock valves for rear shock, competition rear springs, TR6 front
calipers and rotors and 240Z alloy rear brake drums, new front ball joints,
MGB GT front springs, all new front suspension bolts, new tie rods and tie rod
ends, and other various front suspension stuff and a complete spare motor
($75.00) and a good TR250 transmission ($100). I have had the ball joint
mounting holes milled to obtain approx. a 3 degree negative camber and I am in
the process of stripping all the interior, dash, etc to prepare it to build
the rollbar/cage (to be built by a good friend who builds roll cages for SCCA
Pro Rally cars and for sprint cars).
And, I am having a great deal of fun! That's what is it all about, right?
By the way, I really do appreciate and value your input as well as that of
anyone on the FOT list. I want to have a lot of fun with this whole project
and getting ideas from and communicating with others is part of the whole
experience. Please don't hesitate to let me know what you think because I am
always open to suggestions. I have learned (the hard way, usually) that
others can provide a perspective that I never considered and can often provide
a point of view that I never thought about. All I need is an open enough
mindset to consider other's ideas and, in the end, my project will be better
than ever because of your input.
Thanks,
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: EISANDIEGO@aol.com
To: lytspeed@wcnet.org
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 1:39 PM
Subject: Good Luck
Mike
Understand your rationale. I simply have a different perspective which
I felt that I should offer to you now, rather than when you are already so
involved that it is impossible to get out of the project.
You have the advantage of technical expertise with the cars. That
should help you avoid some of the pitfalls of building a street car into a
racers.
One thing that i did not mention is that when you eventually sell a
car, it makes it easier to sell if it does have a race history. Converted
street cars are slower to sell.
Good luck.
Cary
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