cls6 track car by curtwill

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cut out a little more tin today....found a little sound deadener to remove...another 3.5lb....seems every time I plug in the recip saw I get another couple pound out of it

battery hold down in place...courtesy of the nissan sentra that 'donated' the radiator

re-purposed the old battery hold down bar to make a support bracketfor the abs-delete prop valve

calling it a day...to Brian's question...I will be leaving one fan in...carved out the shroud where the 2nd fan was to allows as much air as possible to go through...I want to weigh it prior to roll cage and after to see the difference...corner weight?...I might give it a shot...didn't do it on the civic and since there is almost 100lb difference between my co-driver and myself we might try to find a happy middle ground.

4-6-2016

questions are good....lets me review things I may have missed and also gives me new ideas....we both fit in the same seat...a bit snug for me, a bit loose on him...harness holds us in tight and is on sliders-he moves it forward a couple inches during driver changes.

no plans to wels a brace between the shock towers...factory parcel tray section that I left in si very close to the top of the rear towers and I thing it would serve the same purpose...cage will not go forward of firewall but will be tagged into winshield pillars and b-pillars and roof for a bit of added stiffness.

the rear cover fits up pretty nicely to the trunk floot...was going to screw it to the floor so it doesn't sag down...on my civic I used a 2" hole saw and swiss cheesed the lower part of the cover. I want this car to look reasonably good so I may just put a cpouple holes in the corners bhind the rear wheels to let trapped air escape...we also bow out our front fenders and cut the small lip in front of the door away to let air pass right therough instead of being trapped under the fenders...helps brake cooling as well (we will be ducting them as well)

the heavy plate braces under the rear seat are long gone and we used the same 2 inch hole saw on the rear lexan of the civic to allow airflow.so we will probably do the same to the rar lexan of the cl and the end panel behind the bumper cover...not there yet....cage goes in before lexan.