Now that is some synnergy.

On the other hand, it IS a major fire code violation to have an exit door open in.

There are projects, and there are Excedrin projects.

I don’t know why they even bother printing a number on those.

If he’s already had a bearing and sway bar link go, I’d imagine this car been beat on hard. The plasti-dip is the only thing holding it together right now.

Nice. The only way this could be better is if you threw some webbing loops on the back edge to make it easier to lift the floor up and get to the spare tire well.

Obama was so committed to this conspiracy he even traveled back in time to 1917 to establish Denali National Park. Either that or Woodrow Wilson was also seriously into black power as well.

Doesn’t OnStar already do this?

I wouldn’t depend on a trap door. It requires either cutting a big hole in the floor without sacrificing a bunch of rigidity or making the door structural and hoping that you can un-latch it after the chassis has been deformed by a wreck.

I think the idea is to limit the size of objects striking the driver to a less injurious range. Also, the center blade is only a visual problem for one eyed drivers, who I believe are a slight minority.

I’m liking the Mercedes halo. It’s about aero neutral and doesn’t turn the cockpit into an oven. If they design the mounting points to release forward, it should be able to deflect the most likely impacts while still being easy to rip off if they need more room to get the driver out.

Yes and no. A full polycarbonate canopy turns the cockpit into a solar oven. So a bunch of the power saved on aero gets spent keeping the driver cool enough to not die.

I guess it’s kind of like a Grand Prix, if the Grand Prix was RWD and came with a 400hp V8 and a six speed...

It does if you’ve worn through the gel coat.

The correct way to price a modded S2000: Start with Blue Book in “Fair” condition, then subtract the cost of tearing that stupid shit off and getting it back to stock.

You do realize that fiberglass yellows as it oxidizes, right?

“how much it hurts to get hit in the face by bugs”

Lion’s been done.

It’s a race, and the entire road is closed to outside traffic. The cars and motorcycles are mechanical support, media, and race officials. The cars are supposed to stay behind the main pack, but these are riders who fell behind which is why they’re back with the cars.

The riders were coming off of a hard right immediately before, which is why most of them come into the frame left of the center line. Also, going to the apex of the corner on a steep descent isn’t always the best line. It makes the turn become effectively off camber in the middle. Ideally, you want to follow the…