Well, some artsy-fartsy pictures when picking up the car from Bill's. I'm sure he was sad to see it leave as he poured countless hours into designing, building, engineering and racing this incredible car.
It took a little while to get it started as it has sat for a while.... I was using a (too small) Odyssey battery, battery charger (10 amp), and jumping from the Jetta. During the starting phase I was able to figure out all but one button.... I'll have to do a little wire chasing to figure it out. Anyway, when it finally started, I noticed quite the pile of rust, acorns, and seed shells that came out of the side exhaust.
Pictures are worth a 1000 words... in this case, worth a 1000 modifications. Driver's side is wider as everything was moved over 6-8 inches from the side including seat, steering wheel, pedals, center tunnel, shift, etc. Note the cups in the floor for the driver's feet.... makes it really easy to control the pedals. Shifter is raised (you don't need to have a 4 foot arm to shift).
Another view that shows how the driver's side takes up most of the width of the car. The passenger seat is much skinnier. Bill said that to expand the width of the passenger seat, he sat in it and then threw himself left and right until the aluminum seat was stretched to his liking. Sometimes the simplest things just work!
1.8T power plant... non-stock turbo. Standalone engine management, etc. 020 transmission with non-stock gears and 4.25 final drive. Quick!
The pictures show the minor stuff..... the amount of thought and engineering that went into the cage (i.e. splitting open the rocker to insert square tubing to stiffen the sub-frame), body work (I have some fixing to do), and especially the suspension.... incredible work.
More to come later. Hopefully the car runs fine at the autocross on Saturday. Tires are old and hard as rock, but it will be an opportunity to drive it a bit to get a feel for it so I can determine what I want to change on it to fit my driving style.
Steve
