Well, I'm a little late posting due to email issues with the forum type, I think, so here's up to where I am now.
This started as a major keeper, a dream car... and, even though I'm not halfway done yet, it's already just a test piece. So many ideas, upgrades/modifications, areas of improvement...
Example: Why not stretch 6-10", allowing a little more leg room for me, and although the Miata's nice and all... why not a BMW M3 E46 engine? Definately needs pontoons, a la Donkervoort RS06, but instead of their rather abrupt back end, why not a GT1-style ducktail end? Stretch the back a foot or so, but allow the spoiler to run through clean air.
And so on.
I started this car to pass the time away while waiting for my Mini Cooper S after a pretty good accident--rearended by a girl in a F-150 at 55mph... while stationary. I found Keith Tanner's car in C/D, and went out and bought The Book... as they say, the rest is history.
The build started in a garage two doors down from Nelson Ledges Race Course, here in Ohio, but after about 4 months, the owner decided he needed the space for something else, and the Locost came home. Surprisingly, there was little fallout from the parents... However, much easier walking downstairs to the garage than driving an hour each way.
Here's the donor car. A 1994 Mazda Miata, 1.8l, that I found at a junkyard. It had been in an impound car, and I insisted that they get it running before I bought it. After half an hour of work (sitting for a while, and no key), they got it running enough for me to decide all four cylinders run, so I had it delivered to the garage.
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