{"id":733,"date":"2019-01-05T11:08:21","date_gmt":"2019-01-05T19:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.msportvintage.com\/?p=733"},"modified":"2019-01-09T10:08:34","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T18:08:34","slug":"new-car-in-the-garage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.msportvintage.com\/?p=733","title":{"rendered":"New Car in the Garage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have always felt like I had some unfinished business regarding the beautiful Chevron B16 I sold. I never felt like I got the most out of the car because I was never completely comfortable in it. I guess trying to stuff my 6′ 3″ into a space designed for someone 5′ 10″ had something to do with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I need more headroom!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

If you look closely at this image you will see that my helmet completely fills the Gurney Bubble in the window above my head. That meant that my head was about 3-4″ above the roof line of the car. This was in spite of taking the padding out of the seat and spacing the window open 1″ more than stock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At my other end, my feet were too large to fit comfortably in the pedal box. I had to really do an awkward dance to work the pedals. Heel and toeing was difficult at best and I would occasionally miss shifts because of this complication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After talking with Jim extensively about cars\/classes\/options I settled on a S2000 class car to replace the Chevron. S2000s are relatively inexpensive to buy and pretty inexpensive to operate, but are every bit as quick as the B16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1986 Swift DB2 fitted with DB5 bodywork.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After some searching I bought a car from Tacoma, WA. It had a good history, having run in the American City Racing League for many years. Having run in the ACRL meant that it had the Cosworth 4 valve, twin cam head on the Ford Pinto based 2 liter engine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Cosworth 2 ltr. Ford. This engine features the twin cam, 4 valve head and makes about 220 hp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The first thing you will observe is that I have a lot more headroom in this car compared to the Chevron. The former owner was 6’3″ tall like me so the car is already set up for someone my size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My new Swift arrives at Racecraft’s shop.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The car arrived at the Racecraft shop where Jim and Co. will give it a thorough going over prior to our first event in the spring. I have also commissioned a new wrap for the car as black has never been my favorite color for a race car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will post additional pictures once it is ready to rock & roll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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