I think the BMW Transmission is behind the engine making it a little front heavy. Ours is behind the diff giving our cars better balance.
To delete the weight I removed carpets, door panels, door window glass, 225 lbs of lead used to make it a PCA F car, Leather passenger seat, spare tire, heavy battery (replaced with "ODDESSY" dry cell battery ; check spelling).
PCA F car 3086 lbs
NASA GTS 3 2670 lbs
The car dyno results were 221 rear wheel with the Firehawk chip. And that's with
a bone stock 52,000 mile motor thats never been opened. "I WAS SHOCKED WHEN
I GOT THE DYNO RESULTS, THIS WAS MUCH HIGHER THAN I THOUGHT THE MOTOR WAS CAPABLE OF IN STOCK FORM, I THINK THIS PUTS THE POWER AT ABOUT 215 RWHP WITH F STOCK CHIP"
When I return to PCA I will run car as a 2900 lb Firehawk E Stock racer.
The 968 is allowed to be about 2400 lbs as a GTS3 racer in NASA. I will be taking the rest of the winter to try to achieve this. I will replace the front windshield with LEXAN. I will remove the stock cooling fans (2 FAN SYSTEM) and replace with the 968 CLUBSPORT fan (1 FAN SYSTEM). I don't want to cut the car up because then it would not be a legal E car so I going to have to get creative. I believe that once the car is light enough it should be competitive as a GTS 3 car. Finally I will gut the innards of the dash to try to find another 20 lbs or so.
I plan to compete at the 2007 NASA Championship.
Thanks for the congrats....You guys are always supportive.
