[240RR]

Nothing to see here yet...picking up the donor 73 240Z this Saturday. I introduced myself in the new member area and see that I should go ahead and get a build thread going. Here is the big picture.

Strip the car and part out all the non essential Z components which will likely be everything but the shell and the windshield for the most part.
Nothing fancy and pretty much all business and the plan is for scrounging used and donor components along with used race components...very minimal new stuff...BUDGET. The idea is pretty much a street legal road race car.

>GT1/Trans Am style square tube chassis...building myself.
>Modified aftermarket fiberglass IMSA wide body kit...add some DTM influence with air management...I love those DTM cars. Think if a 240 and a DTM car had a baby...we get a 240RR.
>With the GT1 chassis it will be easy to do a flat bottom car with some sort of rear diffuser. I also THINK I can have a very low rideheight with careful frame rail placement in relation to rockers and using some jabrock in critical areas. Won't be snagging things...just rubbing asphalt.
>Engine will come back several inches so I can get optimal balance.
>Might go with a dry sump if I can come across a screaming deal.
>Lexan glass with exception of windshield.
>I think this thing should end up weighing around 2100 lbs or so.
>Nothing fancy...just bare bones but gonna have to be a panzy and have air conditioning as it gets a little warm here in GA.