Rob's (FETornio) post sums up the situation 100%......
I could have bought a brand new Porsche Cup car.... I could have bought a Howe with all kinds of upgrades.... I could have bought any number of well sorted designs. We weren't forging new ground here.
Go to a track -- on any weekend there are 100's of other guys doing this and doing it faster and better.
I didn't need any new cars. I built this to satisfy two desires -- to help a friend and to get a car with a sequential. My other three cars would not tech for NASA TTU or even HDPE. Simple fixes that would take two weekends and some rattle can touch up.
I chose, instead, to let a man stand on my shoulders so he could put his nose over the wall... I chose poorly - my head told me just to order a car from an outfit like Howe - that's all they do - would have been over the top for a track day toy.... and is a proven platform..... But that didn't satisfy the "help a friend" part of this ordeal.
THAT IS NOT ALL THAT TRANSPIRED HERE ---- There's all the other folks that came forward that changed everything for me. So many people who have also had their hopes and dreams hanging on a thread - waiting - losing valuable time - crushed in many cases..... THAT IS WHEN I GOT MAD.
Trust, honesty, and my friends/family, are EVERYTHING to me.... without that - you're nothing. My name and doing biz with people means something to me. It's so much more than MONEY to me. I can buy my way out.... most can not. And I personally don't have time for phony friends that use me. I supposedly already have terminal cancer (second time doing this dance) -- I don't need "cancerous friends". And you guys don't either.
Call SpeedTech -- UMI -- BMR -- Ridetech -- Morrison -- Schwartz -- Roadster Shop - Chassisworks...... all top notch supporters here with real actual businesses.
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