Nice post Kung.
Also you could take off for the day your front and rear bumper supports. Which is probably in there
btw if you take off your power steering without a manual steering rack it won't be a joy to drive
i know you are thinking about autox. should you do things like this, if you get into it and continue on, be aware of the class that you would be moved into from doing things like this. not thats it bad, just tougher competition.
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I see people out there spending money on the car to improve it … If you spend half that effort just working on your driving skills, making you and the car work together as a team, then you’ll go faster – period. To make the car go a second faster on the track takes a lot more energy and money than making yourself drive it one second faster.
– the late Tom Thrash SCCA Solo E Production