Hi guys. It’s been a while… two whole years. Really sorry about that. I can’t promise you a blog entry every week or every month from now on, but I promise that I will not let another 2 years pass before writing something new.
Ok Let’s restart from the most foolish thing that we ever saw. Do you remember the crazy Time Attack Honda S2000 made by Akai and Okashi? Assuming that if you don’t remember you have clicked on the link, here are some news about it.
The last time that we saw it, the chassis was being lightened, reinforced, and modified to host the Nissan Silvia S14 power plant. I can tell that what has been done, in particular in the rear of the car, is really, really, really awesome. Starting from scratch to make such a cross of tubes is simply over the ability, and the conception of most of us. These are the kind of works that money can’t buy. You must be a genius, crazy, of course, but a Genius.
The pictures that you see here have been taken in the last two years in a couple of occasions, and they show the progress of this incredible chassis. As you can see, a lot of work have been done, and it is almost impossible to recognize the chassis of a Honda S2000. Somewhere something remains of the japanese 2 seater... but much more of what you see here, is made in Torino, Italy.
A Kirkey aluminium racing seat has been added, as well as a very small, go kart like, Sparco steering wheel, that moves a custom made, super direct steering rack, aided by an electric power steering.
Four adjustable TEIN coilovers are the choice for the suspension compartment, as well as reinforced, heavy duty joints. What is still to be decided, is the brake compartment, judjing by the fact that no rotors or calipers can be seen behind the Enkei RPF1 wheels... but I'm pretty sure that there will be some pretty juicy brakes there in the future.
Akay San says that the whole thing weights just a bit over 600 kilograms, this means that with the fuel cell, wirings, tubes, electronics, not forgetting the body (do you remember that they are working on two cars? The other one is being used to create a clam style body, but this is for the next entry) the wieight will be around 900 kilograms. Not bad, considering the amount of power that a well tuned SR20 can unleash.
Ok, that’s enough for now. There’s the other S2000 involved in the project to talk about, the one that will provide aerodynamic compartment... and it will be in the next entry. See you soon!