Delivered!
Picked up the car from Tony this afternoon.
He did the cage, fabricated an exhaust (with “Laguna” and “non-Laguna” configurations), mounted the seats, aligned, and corner weighted the car.
TC Design’s work is known for being the best around, and I think this car is a great example of that!
Alignment settings are:
- Front: -2.5 degrees camber, 1/16″ toe out
- Rear: -3.0 degrees camber, zero toe
This is a pretty aggressive alignment, but I trust that Tony knows how these cars like to be set up. He mentioned that the rear is set low enough to occasionally bottom out in certain turns, but as long as I learn to manage the ensuing twitchiness in the rear end it will be faster than if it was set a bit higher.
The seat is very comfortable. The head protection doesn’t obstruct my vision a bit. It does take some work to get in and out of the car, but once the belts are latched it’s really great feeling.
I took these photos with my cameraphone. The sun was setting, so the photos aren’t great. I’ll take some more tomorrow with the real camera to get some better shots.
Here you can see how it sits:
Driver and passenger Recaro SPG XL seats. Possibly a SM first?
View of the passenger seat:
Driver and passenger seats with the steering wheel in view. The TCDesign quick release brings the wheel to a very comfortable position:
Needless to say, I can’t wait to get this thing out to Laguna on the 22nd!
January 11th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
One thing … I tried to get some photos of the roll cage, but it’s really tough! The big seats coupled with Tony’s ability to get the cage bars all the way to the A-pillars/roof make it a difficult task.