Building A New Race NSX @ Driving Ambition

[DrivingAmbition]

Hi Everyone,
I thought I would post some info about the new race car we are building in house for Kip Olson. We started with his very clean and low miles 1991 NSX (Sorry Brandon, Yes we did use his car). It took about 40 hours to strip the car down to bare chassis. Another 20 plus hours to remove all of the unneeded chassis sheet metal (trunk, dash, etc.) Then it took about 5 days at the paint stripper to get all of the under coating and most of the seal sealer off. When we started to do the roll cage the chassis weighed only 374 lbs. My personal goal it to get this NSX as close to 2200 lbs (without driver or fuel) as we can. Here are some pictures of the progress and I will post some more of the construction. Cheers, Shad

 

[Jetpilot3]

Wow! Subscribing to this project...

 

[92 white 0650]

Re: Job Securtiy

Nice.........Now Steve's gonna want a new car. :wink:

 

[Swift]

titanium roll cage?

 

[asylum]

How many screws ? :biggrin:

 

[NSXAMG996TT]

Wow...less is more! I'll have to stop by to drool over Kip's buildout. Will Kip go with a turbocharger this time?

 

[titaniumdave]

Looks Great Shad! Will it be done for NSXPO?

 

[fullracehonda]

wow!

what are going to be some of your weight tricks? replace the front firewall with some dry carbon? dry carbon body? carbon brakes?

cant wait to see it in all its glory!

 

[ChopsJazz]

Very exciting project!

Can't wait to see it on the track.

 

[Ponyboy]

Subscribed - looking forward to seeing how this thing progresses.:smile:

 

[92 white 0650]

I think Thunderhill, Laguna and Infineon needs to be put on notice so they can order up a bunch of new blue flags for next season. The lightweight kind that all the corner workers can wave all frickin' day long. :tongue:

 

[PhiAlpha44]

Hi Everyone,
I thought I would post some info about the new race car we are building in house for Kip Olson. We started with his very clean and low miles 1991 NSX

Wish you would have used a wrecked or super high mileage car for this. :frown:

 

[JeffShoots]

Wish you would have used a wrecked or super high mileage car for this. :frown:

Why

Shad, that's Fing cool under ~400lbs for the shell

 

[TURBO2GO]

This is gonna be good.

Man... Shad, clean up that messy garage will you?

 

[brandonsan]

Hi Everyone,
I thought I would post some info about the new race car we are building in house for Kip Olson. We started with his very clean and low miles 1991 NSX (Sorry Brandon, Yes we did use his car

Shad,

I was afraid you were going to go this route. Kip's car in street form was one of the best cars ever built but I am sure the end result will be even better. I guess in the long run it would have been a little more difficult and time consuming to do what you and I had talked about.

 

[PhiAlpha44]

Why

Jeff, I'm not saying the project isn't cool. It totally is. Just a bummer to dismantle a pristine car to build something that a wrecked or super high mileage car could have given you the same end result. How is that confusing?

 

[brandonsan]

Jeff, I'm not saying the project isn't cool. It totally is. Just a bummer to dismantle a pristine car to build something that a wrecked or super high mileage car could have given you the same end result. How is that confusing?

Ditto. I would rather see Kip's original car sell to someone for a reasonable sum so he could build a race car from another NSX donor that wasn't so special. On the other hand I am excited to see the finished project.

 

[White92]

2 words, Bad Ass!

 

[John Corbitt]

I have an Air Jack system that might work well for that car.

John

 

[92 white 0650]

Re: Huh?

see Kip's original car sell to someone for a reasonable sum so he could build a race car from another NSX donor that wasn't so special.

This is Kip Olson we're talking about; I don't think "reasonable," "donor" and "isn't so special" is even in his vocabulary. :wink: But isn't it always fun to talk about Mr. Walk Softly/Carry Big Stick like he's not even here. :biggrin:

 

[JeffShoots]

Re: Huh?

This is Kip Olson we're talking about; I don't think "reasonable," "donor" and "isn't so special" is even in his vocabulary. :wink: But isn't it always fun to talk about Mr. Walk Softly/Carry Big Stick like he's not even here. :biggrin:

That's what I was thinking :wink:
It's HIS car and he's had it in all phases from street to track day now race. He might have a personal attachment to his car and the stages the car has progressed with his driving.

 

[brandonsan]

Re: Huh?

This is Kip Olson we're talking about; I don't think "reasonable," "donor" and "isn't so special" is even in his vocabulary. :wink: But isn't it always fun to talk about Mr. Walk Softly/Carry Big Stick like he's not even here. :biggrin:

I'm not trying to be critical or disrespectful towards Kip so I hope I did not come across that way. I only made my statement to show my true admiration for his original street / track NSX. I liked it so much I would have paid up to 70K for his car if I wasn't already knee deep into my own NSX project. His car was probably the best car on this forum PERIOD IMO. :wink:

 

[DrivingAmbition]

Update.......
We are making good progress on the race car. We have most of the main cage in and finish welded. We are mocking everything (battery, fire system, air jacks, steering rack, etc.) up to make sure we don't put something in the wrong place. We are building the car using the SCCA Pro rule book which is a little different than the SCCA GCR for club racing and is making it a little more difficult. You are correct Jeff, Kip does have a very personal attachment to this car and so do I. Dave, I hope to get it done in some form before Expo, but I have some other customer's cars that have to be done for NSXPO too. Brandon, just a little over a week away I will let you know what it is. Cheers, Shad

 

[jeffchai]

saw the car in person today must say great work!!!

 

[john@johnhudakracing]

We are building the car using the SCCA Pro rule book which is a little different than the SCCA GCR for club racing and is making it a little more difficult.

For what purpose. The NSX is out of production and will pass into partial eligibility.