Friday 30 October 2020

Deathwagon

 This is Deathwagon. She used to be a 1998 Honda Civic. This is how I like to drive her. No doors, no windows aside from from the windshield, and no hood.



I'll try and disclose as many problems as I can think of. I did cut the rear wheel wells out at one point, and so the inner wheel well and the outer skin became no longer attached. However on the passenger side at least, I reconnected the metal with some new sheet metal. The drivers side could be done in like fashion if needed.


Somebody mentioned that you need doors. This is the door that I currently have on the driver's side. Its been gutted and I screwed sheet metal over the opening (I obviously know that would not be allowed, but perhaps if I were to get rid of the sheet metal and put some flexible clear industrial plastic over instead?) The latch still works as it should and the door bars, outer skin and frame are intact.

On the passenger side, the door is just a half door with no upper frame, and the latch does not work, in place of it, a U bolt goes through the striker and through two holes in the door bar. Does the passenger door need to open, or can it be a permanent fixture, provided I drive alone? Again with some industrial plastic screwed over the opening.
The interior has been stripped completely, I have 2 bucket seats and 5 point harnesses.
I do also have the hood for it though I prefer to drive without it.

Same goes for the hatch.
As you can see, my exhaust very much does not meet spec for the competition, I have no cat and no muffler, what you see is what you get. Is it possible that might be ignored?
These are the tires I currently run. They are 26" ATV quad tires on 14" passenger car rims. I don't know if its legal to run non passenger vehicle tires.

Here is a quick clip of me hitting the rev limiter constantly with this exhaust, to give you an idea of the noise level.

And here is a walkaround before all the wiring was completely done and the tires got mounted.