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It's a brand new build. I believe it's something other than Sadev but you would have to ask them.

Built by our friends/neighbors at PMR Motorsport. Very, very cool build by some awesome guys. https://www.carthrottle.com/post/an-ls-v8-in-a-chevrolet-sonic-is-brilliant-rally-madness/

MacNealy Performance - can't beat the guy who makes Indy cars and GRC cages. Can probably do it while you wait. https://goo.gl/maps/ZJXF2bx8AYQ2

Yeah, he's just making fun of me for running a car in a series where my own products aren't allowed. Maybe I'll stick a GOODAero setup and a snail-shell on the car for some time-attack action just to see what it'll do :lolguy:

I mean, if you guys run into too many issues and feel like doing a trans swap, you can just take mine for a race or two. Cheap race cars are meant to be shared.:burn:

Not precisely, but the rule book for chump is an aerodynamicist's dream playground in many ways. Materials controlled by square area necessitates unique problem solving strategies. "How can I get the most downforce and least drag from the least area of lowest cost material?" Long term, this car is likely to either stay in chump or stay in my stewardship, but likely not both for very long.

I recently acquired a tech'd, logbooked chaumpcar MR2 with a blown trans. Assuming I can get to it this winter, we're expecting an early spring shakedown. Happy to compare notes as we go.

PM Sent, will take all that are still available.

After thorough initial static development, it was time this past weekend for us to take our first Cardinal out for a thorough shakedown at the Chin Track Days event at Barber Motorsport Park. With a brilliant IMSA veteran driver behind the wheel, the immediate feedback was positive: the chassis was solid, responsive, and felt every bit like the professionally built speed-machine it is. Our design choices for the suspension and engine were immediately rewarded with sustained cornering forces reaching 1.8 G and forward acceleration reaching 0.8 G with street-legal extreme performance tires. We ran without any bodywork, save for a set of provisional rear fenders, a radiator shroud, and a very rough fiberglass splash of the hood/front fender areas. Cooling was no issue, but braking and oiling system upgrades will be necessary to keep up with the rest of the Cardinal's performance. The Cardinal will make its first public appearance at Mid Ohio Sports Car Course on September 24th, 2018, at another Chin Track Days event. We’re planning to host guests (all of you are invited) at the track during the day, along with live streaming from inside the car. Even those who cannot physically attend can ride along with us virtually by signing up at fieldsautoworks.com AND, by signing up to attend or receive the live stream link, you will be entered to win a ride along with a professional driver in a finished Cardinal. Please visit fieldsautoworks.com and register for more information about the event. P.S. – We’re actively seeking investors and pre-production orders at this time. If any of you have ever wanted to make sportscar history, now is your chance!

Must be a different group - the Rubber Chicken Racing group referenced here was based in NorCal in the 60s and 70s racing mostly Alfas. The old joke was that they went to all these SCCA banquet dinners, and all they ever won was the cheap catered chicken dinners that were tougher than rubber. It didn't take long after that remark to see their Alfas with little rubber chickens flopping out of the trunk! The group included some folks who went on the be quite well known in the community, including Keith Martin of Sports Car Market Magazine fame.

Yes to both!

Just a follow up note on that Alfa, here it is as sold at Bonhams back in 2012 to its current owner. https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20322/lot/479/

That's my dad at the entrance to the cork screw at Laguna Seca. He built that car from a stripped tub and ran it in SCCA as part of the world famous Rubber Chicken Racing Team (faster than a speeding pullet!). It's still running to this day, albeit in vintage events now with its 7th owner I believe. It's a fairly radical departure from the original structure of the car, and the car has been extremely successful since it started running.

Currently all our publicly shared images are renderings. That's going to change in the coming weeks, especially since we're planning to use the Mid-Ohio event as a sort of public reveal. The car is extremely true to the renderings, but anyone interested enough that they can't wait until the public reveal is welcome to schedule an in-person visit to see and experience the car.

We've been making a ton of progress since the open house, and I'm happy to report the first Cardinal is driving and testing. We're still in the beginning phases of getting the car dialed in, but one figure of note at this time is the car has already demonstrated the capability to accelerate at 0.75 G sustained, calculated by GPS (not instantaneous), on street tires, on industrial parking lot pavement. Also did .68 G on all seasons! Safe to say it will get your attention behind the wheel. But perhaps more impressively, it drives like an absolutely docile street car when you're just putting around the parking lot! More progress to come, and will be announcing an opportunity to see it in action at Mid-Ohio sometime towards the back half of September. If you haven't already, please take a look at our social media pages and website. Will soon be offering ride-alongs and test drives for interested parties, so please get in touch if you'd like to participate in that.

In the process of doing some fitment and plumbing checks, we inadvertently set a couple nice metrics that show the simplicity and ease-of-service of the design. 2 people, using only hand tools and a basic hoist, disconnected all connections and removed the front of the drivetrain (transmission output shaft to front of engine) in 45 minutes. We later had the engine, flywheel, clutch assembly, throw-out bearing, and transmission all laid out in a row next to the car. Again 2 people, using only hand tools and a basic hoist, had the entire drivetrain package bolted together, mounted in the chassis, and ready for fluid and electrical fittings to be reconnected in 2 hours. Repeating that process with power tools would be expected to take closer to 1 hour. We'll need a little more practice and people to take on Audi's Le Mans effort of changing a transmission in 6 minutes, but we still felt this was a good testament to our design's simplicity.

Did some ergonomics and fit testing this past weekend. For the stock reclining seat with sliders, at 6'3" I'm right at the upper limit and wearing a helmet would be uncomfortably tight. However, just taking the lower pad out of the stock seat brought me down 3" and 1" further back. With a different seat (fixed back, no sliders, thinner padding), I was 4.5" lower and 3" further back than with the full stock seat. Part of our intended purchase process is to literally fit each car to the buyer with adjustments in pedals, steering wheel spacing, and seating position. 6'6" plus a helmet plus maintaining comfort is certainly a bit challenging, but given the customizable nature of our product I am certain we could accommodate you.

This is something we would be very enthusiastic about putting together, but groups bigger than 3 or 4 will probably be a mid-summer and later time frame. Stay tuned, and we'll make a bigger CR-open event happen. If just a couple people want to stop by in the more immediate term, shoot me a pm and we'll set something up. Good company indeed! Front quarter is almost ready for the website so here's a preview: Is that Bobby Ligero? Mr. Diamante himself?

We're still (mostly) in stealth mode. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...... We're going for more Alfa Romeo TZ2 / Aston DP215 than cobra. However, we certainly recognize that for some, a v8 makes immediate sense in this platform, so we designed it to accept a range of engines on the same, high-horsepower rated drivetrain. All out performance will be pretty damn impressive for the price, even with the base car. A lot, and I mean a lot of work has gone into the frame and we're refining all the time. However, at this point, it probably holds the least opportunity for further weight savings. More than happy to have detailed tech discussions about the choices we're making offline. Seriously seriously interested parties are welcome to meet and possibly see the cars at any time. Bring your V10 and checkbook, and we'll make it fit! (It may fit already if it says "Judd" on it - see comment regarding checkbook) Path to the street is same as other low-volume cars a la Noble/Rossion. Definitely not the most wonderful process, but also not foreign territory. 2.3L Ecoboost in the base car, other options available. With just a Ford-supplied chip tune / intake configuration, you can be sitting at 385 hp/410 ft lbs in a car weighing between 1800 and 2200 lbs depending on other options.

As a racing aero guy, I was really conflicted to see how much they threw at the new ACR. It's really awesome that they did it, but so many drivers will never even approach the limits of the car's capabilities. (Also needs a bigger rear wing! )

I was almost more interested in this related article after reading about the new design..... http://jalopnik.com/you-wont-believe-how-far-people-will-go-to-save-early-1477256997 Apparently we should all go searching the woods more often

The lines at the campus chipotle have been out the door ever since this. Every time I go by, there's a longer line!

Thank you!!

I'll try to get ahold of some from when we had Señor Espenlaub in the left seat.

It wasn't much fun at Roebling last weekend... (update on that one to come) http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/ii513/fieldsrb/Photo%20Jan%2022%2011%2057%2056%20AM_zpstgjviydo.jpg