Nice ride, so this may cause considerable offence... Stanceworks 308 GTBi (Honda K24 Swap)

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Nice to see ‘the people’ have spoken. Instagram posting from Prancing classics asking about this thing has regular people excoriating this monstrosity for the most part.

 

@M.Burroughs I still miss your e28 on Hayashis back in the old tennspeed/tndubs days.

Good to see you're still doing your own thing.

 

I don't put a lot of stock in the comments (some only emojis) of a bunch of random strangers, most of which can't spell or compose a sentence on some random post on the internet. If I did that then I would be convinced that Elvis is still alive, the World is flat, and everything from the dimples on a waffle to the Corona virus is some planned conspiracy by god knows who.

Guys it is just a modified car. You may like it or you may not so long as the person actually putting the time and money in is happy then who are we to judge. If anything 308 owners should be happy as one less car makes theirs that much rarer and more valuable.

 

Well, the car is more or less "done" in that we're headed to the track for the first time this week. Fingers crossed our initial shakedown will go well. It'll probably be a disaster, as these things tend to be, but I feel good about it. It's been a long road to get here.

 

Wish car would have been completed as it was originally before current transformation into time trial racer. But I guess that what's necessary to keep content going online.

Best of luck and I will be watching and rooting for you

 

For better or worse, I promised it was going to be a time attack car in episode one . The only real change to the gameplan so far was the addition of a roll cage. No decisions made for content purposes - but the roll cage came as a requirement with the opportunity of racing the car in Australia. Didn't want to miss the chance, so I committed. I think it'll make for a better, safer car in the end.
I appreciate it!

 

You can't go wrong adding a cage to a race car.

 

The car looks fantastic, I probably haven't had my Ferrari long enough to become a fanatic, it's clear that you can hack up a Ferrari just like any other car, maybe it's a bit sacrilegious, but it turned out to be a really cool car.

 

When?

 

Sept 1/2 at SMP.

 

I'll have to come down

 

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Had the first shakedown session on track yesterday and it was fantastic. Car is a real ripper. Have a list of changes to make, as well as a few repairs, but I couldn't be happier with the outcome. I'll share the video next week once I get it all put together.

I think there were a few folks around here said this would never happen

 

Awesome! I’ve been following this build since the beginning - I can’t wait to see the driving video!

Congrats!

 

I have to say, I love the body work / kit . It looks as good or better than the 308 / 288 GTO conversion set up / kit. My only comment would be " to bad it was not powered by a Ferrari unit " " to each his own " Great on track photo !! There have been numerous non Ferrari F1 cars powered by Ferrari units, this you can say is a Ferrari powered by a Honda unit ... When you look at it that way, its not so bad !! Better that the car was saved rather than destroyed.

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Thanks!

I appreciate that! I'm quite pleased with the way the body kit looks as well. I think the fenders suit the shape of the car nicely.

I know a lot of folks hear "Honda" and think "civic" but Honda engines win a lot of F1 races, and these little four-cylinder motors are some of the best-flowing 4-bangers on earth. I think it's a good match.

 

As promised

 

great episode! was starting to think this build might have jumped the shark but seems headed on target. looking forward to next session on track. good luck

 

Another winning episode. Livery looks great. Good luck in Australia.

Btw what are your goals there? What do you want to accomplish that couldn't also be done at local competitions? Thanks

 

Thanks!

I would say my only goal is to go and have fun, and hope the car lasts for the weekend in some capacity.

I wouldn't say there's anything I aim to accomplish that I couldn't do here. It's certainly frivolous to send the car to the other side of the world for an event it isn't ready for nor is it really competitive in. But when my sponsors offered the opportunity to go at little to no cost to me, it wasn't something I was going to turn down. You don't get to race your car on the other side of the world very often, so I figured I should do everything possible to make it happen.

 

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Here are some shots of the finished car/livery. We're all really happy with how it came out. 1981 science fiction was the major source of inspiration... The concept of what the future looked like at the time, from films like Alien and Star Wars, to IPs like Gundam, and of course, Honda-powered legends like the the MP4/4 and the Realtime Racing NSX.

 

So Mike, how did it go over there at Down Under?

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I was there on the day and checked out the car close up.. in terms of engineering, the build is amazing, no matter what people would think it should have been done or not.
yes there were some issues, but its to be expected on anything new. Car manufacturers put tens of thousands of miles in Prova

well done Mike.

 

It went well, all things considered! We broke the transmission on the first outlap of the competition, which was a heart-breaker, but the guys from Spoon / JDMYard were willing to give up their spare gearbox, which is an identical unit. We pulled the engine, swapped the gearbox, and reinstalled in the paddock overnight, and got out on track for competition on Saturday. The car ran wonderfully, and given I can measure the amount of time I've driven the car in minutes I am happy overall. More seat time on Friday would have had me feeling more comfortable and confident, but I will just have to go back next year to set faster times. But we did it! We were out there with the best of them, doing what we set out to do.

I really appreciate that! I'm glad you checked it out.