Just in time for spring, the Pitcrew Roadster has received a new custom G-String bikini top from Project G! Project G was running a group buy on these tops, and we couldn’t help but ordering one in custom matching colors for the car. It keeps the sun off the shoulders during hot days, and is very lightweight!
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Today we installed a set of custom made carbon fiber side panels for the Ariel Atom. These panels will clean up the rather dirty aerodynamics of the Atom, increasing it’s top speed by approximately 15mph. It’ll also help keep out the rocks, pebbles, and other debris from inside the cockpit.
We’ve also upgraded the rear wheels and tires, increasing the wheels from 16×8′s on 225/50/16′s to 17×9′s and riding on wider 275/45/17 Toyo R888 tires. This bigger & wider rear tire setup has been track proven to reduce lap times by up to 2 seconds. We can really feel the difference in the handling, the car is much more planted in the corners and power oversteer on turn exit is greatly reduced!
The carbon fiber used to make the side panels is the same weave used in the body tub construction, and the weave was oriented so that it matches up to the body tubweave, too. This ensures a clean look.
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We just had a run of a couple hundred stickers made up, a hundred in the traditional Garage Woolery green and yellow colors, and another hundred in black and white. We were originally planning to sell them at cost to enthusiasts…
However, we here at Garage Woolery recently learned of the passing of one our own in the local sportscar enthusiast community, Kevin Harney….also known to many online as Darkdrifter.
Kevin was a well respected, nice guy who did a lot for the Southern California sportscar and drifting scene. He was the kind of guy who helped a lot of others in the auto hobby. We decided to use these stickers to help raise a little money for Kevin’s surviving family members in their time of need. If you would like one or more of these stickers (and help raise a little money for his family in the process), please send a self addressed, stamped envelope containing a donation (we’d suggest US$2.00 for each sticker) specifying which sticker(s) you’d like to:
100% of all donations raised from this run of stickers will be donated to Kevin’s family.
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Although Garage Woolery generally has enjoyed much nicer weather than most other parts of the nation, we are still wimps at heart. It’s been too cold and dark to do much work lately!
So, instead of working, we’ve been buying stuff: For example, we bought this cute little number in December: A 2006 Lotus Exige
We found this beauty with only 3,000 miles on the odometer and in immaculate showroom condition. Even the undercarriage was still spotless and shiny! After some skillfull negotiations we were able to buy this car at an incredible price that we couldn’t refuse…and it’s been added to the Garage Woolery collection. This particular Exige is equipped with the Track Pack, limited slip differential, and traction control. For more pics of the Lotus Exige, please visit the picture gallery on the Lotus Exige page on this site.
We recently had the pleasure of a nice warm weekend, so we took advantage of the weather and pushed the Pitcrew Roadster out for some more work on the glass fastback project. This time we concentrated on the driver’s side quarter window foundation, and got it to the point where we could set the glass into the top for initial fitment. Here you can finally see a daytime picture of the Pitcrew Roadster with the fastback and the glass installed!
There’s a lot more work to be done, but at least you can see some of the lines the fastback and glass will have. For more pics, please see the Pitcrew Roadster page gallery.
We even did some work on the Ariel Atom this week, installing upgraded 17×9 rear wheels shod with Toyo R888 275/45/17 tires. This upgrade adds 100mm (that’s ~4 inches!) of width to the rear of the car and has been track proven to increase the Atom’s ultimate grip, handling performance, and reduce lap times by reducing power on oversteer. It also makes the Atom look EVIL! Sorry, no pics yet–we have some other developments which we want to implement before we do a reveal later this spring (hint: more CF upgrades). Stay tuned!
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With the Garage Vary trim rings project wrapping up, we were left with a couple of sets to put on the Pitcrew Roadster. The folks at A2P were kind enough to engrave “Garage Woolery” onto a set. We like these, and have decided to install this set on the Pitcrew Roadster.
Keep your eyes on this blog, soon we’ll be unveiling a new member to the Garage Woolery stable…
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If you’ve been following the Pitcrew Roadster news, you may remember that we were working with Art2Part to make some trim rings for the Garage Vary taillight kit that’s available for Miatas. Well, there has been progress and the trim rings are now in production!
Here are some pics of the process…
Here we see a trim ring being set up on the CNC machine to have it’s curved outside radius cut.
The trim ring before trimming…
Being cut on the CNC machine…
And after the outside radius has been cut.
The trim rings are then deburred by vibrating them in a container full of walnut shells. This removes the machining marks and prepares the pieces to be polished. The walnut shells are soft enough to clean up the rings without causing pitting in the soft aluminium.
The resulting product after all the machining and deburring…
The trim rings go through several steps in their manufacture. despite their simple appearance, they’ve been designed specifically to fit the Garage Vary lenses perfectly. Note the rear of the trim ring where screw perches have been machined into the rear of the ring so that it positively seats on the lens.
And how it looks when seated on the taillight lens…beautiful.
The pieces are still being machined, and have yet to be sent out to be polished and anodized. Once those tasks are done, they will be sent out to Garage Woolery enthusiasts!
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The replacement for the cracked rear glass piece arrived today. It’s a pretty close match for the first piece…there’s always a little bit of variation in these custom made pieces, so it’s a good thing that this piece so closely matches the original. All that’s needed is a little more sanding work to make this piece fit perfectly.
Things are starting to meld a bit now. Hopefully we won’t break any more glass pieces!
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