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Stan your way of framing this hobby certainly consolidates the pieces in our heads and puts them out on paper in a way that we can read our thoughts or rather your reading ours and formulating a truer vision, one that is more realistic anyway.

My first real highway drive was in an IM speedster and I thought my hair follicles were going to come out they seemed to be Crying out to me for help.  The top of my head ached for at least 20 mins as I have hair.

I had to get my head below the windshield and I did in a roadster but the roadster seats were too short.

I finally built an IM with Recaro seats and drove them Low and back as far as IM could make them fit and I am now well below the top of the windshield.   I thought of a wind screen, not sure I like the modern look, but the roll up windows works also if I do get too hot or the roll up windows don't cut it I can pop the top up and have the rear window open and folded down.  

I drove 12 hours daily top down, south on Hwy #1 and no body issues.    

FWIW I also have a 5th but  if I was trying to get the drivetrain noise lower the R&P could be dropped lower as it sits,  with the engine running at 3K to cruise at 70mph the engine is responsive and you hardly have to press the throttle to be flying at 85mph.  

BTW Ed, I thought of E6 when I was building but with little experience with that engine we opted for a SOHC.  NAspirated no turbo launch switch for me, and from all my research the SOHC and DOHC builders are very creatively, shilling us stating hp # above 200hp.

I is now 6 years that I  have built and received my car.  Wow, time has flown and every winter my project list adds some options so the crazyness continues and have no desire for any other vehicle, am I getting old or what.  Maybe I am being affected ... covidly yours,  Ray

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