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@jhm @clarkspeed thank you both, sincerely. I may be a smidge perfectionist, and I say that equally as a criticism and an asset. I think I have frustrated the heck out of Greg by now LOL. “Dude get that tub on the track” haha I have some serious EP GCR challenges with the tube steel, but if I suck as a driver I doubt the judges/competitors will press the point. I suppose it would be a welcome problem to have. Most of this will be hidden under aluminum cladding. No better feeling than when you take the hood back off, place it back in the car, and hear that sweet “click” noise without the car putting up a fight. you can see what I did with one of pics. Welded the tube into the general “location”, then welded the pin mounting plate directly to the tube with the hood on, all from underneath. That’s how I ensured there was no lateral load on the pin. The hood flexes quite a bit, so I could not rely on dimensions off-car. i plan to put in two rubber bump-stops mid-way back under the hood, as the hood “sits” flatter than the fenders. Need a little encouragement to sit-up.

Car is still around. Still drysumped LS2, jenvey throttles with quaife 6 speed sequential and independent 9 inch. 18 x 11 wheels and 300 mm slicks all round, big AP brakes. Cool car, but the process over 9 years has been expensive. 3 x R200s, 3 t56 gearbox’s, 3 sets of coil overs, 2 sets of brakes (plus numerous rotors and pads -last set of maintenance rotors and pads was $3400. I motor blown due to oil pressure, one due to a lifter, one cooked, but still ran. Driveline is not bullet proof, but works hard so requires a little maintenance. Video is what I class as a diagnostic video. It also happens to show a Z doing a 2.18 lap around Bathurst. My quaife had dropped one tooth on 3rd gear.