It has been a while since I had any type of web site up and running, so I thought it was time to keep a site updated, since it is an easy way to share information and keep family and friends updated.
The site is named after a '91 CRX that I bought a few years ago. At one point, it was bright red; however, due to body work, I decided to primer the whole car, but I hope to have it painted bright red soon. It was bought as a daily driver and occasional Autocrosser, but it has been evolving into a track day car with an occasional AutoX. Not only is the car fun to drive on the track or AutoX course, the interior has plenty of room for me (6'4") and track day\AutoX gear - tires, tools, cooler, etc.
My goal for this car is to build an inexpensive track day\AutoX car that is somewhat competitive with the big dollar cars. There is a perception that you need to have a lot of money wrapped up into a car to "go fast" and I want to test that perception. I'll add a page to this site that provides more detail on the car along with the costs of the upgrades. The upgrade details will be explained on the Red Ricer blog -
Click here .
Besides the above goal of being inexpensive, which is a relative term for track days, I want to see if I can improve fuel mileage, while making the car a little faster. The obvious way is to lower the weight and making some engine changes.
May 14, 2009: Not too much new on the Ricer (see
blog for details), but I have decided that I will target the battery and roll bar next. I hope to have those changes in place before the track day. I'll also work on getting additional photos on the site and blog updates.
