Introducing - the new shop car!

Yep, after searching for "the right one" for some time, the right one has been found!
She's a 2002 LS beauty, complete with a Variable Valve Timing motor (VVT), 6 speed transmission, 3.9 ratio Torsen LSD, sport brakes and other factory goodies from the top of the spec for the year.

The plan is to demonstrate some of the capabilities of Blackbird Fabworx in this car as it is being  transformed it into a track car.
On the menu we have a diet and a radical diet it is, forget Atkins or lap band, we got grinders and plasma cutters!
After several hundreds of pounds will be trimmed from the car, the attention will  fall on safety and stiffness as a proper rollcage will find its way in, parts of the tub will get seam welded and more.
The work will continue with suspension modifications, aerodynamic enhancements and mild engine work involving mainly "breathing" improvements.
Exciting times indeed!

Watch this space as this build has already begun and will be taking shape in the next few weeks.

In the works..

Blackbird Fabworx is busy, really busy.
There are prototypes of two new products in the worx and there are of course customer cars that come in to get some BFW magic worked into them as usual.

For example, right now there's a gorgeous Mazdaspeed Miata in the shop.
It was driven down from San Jose for a couple of major upgrades, first and foremost the replacement of the 4 point rollbar that was installed on the car with our top of the line GT3 6-point with a curved harness bar to accomodate the glass rear window.
This bar will be getting a custom metallic grey powder coat before going in for the final installation, so things should look just as nice as the rest of this car.

While we're on the subject of upgrading, the owner had a rather known Norcal race shop installing a pair of Lotus Elise seats in the car, but the custom brackets that they built for the seat were not well thought out (to say the least).
Instead, all new brackets will be fabricated to locate the seats and seat belts properly, especially on the driver side.

There's also a stockish looking white 97 getting a makeover.
This car is going to re-write the chapter in the book about how stiff you can make a miata without a full cage.
Seriously.
Stay tuned, more to come!