That's what I'm talkin about. Boo Ya.
At some point I really need to consider upgrading to a cage like yours but for now I'm just going with the B-K roll bar extension.

 

Ahh Dave, definitely jealous! I've been browsing Ebay for a clapped out Miata to do this too. Great fun project!

 

I'm really having a blast playing with it.....I just hope it'll be fun on the track when I'm done!

 

I finally got around to installing the driver’s side GT3 seat and Schroth harness. Since I had already done the passenger side I was way up on the learning curve. Or so I thought. After I removed the 4 Torx bolts that hold the driver side seat down I found an unpleasant surprise under the seat not present on the passenger side. There is a TON more wiring !!!!!! In the pic shown below there is a black box with M535 written on it and a long German word containing “alarmanage.” I’m assuming this is part of the factory alarm system. Interestingly, it is not in my Bentley manual. Instead of one connection to the seat (shown above in the passenger side pic) there was a separate black box attached to the seat where the remainder of the wiring harness connected. I wanted to cry but alas the connectors on them came off fairly easily. After removing the seat, I reconnected the battery to make sure the car would start – it did. My airbag light was already on so I can’t comment on whether or not this would have been triggered. I just need to hook up my Durametric and kill the airbag light and see if it comes back on.

I also found under the seat an old license belonging to my mother, a Camel filterless (presumably my sister’s) and a pack of Cherry flavored Hall’s. Despite having a recent cold, I did not eat the Hall’s.

I also mounted my Safecraft fire ext to the beautiful Sharkwerks bracket that I put on a few weeks ago. It’s a very slick design of a quick release on the FE – see pic. Tres cool.

The very cool fire extinguisher from Safecraft on the cool Sharkwerks bracket:




The surprise black box under the driver’s seat:



Both GT3 seats and harnesses installed!:

 

I also installed a Brey-Krause roll bar extension which I bought used from Sbelles (thanks Scott!). This kit installs in about 20-30 minutes. The extension adds about 1.75 inches of additional height for rollover protection. It is required for the BS-X class in Boxster Spec racing and seems like a reasonable little bit of extra ‘insurance.’ There is an excellent write up on the installation at Brey-Krause Boxster Roll Bar Extension.

My car is in the shop this week getting the PSS9 and sway bars installed !!!!! Too bad I won’t be able to properly test the suspension for a few months.

 

Those seats look amazing!

Car is really coming along! How much are the PSS9's supposed to lower the car?

 

Dave - Looks awesome. I am going to read with jealousy of your track-day adventures this year... Congrats man!!

 

I'm not actually sure how much lower. I know it is adjustable but I'm unsure of the range of lowering.

Thanks Chris.
I'm heading to the 3-day competition course at PSDS in April,....I can't wait but somehow I'm wondering if I'm in over my head!

 

Coochas, How much of a race car are you trying to get out of this project?

Are you going to go as far as removing carpeting, audio, AC, etc... etc..
I just saw a S2000 in a magazine on which they actually removed the convertible mechanism and replaced it with a roll bar.

Just ideas man...

 

At this point, I just want to make a fun and safe DE/AutoX car. Depending how things go with it next season, I would consider either making it a Boxster Spec car to go racing in, or add some power (maybe iA supercharger), or say the hell with it and track my 997 again!