Great effort, but it will handle like s.hit, and drive like s.hit because the chassis has indeed twisted since it was not on a jig when it was welded together, and soooo much structural material has been cut out to make way for the body. It would drift like a pig because there is no support in the body that was put on and also from the floor plan cross linking left and right. If a cage was put in it, perhaps it would be able to turn a corner well enough to get around confidently - however it will NEVER be as good or as capable around a race track as a stock standard item due to the lack of tensional rigidity.
A valiant effort, but a useless one from a driver and engineering perspective - the chassis and body should have been cut with a temporary cage to hold it all together while it was being welded so that it doesn’t distort or twist as weight is added or removed. The floor pan is not as rigid as you may think; I bet if you had 3 people jump on the middle it would kink it like a banana lol!
i was thinking the same thing with the chassis, it would have twisted or change shape with the amount it was cut down with no support to keep it straight.
but good luck to him, hope it turns out ok
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the bloke's in the process of fitting a cage. i rekon he's on the ball with the chasis. one of his posts he talks about how the roof of s13 is part of chasis and that take some of the load too and hes compensated for it in ways.
i dont think he's get this far in and not consider rigidity.
but point that was made about welding it while all the weight was on the chasis is valid. my panel beater put weight on the wheels with nothing forward of the strut tower on driver side and it done all sorts of strange things.