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Take some of your election coin and sponsor a team. We could have the local FBGs from each race area be the team that week.
Perhaps I'll see ya at Summit Point! Not sure how well the jeeps going to go through the turns.
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Wouldn't be a jeep. I've got some buddies who could weld or paint anything. Getting the stripping/customizing would be easy/cheap. Also have a buddy with a salvage yard full of old benzes. Options abound
. It's amazing how much lighter the car is since we gutted it. We're selling the parts we don't need (interior, radio, windows, AC, etc) and have made $210- so far. Bought a tubing bender and 100' of tubing for the cage (starting on cage next week). We've replaced the wheel bearings, added quick release steering wheel, etc. The engine runs again (next time we'll mark all wires as we gut). We were planning on racing in May but there's way too much to be done. So we'll take the car to track days and autocross it. Hopefully this will allow us to debug the car, and it will give the 6 of us some wheel time. Hoping to run NJ in July.How's everyone else progressing?
I fully support all this foolishness.
According to the expert our car looks pretty good. The car was put on scales and it was determined that the right rear is a bit "light". We were told how and are working to fix that so the car will handle better. Even after adding the cage and fuel cell the car lost over 600 pounds. Power/Weight baby!A place was found to test the car this weekend. Hope the local cops have a sense of humor and don't arrest a bunch of 40 somethings doing donuts in a parking lot. Everyone is getting nervous that this is finally happening. Hopefully we'll all get at least one stint driving, before something "bad" happens.
We spent well over 1,000 hrs. prepping the car. It was draining at times, but while other teams were wrenching on their cars last weekend, we were able to enjoy the parties at night! Cheatee ran perfectly, only added oil and gas. We decided when we started the team it was better to put the time into prep rather than be scrambling at the track, or worse have to go home early. If you decide to start a team search the lemons forums for opinions on how to set up a team. I'm a relative noob, but I'll give you my 2 cents if you have any questions. Best of luck if you start a team.
Some teams have an arrive and drive option. Cost ranges from $600-$1200 for a race. There is a forum on the 24HOL website (HumanResources) that lists rides for rent all over the country.
We ran the road course config. There was 3 turns where Nascar turn 1 and 2 are. 3 turns where Nascar 3 and 4 were. The course was really fun. I'd never been on the course. But it felt safe. Two of us turned 1:30.3's, but we both think with more practice we should be able to knock a couple seconds off that. I think best lap in the race was a 1:24.
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Thanks for the props on the cars interior. We're a diverse bunch, but a few of us are anal retentive and ended up trying to make things as "professional" as we could.Battles said:
The car looks really really professional on the inside. I can tell a lot of work went into that. Seems a lot more sanitary than a lot of the other cars I've seen. I'm assuming you have some guys that have done some amateur racing?
I liked seeing the pass on the K wagon. I hear it's a rare event to see it on track.
Seems like it slows down quite a bit.
Now I know why Nemo has a shorter fin on one side. Your driver's description to the judges is
Can you share the quick math on how you arrived at the $500? It seems like it more advantageous to buy a $2k car that you can sell parts off of versus a $500 car no one wants anything off of. Do you swap interior parts for junk yard back up engines and transmissions?
He did finally "come clean" in the penalty box and Nemo was allowed to leave after a few minutes. We sold about $900- in parts out of the car. People pay for all sorts of stuff you don't want or need to race. We sold; AC stuff, switches, windows, seats, heater stuff, interior panels, door seals, tool kits, locks, etc. E30's have a cult like following and these guys eat up parts you're looking to sell. They also have forums that are invaluable for info on figuring out the cars strengths and weaknesses, and how to prevent possible failures.
In Lemons each team is wildly different in terms of car prep. Some teams completely strip the car and re-enforce weak points and get better safety equipment(us). Other teams throw in a less expensive cage and racing seat in and do very little prep. The cars are placed into one of three categories (class A, B, or C). Class A cars are cars that are expected to finish the race and generally have some sort of raciness (BMW, Audi, V-8 Firebird). Class B cars "probably" will finish the race and are cars like a Taurus. Class C cars "were never meant to be raced" (Chevette). Your friends probably race class C. We were in class A.
