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pyropete125
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fiat22turbo
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Loving the decal! Great work on the car so far!
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Rasta Monsta
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HIJACK!
Here's what I am driving at the 24 in Spokane in a couple weeks:
Now that is a sweet Chump Car.
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pyropete125
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| wow very cool! |
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pyropete125
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:07 am Post subject: |
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we finished mid 60's of 80+ end of first day we had 5th fastest lap time  .6 seconds from the fastest.
ok here's how it went
alternator crapped out 20 min before race- we had a spare- just made the race start.
fans were blowing fuses- we determined one was bad cut wires to it.
back of car on fire- got towed off. determined that the gas tank vent was not venting under the fill pipe cover- pressurized to 10+psi- drilled it out.
white smoke = black flag. determined that pressured gas tank = evap system blew off vacuum lines= regulators full blast = gas everywhere in motor almost hydro-locked. re did vacuum lines and run extra gas out and ran strong for a while.
was overheating bad after bleeding cooling system determined thermostat was stuck closed. wow what a dumb design that snap ring. we had to smash it open to get back out on the track.
rear ended someone had to take off hood. [sorry guys]
lost muffler that we rigged on since we failed tech in morning- ultimately led to black flag at 8:30 pm- re did exhaust that night.
sunday dead battery - field wire drained it [we think]
ran great 2 hours then air meter bolt got sucked into motor and destroyed piston #4- dropped oil pan, front cross member- cut big end of rod off and reinstalled and got motor started again- got most heroic fix award.
had such a good time to say the least.
here is the pic's
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-10/60331/2132992 |
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Rasta Monsta
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:27 am Post subject: |
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| pyropete125 wrote: | | cut big end of rod off and reinstalled and got motor started again- got most heroic fix award. |
Uh, you mean you finished on three cylinders?
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pyropete125
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:11 am Post subject: |
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| Rasta Monsta wrote: | | pyropete125 wrote: | | cut big end of rod off and reinstalled and got motor started again- got most heroic fix award. |
Uh, you mean you finished on three cylinders? |
well it was running when the race ended and we were suited up and we wanted to go do a lap but they wouldnt let us on the track. |
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bcblase
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 12:16 pm Post subject: |
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Nice!
Great story....you'll remember this event for the rest of your life.
We want to do it again, but just haven't gotten motivated to fix our Volvo yet.
Brad
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lonestarrpm
Joined: 24 Jun 2010
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Location: austin texas
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 1:19 am Post subject: Our 924s lemons finished Houston YeeHaw |
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260 laps
2:06 best lap time
3 first time drivers
1 first time road course drvr
1 seasoned road course drvr
All first time Lemons
Finished in the top third
We all had a blast
Rookies did well
But it was intimidating
No major issue
Cut a radiator hose with fan blade
But we had a 944 as a donor backup
Looking forward to a few de events to get seat time
And a chump cars event in November
Flat out racing
Mike
Lone star rpm
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924RACR
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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Good job, guys!
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pyropete125
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| 924RACR wrote: |
If you're real crafty, you can move the front suspension a-arm mounts up and out, if you can do it safely (read: well), like the D Prod factory cars, and therefore also widen track and gain a bit more camber too. |
does anybody have a pic of this mod?
we are doing the stafford ct lemons race this weekend....
check out the rear brakes:
that was NH lemons in may '11 |
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pyropete125
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| Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:04 am Post subject: |
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stafford springs lemons 2011 new england
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJrCW3esGbM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX5hI6v9_J0&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESpw7wQ8hBg
This is the in-car of the number 924 Porsche Monkeys with a 84 Porsche 924S NA 2.5L. This is the start and first 45 min of racing. I am driving. We had so much fun, finished 19th of 55 [ish], and had the 4th fastest lap of the weekend. 100*+ temps on Saturday and close to it on Sunday. I was not used to the new handling of the car at first but took it up a notch. Judge Phil said I had 4 tires off, but I think they confused me with the crappy brown Civic that popped a head gasket and was off on the grass- As the video shows I had no tires off the track which was the first black flag. The second black flag came from the crappy #28 car, who rear ended me. Again, not my fault. Chasing classic cars was taping an episode, because Wayne Carini was a celebrity judge and was out the first hour driving the #111 yellow Donk. I may, and most likely will, be seen whining to judge Phil how neither penalties were my fault.
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Grenadiers
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Location: Nelson, WI & Prescott, AZ
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I saw your vid on your rottie in her swimming pool, too funny. We have a 105 lb female! She's 7 years old and is a great dog. We have a 15lb terrier mix, they're inseparable.
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