The $2008 Grassroots challenge build-up thread
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great stuff! best of luck!!
oh and by the way...with some knowledge of particulates, noticing the before and after shots of the intake on that AC unit, and your apparent lack of a respirator, i have to say;
you should always wear some kind of lung protection when you paint. Even if it is outside. that shit is bad for you.
moving on... I can't wait to see the results of this race!
I'm feelin a grassroots subscription coming to mind!
oh and by the way...with some knowledge of particulates, noticing the before and after shots of the intake on that AC unit, and your apparent lack of a respirator, i have to say;
you should always wear some kind of lung protection when you paint. Even if it is outside. that shit is bad for you.
moving on... I can't wait to see the results of this race!
I'm feelin a grassroots subscription coming to mind!
Figit090;1143947 said:
yeah man, after the first spraying some of the rear and right side and noticing my red nostrils haha i put the respirator on and really i should have had pants and a long sleeve shirt on. My legs and arms were red the rest of the day haha.
thanks everyone!
Hey people they are on there way!!!!!!!!::w00t:: I heard them start the car OMFG!!!! Keep in mind i drive an NA 4 cylinder. Let's wish them good luck:biglaugh:
Just to let everyone know, we've arrived at the location of the competition and checked in. We're at the hotel now putting some finishing touches on the car and applying all the sponsor logos that theyve asked us to put on it, as well as our number. I will take and post pictures as soon as I can, but our priority right now is to get the car completely ready. I think you guys will like how it turned out.
For anyone wanting to follow, they're posting updates here:
http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/events/2008-challenge/
Supra is on the first page
http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/events/2008-challenge/
Supra is on the first page
the small blurb next to the picture said he was sent away to find a battery box after tech.
hopefully it didnt keep him from racing!
hopefully it didnt keep him from racing!
holy damn!
that piece of shit is nicer than my car!!
did you guys have fun building it? it sure looks like it was! wow...so awesome what can be done on so tight a budget. tell us how the autocross went at the end of the day if you guys have internet access!
that piece of shit is nicer than my car!!
did you guys have fun building it? it sure looks like it was! wow...so awesome what can be done on so tight a budget. tell us how the autocross went at the end of the day if you guys have internet access!
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that car should do awesome in every category. look out for that v8 rx-7. that thing looks hairy.
oh man what a day! Thanks for all the compliments everyone. The car has been a hell of a lot of fun to build and we love being able to drive it finally. We ran out to walmart and got a marine battery box for $7 and that got us through tech.
Today at the autocross the car handled great and felt great but we couldn't overcome or lack of experience autocrossing and our crappy tires. Most people were on slicks and pulled great times. We let two of their professional drivers take the car and they seemed to love it. We were in the mid of the pack, I believe, on the autocross. Everybody seemed to love the car and came over to check it out. Hopefully we'll do well in the concours and move up in the ranks.
We are having one problem......fuel cut! We get boost creep up to 12psi and the fuel cut hits hard preventing us from going full throttle. If anyone has any suggestions on a mod to get rid of it we would really appreciate it. Tomorrow is the drag portion so we need all the power we can get. Boost right now climbs to 10psi initially and then creeps to 12psi before the fuel cut kicks in. This is usually around 3700rpm. Anyone with any suggestions please chime in......on with the pics.
Night before we head out(around 2am)
On our way...
Gas stop
We were beat....
our tow vehicle(12mpg...boo! but it pulls nice and it was free for the trip)
Ready to go
Autocross action....
Today at the autocross the car handled great and felt great but we couldn't overcome or lack of experience autocrossing and our crappy tires. Most people were on slicks and pulled great times. We let two of their professional drivers take the car and they seemed to love it. We were in the mid of the pack, I believe, on the autocross. Everybody seemed to love the car and came over to check it out. Hopefully we'll do well in the concours and move up in the ranks.
We are having one problem......fuel cut! We get boost creep up to 12psi and the fuel cut hits hard preventing us from going full throttle. If anyone has any suggestions on a mod to get rid of it we would really appreciate it. Tomorrow is the drag portion so we need all the power we can get. Boost right now climbs to 10psi initially and then creeps to 12psi before the fuel cut kicks in. This is usually around 3700rpm. Anyone with any suggestions please chime in......on with the pics.
Night before we head out(around 2am)
On our way...
Gas stop
We were beat....
our tow vehicle(12mpg...boo! but it pulls nice and it was free for the trip)
Ready to go
Autocross action....
Time for sway bars....
oh stupid understeer....
Tomorrow we will take the cars to the concours section and then through the drag strip. If anyone has any tricks to fix the boost creep or fuel cut please post them.....more updates to come tomorrow.