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10. GETTING EVERYTHING REALIGNED
Now that the car runs and drives again, it was time for a proper alignment. With so many parts replaced, you should ALWAYS at least have the alignment checked - and likely adjusted - to get back to your own favored race...
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What took the longest on the bumper beam was adding red powder coating - nearly 10 days (we had the car driving and aligned by then). I had been meaning to put some color on this piece for a while, so it was worth the wait.
UNEXPECTED THINGS...
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Having those obvious broken items was sort of a blessing in disguise, because what those parts attach TO starts to get complicated and expensive. The strut housing wasn't bent, but the main shaft was - which can be repaired and not simply just thrown away and replaced....
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So you crashed your race car - now what?
SO YOU CRASHED YOUR RACE CAR - NOW WHAT?
On Friday October 25, 2024, I was racing our S550 Mustang (that we call "Trigger") at the SCCA Time Trial Nationals, which is an event that has competition times taken over 4 days at a track called NCM. This was a new track to me so I was...
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PHASE 2 UPGRADES - PICKING SUSPENSION AND A BRAKES
The ChampCar series gives this car a "VPI" base value of 500 points. And you only get 500 points of total VPI to build a car for Classes A-D, without taking penalty laps. Every 5 points over 500...Last edited by Fair!; 11-14-2024, 04:18 PM.
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PROJECT UPDATE - PART 2 - November 13, 2024: In our last installment we explore the various endurance road racing series, making a plan, putting together a team, picking a primary class, finding a car, and starting a build. We followed along with Pontini Racing as they decided to ditch their very wrecked...Last edited by Fair!; 11-14-2024, 04:18 PM.
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ENGINE FIRES UP!
July 16th the engine ran for the first time in at least 7 years after just 6 days of work. That was a big step! This was after replacing the fuel pump and filter and adding fresh fuel only. But it ran pretty rough, clearly had some vacuum...
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Vorshlag BMW E36 Development + Project Hellrotten
Project Introduction - July 31, 2024: Some of you are reading this "new" E36 thread might be wondering, how is this new? The E36 chassis has been out for 33 years - the 1992 model brought the E36 chassis to our shores, and 1995 model brought the E36 M3 - but we don't have a single unified...
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