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haha, karma sucks

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Actually it was better then that, the bmw passed me on a yellow in the grass, then next lap went off the track right in front of me, cant say I felt bad for him.

Shawn

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LOL!

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Man that sounds like a crazy good time!

Looking forward to the photos.

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Here are a couple quick pictures.

This is turn 6 just after coming up the hill under the bridge.
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._3386587_n.jpg

I believe this is turn 13, with the turn 12 sand trap in the background.
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._7642935_n.jpg

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Yea, most of the time it looked quick but on Sat when I was on the track I passed it. If they fix the trans, it will probably dominate the track. It looks like crap with all the body panels removed, not sure you can call it a "car" versus some tubes and sheetmetal around a V8.

We have some handling and braking issues to work through on our car, but it was solid otherwise. I figured out more of the track on Sunday than on Saturday once I had a chance to just take it slow not worry about running good times and there were less cars on the track, not that it was crowded at all on Saturday. I am not sure yet if we can go a full 2 hour driver session without running out of gas though in the dry, our gas mileage was much better on Sunday in rain since we weren't going all out and trying to push the car.

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We couldn't even make it an hour and 30 minutes on fuel on Saturday, had to back out the screw on our home made adjustable FPR a little bit and then we were able to go the full two hours safely.

We changed our brake pads overnight and I'm wishing we would have done it before Saturday. The car was already braking awesome, but it completely came to life with new pads. EBC Reds all around.

Will you be going to any other races this year?

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Yea, I will be at Iowa and the first BIR race, the car won't be at the second BIR race.

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The gap between 2nd and 3rd after 7 hours of racing... They were like this for an hour straight, sometimes passing eachother 2 to 3 times a lap. The yellow Impreza team was a class act.

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._1151225_n.jpg

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Yeah, a couple guys from the team came and talked to us for a while on saturday night. Nice guys.

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https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_V...awAZB_1242.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_V...awAZB_1346.jpg

Alex bellus took some really great pics of our car, and others:

https://picasaweb.google.com/bellus....arRoadAmerica#

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Broken trunk latch? Where did you guys come up with the name "Slugworks" anyways? Do any teams run DSM's?

Found some videos of you guys, you should post more up from future races!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWWDy3YWogc&hd=1

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We turned the truck into a wing, that is why it is up.

14 to 24 hours of full throttle, we went through 55 gallons of gas in about 7 hours with the little Honda that doesn't make much power. Another team brought 3 BMWs, 2 blew engines, 1 had tranny problems. An all motor D16 Honda put a rod through the block within an hour of practice on Friday. Maybe not the best environment for a DSM. :)

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This looks like such a good time!

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how did the truck aka "mater" do? I am assuming they were their I know they had some problems getting the motor in time.

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They were not at Road America.

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In CO, jacks transmissions runs a badass DSM.

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I honestly think a turbo 1g would be awesome, but I'd be afraid of it being able to make it the entire distance.

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Only one way to find out. I'd love to help with that.

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Slugworks is a play on "S-works" Because a few of us used to race mountain bikes.

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The plus side is that DSMs are in the proper price range. From what I understand labor and money put into anything safety-related is excluded (brakes, tires, roll cage). So you buy a reasonably priced car...gut the interior and sell everything that doesn't need to be there...have someone on your team that is a mechanic, someone that can paint, someone that can weld, and maybe a person or two that can contribute mostly $ for the safety stuff and you end up with a nice car. I think the successful team will be one that can find the right mix of drivers with proper skillsets/resources.

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I think a 1g dsm could last. We all know the engines are stout, and a lot of people here know how to make a reliable, sound DSM even with little $.

If i can make a turbo honda with toothpick rods last 18 hours on a track... a dsm can do it :D

And yes, DSMs are totally in the right price range. mlomker, I think you have it nailed, its good to have a variety of skills on a team. You shouldn't all be just good mechanics, or just good drivers. It even helps to have 1 person who is just anal and super detail oriented to take care of all the logistical stuff and recording times, etc. Everyone should have a specific job/set of responsibilities.

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Also, we need another driver for Iowa, April30-May1, If you have a fire suit, $500, you don't need sleep, and you're a good driver, PM me! ;)

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I'm going to look for a team next year. I'm not comfortable with what I could contribute at this point.

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I ran against a DSM at Nelson-Ledges. It was pretty quick but ended up toasting the headgasket. I don't remember if it was awd or fwd but the smart move would to just run fwd.

Also, we've built two different cars and both were very close to a $3500 budget after they were completed. We scored a lot of parts used and for free on both builds too. I would guess a DSM build wouldn't be any different.

I'm excited to run our first race of the year at Iowa though. We just completed our first test last week. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjmX37KNabA

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Your AIV must be $0 or less with the Chevette as a starting point.

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Yeah. If we nuke the two engines we have I have a couple interesting ideas for swaps. The motor in my Galant is just sitting there waiting to be put to use too.

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Did you rent out raceway park? You totally shoulda posted something about that on the regional chumpcar forum. We've been thinking about doing such a thing and would totally go in on something like that with other teams.

Anyway, awesome, i think we'll have 3 cars representing mitsustyle at iowa!

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No, our team captain knows the owners so we got in there a little early. Regular practice is only $20 during the week though, give them a call for more information.

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Playing around with T25 actuators, chumpcar style:

http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/273/img0073mn.jpg

bottom is just stock

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So much work to run less boost.

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You could always not use a turbo. :)

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The car is so slow out of boost that I don't think we can go back. :)

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of course it is, with that big restriction in the exhaust!

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Our car on the dyno:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnZmJHFkSfg

our facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Slugwo...98893106800849

Also, we are looking for another crew member for this weekend. Must be willing to stay up at crazy hours of the night to help us do pit stops (24 hr race), as our other 2 crew members are our old guy fathers. All you'll need to pay for is your own food, we have a couple hotel rooms and will provide transportation down to Iowa Speedway in Newton. Leaving friday morning at 11am, coming back sunday evening.

Let me know if you are interested in helping out! Should be a lot of fun. Maybe a bit rainy.

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The look on Shane's face is priceless, like he's just waiting to catch a connecting rod with his head. :lol:

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oh, but how would that happen with our stroked darton sleeved wiseco/manley engine with unobtanium bearings? ;)

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LOL! And that it's barely making enough power to get out of its own way.

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Ouch. Thats not what people were saying when we flew by them on the straights at RA :)

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Haha, true. I was impressed with how many cars we were able to hang with at RA. That was not the case last year at BIR or Iowa.