ChumpCar Racing

[rose0529]

Awesome! Glad to hear its going again!! Good luck at RA

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

Awesome! Good luck guys!

[s1ngletracker]

Sounds a lot like our current situation!

http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/3666/sdc11066.jpg

stock rebuild of our 1.6 honda single cam

http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/5206/img0018gt.jpg

on the dyno at DB on saturday

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/8130/img0020vx.jpg

finished with a pretty good power curve, and more power at the wheels than that thing is rated at the crank! we were pretty happy.

Thanks to Shane (the newest addition to our team) and DB! Lots of work to go before RA!

Edit: I hope I'm not hijacking your thread. Let me know if I am.

[Matt D.]

Holy shit, that's good power. What does your car weigh? I think our car will be on the rollers at RS Motors this week. The test drive seemed promising.

[s1ngletracker]

Thanks Matt. I'm not really sure how much it weighs, my most educated guess is about 2100 lbs.

[Matt D.]

Apparently Tubby Butterman claims their car (BMW E36) dyno'd at something like 86 or 93 horsepower at the wheels. They pulled us on the straights like we were standing still.

[s1ngletracker]

Yeah, us too. I think a lot of people are full of crap. Of course it is to your benefit to brag about how little power your car makes. An E36 would have to be running on 3 cylinders to make that much.

But seriously though. at Brainerd our 240k+ 1.5 d-series was making 135 psi across all 4 cylinders, when the stock numbers are like 185. Most literally there is no way our car was making much more than 75-80 at the wheels there, stock being just under 100 at the crank. ha!

no matter how you swing it, our car will be accelerating faster this year! which is going to be fun. I haven't driven it yet but my teammate who did said its a lot quicker than its ever been.

[Matt D.]

Is Shane driving with you guys or is he just spinning wrenches?

[s1ngletracker]

Shane's gonna be joining the fun and driving. He just ordered all his safety gear, so he's hooked now!

Matt, does anyone on your team have a HANS or defNder? I'm thinking strongly about getting one, with all the time i'm gonna be spending on the track this summer. Safety seems like a good thing to invest in.

[Matt D.]

Sweet, that will be cool to have him at the track. He quickly asked me about Chump Car last week at the Wednesday La Casita meet so now I know why. :)

BTW, we are getting a garage spot at RA and they are allowing you to share it with another team, are you interested in splitting one with us?

From the email sent out last week:
Garage Rentals
Road America has a limited number of garage spaces available for rent. 13 stalls, 16’ x 40’ each, 13’ doors, for $250 (weekend)
Can be shared with other competitors
Paddock space directly in front of stall will be assigned for your trailer