07-06-2012
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Chumpcar!
I have yet to see the fabled supra out there!
BIR was a blast. James, did you guys end up getting your car straightened out? I saw you guys had a smoking 1:54 lap.
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07-06-2012
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: MN
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Re: Chumpcar!
What Supra?!
It's a slow process for this team. Best case would be one race this year, but I would realistically be happy with a couple track days in order to be ready for next year.
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07-07-2012
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Re: Chumpcar!
don't you guys have a supra?
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07-07-2012
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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Re: Chumpcar!
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Originally Posted by s1ngletracker
don't you guys have a supra?
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lol, yes, I was joking. Car is finally road worthy(as far as we know), now it's time for the seat, steering wheel and cage to be fabbed in. |
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07-07-2012
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Re: Chumpcar!
lets gooooo! Road america in october. Do it.
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07-07-2012
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Re: Chumpcar!
Heard you guys finished first, congrats. My buddies team had fuel issues, then a tranny failure so they weren't able to finish.
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07-08-2012
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Re: Chumpcar!
we didn't finish first... we were in first for a short period of time. We had some other issues; fuel pump overheating and fuel pressure dropping, flat tire, brake pedal adjustment issues, and eventual engine failure in the last 30 minutes of the race. All said and done, we finished 9th saturday and 10th sunday, not too bad considering.
we now will be building the 7th engine that has been in this chassis since we got it.
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07-08-2012
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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Re: Chumpcar!
Did those blasted BMW's take the flag again?
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07-08-2012
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Re: Chumpcar!
Oh, they left early so maybe they just meant you were in first when they left.
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07-08-2012
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Re: Chumpcar!
My buddy did (I think?) his first race up there. His team has the red miata.
I wanna see pics of the poopra!!
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07-08-2012
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Re: Chumpcar!
We pitted next to them. I talked a bunch to a guy named Felipe (I think) who used to be into turbo D series hondas.
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07-08-2012
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Re: Chumpcar!
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Originally Posted by goodhart
My buddy did (I think?) his first race up there. His team has the red miata.
I wanna see pics of the poopra!!
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Lol, poopra is a fitting name for it  |
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07-08-2012
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Transmission destroyer
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Re: Chumpcar!
Yep! Felipe was the friend I was talking about!
He's a good shit. He's had a few cool Subaru's and S2000's as well as all of the honda's over the years. Now he's into the Miata thing
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07-08-2012
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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Re: Chumpcar!
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Originally Posted by goodhart
I wanna see pics of the poopra!!
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Originally Posted by Halon
Lol, poopra is a fitting name for it |
Supra makes it sound nice, this thing looks like shit.  Has to be $500 bucks after all.. I'll get some pics once it's track worthy.
Funny thing is, once we finally drove it, every time we got on the throttle a little, all sorts of mouse nests etc came flying out the exhaust. |
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07-09-2012
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: The land of the next-gen HMMWV
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Re: Chumpcar!
What is your email address?
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07-09-2012
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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Re: Chumpcar!
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Originally Posted by s1ngletracker
What is your email address?
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You have PM |
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10-10-2012
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Hastings, MN
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Re: Chumpcar!
Any mitsubishi guys wanna prove them wrong?
after reading this from the following blog:
http://blog.caranddriver.com/lemons-...%E2%80%94ahoy/
Any Mitsubishi Product, but especially the Starion
The least reliable marque in LeMons racing is, without a doubt, Mitsubishi. Even British Leyland and Renault products can be considered robust next to Mitsubishi cars on a LeMons track, and that includes the Chrysler-badged DSM stuff. You name it, Eclipse/Talon, Colt/Mirage, 3000GT/Stealth—it will fall apart in our races like a house of cards blasted with a leaf blower. (Note: In a winning-the-lottery-grade stroke of crazy luck, a Mirage took the win on laps in a LeMons race a few years back.) With all that, however, the Starion/Conquest manages to take Butt Turribleness to a level beyond even the wretched Cordia; in seven years of LeMons racing and 10 or so Starions, only one has managed to run more than a few dozen laps in a race. In fact, we’re going to make it a definitive statement: The Mitsubishi Starion is the worst possible choice, in the entire universe, for a 24 Hours of LeMons car.
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10-10-2012
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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Re: Chumpcar!
ooooh, that'd be fun!
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10-10-2012
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formerly ecoli
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Re: Chumpcar!
That article is awesome, it shows how hard road racing is on cars.
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10-10-2012
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Re: Chumpcar!
HAHAHA!!! Nailed it on the head!
"the Chrysler-badged DSM stuff. You name it, Eclipse/Talon, Colt/Mirage, 3000GT/Stealth—it will fall apart in our races like a house of cards blasted with a leaf blower."
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