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  • miatame

    Sept. 26, 2011 8:16 a.m. miatame HalfDork

    Just because I'm a nice guy...and I like to see others stress out...I wanted to let all you $2011 Challengers know that there is approximately

    10 DAYS : 8 HOURS : 15 MINUTES

    Remaining until Registration opens.

    No pressure...I'm sure your car will fire up soon, right? It is probably just a bad ground...you should check them all again. HAVE FUN!

  • hobiercr

    Sept. 26, 2011 8:42 a.m. hobiercr HalfDork

    Fired mine for the first time yesterday! First time I've heard it run so it was nice to know the hulk I pulled from the weeds actually works. Now that this stage has been met I have a serious amount of work to do. Can't wait till it actually turns a wheel in anger.

  • eastsidemav

    Sept. 26, 2011 8:54 a.m. eastsidemav HalfDork

    Mine moves up and down the driveway just fine. I have no idea if gears 2-4 work right, but I'm assuming they do. The car gets painted Wednesday, and I scuffed and washed it last night, so its hiding in the garage until paint. Guess I'll find out how it does on the road on Thursday. Then it goes on the trailer on Saturday.

    My main goals are to not DNF, and to have a car thats painted all one color, instead of the 4-5 colors it is now.

  • hrdlydangerous

    Sept. 26, 2011 9:22 a.m. hrdlydangerous Reader

    Hauled our car to Atco Raceway to make some shake down passes on the drag strip. Arrived to find the gates closed and a lot of ticked off people waiting. Turns out they closed the track due to rainy weather... except it didn't rain a drop all day. We'll try again tomorrow. If not then it's a sign from God that Challenge cars aren't meant to be tested ahead of time.

  • Sept. 26, 2011 11:39 a.m. jpnovak New Reader

    Drive mine around the block for the first time yesterday.

    A long list of stuff to complete sorting the car. Getting closer. I have 9 days until I start the tow to FL.

  • miatame

    Sept. 26, 2011 12:48 p.m. miatame HalfDork

    jpnovak wrote:

    Drive mine around the block for the first time yesterday.

    A long list of stuff to complete sorting the car. Getting closer. I have 9 days until I start the tow to FL.

    Yeah I would have been leaving sometime on Tuesday...if I was coming

    10 DAYS : 3 HOURS : 42 MINUTES

  • PseudoSport

    Sept. 26, 2011 1:52 p.m. PseudoSport Reader

    Hey, what’s the count down till the Jeep has to be ready for the autocross next month?

  • fastclown

    Sept. 26, 2011 2:10 p.m. fastclown Reader

    With the new exhaust Uranus will be running faster and lower. We're giving Uranus a nose job. It now has 4 shocks on the rear, that's right, if 2 used ones don't work that good, put on 4 used ones....

  • unevolved

    Sept. 26, 2011 5:30 p.m. unevolved Dork

    miatame wrote:

    No pressure...I'm sure your car will fire up soon, right? It is probably just a bad ground...you should check them all again. HAVE FUN!

    Joke's on you, there aren't even any wires in the chassis right now! Ha!

    Wait...

  • aussiesmg

    Sept. 26, 2011 5:37 p.m. aussiesmg SuperDork

    I went a purchased one over the weekend just so I can come play.

    and it runs

  • Pat

    Sept. 26, 2011 7:23 p.m. Pat Reader

    Can't wait!

  • speedbiu

    Sept. 26, 2011 8:15 p.m. speedbiu Reader

    Detailing Mine all this week.Tweaking a few things then loading it on the trailer Weds.See ya all soon!

  • spin_out

    Sept. 27, 2011 12:42 p.m. spin_out Reader

    The final paint went on our TR7 this weekend. I'm sanding and buffing tonight. Then the detailing and assembly begins. It looks like our testing will be driving it onto the trailer. She is cute and loud, so I've met my personal goal for $2011. :)

    (Um... I mean He is bad arsed and roars. Yeah, that's what I meant.)

  • miatame

    Sept. 28, 2011 8:18 a.m. miatame HalfDork

    8 DAYS : 8 HOURS : 12 MINUTES

  • unevolved

    Sept. 30, 2011 12:27 a.m. unevolved Dork

    http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=182421915167936

    Turned over the motor tonight for the first time since tearing it down. Had to prime the oil pump with the shop vac, but she's moving oil of her own accord.

  • eastsidemav

    Sept. 30, 2011 6:22 a.m. eastsidemav HalfDork

    Drove mine for the first time in almost two years today. There's some whining noise in the front, can't tell if it's a bearing, belt, or something else. Oh and the exhaust clunks against the floorpan, and sits low enough it'll probably ground out on the ax course. Maybe we'll get those figured out, maybe not, it goes on the trailer Saturday morning.

  • miatame

    Sept. 30, 2011 7:53 a.m. miatame HalfDork

    6 DAYS : 8 HOURS : 38 MINUTES

    I really wish I was going...

  • silence

    Sept. 30, 2011 8:20 a.m. silence New Reader

    We havent even started ours yet

  • hrdlydangerous

    Sept. 30, 2011 11:31 a.m. hrdlydangerous Reader

    silence wrote:

    We havent even started ours yet

    I lol'd at the irony of your screen name.

  • poopshovel

    Sept. 30, 2011 12:09 p.m. poopshovel SuperDork

    We've been pleasantly surprised when we were able to load ours onto the trailer under its own power Thursday moring. Testing just means more opportunities for stuff to break.

    I'll be traveling 400 miles to have coctails with you psychos on Saturday.

 
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