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Oct. 6, 2011 10:08 p.m. MrJoshua SuperDork
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Oct. 6, 2011 11:01 p.m. MrJoshua SuperDork
Painting the challenge car on registration day is pretty much par for the course with this car. I am still conflicted about whether living in the same city the Challenge takes place in is actually a good thing.
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Oct. 6, 2011 11:12 p.m. westsidetalon New Reader
cool halloween pumpkin edition theme
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Oct. 6, 2011 11:21 p.m. MrJoshua SuperDork
westsidetalon wrote:
cool halloween pumpkin edition theme
We wanted a color that would make people stand up and watch as we decimated their autocross times.
(plus we don't have a rear window so we can't just use a stock paint job with a giant HOOLIGAN sticker on the rear glass as our theme )
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Oct. 6, 2011 11:43 p.m. EvanB SuperDork
Needs a hood like the bucket
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Oct. 7, 2011 6:51 a.m. dyintorace SuperDork
MrJoshua laid down some wicked paint last night. I think he missed his calling as a painter! The "mumpkin" is looking good!
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Oct. 7, 2011 9:02 a.m. PseudoSport Reader
Looks good!
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Oct. 7, 2011 3:40 p.m. MrJoshua SuperDork
5th place in the autocross. Currently running great at about 13psi. We will bolt on some nasty slicks tomorrow AM and put the Torsen to the test!
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Oct. 7, 2011 4:06 p.m. AngryCorvair SuperDork
In reply to MrJoshua:
13 psi? let us know when you sack up and start throwing some boost at it.
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Oct. 7, 2011 4:17 p.m. HiTempguy Dork
AngryCorvair wrote:
In reply to MrJoshua:
13 psi? let us know when you sack up and start throwing some boost at it.
Step 1:
Grow some balls
Step 2:
Pull reference line
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Oct. 7, 2011 6:05 p.m. poopshovel SuperDork
13 psi's pretty impressive.
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On a riding mower.
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Oct. 7, 2011 6:49 p.m. dyintorace SuperDork
AngryCorvair wrote:
In reply to MrJoshua:
13 psi? let us know when you sack up and start throwing some boost at it.
As soon as you show up at the Challenge. Along with Poopie.
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Oct. 7, 2011 6:52 p.m. MrJoshua SuperDork
AngryCorvair wrote:
In reply to MrJoshua:
13 psi? let us know when you sack up and start throwing some boost at it.
Note the "Currently" statement. (the purchase price included a spare engine
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Oct. 7, 2011 7:07 p.m. dyintorace SuperDork
Here's where the little beasty started ~2 weeks ago:
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Oct. 7, 2011 7:09 p.m. dyintorace SuperDork
And here's how it looked today. Turned out pretty fantastic, thanks to MrJoshua.
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Oct. 7, 2011 7:10 p.m. dyintorace SuperDork
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Oct. 7, 2011 8:21 p.m. poopshovel SuperDork
dyintorace wrote:
AngryCorvair wrote:
In reply to MrJoshua:
13 psi? let us know when you sack up and start throwing some boost at it.
As soon as you show up at the Challenge. Along with Poopie.
Be there in 15 hours. Be wary of the hong norr canexican mind trick, while teh p00 secretly, silently, makes several turns on thee olde granger valve.
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Oct. 8, 2011 8:14 a.m. AngryCorvair SuperDork
In reply to poopshovel:
oh no, not the canexican mind trick! that never ends well...
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Oct. 8, 2011 8:15 a.m. AngryCorvair SuperDork
and yeah, orange with black rims looks great! very smart to choose a color that matches the cones. penalty? what penalty? that's not a cone, that's part of the car!
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Oct. 8, 2011 9:34 a.m. JoeyM SuperDork
Yeah....I thought that paint looked great
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Oct. 8, 2011 10:10 p.m. MrJoshua SuperDork
5th in autocross and 8th overall. Spirit award. Lol-3 appearances and 2 spirit awards, feels like this car needs to join the Glee Club!
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Oct. 8, 2011 10:29 p.m. JoeyM SuperDork
MrJoshua wrote:
5th in autocross and 8th overall.
Awesome!
(BTW, I loved the suede texture of the paint. Did you add a flattener to it before spraying? Spray with a specific technique?.....I'd love to do my datsun in a suede or flat tan.....)
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Oct. 9, 2011 8:19 a.m. dyintorace SuperDork
AngryCorvair wrote:
and yeah, orange with black rims looks great! very smart to choose a color that matches the cones. penalty? what penalty? that's not a cone, that's part of the car!
Great minds think alike. Others told us the exact same thing!
Ironically, out of 5 runs that Alan made, cones were involved in 4. He had us in the 44s each of those 4 runs, with front brakes locking each time due to the front springs bottoming out.
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Oct. 9, 2011 8:21 a.m. dyintorace SuperDork
JoeyM wrote:
MrJoshua wrote:
5th in autocross and 8th overall.
Awesome!
(BTW, I loved the suede texture of the paint. Did you add a flattener to it before spraying? Spray with a specific technique?.....I'd love to do my datsun in a suede or flat tan.....)
Joey, thanks for the compliment! No special technique. It is Tractor Supply tractor paint (the restoration version), with Tractor Supply thinner and hardener added. Frankly, we weren't go for the suede look though! That's 2 coats of paint (we were going to do 3 but ran out of desiccant) sprayed through an HF gun powered by an HF compressor.
