aussiesmg
aussiesmg Dork
6/22/09 7:42 a.m.

....to have a car ready enough to do a test day at an autocross in June.

Not finished but together enough to run in competition.

Comments from the cheap seats.....

RossD
RossD Reader
6/22/09 7:43 a.m.

Pictures or is not true.

AngryCorvair
AngryCorvair GRM+ Memberand Dork
6/22/09 5:41 p.m.

as a first-year entrant, you're definitely not the norm....

ckosacranoid
ckosacranoid HalfDork
6/23/09 5:23 p.m.

mine is still siting under a tarp right now cause i have no money to finish it sigh.....and i really would love to drive at least once before winter in anger....

good luck with your challange ride...

Spinout007
Spinout007 GRM+ Memberand New Reader
6/23/09 5:47 p.m.
aussiesmg wrote: ....to have a car ready enough to do a test day at an autocross in June. Not finished but together enough to run in competition.

BS! oh wait, mine is to, it's not quite in challenge shape but, I could autocross it. Need some more suspension work first though, hoping to get some testing time come mid August.

maroon92
maroon92 SuperDork
6/23/09 5:47 p.m.

as far as I can tell, there is a HUGE difference between ready to autocross and "challenge ready"

924guy
924guy HalfDork
6/23/09 6:42 p.m.

a bit more brake line work and a few fittings and my car is ready to go....to an auto cross..not yet challenge ready, and probably wont be even by october, but well be there anyway...

Spinout007
Spinout007 GRM+ Memberand New Reader
6/23/09 7:44 p.m.
924guy wrote: a bit more brake line work and a few fittings and my car is ready to go....to an auto cross..not yet challenge ready, and probably wont be even by october, but well be there anyway...

LOL ours didn't even fire up till we got ready to load it on the trailer, to goto the challenge. Couldn't even take it around the block because of the mosquito breeding pit at the end of the driveway.

edit...fixed it that's what I get for taking pain meds and not proofreading at least twice.

MrJoshua
MrJoshua SuperDork
6/23/09 9:38 p.m.
Spinout007 wrote:
924guy wrote: a bit more brake line work and a few fittings and my car is ready to go....to an auto cross..not yet challenge ready, and probably wont be even by october, but well be there anyway...
LOL ours didn't even fire up till we got ready to load it on the trailer, couldn't even take it around the block due because of the mosquito breeding pit at the end of the driveway.

You forgot to mention that it was the morning of the challenge. (BTW, no mosquitoes can grow in that puddle, too much oil!)

oldtin
oldtin New Reader
6/23/09 10:09 p.m.

sigh...still a shell and a pile of parts

aussiesmg
aussiesmg Dork
6/23/09 10:59 p.m.

Challenge ready so long as they drop that pesky concourse thingy Not a pretty car just a strong one.

Spinout007
Spinout007 GRM+ Memberand New Reader
6/24/09 12:28 a.m.
MrJoshua wrote:
Spinout007 wrote:
924guy wrote: a bit more brake line work and a few fittings and my car is ready to go....to an auto cross..not yet challenge ready, and probably wont be even by october, but well be there anyway...
LOL ours didn't even fire up till we got ready to load it on the trailer, couldn't even take it around the block due because of the mosquito breeding pit at the end of the driveway.
You forgot to mention that it was the morning of the challenge. (BTW, no mosquitoes can grow in that puddle, too much oil!)

The mutant sized mosqitoes in your yard could prob breed in about anything. though I think the ones in my yard are getting to be almost the same size.

poopshovel
poopshovel SuperDork
6/24/09 9:01 a.m.

No motor. No front or rear suspension. No fab. work done. I like to live dangerously.

93celicaGT2
93celicaGT2 Dork
6/29/09 12:39 p.m.

I'm not 100% sure that i'm entering yet, but i've been DD'ing my Challenge car and now have less than $900 into it. It's ready enough that i'm taking it out to the drag strip tomorrow to see how she runs. I anticipate high 13s on low end Nexen tires and annihilating 1st gear.

Needs some suspension sorting and possibly megasquirt, but there's PLENTY of budget left for that.

splitime
splitime New Reader
6/29/09 12:47 p.m.

I got the motor for mine in, and by in I mean delivered and in the garage.. Thats about it.

Car + motor - tons of work = so far from done and not much started.

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