Lemons Extremes List (Page 5 of 6)

That's my Lemonlimo it cruised at 32 mph with the Cruise control on ,also got 17 mpg most of race .
But the llast hour it used 10 gallons because I decided to Haul Ass and in which it pulled  2:41 at BUTTONTURRIBLE.
Which was one of the fastest class C cars.
It weighed 6200 before the interior was pulled out .

It also was first for brakes to catch Fire thanks to Jonny Leibermann !

The only extreme thing I can think of that our team might have achieved is "most fuel leaks that were really only caused by the gas cap." We're at 2 so far, on separate occasions. The quarter panel now has a large, visible reference mark (we call it the Dana Line) to ensure the cap is fully tightened.

We've got it beat in plan area.  Our wing is ~25sqft without the flap extended or the winglets.  We've only run with the side panels once before we decided they weren't worth the weight, but they weren't nearly as big as the Brickmobile's.

Downforce (and drag) is proportional to the square of speed, so whatever downforce you have at 40mph, you'll have 4 times as much at 80.  That's why our wing pivots.  The gas shock acts as a mechanical fuse and levels out the wing at high speed.  A fixed wing requires you to choose between low speed and high speed performance.  So for most speeds we'll have more downforce, but at higher speeds our wing flattens out to lower drag.

I hope so, otherwise we've never changed the oil in our two-stroke.

The miata was John Condren's car.  I'll go out on a limb and make a prediction that you wont see it in Lemons again.

thanks for the shoutout!! someone notices us!!

the car has had numerous themes as well:

Team Fortress 2 Bomb Car
Apocalypse Now! Huey
Leaning Tower of Pisa (Pisa Crap racing)
Led Zeppelin
Stay Puft! Marshmallow man
Peeps!
Oregon Fail (pictured)

Late to the party, bit I'll give ya the best I got on the diesel vette.  We have a 13 gallon cell and fill it every 4 hours, or 2 driver changes.  And its not empty.  Best we can tell, 2.5-2.75 gph.  The I-Mark did better, but we never measured it.  Horsepower wise it is at 51hp factory at the flywheel.  We haven't dyno'd ours, but Diesel Power magazine did theirs, and got 29 rwhp.

I need to talk to yall at gingerman.

I have bacon, why dont i have pretty girls to pet my belly?

Oh, that's way bigger than ours.  Ours is mostly a garage, but at night, the car tends to get pushed out as the tent fills up with people drinking beer and enjoying the heater. 

It's about 26x14x8 and goes up in about 4 man hours.  It also fits into a tool box.

The funniest thing about this tent is when it's 11:00 on Friday night and every light at Gingerman is off, EXCEPT for the six halogens inside the tent, which lights up like a lamp and is probably visible for at least a mile.

"Nope" on that first bit.  We make 116hp at the wheels (~145 crank) out of 698cc.

Scott

How about most miles towing a racecar to/from races for least miles raced? Here's a starter:

460 miles round trip for nine laps of MSR 2014
440 miles round trip for zero laps of ECR 2015
900 miles of towing for ~20 miles of racing
Ratio of 45 miles towing per laps raced - there must be many who can do better/worse?

Toni

P.S. I damaged a U-haul trailer on both trips ... Yay for $8/day insurance ...

P.P.S. Same car only preferred ... come on K-car stories!