Never before has so little power been made from so much displacement! (Page 28 of 57)

Fantastic.  We'll be in a rediculously slow Metro.  A 1L can of whoopass.  Ha ha ha

i'm sorry. i've spent about 800hrs on this project so far since the begining of the year and i'm just completely spent at this point. this is fixable but it will require spending most of the remaining nights on it and it won't give me any time to tune it. last thing i want to do is go out on the track with an inadequate tune and melt down the motor.

it will make it's Lemons debut later this summer instead. but i will bring it to the track so people can see it in person. in it's current state it can still start and run, it just cannot move. if i start digging into this thing to fix it and i run out of time i won't be able to even start it at the track so i'm choosing to leave it as-is so everyone can hear it.

I promise it won't be long before you can see it turning laps on the track. but for now i have some sleep to catch up on.

Whether you make the race or not, the only word that can summarize whats going on here is "winning"

alright, you guys will be happy to hear that i've decided to give it a try to make the race. the new stub will be here on wednesday and so will new axles that i will have to cut down.

got a bunch of stuff done tonight:

the only thing that can really be shown is the anti-rotation mounts on the throttle bodies:

the todo list is down to the following:

tuesday:
1) brackets and whatnots to secure all the wire and plumbing in the back of the vehicle.
2) disasemble transmission
3) make panel to mount ignition and start switch
4) firewall holes to plug
5) make new proper length axle shafts

wednesday:
6) go buy some oil for the radial to consume
7) reasemble transmission with new shaft
8) make back cover for engine (see if freeze plugs will fit)
9) kill switch
10) roll bar padding
11) go to birthing class with Caitlin

thursday:
12) tune megasquirt
13) load up and drive to the track

friday:
14) tune megasquirt
15) swear a bit and tune some more.

dude i'm willing to bet money on it that if this thing appears at gingerman in any sort of running condition(even if it only cranks over without firing) you'll have have at least a few dozen other racers from other teams (sacrificing a time on their own important fixes no less) coming over an putting time in on your ride just to see it do one glorious lap of bliss till the party patrol shows up at 2am to shut it down.

"If you build it, they will come."

lol

Aww this is starting to make me feel all warm and fuzzy. No wonder I'm addicted to this even though I've never been to a race.

Mostly i'm just glad i made the transmission easy to remove. the engine needs to be dissembled to come out, but the transmission can just drop out of the bottom.

hehe I don't think that would go over very well It's our first kid, it's a boy and he's due on May 24th.

and yes, there are things I could put off till I'm at the track but I won't have the axles to modify or the stub shaft until Wednesday so I may as well get as much done of the other stuff on Tuesday night.

Marc,

I have been reading your saga with awe and wonder and you are a Lemon's Legend before even arriving at the track. And now you are also a three time winner: !. Married a woman who understands, or at least tolerates, your Lemon's additction, 2. You are having a son to whom you can pass on your amazing motorhead knowledge and skills, and 3. You never give up, you are still working to get the Radial MR2 to the race this weekend!

This is certainly worthy of some new Lemon's award: Most Amazing Build by a First Time Father (who attends birthing classes)!

I just hope someone will be streaming a video of your masterpiece this weekend. I need to see the car move live and in color.

yes, Caitlin is the one that deserves the award here. she's pretty awesome and she has a sister. but she's nothing like her sister

no idea how to find them, i got lucky. but here's how you tell if the one you found is the one:

propose on a trip like this:

If she says yes and does not change her mind after eating dirt for 700miles through the desert, hold onto her forever!