The 24 Hours of Lemons Forums → Our Crappy Race → Buttonwillow is less than two weeks away.... Why so quiet? (Crickets)
and disposable dollar-store foam brushes...who likes to clean up afterward?
100 degrees!
Fri
Aug 14
Mostly Sunny
99°
Sat
Aug 15
Sunny
98°
Sun
Aug 16
Mostly Sunny
96°
100 degrees!
dont forget your going to be on nice cool concrete. in the sun.
300 degree tires... WAHOO!
Pendejo Engineering will be in the garage closest to the tower if anybody needs to cool down. We are bringing a swamp cooler that is designed to cool a barn and will have two swimming pools filled with ice water to fall in after your turn on the track. We will also have tons of drinks on hand also so no reason for anybody to not stay hydrated.
Pendejo
eek. i bought a swamp cooler once. not making that mistake again!
What's a swamp cooler?
What's a swamp cooler?
Back in the good ol' days my grandpa would go down to the local shop and get a big ass block of ice. Put a fan behind it and keep the room semi cool. Or atleast he was cool.
Modern designs are basically a carboard plate with water saturating it and a giant fan pulling air through the saturated cardboard. I have one behind me at work right now. Drops the air temp by around 20 degrees... if you're in the shade and no wind. Otherwise they are pointless.
Pendejo Engineering will be in the garage closest to the tower if anybody needs to cool down. We are bringing a swamp cooler that is designed to cool a barn and will have two swimming pools filled with ice water to fall in after your turn on the track. We will also have tons of drinks on hand also so no reason for anybody to not stay hydrated.
Pendejo
You guys are totally amazing!
Swamp coolers work great as long as the humidity is low. I guess i should have said chiller, it keeps the mo cows at a nice 64 deg all day long! Thats why california cows make great cheese 
If you think about it all the teams doing this race have actually worked there asses off, built cool cars, volunteered and paid to race in 100 Deg plus heat. We are sooooo cool!
Open,Open,Open,Open
Pendejo Maximo Stupido
I think our car can take the heat.....I hope... whats the over/under? 
looking good! I'm going to have everything loaded up wednesday night, tow the car to work on Thursday, then head out after work. Excited, hopefully it lasts this time.
We are pretty much ready to go, got a couple small things and were heading out Thursday afternoon!! See you guys there!
Every time I look at the forecast, the temp keeps dropping:
Fri
Aug 14
Sunny
Sunny
94°
64°
0%
Sat
Aug 15
Sunny
Sunny
93°
63°
0%
Sun
Aug 16
Sunny
Sunny
91°
62°
0%
Yeah, it's hot, but some of the races at Altamont were hotter.
Uh, so I guess we're the only ones still working on the car? Still no brakes (did install the master cyl last night but need to run the lines to the rear of the car), engine has only run for 20 min so far, tranny untested. no clutch hydraulics yet, no lap belt locations yet, no place to mount the shocks... We're doing what we can, though.
--Spank
Uh, so I guess we're the only ones still working on the car? Still no brakes (did install the master cyl last night but need to run the lines to the rear of the car), engine has only run for 20 min so far, tranny untested. no clutch hydraulics yet, no lap belt locations yet, no place to mount the shocks... We're doing what we can, though.
http://hubgarage.s3.amazonaws.com/photo … detail.JPG
--Spank
IOE winner if you make one lap!
Spank... looks great... but we need more pictures?
I love mini's.
That mini is bitchin looking. I look forward to flying past it like it's standing still in my V8 powered 'murrican mullet mobile
Uh, so I guess we're the only ones still working on the car? Still no brakes (did install the master cyl last night but need to run the lines to the rear of the car), engine has only run for 20 min so far, tranny untested. no clutch hydraulics yet, no lap belt locations yet, no place to mount the shocks... We're doing what we can, though.
http://hubgarage.s3.amazonaws.com/photo … detail.JPG
--Spank
If you get the car to the track your a winner in our books. Very Impressed!
We are pretty much ready to go, got a couple small things and were heading out Thursday afternoon!! See you guys there!
100 penalty laps for sure....
Looks good
Damn Spank... I gotta admire your determination. I hope to see you out on the track!
Yeah, I'm done working on our car. Now I have to collect spare parts (borrowing most of them), organize tools, and pick up our borrowed truck and trailer.
Can I buy the MINI from you when you are done with it??
I wish I could afford to race my 02 competitively
Fish wrote:We are pretty much ready to go, got a couple small things and were heading out Thursday afternoon!! See you guys there!
100 penalty laps for sure....
Looks good
Wheels and tires dont count and its stock other than those lol. You should see some of the rust holes and the body damage on the other side of the car Plus its an Automatic!!
Actually, it is a manual -- a 3-syncro manual, but a manual. As for the rust-- not sure if we can leave them (since our cage is more or less the whole car and everything is affixed to it) or if we have to patch them up (ie door sills). Bringing 2 welders to help us do the needed tech repairs. Just don't want to weld up too much. Kinda takes away the ambiance.
--Spank
How about some pics?
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