New chumpcar in the works... (Page 7/11)
thedrue JAN 05, 11:23 PM
Its been a while, we parked the car and have been taking it easy but it is time to pick things back up!

First thing to do is fix that rear bumper. We straightened the rear sheet metal and made some plates to weld to the end of the frame rails. Got that all back together and she's better than ever!







I have also been working on my man cave, the more it gets finished the more I enjoy my big red white and blue man cave ornament!





We also bought Katey a little tool to practice her RWD car control and heel-toe downshifting... 2013 Subaru BRZ 6 speed.





Last but not least, we spend the day pulling a 3400 out of a 2000 Pontiac Montana. The stock drivetrain held together but we are hesitant to push it too much more for fear of having some major problems at the next race. This engine will let us start fresh and should give us a nice bump in power as well as be dead reliable. The roller cam will be much better for endurance racing.







Should have more updates soon as the engine build continues!
jb1 JAN 06, 02:24 AM
Great thread , looks like a lot of fun.

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87GTseries 1 3800sc (7.597 @88.53 1.579 60ft)
(series II swap in progress)
85GT Northstar/ 4t80e
86GT 3800 n/a
Northstar Rebuild

aaronkoch JAN 06, 02:04 PM
Woah, the 3400's STILL had the dist hole?

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Build thread for my 88 + 3800NA swap

Indyellowgt JAN 06, 06:37 PM
Wow! Totally BADASS! VERY impressive!
And I think I can speak for almost all off PFF here.... That Mancave is AWESOME.

Congrats on the Subaru purchase. That is a sweet car...

Keep up the great work and good luck!

-Mark
KurtAKX JAN 06, 08:57 PM

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Originally posted by aaronkoch:

Woah, the 3400's STILL had the dist hole?




As do the 3500s
thedrue APR 03, 01:21 AM
We have been busily working on the car and preparing for the season. It looks like we will be running 2 races this year. Both at PIR. A short six hour race in August, the weekend before Fierofest and a 24 hour in October. Plenty of time to prep but we do not want to be rushing the night before the race.

We have been building the engine and I have had a custom window net made, it shipped today so I hope to begin fitting it next week. We also need to get an onboard fire suppression system installed per the 2014 rules and Kinny is working on a front splitter/aero package.



Shiny new engine parts...



I also decided that our fuel barrel should match the car... it gave me something to do during the cold winter months!



Decided to paint our second set of wheels gold to match the real race car... We will be ordering a second set of race tires soon.




My wife decided to vandalize the dusty race car... obviously I need to get it out of the shop a little more often!

I hope to start auto crossing it soon as well as sorting out the new upgrades and make sure it is race ready! Hopefully the car will be in good enough shape to go to Fiero fest in August the weekend after its first race this year...

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thedrue APR 29, 12:24 AM
Another day another update!

One of the issues we had at tech inspection during our first race was the hole at the front of the window net. I talked with seatbeltsolutions.com at the SEMA auto show and the agreed to make me a custom Fiero window net. I think it turned out very well and don't see us having any issues with it in the future.







Our new tires also came in! I was not going to get them yet but the Dunlop Direzza ZII has been discontinued. The replacement will not be available till the winter and I do not feel comfortable going to our next 2 races with only one set of tires.



I also have been working on finishing the wall. I'm working toward getting the shop finished.



We also have begun assembling the new race engine, My wife Katey even got her hands a little dirty!



Last weekend I was going to autocross my red car but Justin Parcher with Team Pontiaxed convinced me to take the race car and Im glad I did! I had just gotten the car out of storage and it was nice to get it out and stretch Miss Fierolines legs a little.



Backing both ladies out of the shop bright and early Sunday morning.








Here I am auto crossing Miss Fieroline with the Oregon Region Porsche Club
jediperk APR 29, 04:18 AM
This thread is just awesome! That Mancave is just incredible. Thanks for doing it right. Really enjoyed/enjoying this thread!

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thedrue JUN 04, 01:34 AM
More progress, more updates!

We have been pushing to get the car ready for the August race.

The next requirement to make the car legal this year is fire suppression. I finally received the equipment and wasted no time getting it installed.





It installed very easily but I did need to order more tubing, the 17 feet it came with were not quite enough.









I also could not handle the idea of building a shiny new engine and letting it rust in the engine bay... Im sure this will raise some eyebrows at tech but I hate working on rusty and dirty engines.





Some other shiny things also showed up, they may or may not be for the race car...



There are always neat cars at Donesky Racing International, this weekend was no exception!





The co-owner of the car wanted to work on the aero a bit, this is the first attempt at a front splitter/spoiler, this in conjunction with a big extractor vent on the hood should help stabilize the front end of the car. We hope to refine it and develop it as we keep racing.









The last new mod for this season is a master caution light. Team Pontiaxed and I dreamed this up after watching them lose an engine to oil pressure when the light was illuminating twice a lap for the last half of the race. We decided that when driving in a race it is easy to focus on the surroundings and possibly miss the glow of the oil light or temperature light. This big red LED will illuminate when either the oil light comes on or the temp light comes on. I am also working on modifying the shift programming in the ECU and running this light through a rapid flasher to communicate the need to shift if a driver forgets (like I did when I got too excited passing a BMW on the front straight). I think this is an innovative addition and should be unmissable to the driver and hopefully save an engine and possibly a race weekend. I will keep everyone updated on how this goes and there should be plenty of footage of the shift light function working after the race, hopefully the other functions never trigger.





The light will be positioned right over the gages in the direct sight of the driver, when it illuminates it will be very bright and my drivers will be able to figure out very quickly what is wrong and if it is an oil pressure issue will shut down immediately and get towed in, if it is temp they can manually trigger the fan and probably make it back to the pits without doing any major damage.

Should have more this weekend as I rework the harness situation as well as paint and finalize the front splitter and complete the master caution light. Stay Tuned!
fireboss JUN 04, 03:10 AM