Eff my apartment complex/Miata motor Festiva build

[Rick Modena]

lol, but hes doing full engine and suspension swaps, with a loud radio playing mexican music into the wee hours of the night

They told him to get rid of a car, so he did, lmao!

[0393gt]

lol, but hes doing full engine and suspension swaps, with a loud radio playing mexican music into the wee hours of the night

[Rick Modena]

Yeah I would be pissed, the parking lot isn't a shop.

Don likes Festivas, what if he had five BMW's and one of them had a flat. Not his fault he picked up a nail.

[0393gt]

how many parking spots do you take up there? lol I would hate to live by you.

Yeah I would be pissed, the parking lot isn't a shop.

[Rick Modena]

Carless Chris?

Doubtful...

[Mike]

Who the fuck would admit to that?

Carless Chris?

[Baron Von Crowder]

which car was that?

the Z wrecks, 280z.

[Rick Modena]

I don't recall him saying any of the parts were stolen.

Who the fuck would admit to that?

[jw33]

which car was that?

[Baron Von Crowder]

How many teams do you think actually stay within the budget?

^^Serious question

That is pretty subjective. I would say more than half. There is a theory that Lemons expects you to cheat, but to hide it, etc. I wont say we havent spent more than $500 on a car/build, but we tend to be very close on to that number. There is so much that is exempt (tires, wheels, brakes, hubs,ball joints, guages, seats etc) that you have to really have to want to cheat to do anything crazy.

EX: we havent ever done anything other than a set of used ebay springs to our miata as far as performance wise goes. We've done a clutch and used transmission once, and motor mounts and such along the way. The judges dont really care that you replaced the motor mounts, suspension bushings, etc for the most part. They arent going to ding you for swapping out your worn rubber control arm bushings with polys (we are about to on the fairmont with thier blessings) but they dont want to see an aftermarket coil over setup. We havent ever been able to get "correct" timing out of the miata, so we decided to let someone look at it for us. The timing was off a tooth on the crank, so the cams were actually set retarded from what they should have been. We paid for that, but that is the first time we have paid for anything but an allignment.

One of the top winning cars had an 8k endurance motor built for it, and went under the radar until one of the judges happend to have an engine built by the same shop, and the shop was bragging that thier $8k endurance motor was winning lemons every race.

[Mike]

Damn Don, you sure you don't have some messican in you?

I don't recall him saying any of the parts were stolen.

[jw33]

about 50%, but even still it is no secret if you are seriously trying to win show up with an e30 or a miata.

[Rick Modena]

Today was an extremely productive day. The sad part is that it wasn't by design.
My apartment complex decided to leave a note on the black car stating that it would be towed if the flat tire wasn't fixed. Turns out we have a new maintenance supervisor and he said people were complaining about how Festy our complex had become. Something about five festivas or some $#!t...
Anyways, tonight turned into a thrash session just in case they decided to make good on the threat.
Oh... And a complete engine/trans removal.

Damn Don, you sure you don't have some messican in you?

[Mike]

You can within budget. We were able to buy a used one, and generally you can work it in somehow.

We've never run a 350. One of the teams I know put a baffled pan, run an antifoam in their oil, and have a rev limiter set at 5k. That setup has lasted a couple races.

My statement isnt meant to say that one COULDNT work, but moreso to say that IN FACTORY STOCK FROM, there are many engines that have a good chance of blowing up.

How many teams do you think actually stay within the budget?

^^Serious question

[Baron Von Crowder]

Are you able to upgrade the pan? What kind of oil did you run in your 350's? I haven't had any frothing issues in my 305, but I'm running a circle track pan and VR1 20-50.

You can within budget. We were able to buy a used one, and generally you can work it in somehow.

We've never run a 350. One of the teams I know put a baffled pan, run an antifoam in their oil, and have a rev limiter set at 5k. That setup has lasted a couple races.

My statement isnt meant to say that one COULDNT work, but moreso to say that IN FACTORY STOCK FROM, there are many engines that have a good chance of blowing up.