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Author Archives: CarRacer
Minnesota Cars & Cafe – October 2011
Today was the last event of the 2011 Minnesota Cars & Cafe season held at the Automotorplex in Chanhassen. It was a really surprising way to wrap up the year as it seemed like every known exotic and unusual car … Continue reading
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Eastern Bloc Ingenuity
Every gear head knows that they enjoy the feeling of being behind the wheel of their own car the most. Most of us have the ways and means to do just that relatively easily. What if that wasn’t so easy … Continue reading
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Project JDMVette: Synopsis
Project JDMVette is complete, running, and race tested but far from over. Photo courtesy of Chump Car World Series. Our race team put on a great showing at the Chump Car invitational race at Iowa Speedway. We completed all 25 … Continue reading
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JDMVette: Trackside report
This will be a quick and dirty post as I’m currently sitting in the pits at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa for the National Champion ship race. The JDMVette survived the first day of racing, 12 hours of abuse in … Continue reading
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The $20 intercooler I overpaid for
The progress on the construction of project JDMVette continues on. We came up with an unorthodox solution to help keep the motor cool while we flog it around a race track for hours on end. We added an intercooler to … Continue reading
Project JDMVette: Taking a page from NASCAR’s book
As our race team continues the mammoth effort of swapping in a Mitsubishi four cylinder motor into a Chevrolet Chevette we decided to follow what NASCAR did recently and convert our carbureted fuel system to fuel injection. This isn’t as … Continue reading
Project JDMVette: First Steps
Our project has taken its first step in a very long journey, we got the motor and transmission situated in the car. Getting things in place is only one of many, many things required to pull off a motor swap … Continue reading
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Project JDMvette begins
Our endurance racer is starting the transformation into a one of a kind, unique vehicle that no sensible person would ever dream of creating. After the car’s maiden voyage on the race track at Iowa Speedway, we learned a couple … Continue reading
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