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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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Ghetto Racing Body Kit
We made quite the addition to our Chevette endurance racer this week. I’m not sure you could call what we did an improvement, in fact I think most people would say that it’s probably not anything close to an improvement. … Continue reading
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April 2011 Cars & Cafe
Now that winter has finally loosened its crushing grip enough to allow people to remember what spring is, one of my favorite events to attend has returned. Cars & Cafe is a monthly car gathering that happens on the first … Continue reading
See For Yourself If Group B Cars Are Too Fast To Race
Dirt 3 released a new trailer this week, one that inspires nostalgia for a popular era of rally racing. Dirt 3, developed and published by Codemasters, is the newest release in the Colin McRae series of rally racing games. Most … Continue reading
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McLaren getting involved in NASCAR
McLaren announced this month that they are forming a partnership with NASCAR but it’s not what you think. NASCAR announced that they are finally implementing the technology that every street car has had for decades, fuel injection. As reported by … Continue reading
$500 Racecar Roll Cage Construction
Our intrepid race team completed one of the major requirements for building a $500 racecar this weekend, construction of the roll cage. It wasn’t an easy task but having the proper tools, reading the rules eleventy times, and making sure … Continue reading
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Tagged 24 Hours of Lemons, Chevy, Racing
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