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Category Archives: 24 Hours of LeMons
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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$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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Poor Man’s Car Rotisserie
I needed to finalize the preparation for the roll cage installation but was having trouble welding the bottom of the subframe connectors on the drive on lift. The lift was making it tough to get the welder positioned correctly under … Continue reading
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Bracing For Impact – Part 1
Before I managed to stop my concerns of falling through the floor of the Chevette by patching the floor, we prepped the chassis for the roll cage. The car body didn’t have enough sheet metal to properly support a roll … Continue reading
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Best worst idea
Endurance racing crappy cars naturally produces failure at an astonishing rate, so much concern for contingency plans is required. The thesis for our Chevette racer has been pretty simple, light weight, good handling and simplicity. Power output has been an … Continue reading
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Curing cancer Lemons style
Endurance racing with very cheap cars has a tragic pandemic that has affected every mechanic and driver, cancer. This is cancer of the chassis, more commonly known as rust. It is the bane of every person who spins wrenches on … Continue reading
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18 Gallons of Lemonade
Once we had stripped the car of the last remaining interior bits, we were ready to tackle another aspect of construction for our endurance racer, the fuel cell. From prior experience we knew that staying out on the track is … Continue reading
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Go slow to go fast
Our race team has encountered our first design question for our car. The Chevette is an economy car, and as such was never meant to be driven at speed. The speedometer only goes up to 80 and the engineer was … Continue reading
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