So we’re now ensconsed in that which is Altamont Motorsports Park.
It is a crazy sight that is just tough to manage, so here are a few word based snippets (having trouble linking the video right now).
Pimps and Ho’s, the ride, a sweet CRX and their crazy crew (the video is awesome) they had one heck [...]
May 10, 2008
Categories: car, racing, status, team . Tags: 2008, 24hoursoflemons, altamont . Author: scuderiaprc . Comments: Leave a Comment
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May 5, 2008
Categories: car, racing, status, video, work done . Tags: 1977280z, 24 hours of lemons, 24hoursoflemons, Scuderia Punk Rock Chef, ScuderiaPRC . Author: scuderiaprc . Comments: 1 Comment
Here’s the layered .pdf of the car (the file). Check it out and give your drawing skills a go!
280z-liverya
Above this,, that’s where the file is
You’ve gone too far! Back up there!
April 19, 2008
Categories: car, status . Tags: 24 hours of lemons, livery . Author: scuderiaprc . Comments: Leave a Comment
Work, was definitely accomplished this week.
We got the engine to begin that wonderful belching noise that means, that some way, some how,, it could come to life!
Watch the video to get really excited about just how awesome it’s going to be!
Also, we finally got to meet our crew chief in person, [...]
April 14, 2008
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Well today, on my way to get fitted at the dentist for a face fixing device (apparently they don’t come in size “missing a brain”) I picked up the tires for our racer to be.
At Tires to Go in West Sacramento (we can’t recommend them enough!) Thanks to Dave Komaromi (a noted commenter) and the [...]
April 4, 2008
Categories: car, gear, status . Tags: 24 hours of lemons, news, status, team, tires . Author: scuderiaprc . Comments: 2 Comments
A lot got done today, from the left rear suspension (we yanked the old one, once it decided it wanted to leave) by the simple process of:
1. Remove muffler
2. Remove a bunch of other bolts
3. There are more bolts apparently
4. Suspension parts are really heavy, when you put them back in the car, have a [...]
March 30, 2008
Categories: car, status, work done . Tags: workoncar scuderiaprc 24hoursoflemons . Author: scuderiaprc . Comments: Leave a Comment
So we finally got the rest of the running parts at the junkyard.
Do they work?! We have no idea!! But they should be the right parts,, maybe.
The best part is we couldn’t have found them without the wisdom and knowledge provided by the great Murilee Martin of Jalopnik, whose sage advice and rockin tunes [...]
March 25, 2008
Categories: car, status . Tags: parts 24houroflemons scuderiaprc . Author: scuderiaprc . Comments: Leave a Comment
Yes, I (Fred) am an idiot (but you really knew that already didn’t you).
When applying I brilliantly left out the fact that I needed the temp license too (my team’s laughter in the background).
I also remarkable just noticed that we need to come together as a team to set up exactly how many crew members [...]
March 18, 2008
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So we’ve got a number,, after some heavy angling by certain teammates for numbers of varying ahem,, significance. It turned out 29 was available,, so,, here it is.
March 7, 2008
Categories: car, status, team . Tags: 24hoursoflemons . Author: scuderiaprc . Comments: 2 Comments
January 28, 2008
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