Woohoo just got my insurance check today after a mishap at the track!

[josh817]

Now I can finally repair the damages and still have some money left to purchase some other fun stuff!

 

What I would like to do:

1. Buy Derek's VR bracket and trigger wheel hub however I have the wrong pulley so I guess I'll get the proper one while I'm at it (even though I like my 240 2 row very much) so I can get ignition done

2. Install my big brake kit and pray that they fit in these Supra 14" rims

3. Purchase a fuel cell (sell the old tank back to the previous owner since he welded a really cool sump on it)

4. Install a dual pipe exhaust with the megaphone tips (sell this pipe and muffler)

5. Fabricate an airbox to fit my 40's however it will also fit 45's

 

With all that done, I still have a large amount of cash. I must decide if I should purchase a single 45mm Weber because Dad has two 45mm for the BMW 2002 however someone told him that they are too big so he said he will give me the two 45mm if I get one more, and then I give him my three 40mm. If I do this I must be prepared to tune. I was lucky enough to have the car run alright without any jet changes on these babies. I already did all the stuff that the tuning books have you go through to figure out a basic jet range. Its just buying the jets thats a *****.If I did this I would also buy a wideband and the cable but not the gauge because Megajolt has a 0-5v input and it has a gauge on the computer plus it logs the AFR along with ignition advance, tps, and rpms.

 

This would be one large upgrade leaving me with only a little bit of money left. I could touch up on some other things like bushings, sway bar, strut bar, just a bunch of moderately inexpensive upgrades BUT I have to find the time to take apart my car and install it. Other than that I haven't a clue what else I'm going to do with my car. And I love that feeling. Maybe a roll cage after that, slowly turning it into a track car. I spoke with the CVAR z car representative about entering into the student section until I get my license. This means one weekend you do their school, then you have 3 weekends of racing with the X on the back of your car, however you get to race with your group rather than racing with a mixed group of students, if that makes sense. I mentioned to him that I'm running the T5 tranny and a stroker motor and he said I can use it during my student term but once I get my license it must be changed. Thats nice because they want to make sure CVAR is right for you, before you change everything on your car. The Z dude is running the proper 2.4L, 11.5:1 cr, he said 40mm Mikunis but they definitely looked like 45's, he claimed tons of head work on his E88 head with lots of chamber reshaping to the extent that it pissed off the builder... He use to be stuck behind a lot of slow people because he had a 4 speed tranny however I guess he saved up his money and his engine builder "Steve" found a dude he builds Datsun transmissions to whatever gear set you need, that being a wide ratio, medium, and close ratio box. I never knew there were people that did that! Anyway, he's running a medium with a 4.11 rear end and he's scared to drive it. I was like damnit, give me your helmet and suit, I'll pretend to be you and I'll drive your car like I have a pair.

 

Really friendly dude! I visit him every time I wave flags for the club (I do it because Dad use to be in the club with his Triumphs). He invited me to go hang out with the muscle car dudes, where they proceeded to harass us with their large displacement V8 jokes which were most definitely, unfunny. However we did eat some of their BBQ and drank some of their beer which I don't think bothered them at all since they are made of cash basically. Literally, multiple Mustang gt350's and 500's, Pantera, Lola racing, etc. Its ridiculous.

 

Have some videos of the races if you actually made it down this far. By the way! CVAR is meeting up again at TWS the weekend of A&M's home game or whatever in November. We will be running old, authentic, 60's Indy Cars on the oval! Dad is trying to get all his midget racer dudes out there too but they may run into some safety problems...

 

 

 

Different Z guy, I think he did SCCA ITS too, he sure is giving this student in a porsche a run for his money.... for a couple of minutes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpYDX1y6JYw

 

Off to get a rental car while someone repaints my toys. If anyone LOCAL has a non louvered hood, drivers side fiberglass headlight bucket, and a 2400 upper grille, talk to me. No dents or rust throughs please!