Patrick said:Not scared, just having too-many-projects-itis. Say hi to babushka for me.
I have something for you.
So does babushka. Giggity.
Patrick said:Not scared, just having too-many-projects-itis. Say hi to babushka for me.
I have something for you.
So does babushka. Giggity.
Moar recoup. Both horns, ashtray with lighter element, and gauge cluster.
This brings recoup total to $160 so far. I have “craigslist commitment” for the Corsa cat-back at $450 later today. We agreed on $500 but I noticed the RH muffler is a little bashed up, so I sent the buyer some pix and offered $50 off.
Goodbye exhaust, hello foe fiddy!
recoup total currently $610
Patrick said:Not scared, just having too-many-projects-itis. Say hi to babushka for me.
I have something for you.
i forgot to ask, whaddya got for me? I hope it's not another bag of dicks. :-(
You need to start welding things. All this selling not nearly exciting enough.
What he said...^
He tore E36 M3 up Saturday! I was there and we have proof.
In reply to wawazat :
Well? We're all waiting.
Proof!
Dammit, we demand PROOF!!!!!!
in reply to winnebago and duster, proof is in this thread here:
does everyone remember when whiskey_business was selling new-in-box turbos for wicked cheap, like $100 each? well, as we were relocating the pile of hacked-up chassis tubes to behind the garage, he says to me "you really should take a couple of turbos with you. as long as i'm cleaning up, i might as well get rid of them."
they're not specifically earmarked for MonZora, so for now they're just sitting on the shelf as i ponder the budget options of $100 each vs traded for 4 hours of minimum wage labor vs free because they came with the chassis scraps. 
Quad turbo.
And send one on for the spirit. You've now seen the level of hackery i commit in person by the way.....
So when I see people saying that first time challenge participants don't really have a shot at winning, and I think to myself "that sounds pretty condescending and I'll show them..." and then I see this level of awesomeness and I kind of think "yeah, maybe I should just sit back and watch because I can't beat that..."
Party on.
In reply to barefootskater :
Top 5 is a nuclear arms race of broke fabricators. I cant play there. However, getting into the top 20 can be done by anyone. In damn near anything that runs good and steers and stops.
Dont let the insane E36 M3 run you off. Thats why im a full gastropod supporter.
In reply to Dusterbd13-michael :
Hey, i’m doing my best to be a not broke fabricator now. Also, GA tech bmw is winning this year, book it.
angry, i just have some reading material for you, and we’ll drop it off next time we go visit carli’s grandpa.
In reply to Dusterbd13-michael :
Oh I'm not scared off, and we'll be there 2020. But I missed some of the crazier stuff before I found this place, like the justang and your spirit. Now I get to watch the insanity as it happens. Mucho gusto.
In reply to barefootskater :
Ah! Gotcha. Read that original post much differently. The spirit was nuts. The monzora is nuts. The wartburg is nuts.
See you in 2020! And come to the 19 party. There will be chips.
In reply to Patrick :
I aspire to be as balanced as you are about this stuff. And a genuinely mean that.
Dusterbd13-michael said:In reply to barefootskater :
Top 5 is a nuclear arms race of broke fabricators. I cant play there.
Interesting. I resemble that remark. LOL
I'd love to do a challenge car, logistics make it untenable for me though.
In reply to AngryCorvair :
Dusterbd13-michael said:In reply to barefootskater :
Top 5 is a nuclear arms race of broke fabricators. I cant play there. However, getting into the top 20 can be done by anyone. In damn near anything that runs good and steers and stops.
Dont let the insane E36 M3 run you off. Thats why im a full gastropod supporter.
The spirit will be top 5 this year if I have any say in the matter. Ian and I have some ideas
In terms of gastropod I agree. Most crazy builds never show up. Most modest builds with the right focus do well.
Maybe Kelly will be cool with postponing the June wedding until next year so I can spend more money... err time... in the garage 
Dusterbd13-michael said:In reply to barefootskater :
However, getting into the top 20 can be done by anyone. In damn near anything that runs good and steers and stops.
Truth. I think I was only 1 or 2 spots back in a C4 that dynoed 150rwhp a couple weeks before the Challenge, was on the original shocks from 1985, and kept blowing out the front seal.
In reply to Dusterbd13-michael :
Yes we did! It was glorious.
In reply to Dusterbd13-michael :
No quad turbos for me. But since I have to re-gasket the engine *anyway*, there’s no additional labor to install larger injectors. And since I have to build an exhaust *anyway*, there’s no additional labor to make two turbos part of it. This is not scope creep. I repeat, this is not scope creep.
wawazat said:In reply to Dusterbd13-michael :
Yes we did! It was glorious.
Agree 100%. That car is outrageous!
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