Challenge ...... just checking in.....

Ours is running.

Hoping to get it out to the next autocross for testing. Or test and tune down at the drag strip.

Is challenge 1/4 or 1/8?

The summer temperatures have hit sunny Florida early. (Thanks global warming....) I assume 94 degrees in late April will translate to 120 degrees this summer? It seems every body panel of our '86 Mustang is going to need 6 or more rust holes welded up. It makes me admire NordicSaab's BMW lack of rust repair. (But he did get destroyed at concourse.) Less than 6 months to finish the car is making me think we won't get in any testing time.
:-(

1/4 mile drag.

Gathering up pieces and parts for the engine and transmission rebuild.

Have begun removing heavy parts of body. Scored a unique rear hatch

Dusterbd13 wrote: Ours is running. Hoping to get it out to the next autocross for testing. Or test and tune down at the drag strip. Is challenge 1/4 or 1/8?

1/4

Awsome. Rockingham it is.

I'm still in the "planning stage", though at some point I should probably actually start digging through everything so I know what I'm actually starting with. Oh, and I've arranged a 3 way trade for a set of wheels that I'm not even sure will fit the car. Am I doing it right?

darkbuddha wrote: I'm still in the "planning stage", though at some point I should probably actually start digging through everything so I know what I'm actually starting with. Oh, and I've arranged a 3 way trade for a set of wheels that I'm not even sure will fit the car. Am I doing it right?

No

Dusterbd13 wrote: Ours is running. Hoping to get it out to the next autocross for testing. Or test and tune down at the drag strip. Is challenge 1/4 or 1/8?

1/4 mile.

HUMP DAY BUMP DAY...

JUST CURIOUS WHAT BUILDS ARE UNDERWAY.

The B&S C4 is undergoing a plasticrectomy diet.

Can't say. I can say the challenge build is on small hiatus while I put the LS1 in the Impala. I promised myself as soon as it got warm enough I was doing that because I miss driving that monster.

Datsun (backup challenge car) is getting new torque converter and I ordered duplicate replacement parts that I found way cheaper to keep it under $2017.

Were waiting on clutch stuff. Other things can be done this weekend though.

Last couple of weeks have been stressful cause of this damned car.

The Riv is stable and drivable at this point- I'm waiting to get my garage back from SWMBO to organize it a bit and make working on things easier. Next steps will be getting the upgraded rear sway bar & bushings installed and getting some R-comps for the stock 16" wheels (currently have 17" wheels off a Buick SUV on it- they look way better than the stock ones, but don't want to have to pay for wheels if I don't have to).

I'd LIKE to get it out to the strip and the AX course to see how it does in stock form before I start on engine mods, but don't know when I'm going to get that chance.

134 Days to go.

wheels777 wrote: 134 Days to go.

Crap.

Dusterbd13 wrote:

wheels777 wrote: 134 Days to go.

Crap.

133 Days till I need to start working on a car.

In reply to Andy Neuman:

Well, we atarted ours about the same time as your parking lot build last year. Ours still don't move undef its iwn power.....

The fact that I've been working on something since February puts me ahead of where I normally am.

Stalled out after decent progress last week during vacation. Probably won't be able to have it running before the end of the month.

Mine has sat for the last few weeks- and is pretty likely to continue to do so for the next roughly month until SWMBO's show is done and I don't have a million things to do for that. Still working on getting in parts for it, but won't get to do much of anything with them except pile them up in the garage until then.

I really don't think I can keep the Rice Rod under budget without too many compromises that will affect its post-Challenge life.

What I'm saying is wow there sure are lots of 3rd gen Camaros and El Camino's for sale near me!

I found out my motor I was going to use is complete garbage and not salvageable.

This puts a BIG damper on everything. Unless people have 2.3 turbo or v8 mustang manual transmissions laying around that are usable as is....

I thought of you guys today when I was at my local metal store and saw their scrap bin.

Stampie wrote: I thought of you guys today when I was at my local metal store and saw their scrap bin.

I need that.

Mine is almost ready to put the hood and decklid back on so i can push it outside and get the Datsun inside to prep for roadkill drags in 2 weeks.

120 days

In reply to wheels777:

Nines?