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OKAY MCA, WE NEED TO GET A RACE TEAM TOGETHER!
« on: April 16, 2007, 04:24:05 PM »
Attention fellow MCAers, I have found an event that could be tons of fun and right in our collective wheel houses.  I am 100% comitted to making this work and I think we can make a good effort to get competitive.

Nasty. Brutish. Not Short Enough.
The crowd. The spectacle. The pall of blue smoke and roasted clutch discs. In all motorsport, no event captures the universal human need to whale on old crapcans and hoover down greasy barbecue like the 24 Hours of LeMons.

Each LeMons race is for cars purchased, fixed up, and track-prepped for a total of 500 dollars or less. But before reaching the grid, you'll have to survive trials like the Personal-Injury-Lawyer Anti-Slalom, the Marxist-Valet Parking Challenge, and the Wide Open Throttle Rodthrowapalooza. Twelve hours into the race, the car voted People

More details at: http://www.24hoursoflemons.com/
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Re: OKAY MCA, WE NEED TO GET A RACE TEAM TOGETHER!
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2007, 04:29:08 PM »
I'm down! I'm sure Castle and I could come up with something good. My step dad used to do smash-em up derby type stuff like this at the Mt Clemens race track back in the day. Enduro races and such. We always had a good team!
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Re: OKAY MCA, WE NEED TO GET A RACE TEAM TOGETHER!
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2007, 05:03:01 PM »
That looks awsome!
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Re: OKAY MCA, WE NEED TO GET A RACE TEAM TOGETHER!
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2007, 05:07:55 PM »
Looks like fun to me!
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Re: OKAY MCA, WE NEED TO GET A RACE TEAM TOGETHER!
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2007, 05:25:40 PM »
Rishi that is an awesome idea! I'm in for some $$$ and driving time :)
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Re: OKAY MCA, WE NEED TO GET A RACE TEAM TOGETHER!
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2007, 05:50:48 PM »
wow that is really cool!  Good find Rishi
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Re: OKAY MCA, WE NEED TO GET A RACE TEAM TOGETHER!
« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2007, 07:39:11 PM »
My friend and I have been scouring craigslist for the last couple weeks looking for good candidates.  There was a '77 Mercedes Diesel for $600.  Think you could talk $100 off the price if it's still available?  There was a $500 Karman Ghia, but it's gone.  I saw a really sweet old wood paneled wagon that looked like it was in really good condition for $500.  With a bare minimum of 4 people, I think you'd still be looking at >$2000 to buy a car, get the safety equipment, registration $, and get racing licenses for everyone.
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Re: OKAY MCA, WE NEED TO GET A RACE TEAM TOGETHER!
« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2007, 10:28:56 PM »
I know where a 84 280sel is sitting.. runs and drives $500... too bad its a grey market car
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Re: OKAY MCA, WE NEED TO GET A RACE TEAM TOGETHER!
« Reply #8 on: April 17, 2007, 09:32:55 AM »
David, would you and your friend be willing to join the MCA team?  We need to put a team together and we should have plenty of time.  We should find the lightest car possible for this.  A real old CRX would be ideal!
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Re: OKAY MCA, WE NEED TO GET A RACE TEAM TOGETHER!
« Reply #9 on: April 17, 2007, 09:58:44 AM »
OK folks...think I found a donor car.....!  My guess is the distributor is shot (common problem cheap fix).

http://detroit.craigslist.org/car/310049333.html
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Re: OKAY MCA, WE NEED TO GET A RACE TEAM TOGETHER!
« Reply #10 on: April 17, 2007, 10:37:54 AM »
I spent way too much time reading the team comments and links from that site.

Anyway here's my 2c.

1 CRX

Both CRX's were out early in the race - reason: The body is so small and lightweight that any contact with other vehicles caused mechanical damage.  The cars that lasted the longest were heavier cars overall

2 Short tight Track

Car cannot be FWD with Turbo.   The SAAB lasted a long time but couldn't handle boosted cornering and eventually took itself out on a turn.

3. Engine Durability

The Engine cannot run on coolant - water only.  You have to bring your own fuel.
The Merc diesel that ran won the 'spirit of the competition'

My reccomendation would be a car that can withstand some contact at the track with a simple four banger.
There will be faster cars there, but all repairs have to done during the race, you can bring a donor car.

I would look for a 240 volvo, there were a couple of Turbo's produced.

Why?

Very strong body to withstand contact at the track (may reduce the necessity for a complete roll cage)
Very simple four cylinder motor
Rear wheel Drive
Very simple suspension geometry
Should be cheap.
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Re: OKAY MCA, WE NEED TO GET A RACE TEAM TOGETHER!
« Reply #11 on: April 17, 2007, 11:01:22 AM »
Sam for team captain..!  Lets get this thing going.  There is also a rabbit diesel in flint for sale as well.

http://detroit.craigslist.org/car/312913834.html
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Re: OKAY MCA, WE NEED TO GET A RACE TEAM TOGETHER!
« Reply #12 on: April 17, 2007, 11:05:33 AM »
Looks like a good candidate, there was a team that came in with a bunch of Audi's as support vehicles that ran a TDI.
A golf did come in second.

- Looks like fun, but it is out in California isn't it?
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Re: OKAY MCA, WE NEED TO GET A RACE TEAM TOGETHER!
« Reply #13 on: April 17, 2007, 11:12:25 AM »
Quote from: ChiMaster on April 17, 2007, 11:05:33 AM
Looks like a good candidate, there was a team that came in with a bunch of Audi's as support vehicles that ran a TDI.
A golf did come in second.

- Looks like fun, but it is out in California isn't it?

Flat Rock, Michigan chief!
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Re: OKAY MCA, WE NEED TO GET A RACE TEAM TOGETHER!
« Reply #14 on: April 17, 2007, 11:29:30 AM »
Damn - That changes everything : )

It's an oval track, less chance for collisions, faster speeds possible -
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