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post Jun 25, 2017 - 11:06 PM
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slavie

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Hey ya'all!

A series of questionable decisions have led me to getting accepted to my first LeMons race coming up at Thompson, CT in August. Not much time left, lots to do.
If anybody is seriously interested, I'm still looking for the 4th driver. Hit me up.

The car came from 6gc community - I picked up Rymaster's 96 GT (his FS thread)
Car has an issue with the gearbox - makes really funny noises. I suspect something off with the diff. Drivetrain is already out of the car, gearbox separated, waiting for me to get wrenching on.

Cage installation is lined up for a week from now.
Need to completely redo the brakes - rebuild rears, replace fronts with dual-piston calipers, new rotors and pads.
Replace wheel bearings as a precaution.
Figure out what tires I'll use.
Finally, all the safety bs - kill switch is a must, and I'd like to plumb fire extinguisher and cool suit in if funds and time allows. If not, hand held extinguisher and sweaty balls will have to do.
Tons more crap I'm sure will come up.

Interior is getting completely gutted, so feel free to inquire if you need parts (I'll be posting a FS thread, will put the link in here). Any money I make back on selling parts I can use towards "performance mods", and I'm looking to get some decent lowering springs (no thanks to noname crap). If you have a set of such springs collecting dust - talk to me.

If you've done LeMons before and have suggestions, fire away.
 
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post Aug 13, 2017 - 1:00 PM
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QUOTE (djgeo05 @ Aug 12, 2017 - 3:44 AM) *
Good Luck with it all! I hope to hear more from this thread as I am auto crossing for the first time in my celi in a week as well. Completely different scale but just as excited.


Where do you live? Central FL is pretty active with AX.

QUOTE (ClevelandGaint @ Aug 12, 2017 - 8:00 PM) *
awesome!!! let us know all the weird rules they have


Autocross is fairly lax as long as you pass a short tech inspection- steering wheel play, brake pedal firmness, tire condition, underhood tidiness, and no loose items (including DS floormat) in the car. Bring or borrow a helmet and go racing. Now if the car is too far from stock it gets more complicated, but someone at the event will always know classification.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Aug 13, 2017 - 1:03 PM


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Posts in this topic
- slavie   Going LeMons racing in a 6GC!   Jun 25, 2017 - 11:06 PM
- - narly_charley   I've always wanted to try it, but it's pre...   Jun 26, 2017 - 9:50 AM
- - slavie   Oh, there's nothing cheap about racing on a ra...   Jun 26, 2017 - 3:07 PM
- - narly_charley   Oh trust me, I grew up around motorsports... My da...   Jun 26, 2017 - 3:34 PM
- - slavie   Well, she's ready for that roll cage. All inte...   Jul 5, 2017 - 10:08 PM
- - richee3   You may want to get in tough with Mike (qatar11.) ...   Jul 5, 2017 - 10:32 PM
|- - slavie   ...And the cage is in! Had Chris Howard up in...   Jul 22, 2017 - 9:56 AM
- - ClevelandGaint   This is awesome! Been debating on doing this w...   Jul 26, 2017 - 1:37 PM
- - slavie   Building a race car in a little over a month is a ...   Aug 2, 2017 - 6:51 PM
- - slavie   Very productive day: installed rod bearings and ca...   Aug 5, 2017 - 9:19 PM
- - Bitter   Just put a snowmobile power train in it. https://...   Aug 5, 2017 - 10:37 PM
- - djgeo05   Good Luck with it all! I hope to hear more fro...   Aug 12, 2017 - 2:44 AM
- - ClevelandGaint   awesome!!! let us know all the weird r...   Aug 12, 2017 - 7:00 PM
- - SwissFerdi   QUOTE (djgeo05 @ Aug 12, 2017 - 3:44...   Aug 13, 2017 - 1:00 PM
- - slavie   Alright, got back home last night. The build ran i...   Aug 14, 2017 - 10:34 AM
- - richee3   Sounds like you guys had an awesome time! It s...   Aug 14, 2017 - 11:29 AM
- - SwissFerdi   Lot of work, commitment, follow-through. Good stuf...   Aug 16, 2017 - 1:42 PM
- - Tobz   Hello from Australia! Me and a group of mates...   Nov 12, 2017 - 6:01 AM
|- - slavie   QUOTE (Tobz @ Nov 12, 2017 - 7:01 AM...   Nov 13, 2017 - 11:15 AM
- - Tobz   Cheers Slavie! Yer defo not doing nay engine ...   Nov 15, 2017 - 1:36 AM
- - slavie   No problem. Another thing that I did not do that ...   Nov 16, 2017 - 11:35 AM
- - Tobz   Quick question, what oil are you going to run race...   Nov 26, 2017 - 6:05 AM
|- - slavie   I ran stock 10W-30. Once I install the oil temp/pr...   Nov 27, 2017 - 3:17 PM
- - slavie   LeMons Celica lives on! Dusted her off a bit ...   Apr 15, 2019 - 5:32 PM
- - navseal345   Looks like some fun.   Apr 15, 2019 - 8:11 PM
- - Tigawoods   thats my neck of the woods! If you go out next...   Apr 23, 2019 - 9:58 PM
- - slavie   Threw a video of one lap up on YouTube. Not the fa...   May 10, 2019 - 11:28 PM
- - Bitter   That's a really cool video man, what software/...   May 11, 2019 - 2:53 PM
|- - slavie   QUOTE (Bitter @ May 11, 2019 - 2:53 ...   May 13, 2019 - 8:45 AM
- - slavie   UPDATE! The Celica has endured through it...   Oct 14, 2019 - 2:33 PM
- - slavie   Welp, who wants an update? Celica is ready for act...   Jul 16, 2020 - 6:39 PM
- - bloodMoney   You're probably better off for it too... Doesn...   Jul 22, 2020 - 6:48 AM
- - slavie   The LeMons Celica finished a LeMons race!...   Aug 14, 2020 - 11:07 AM
- - Bitter   For the overheating rear brakes you might need to ...   Aug 14, 2020 - 6:30 PM
|- - slavie   QUOTE (Bitter @ Aug 14, 2020 - 7:30 ...   Aug 14, 2020 - 10:39 PM
- - Bitter   Can you not install a single channel prop valve on...   Aug 14, 2020 - 11:42 PM
- - Tigawoods   for the rear I would just take some aluminum sheet...   Aug 16, 2020 - 12:05 PM
- - Rymaster   I had pretty much forgotten about this car but it ...   Jan 4, 2021 - 5:41 AM


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