Chump Car - John Allen Special USFail1 Race Team Build

[dinanm3atl]

Sure. We can use help with pit stops. Friday is no big deal but Sat/Sun we race and having dedicated fueler/fire bottle guy is really nice. Shoot me a PM.

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Some Sebring pics



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[dinanm3atl]

Prepping for AMP. We are putting together two motors. New brakes, tires, and other parts. Just doing a full prep since it's a local race and 2-day event... we need extra spares and parts.

And we found what happened to our bearing at Sebring(last photo)...



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We have Petit Le Mans this weekend. Sunday is another work day. More photos and hopefully car is ready and prepped to roll out!

[Nygdup]

Man... I'm getting not only fat, but old. Look at all that gray in my beard now.

[dinanm3atl]

Back at it again. Motor is waiting to get all hooked up and run. We ran into some issues with the oil pan(small crack and it didn't want to seat correctly). Wasted a lot of time during the day. Can't wait to race in 2 weeks! We have some fill-in drivers that should make it a fun weekend!



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[Nygdup]

I picked up my phone for 30 seconds to confirm torque specs... must've been the only 30 seconds you took photos.

[silence]

Careful with that gasket, Victor-Reintz headgaskets have leaked coolant on me... they don't seal well.

[dinanm3atl]

We know. Our last motor had one and was fine for two 14hr races. In this environment we rebuild motors faster thqn we have HG issues.

[silence]

Ok cool :)

[dinanm3atl]

Happy to announce some big happenings! For Atlanta Motorsports Park the team will be welcoming Tyler Cooke from BimmerWorld Racing, Joey Atterbury from Roush Racing and Jassi Nace of Fast-Lane Talent.

Lots of fun times ahead! Running Saturday with two pros, myself and Blake. Sunday the other 4 drivers will tackle the track!

Final work day with some fill-ins that were mostly just supervising...



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Redid oil cooling routing to fix issues with front splitter.



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More supervising from Jessi.


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AMP has a VERY strict 92db limit. So we put in an extra muffler. Fun times as Chris has never welded. So let him weld on some of the basic items. Tacked on our extra hanger. He had too much fun.



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We are rolling again!



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[Nygdup]

Having extra hands around the shop yesterday sure did make things go smoothly!

[E30stan]

awesome project thread!!

[dinanm3atl]

Thanks :)

Race is less than a week away.

[JCarp90]

Lmao. I love this thread. Good luck!

[dinanm3atl]

P7 today on the first 7-hour race! Tomorrow we run again. That is our best finish ever! And the last 3 hours was done on 5 cylinders as we lost a rocker and decided to just run. Worked out well. With full power we would have easily made P5. Maybe even 4th.

[dinanm3atl]

So we arrived at Atlanta Motorsports park with 8 drivers. One from BimmerWorld, One from Roush and one with zero experience... plus our 5 drivers. Split race weekend into a Saturday 7Hour and a Sunday 7Hour.

Saturday we raced and finsihed 7th. Was great day. Blake broke a rocker arm again and we finished last 2 hours on 5 cylinders. Unfortunate as Joey Atterbury could have finished in P5 instead of P7 but without the power it sucked.

We fixed the Rocker Arm and proceeded to Day 2.

Tyler Cooke Race Start:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYw0_Kn7APc

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DAY TWO

Jessi would start. And unfortunately someone tapped her under power. Spun. Got clipped. Then got clobbered. First body damage on the John Allen Special:

Jessi Wreck:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4AFphotOhc

We brought it in and worked on it for about an hour. Eventually got it back out and climbed back to P25 for the finish. We are not sure what we are going to do but are going to work on racing funds to get the car fixed up and back out there next year!



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And a final fun video after the hit and some transmission leak...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTGetrpJ1pE