Chump Car - John Allen Special USFail1 Race Team Build

[dinanm3atl]

So exciting!

[Nygdup]

Work been getting done this week!

Our sponsors, Technica Motorsports and The Consignment Shed, collaborated this week and got us a new center support bearing and lower control arm bushings purchased and pressed.

Saturday we're going to have our busiest work day to date. Full suspension overhaul is the plan, so expect plenty of pretty pictures provided by MotorSportMedia sometime this weekend.

Also, hoping to announce yet ANOTHER sponsor in the next few days. We're just trying to make sure everyone is on the same page before announcing them.

-Rich

[dinanm3atl]

Yah! So much progress!

[dinanm3atl]

Our 3rd true build date on the John Allen Special was today. A full house including all drivers, volunteers and special guests! Unfortunately due to one driver making final prep on his shop's 24 Hour of Daytona car we were down 1 person but we made due!


For ChumpCar we cannot do much and stay in the budget. Make safety and maintenance items are open to fix/repair/replace to make the car able to make it through a 24 Hour race and this is what we tackled today for the suspension. We had our sponsors Technica Motorsports and Consignment Shed setup our driveshaft with new parts and get it back together. We then pooled funding from the team to get the suspension. Missing a few parts that we ordered a little late so we'll finish up in a few weeks.


What we started with... who has seen fresh out of the box E30 replacement shocks that were not a performance version? lulz


John Allen Special Chump Car BMW E30 Technica Motorsports 001 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr


First myself and Rich tackled the rear end. You will see we did install some sport springs that none of us wanted on our own E30s. So we'll run them. Not very stiff and barely lower the car but I guess every little bit helps.



John Allen Special Chump Car BMW E30 Technica Motorsports 002 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr



John Allen Special Chump Car BMW E30 Technica Motorsports 003 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr



John Allen Special Chump Car BMW E30 Technica Motorsports 004 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr


Next Thomas, Rich, Chris and Trevor got to work on the front. Since we still need top mounts(more details on that in a second) we just took it all apart first. You'll see that we had to grind out one of the studs... someone has been in here and REALLY stripped out the stud. The torque on these is not very much guys... lulz



John Allen Special Chump Car BMW E30 Technica Motorsports 005 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr



John Allen Special Chump Car BMW E30 Technica Motorsports 006 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr



John Allen Special Chump Car BMW E30 Technica Motorsports 007 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr



John Allen Special Chump Car BMW E30 Technica Motorsports 008 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr



John Allen Special Chump Car BMW E30 Technica Motorsports 009 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr



John Allen Special Chump Car BMW E30 Technica Motorsports 010 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr


let's put this back together!



John Allen Special Chump Car BMW E30 Technica Motorsports 011 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr



John Allen Special Chump Car BMW E30 Technica Motorsports 012 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr


We sourced quite a few bumpers(still hunting for more) and decided to start painting. No paint boots or anything here. Just place them in a tree and bust out the spray paint!

Oh and Josh showed up... rolling in like a bauss in his Technica T-Shirt!



John Allen Special Chump Car BMW E30 Technica Motorsports 013 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr



John Allen Special Chump Car BMW E30 Technica Motorsports 015 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr


Come at me bro...



John Allen Special Chump Car BMW E30 Technica Motorsports 014 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr


Back to work. Get the rest of the front end installed to the point we could. Get bumpers mounted. Everyone jumped on the car at this point to tackle all at once. Removed the dashboard as well which was a fun process.



John Allen Special Chump Car BMW E30 Technica Motorsports 021 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr



John Allen Special Chump Car BMW E30 Technica Motorsports 022 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr



John Allen Special Chump Car BMW E30 Technica Motorsports 023 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr


All nice and fresh!



John Allen Special Chump Car BMW E30 Technica Motorsports 024 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr


Exciting here as we have our friend and MashUp Designworks stickerman show up! He is going to wake up the John Allen Special... He also came with some goodies! Check out the teasers!



John Allen Special Chump Car BMW E30 Technica Motorsports 016 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr



John Allen Special Chump Car BMW E30 Technica Motorsports 017 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr



John Allen Special Chump Car BMW E30 Technica Motorsports 018 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr



John Allen Special Chump Car BMW E30 Technica Motorsports 019 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr



John Allen Special Chump Car BMW E30 Technica Motorsports 020 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr


The crew we had today. Unfortunately all the 'extra' cars blocked all the E30s. From our experience with E30s I think we can make this thing last for 24 Hours!



John Allen Special Chump Car BMW E30 Technica Motorsports 025 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr

[imprttuner88]

Great writeup! Building up an '87 for CCWS as well, good luck!

[dinanm3atl]

Nice! What events are you going to be running?

[dinanm3atl]

We were back at it. We are working to get the car ready for a shakedown at a BMWCCA HPDE event. One of our drivers will be piloting it and I hope to be able to get it out for a single session. We'll see how that will work out. The car is coming along nicely and did get it back on the ground. Just need some livery and wings and we'll be set. Looking VERY good IMO.

Huge thanks to Technica Motorsports and the Consignment Shed as they assisted again getting this setup. We also would like to welcome Motorsports Hardware on board. You'll see their studs a little bit later in the thread. We did not fully install as wheel bearings will be installed first.


Enjoy!



Goodies coming in!


John Allen Special Build Day 4 Technica Motorsports 01 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr



John Allen Special Build Day 4 Technica Motorsports 02 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr


Test Fit...



John Allen Special Build Day 4 Technica Motorsports 05 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr


Time to get the front end together...



John Allen Special Build Day 4 Technica Motorsports 03 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr



John Allen Special Build Day 4 Technica Motorsports 04 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr



John Allen Special Build Day 4 Technica Motorsports 06 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr



John Allen Special Build Day 4 Technica Motorsports 08 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr


Shifter parts installed and fitted. Driveshaft back in. Exhaust re-installed.



John Allen Special Build Day 4 Technica Motorsports 07 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr



John Allen Special Build Day 4 Technica Motorsports 13 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr



John Allen Special Build Day 4 Technica Motorsports 09 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr


Wheel Studs and install. Cleaned up the brakes to get it back on the ground(will be all replaced)



John Allen Special Build Day 4 Technica Motorsports 10 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr



John Allen Special Build Day 4 Technica Motorsports 11 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr



John Allen Special Build Day 4 Technica Motorsports 12 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr


Then when trying to re-fire the car we decided to really spend a little time to figure out why the car has trouble firing. Then once fired it runs terrible until it warms up. So we get out the multi meter and figure out what the issue is. Plenty of fuel smell and realize we have no spark. Have voltage to the oil and coming out of the coil. So let's check on the cap/rotor... Oh dear. This doesn't look too good... haha



John Allen Special Build Day 4 Technica Motorsports 14 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr



John Allen Special Build Day 4 Technica Motorsports 15 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr


So those parts are on order. Brakes on order. Livery in process. Looks pretty good just sitting there... you can see the beast wants to run!



John Allen Special Build Day 4 Technica Motorsports 16 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr



John Allen Special Build Day 4 Technica Motorsports 17 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr



John Allen Special Build Day 4 Technica Motorsports 18 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr


We'll be back soon! Comments and critique... fire away. Follow along on facebook as well!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/John-Allen-Special-USFail1-ChumpCar-Team/301938023172698

[Nygdup]

Got to admit.. surprised we aren't getting much love from this build thread.

[dinanm3atl]

It's a big bumper... so it is shunned. AND it's an ETA. Double shun.

[kts]

I have been enjoying the build and all the great photos. Just didn't want to clutter up the thread with a "COOL BUILD!" post when I really didn't have much else to add.

I guess maybe I should have. So...


COOL BUILD!


And keep up with the posting/photos/etc since I am very much enjoying it. Even if it is a diving board ETA. ;)

[Nygdup]

For once, cluttering up a thread is a welcomed site. We have sponsors (Technica Motorsports, The Consignment Shed, Motorsports Hardware, Mashedup Graphics, MotorsportMedia) that all want to see how well we are being followed. It means a lot to them when we can say that our build thread on r3v is now on its 4th page, has god knows how many views, etc.

[Lof8]

Great job fellas. What events are you planning to run? Sorry if its been answered.

[Nygdup]

ALSO...

It appears that Halston forgot to annouce Motorsport Hardware as our newest sponsor. You guys might know them ;)

Ryan, thanks again for coming aboard and offering us the support you have shown.

[Nygdup]

Great job fellas. What events are you planning to run? Sorry if its been answered.

VIR in August
Memphis in October
Road Atlanta in December

... on top of that, we also are running a BMW CCA HPDE in March, probably 20 some odd autocross events, and our own private track day. The car is going to be one busy ETA.

[2mAn]

needs more gold! instead of shadowline, paint that shit gold!!