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Great writeup! Building up an '87 for CCWS as well, good luck!Leave a comment:
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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 FlickrLeave a comment:
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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.
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We at the John Allen Special are very happy to announce our latest sponsor, our title sponsor, Technica Motorsports. Technica Motorsports specializes in BMW and Porsche service and performance work. This luxury shop provides everything from basic inspections to turbo installation and tuning for anything from a daily driver to a fully equipped racecar. Services include inspection, maintenance, OBD I and II turbo tuning, custom engine builds and performance product sales.
Jordan and Bret run a top-notch shop and support the BMW community at every chance they can, including our sponsorship. Please contact them at ( 678 ) 965-5577 or visit them at www.technicamotorsports.com for more details.Leave a comment:
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I guess so. I was also wrong about 86 being the first 4 dr. My memory is not what it used to be. :oops:Originally posted by TrentW View Post
The paint looks good guys.
DonLeave a comment:
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Awesome work so far guys. If you need an extra hand or tools, LMK.
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I love the way the car is coming together.. and the support from the Atlanta BMW community has been great, and seems to be getting better.
On a side note, we've signed our first real sponsor. The Consignment Shed specializes in used tools and auto parts, primarily BMW parts.
Check them out at www.theconsignmentshed.com!Leave a comment:
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To be fair, my painting wasn't THAT bad. It was up to Vlad's standards...Leave a comment:
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Fits right in with Hotlanta! Paint turned out decent from the pics.Leave a comment:
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Back at it prepping for and building for our first race. We have some parts in process to rebuild the front end. Deposit for first event will be handled in the next two weeks. Coming along nicely and honestly based on our schedule we are ahead of schedule! A good thing to say the least.
Our local friend who goes to school in Texas was home and he wanted to do something and that was paint. Time to mold the car to look like the original design! First we sand and clean...
John Allen Special Paint Cleaning 1 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr
John Allen Special Paint Cleaning 2 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr
John Allen Special Paint Masking 1 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr
Then time to start laying down the paint... from a can of course! Like any decent ChumpCar team... I mean F1 team would do!
John Allen Special Paint Masking 2 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr
Everyone pick their panel... and note to the team. Alex is not allowed to paint anymore with spray paint. Just hold the button down and lay it on right Alex?
Check out JAS USFail1 mechanic Josh... double canning it!
John Allen Special Paint Masking 3 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr
Starting to look like it should!
John Allen Special Black Paint 1 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr
Time for gold accents!
John Allen Special Gold Grills 1 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr
Hang the parts on trees of course!
John Allen Special Gold Paint 1 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr
John Allen Special Gold Paint 2 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr
Prepping the grills!
John Allen Special Gold Grills 2 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr
All cars need gold wheels...
John Allen Special Gold Wheels 1 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr
John Allen Special Gold Wheels 2 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr
John Allen Special Gold Wheels 3 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr
John Allen Special Gold Wheels 4 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr
Touching up the paint as best we can.
John Allen Special Hood Painting 1 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr
John Allen Special Black Paint 2 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr
John Allen Specials Black Paint 3 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr
Group shot! Missing two members... lazy bums! Wasting some paint!
John Allen Special Wasting Paint by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr
Let's check out our work!
John Allen Special Masking 4 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr
John Allen Specials Gold Grills 3 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr
And finished product... so far. Needs some stickers now to look proper! Looks like a ChumpCar to me... I mean a Formula1 car!
John Allen Special Paint Scheme 1 by MotorSportMedia - www.racemsm.com, on Flickr
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