Grassroots Motorsports $2007 Challenge - this weekend Gainsville FL

[SamE30e]

You can take free parts I think. Sponsors maybe?

[SamE30e]

I am the one that doesn't match. :stickoutt

You mean you're the chick? NIIICEEE I LIKEEEE lol

[e30Matt]

Holy shit, I'm on another forum with another member of your team, lemme find out what his name is.

[e30Matt]

Rich Cohen is his name.

[matt]

I know Rich. I know everyone.

It's legit. The whole was built for an honest 2k. And about 30k worth of labor. (Seriously, engineers aren't cheap.)

PS: I am the one wearing last year's shirt. :mrgreen:

[Julien]

wordddd

[ddavidv]

How do the rules work exactly. Seems hard to believe you spent less than $2007 on that whole car

This was built for $2002:


You're not allowed any sponsors. In fact, all of the 'sponsor' decals on our car were cut out of vinyl sheet by hand because we couldn't afford to buy any.
You can recoup up to half the value of the car selling stuff off of it.
It's all in the labor. We mounted the 2002 on a rotisserie and basically did a ground-up, full shell rebuild over something like 8 months. The intake manifold and pulley tensioner were made from scrap aluminum. Doing most of your shopping at swap meets and finding bargains on message boards before anyone else is also key.

[Hick]

that 2002 is badass!!! still around?

[matt]

You are allowed to have sponsors. The catch is that everything they give you has to be budgeted in at FMV, even if it's free. We had to budget about $200 for wheels and tires we didn't pay for, and about $300 for motor parts we didn't pay for.

[aaron.j]

more info and specs on the 02?

[Scott///M]

Here's our other one...

that's a lot of painters tape :shock:

[xLibelle]

what happened to the drag your car ran? i heard it was low 14's?

you might see my car again at the 2008 challenge :)

oh, and i'm a Hong driver at the kershaw 24hr lemons :D

[ddavidv]

more info and specs on the 02?

http://www.mongrelmotorsports.homestead.com

We sold it to a guy in California. I haven't heard anything about it since it left. It was also featured in an issue of Roundel a long time ago, though the article wasn't very good.

[silence]

Congrats to Matt and Carlos for coming out on the GRM Magazine this month!! You get to see a pic of the cars on 11th and 12th place!

Looks like a blast... makes me want to slap something together for the $2008 challenge :)

Or you can come help us tune our MegaSquirt!

[Erick]

I've had enough with MS this weekend alone to not want to deal with it for the next decade :p