Thread: 24 Hours of LeMons

no side glass? Chump car now?

Side glass was gone as soon as we made it a race car. We're planning on replacing with plexi-glass, that and rear windshield, for more aero.

Here's a video of my run on second day. At this point front driver's side bearing was shot so she was a bit sloppy. We were probably one of the quickest cars out there on day one. You can see some contact around the 4th minute.

What are the go-fast goodies in that one?

Go fast goodies... hmmm

Does an ebay sourced SSAC header and your compatible downpipe count as 'go fast'? I mean, the cat is gutted, there is no muffler, and it's a side exhaust, but the motor is an '01 RR stock. Yeah, it's timed at 21 degrees and there is a short 'hot' air intake mounted to an OEM maf, but it's not exactly ground breaking. The truth is, go fast goodies are really in weight reductions and the suspension. The front sits on $30 Sensen struts and Road Magnets, with no struts bar and a stock sway bar. We could even downgrade to a thinner sway the base and SE models used, would probably work better. The big stuff is in the rear. Bent beam, Stillen sway bar (thickest and rarest you can find), strut bar, Tein SS adjustable struts with coilovers. That's where this car is fun, it actually loves to turn. I have to give @Chris101 lots of credit, she's given me some good advice and recommendations. Always pays to listen to those with experience. At Watkins Glen we constantly outran a VE powered B13. At Thompson we had several drivers come up and ask us what motor we were running or if we had a turbo. Nope. It's all in the setup. The better you turn the more speed you'll carry through the apex, the more speed you carry the faster you'll exist the corners and of course the faster you'll go in a straight line.

Here's a shot of the side exhaust and the rear suspension in action:

I like the air splitter in the front, I'm assuming that was a custom fabrication? Any other pics showing that in more detail?

I'm getting my B13 ready for its first LeMons race in November, roll cage going in two weekends from now, working on the suspension this week. I'd like to do a splitter, but I'm not sure if I'm going to have enough time to fab something up for this race.

Lookin' good! Stay well out there and keep on passing!

We have a guy who majored in aerodynamics, so he's the one who put it together. Believer it or not, this is all made from plywood, less of a hit points wise for Chump. The lip is so massive we had to back the car onto the trailer, it's the only way we would clear the ramps.

Haha wow awesome.

A bit larger than it looked originally, very nice! Those rods that connect to it, are they just supporting the weight? I always assumed that similar rods on other splitters may actually have been to keep the splitter from trying to lift up. I'm trying to wrap my head around what forces are actually at play on a splitter like that.

I'm digging the new look and paint. Good job OP