T-hill ‘09

I’ll post something about it in the future… maybe winter break. Until then… laters!

Day 4

Well a lot has happened between now and then, and well I’m not doing such a good of a job keeping up this blog. It helps to have an already running car, so lately we’ve been taking things slow and doing some artsy stuff. For those who don’t know, our theme this year is Space-Pirates!

You can watch our video application here: http://fatemobile.com/

The car was towed to another member’s house where it would receive it’s redecoration job, as well as a few other minor tweaks to make it pass tech (new door bars). So here’s what happened…

New crank pulley (our old one was wobbling like mad):

A bit of this:

And you get this:

Eyesore? mmmm, yeah maybe a bit. But it sure draws your attention. The interior was later painted silver to help give it a more space-ship-like appearance. The outside though… it looks like gobstoppers candy meet circus tent. More awesomeness to come, later.

Day 3

Sorry no pictures this time, but these work meetings are getting less and less exciting when it comes to content. The Z-car got yet another oil change and the ticking fully went away, but not the back fire (oh well!). The rear driver side caliper was replaced with a less rusty unit that looked like it was rebuilt by an idiot. The piston was rusted beyond belief and the dust boot was the wrong size and was forced on (the rubber was all deformed from being smashed on). I struggled with the silly caliper and in the end resorted to using a big C-clamp to smash it all together so we could re-attach it. I also ripped off the stupid dust boot, not that it matters since the piston is ruined anyways. At least now the brake doesn’t drag.

The old brake caliper is going to be rebuilt, and this time by us, not some dolt.

The trailer received the most work, it is now fully welded, sort of. The deck is welded in place and we primered it all. Actually that doesn’t sound like a lot of work, but it did take hours to complete the tasks.

More in store later, of course.

Day 2

Didn’t really do much. It was hot, not a lot of people came. We replaced the front springs, replaced the distributor cap, and fixed the timing. Not too much left that’s troubling this car… pretty good so far!

Day 0 and Day 1

Well, posts sure do fall behind when you don’t have too much of an incentive to keep posting. Anyways, to start it all off here’s a double post unexciting starting the 2009 season for Project-Fate Lemon’s Racing. First, we had our car appraised by Chief Jay Lamm and he gave us a very generous worth of $200. With that set in stone, we no longer have any need to try and sell off the random bits off our z-car, so in the trash it went. Also for amusement we stepped on the A/C condenser… It was a lot more entertaining in real life than in the pictures.