GRM Update, pics + story for Busted Knuckle Racing

[brianm at earendel.org (Brian McGarvey)]

Yes were goign to leave it in tact. You'll prolly get 7" springs of your 
choice in # so we can actually corner balance the car and get you som more 
oversteer. To counteract the Phantom grip's tendency to make it understeer 
a bit, (but still get power in long sweeper corners instead of spinning 
the inside tire).

Yes were planning on tuning it. -- WBO2 + Master tuner Dan Bubb whoops he 
doesnt know that yet :-)
And we're going to campain it in some SCCA events this summer. 
and tune if for the drags too.

wheels: anybody got any 13x8 or 13x9 s they want to part with cheap?
sorry Neal, Brett want to take it to track days we need the 10.1's in the 
front. :-(

Tires: hey auto-x 'rs We'll be needing some castoff hoosiers. :-)

Tires: hey drag racers.. wanna help us out with some slicks?

Brian



 On Sun, 11 Apr 2004, Neal Tovsen wrote:

> I whole-heartedly second the statements made by Eric...and Jim! :)
> 
> That car is already something to be very proud of, and it has the
> potential to be truly AWESOME. Now, if we can just get Brian to mostly
> leave it intact for the next 12 months and TUNE it (instead of building
> another one from scratch), I'm confident they'll finish in the top-15.
> 
> Seriously, look at it: The car should be capable of low 13's at
> least...if not high 12's with nitrous. That'd put it near the top-10 in
> the 1/4.
> 
> And it already handled pretty darn well. With a good alignment, a bit of
> engine tuning, and maybe some different tires, it has real potential to
> be in the top-five there. Heck, it was already 13th as-is! And that was
> a run where I drove OK but the car bogged...unfortunately I pooched the
> run where the car ran best.
> 
> No kidding. It's got all the right parts. It just needs SORTING.
> 
> And you guys should have seen all the people standing over that engine
> bay once we started posting some good times in the autocross. Suddenly,
> **everybody** was wondering what was under the hood. There was some
> fantastic grassroots-style *chassis* engineering at the event, but IMHO
> that *engine* setup was the most innovative there. Most everybody else
> was doing carburated V8 swaps...not exactly special. One of the best
> representations of true grassroots race engineering.
> 
> Mega-thanks to Brian and Brett for letting me drive the beast. That was
> some of the most fun I've had in a while.
> 
> Neal
> (the arm waving from out the car in the pics!)
> ...out of lurk mode
> 
> > Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 09:48:55 -0600 (MDT)
> > From: "Eric S" <scirocco@vintagewatercooleds.com>
> > Subject: Re: GRM Update, pics + story for Busted Knuckle Racing
> > 
> > The fact you guys did it is amazing!  Congrats on the runs and the
> > placing...it was seriously down to the wire again this year, but you
> > actually made it...be proud!
> 
> > 
> > Brett VanSprewenburg said:
> > >
> > > The pictures and movies are all up at:
> > >
> > > http://cyco.ataxxia.com/BustedKnuckleRacing
> 
> 
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