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Believe me the thought has crossed my mind as well! Years ago, I took the car to an Audi ice-driving school in Hutisford, and also tried the ice-autocross the SCCA used to hold at the Mile. Both days were a lot of fun. RWD with a good set of snow tires. Having two race cars though is a no-go for me unfortunately.

Must ignore the overwhelming urge to purchase this for an ice racer 

Project car for sale/parts time. I’ll post with details in a few days. 

Update: looks like hit also weakened the front subframe.  The potholes in downtown MKE yesterday were enough to finish the job.  On the way home car started making unhappy noises, including the fan rubbing on the fan shroud. Turns out the front subframe is cracked and the passenger-side motor mount is now sitting on the steering rack. I think we are done.  😞

Not a bad price for a cool Roundie 2002!

Im a weirdo and really want these LOL

 
 

Dells autox went well, 2 day event. Gf and I codrove the car both days. I took 1st/4 in XSB (7/84 raw) and she took 2nd/4 (14/84 raw) in XSB on day 1. Day 2 I took 1st/5 in XSB (5/92 raw) and she took 2nd/5 in XSB (15/92 raw). The 3 year old RT was in the rear and held its own too ha. 
 
the lot was extremely bumpy so it was 2 days worth of lockups with no abs, adjusted the bias as much as I felt comfortable with, but just took it as an opportunity to get better at not blowing the fronts off over the large cracks/bumps
^the finish on day 1s course was sketchy, in 3rd gear across the line and trying to stop after basically a straight, before the parking lot ended
here are the layouts
And an outside shot because Intake noise is great 
Pretty much 1 event left before Halloween, night time autox at golden sands. Usually end up taking the beater Miata to that one 

Dells autox went well, 2 day event. Gf and I codrove the car both days. I took 1st/4 in XSB (7/84 raw) and she took 2nd/4 (14/84 raw) in XSB on day 1. Day 2 I took 1st/5 in XSB (5/92 raw) and she took 2nd/5 in XSB (15/92 raw). The 3 year old RT was in the rear and held its own too ha. 
 
the lot was extremely bumpy so it was 2 days worth of lockups with no abs, adjusted the bias as much as I felt comfortable with, but just took it as an opportunity to get better at not blowing the fronts off over the large cracks/bumps
^the finish on day 1s course was sketchy, in 3rd gear across the line and trying to stop after basically a straight, before the parking lot ended
here are the layouts
And an outside shot because Intake noise is great 
Pretty much 1 event left before Halloween, night time autox at golden sands. Usually end up taking the beater Miata to that one 

Forgot to post this, 3/4 RTs had normal wear after the HPDE - 1 got smoked after the lapping day. Unfortunately, not uncommon with the RT. Luckily I have 3 decent condition take offs that I kept (2020) so was able to get it swapped out before the dells autox 

Forgot to post this, 3/4 RTs had normal wear after the HPDE - 1 got smoked after the lapping day. Unfortunately, not uncommon with the RT. Luckily I have 3 decent condition take offs that I kept (2020) so was able to get it swapped out before the dells autox 

GoPro crashed and decided to turn hypersmooth crap back on, but here’s a lap at USAIR HPDE 
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car did great, weather was a little cooler this time around. Only did the morning run group (4, 20 min sessions for $100). 

New expansion tank seemed to do better, so that’s neat. New tires are now oldish tires 
 
next event is in wi dells/baraboo 

I feel like I’ve missed a lot of events over the past few years (at least in an e30) so I’m trying to make it count ha

I feel like I’ve missed a lot of events over the past few years (at least in an e30) so I’m trying to make it count ha

I love that you are putting this thing through the ringer. So awesome to see! I did a USAIR Autox event long ago in a supercharged civic and had an absolute blast. 

GoPro crashed and decided to turn hypersmooth crap back on, but here’s a lap at USAIR HPDE 
IMG_9219.MOV
 
car did great, weather was a little cooler this time around. Only did the morning run group (4, 20 min sessions for $100). 

New expansion tank seemed to do better, so that’s neat. New tires are now oldish tires 
 
next event is in wi dells/baraboo 

Local autox last weekend. Took 1st in XSB and 3rd/69 total drivers, car was co-driven & did well
@Rekpoint was there too

 

Next up is USAIR lapping day

Local autox last weekend. Took 1st in XSB and 3rd/69 total drivers, car was co-driven & did well
@Rekpoint was there too

 

Next up is USAIR lapping day

Local autox last weekend. Took 1st in XSB and 3rd/69 total drivers, car was co-driven & did well
@Rekpoint was there too

 

Next up is USAIR lapping day

I couldn’t find any more time lol. 1-6 place was basically all within half a second from 1st 

Changed out the expansion tank/paired with the new cap - unfortunately I think I’ll need to wait until an HPDE to see if the issue is 100% resolved. 
 
Autox at Golden Sands last weekend. Fun site being a banked oval, even with limited course layout options 
took 1st in XSB (small class) and 4/34 total drivers 

Next weekend is the second local event, the site (fairgrounds) was repaved/made larger so will be interesting to see the layout 

Sheesh, long overdue for an update here. 
 
I’ve been lagging on getting this done; the spring ended up being completely full (like, every single weekend from January to May) with water ski team maintenance stuff, and the season went until May to now. The team hasn’t had an official member dedicated to fleet main fence in a long time so the backlog was enormous. Like, waterlogged and rusting boat trailer bearings that haven’t been repacked in a decade, rotting trailer floor, and broken bilge pumps and blowers, enormous. 
 
I’m finally getting a chance to get back into cars though thankfully, and have made some good progress! It feels amazing to be finally getting somewhere.
Fuel tank is back in and the tank-adjacent stuff is plumbed in. I’m holding off on installing the fuel hardlines until the engine comes out and goes back in so I don’t accidentally damage them. My brake hardlines seem to fit nicely though, which is exciting!
 
And tonight, for the first time in something like 20 months, the car’s subframe and chassis were reunited. Big stuff! My only concern so far is that the fuel tank neck is contacting the subframe because of the subframe riser bushings; it doesn’t seem to be severe though, so I’m probably going to leave it. Don’t have much of a choice I guess.



Engine oil has been drained, PS hoses disconnected, a/c lines are unhooked, and all fuel/intake/other things have been disconnected in the bay other than the starter ground strap, oil cooler lines, coolant hoses, and the DME. The plan is to button up the rear end ASAP and get it back on four wheels so that I can reposition it, then yank the engine and get cracking on the swap stuff/timing belt. Also planning to get the HIKfab skidplate welded on by @rampelsauce while the engine is out, should make it a snap to weld and repaint. 
 
Hoping to make a lot of progress this fall. I’d love to get it done, but I’ve made promises like that before (look at how long it’s been sitting). It WILL get done before next summer; the ski team is doing an 80’s themed show and it’d be sacrilege to not have the quintessential 80’s car not running for it. 

Had a productive weekend despite the heat. Water Pump and Valley Pan done, new knock, crank and cam position sensors, billet throttle cable bushings, Intake w/ new PCV installed. I was going to do both the valve cover gaskets even though they didn't really need to be done but doing the right side turned out to be a bit of a nightmare. I think 4 of the studs backed out and 2 of them stripped going back in. The fun part is the studs are threaded into the CAM BEARING CAPS 🤔🙄 Not happy about that and haven't had this issue before on other M60's. I cleaned up the threads with a tap & die and hand tightened things as tight as I felt comfortable, the spec is only 10Nm and thankfully the lower back corner held tight. The center stud is barely hanging on though, Hopefully no leaks otherwise it'll be quite the job to properly fix that. Gonna leave the other side until it absolutely needs it. 

Engine bay is all back together besides the fan and intake. Just need to replace the battery and battery negative cable before startup. If all goes well and running issues solved it'll be onto swapping out the front doors and fender. 

Changed out the expansion tank/paired with the new cap - unfortunately I think I’ll need to wait until an HPDE to see if the issue is 100% resolved. 
 
Autox at Golden Sands last weekend. Fun site being a banked oval, even with limited course layout options 
took 1st in XSB (small class) and 4/34 total drivers 

Next weekend is the second local event, the site (fairgrounds) was repaved/made larger so will be interesting to see the layout 

Changed out the expansion tank/paired with the new cap - unfortunately I think I’ll need to wait until an HPDE to see if the issue is 100% resolved. 
 
Autox at Golden Sands last weekend. Fun site being a banked oval, even with limited course layout options 
took 1st in XSB (small class) and 4/34 total drivers 

Next weekend is the second local event, the site (fairgrounds) was repaved/made larger so will be interesting to see the layout 

The "FAWK" at the end 

Changed out the expansion tank/paired with the new cap - unfortunately I think I’ll need to wait until an HPDE to see if the issue is 100% resolved. 
 
Autox at Golden Sands last weekend. Fun site being a banked oval, even with limited course layout options 
took 1st in XSB (small class) and 4/34 total drivers 

Next weekend is the second local event, the site (fairgrounds) was repaved/made larger so will be interesting to see the layout