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solracer
11/23/09

In reply to Wienerschmoker E30 Gets Shiny Side Down, Brings Arse Freeze Rollover Total To Three
I had a front-row seat to the rollover. I was passing the Corvair with our Peugeot coming out of 6 when the BMW blasted by on the inside and hooked it, either because of some dirt on the inside of the corner or because he got caught by the 3-series jacking problem and put his CG over his center of roll. It was a beautiful roll-over, the car did at least a one-and-a-half twist on the passenger side headlight before falling on the roof. I was worried about the driver because he stayed in the car until it was righted but he was fine and decided that he didn't want to undo the belts while upside-down. We caught some of it on video hopefully but the file with that part has a problem and we've yet to recover it. If we do I'll post it here right away.
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FЯeeMan
11/23/09

@solracer: I was with you right up until you said, " I was passing the Corvair with our Peugeot ".

That threw me so far off track, the rest didn't really make sense...
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skitter
11/23/09

@FЯeeMan: It's probably what caused the E30 driver to wreck.
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solracer
11/23/09

@FЯeeMan: Just to make it weirder I own a Corvair as well.
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LTDScott
11/23/09

In reply to Wienerschmoker E30 Gets Shiny Side Down, Brings Arse Freeze Rollover Total To Three
Wait, that engine didn't get any penalties?! Pro-tip, all E30s had a metal intake manifold. The big plastic manifold should have been a clue that something was not kosher.
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Braff
11/23/09

@LTDScott: There were some FAST E30s at this race...
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Murilee Martin
11/23/09

@LTDScott: The team had completely obsessive documentation for that engine, which they bought from some dude on Craigslist for a ridiculously cheap price. Plus they got Judge Ed, one of the original LeMons judges, and he's a little nicer than me and Judge Jonny.
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Novaload
11/23/09

In reply to Wienerschmoker E30 Gets Shiny Side Down, Brings Arse Freeze Rollover Total To Three
Hmmm. Instead of "I will not spin" it should have been, "I will not roll."
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Six Flags Over Tomsk
11/23/09

In reply to Wienerschmoker E30 Gets Shiny Side Down, Brings Arse Freeze Rollover Total To Three
Well, that's one way to make an E30 fastback...
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Murilee Martin
10/26/09

In reply to And The Winner Is... The Race Hard Race Ugly Soot BMW 325iS!
Keep in mind, all you new teams considering E30s, that most of the E30s in this race finished much, much, much lower in the standings. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
10/26/09

In reply to And The Winner Is... The Race Hard Race Ugly Soot BMW 325iS!
Congrats RHRU, and to all the competitors. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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FTGDWolverineEdition'09
10/26/09

In reply to And The Winner Is... The Race Hard Race Ugly Soot BMW 325iS!

Congrats boys! She definitely approves it. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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coupeZ600
10/26/09

In reply to And The Winner Is... The Race Hard Race Ugly Soot BMW 325iS!
Congratulations, Race Hard Race Ugly...Soot? ! #24hoursoflemonstexas
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Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
10/26/09

In reply to And The Winner Is... The Race Hard Race Ugly Soot BMW 325iS!
Most likely, Nelson Piquet Jr. deliberately crashed to hand them the victory. It's the standard MO these days. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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skulldriveshaft picasaweb and youtube
10/26/09

In reply to And The Winner Is... The Race Hard Race Ugly Soot BMW 325iS!
There's gotta be some banned F1 technology in there.

Congrats on finishing, now start uploading those pictures and videos! #24hoursoflemonstexas
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Six Flags Over Tomsk
10/25/09

In reply to And The Winner Is... The Race Hard Race Ugly Soot BMW 325iS!
Congratulations to the victors! #24hoursoflemonstexas
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freds4hb
10/25/09

In reply to And The Winner Is... The Race Hard Race Ugly Soot BMW 325iS!
Congrats! E30 or not, we all know it's hard work, good driving, and more than a little luck to get the win. See you all in Portland for the ChumpCar race next week!

Till then, Murilee's guaranteed to keep you in great pics (cause he rules!) #24hoursoflemonstexas
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Xelmon
10/26/09

@freds4hb:
Portland... Which Portland? Portland, OR? #24hoursoflemonstexas
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that ain't the way to have fun, son
10/25/09

In reply to And The Winner Is... The Race Hard Race Ugly Soot BMW 325iS!
The I6 is an amazingly smooth engine.

It was the only saving grace of the 1980 F-100 heap-O-shit I piloted for a few years.

Gotta love perfect primary and secondary balance. In fact, the 3.2L in my '95 E320 is so smooth, even with it missing on 1.5 cylinders, I didn't feel too bad driving it for three weeks while I diagnosed the problem then waited on parts.

I have to admit, it's nice to have it back to "is it running", smoothness.

One bad coil out of three. #6 didn't fire at all, #1 fired only some. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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CptSevere
10/25/09

@send lawyers, guns, and money: When I bought Henrietta, my pictured '66 F100, the 240 six sounded like someone shaking a coffee can full of loose nuts and bolts. Paid $750.00 for her, BTW. Pulled the valve cover, and there were BROKEN PUSHRODS in there. And it ran. Still. New head, then soon after the bottom end blew. Bearings. Reman bottom end, and the things has run pretty much flawlessly since 1999. Oh yeah, I did all that work outside.

Yeah, I like a straight six myself. Good honest technology. Being a Luddite works for me. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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coupeZ600
10/26/09

@CptSevere: Almost every Big/Medium Truck you see every day has a I-6 diesel pushing it, it's when they try and make a V-8 do the work of an I-6 in a pick-up that it get's all wonky. If an I-6 is too big, get an I-4.. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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CptSevere
10/26/09

@coupeZ600: More bearings on a longer crank, right? Crank flex is an issue, but more bearings fixes that. A V configured engine has a shorter crank, but less room for bearings, plus more pistons torquing on it. That's my understanding, anyhow.

Fun trivia fact: Packard's 327 straight eight had five main bearings. That's a lot. I think my SBC in the motorhome has four.

Hey, the 3 cylinder two stroke Suzuki I used to ride was way smooth, too. The same amount of power strokes per revolution as a four stroke six. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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coupeZ600
10/26/09

@coupeZ600: Sorry, been fighting the brilliance of the IHC VT-365/Ford Power-Stroke all weekend, by phone no less. Even 10 years ago, you could talk a driver through how to by-pass all that B.S. and get it home at least, now you have to reprogram the ECM (reprogramming failed!) and then you call the tow-truck. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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coupeZ600
10/26/09

@CptSevere: Got any ideas about this problem? It's a couple down...

[jalopnik.com] #24hoursoflemonstexas
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Xelmon
10/26/09

@send lawyers, guns, and money:
Primary and secondary dynamic balances... I'll learn that eventually, but man sounds like a real clincher. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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that ain't the way to have fun, son
10/26/09

@coupeZ600:

Yep, I'd forgotten, somehow, the diesel pushing our 30K lb. motorhome around at around 10.5-11 mpg, is also an I6.

It's a great platform for smoothosity. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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Comrade Teargaskov
10/25/09

In reply to Best Pit Cuisine In LeMons History, or Why We're All Moving To Chauvin, Louisiana
Come ONE NOW!

Real LeMons races do not include a break! #24hoursoflemonstexas
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danio3834
10/26/09

@Comrade Teargaskov: True that! If there was time for such ventures, I would have had the wife whip up some fine Canadian cuisine for our friendly judges!

...LOL Canadian cuisine #24hoursoflemonstexas
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MushyHeirloom
10/25/09

In reply to And The Winner Is... The Race Hard Race Ugly Soot BMW 325iS!
How many default penalty laps for E30s now? #24hoursoflemonstexas
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