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Detroit, 3:47 AM
Mon Nov 9
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Congrats boys! She definitely approves it. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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Congrats on finishing, now start uploading those pictures and videos! #24hoursoflemonstexas
10/25/09
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Till then, Murilee's guaranteed to keep you in great pics (cause he rules!) #24hoursoflemonstexas
10/26/09
Portland... Which Portland? Portland, OR? #24hoursoflemonstexas
10/25/09
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
10/25/09
Yeah, I like a straight six myself. Good honest technology. Being a Luddite works for me. #24hoursoflemonstexas
10/26/09
10/26/09
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
10/26/09
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[jalopnik.com] #24hoursoflemonstexas
10/26/09
Primary and secondary dynamic balances... I'll learn that eventually, but man sounds like a real clincher. #24hoursoflemonstexas
10/26/09
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
10/25/09
10/25/09
All the haters need to realize its about having fun. Either driving fun to drive cars or by driving awful to drive cars in a fun way. That's why they have the IOE award. Don't get mad just because some guys choose to take the racing side seriously and build the best machines they can for the least amount of money, whereas others have their fun by joking around and being creative and funny. Different strokes for different folks because there is no right answer. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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Granted, this was 3 years ago when there weren't so many E30s, but you're absolutely right in that some teams want to go fast and some want to take the oddball angle. I wholeheartedly solute those who choose to race the strangest car possible., but since our team was made up of average joes who hadn't had much track time, and didn't have a full race shop or deep pockets to support our efforts, we wanted to get the best car our meager budget would allow for max speed/fun per dollar.
Having said that, mechanical woes ended our first race and put a big dent in our second, so anyone who thinks an E30 is a slam dunk winner is on crack!
However I do agree that teams running a 325i do deserve a bit more heckling than those who run a 325e (50 less HP, 5K RPM redline). I am a little biased, though!
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Congrats on the win!
Now go replace your timing belt before you bend some valves.... #24hoursoflemonstexas
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My friend's old F150 is yet another shitty E30 too.....