 Going LeMons racing in a 6GC! |
 Jun 25, 2017 - 11:06 PM
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Hey ya'all!
A series of questionable decisions have led me to getting accepted to my first LeMons race coming up at Thompson, CT in August. Not much time left, lots to do. If anybody is seriously interested, I'm still looking for the 4th driver. Hit me up. The car came from 6gc community - I picked up Rymaster's 96 GT (his FS thread) Car has an issue with the gearbox - makes really funny noises. I suspect something off with the diff. Drivetrain is already out of the car, gearbox separated, waiting for me to get wrenching on. Cage installation is lined up for a week from now. Need to completely redo the brakes - rebuild rears, replace fronts with dual-piston calipers, new rotors and pads. Replace wheel bearings as a precaution. Figure out what tires I'll use. Finally, all the safety bs - kill switch is a must, and I'd like to plumb fire extinguisher and cool suit in if funds and time allows. If not, hand held extinguisher and sweaty balls will have to do. Tons more crap I'm sure will come up. Interior is getting completely gutted, so feel free to inquire if you need parts (I'll be posting a FS thread, will put the link in here). Any money I make back on selling parts I can use towards "performance mods", and I'm looking to get some decent lowering springs (no thanks to noname crap). If you have a set of such springs collecting dust - talk to me. If you've done LeMons before and have suggestions, fire away. |
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Jul 5, 2017 - 10:32 PM
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You may want to get in tough with Mike (qatar11.) He's the only other 6gc LeMons car I know of.
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=90882&hl= http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=76261&hl= http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=69883&hl= He's got a few other LeMons posts but those are the ones that catch my attention. -------------------- "Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others labored hard for." -Socrates. Even Socrates told us to use the search button!
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Jul 22, 2017 - 9:56 AM
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Enthusiast Joined May 2, '15 From NY Currently Offline Reputation: 3 (100%) |
...And the cage is in!
 Had Chris Howard up in MA do it. I'm very pleased with the results, would have no issue recommending him to anyone. Easy to work with, quick turnaround, doesn't nickel and dime you over every inch of tubing like some shops I called around. Transmission torn apart. Didn't find anything obviously wrong with it. Diff backlash is out of spec, about 20 thou vs 6-12 the book calls for. Had a known good spare (from my Camry LSD install), threw it in along with that diff's bearings. Put it all back together already - should fix it.  Time to refresh the engine a bit and stuff it all back in the car this weekend. Wish me luck! QUOTE (richee3 @ Jul 5, 2017 - 11:32 PM)  You may want to get in tough with Mike (qatar11.) He's the only other 6gc LeMons car I know of. http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=90882&hl= http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=76261&hl= http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=69883&hl= He's got a few other LeMons posts but those are the ones that catch my attention. Yeah, had already reached out to him on Facebook, bounced some ideas around. He forgot his login on 6gc, but still racing his 6gc in LeMons. |
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slavie Going LeMons racing in a 6GC! Jun 25, 2017 - 11:06 PM
narly_charley I've always wanted to try it, but it's pre... Jun 26, 2017 - 9:50 AM slavie Oh, there's nothing cheap about racing on a ra... Jun 26, 2017 - 3:07 PM narly_charley Oh trust me, I grew up around motorsports... My da... Jun 26, 2017 - 3:34 PM slavie Well, she's ready for that roll cage. All inte... Jul 5, 2017 - 10:08 PM ClevelandGaint This is awesome! Been debating on doing this w... Jul 26, 2017 - 1:37 PM slavie Building a race car in a little over a month is a ... Aug 2, 2017 - 6:51 PM slavie Very productive day: installed rod bearings and ca... Aug 5, 2017 - 9:19 PM Bitter Just put a snowmobile power train in it.
https://... Aug 5, 2017 - 10:37 PM djgeo05 Good Luck with it all! I hope to hear more fro... Aug 12, 2017 - 2:44 AM ClevelandGaint awesome!!! let us know all the weird r... Aug 12, 2017 - 7:00 PM SwissFerdi QUOTE (djgeo05 @ Aug 12, 2017 - 3:44... Aug 13, 2017 - 1:00 PM slavie Alright, got back home last night. The build ran i... Aug 14, 2017 - 10:34 AM richee3 Sounds like you guys had an awesome time! It s... Aug 14, 2017 - 11:29 AM SwissFerdi Lot of work, commitment, follow-through. Good stuf... Aug 16, 2017 - 1:42 PM Tobz Hello from Australia!
Me and a group of mates... Nov 12, 2017 - 6:01 AM
slavie QUOTE (Tobz @ Nov 12, 2017 - 7:01 AM... Nov 13, 2017 - 11:15 AM Tobz Cheers Slavie!
Yer defo not doing nay engine ... Nov 15, 2017 - 1:36 AM slavie No problem.
Another thing that I did not do that ... Nov 16, 2017 - 11:35 AM Tobz Quick question, what oil are you going to run race... Nov 26, 2017 - 6:05 AM slavie I ran stock 10W-30. Once I install the oil temp/pr... Nov 27, 2017 - 3:17 PM slavie LeMons Celica lives on!
Dusted her off a bit ... Apr 15, 2019 - 5:32 PM navseal345 Looks like some fun. Apr 15, 2019 - 8:11 PM Tigawoods thats my neck of the woods! If you go out next... Apr 23, 2019 - 9:58 PM slavie Threw a video of one lap up on YouTube. Not the fa... May 10, 2019 - 11:28 PM Bitter That's a really cool video man, what software/... May 11, 2019 - 2:53 PM slavie QUOTE (Bitter @ May 11, 2019 - 2:53 ... May 13, 2019 - 8:45 AM slavie UPDATE!
The Celica has endured through it... Oct 14, 2019 - 2:33 PM slavie Welp, who wants an update? Celica is ready for act... Jul 16, 2020 - 6:39 PM bloodMoney You're probably better off for it too... Doesn... Jul 22, 2020 - 6:48 AM slavie The LeMons Celica finished a LeMons race!... Aug 14, 2020 - 11:07 AM Bitter For the overheating rear brakes you might need to ... Aug 14, 2020 - 6:30 PM slavie QUOTE (Bitter @ Aug 14, 2020 - 7:30 ... Aug 14, 2020 - 10:39 PM Bitter Can you not install a single channel prop valve on... Aug 14, 2020 - 11:42 PM Tigawoods for the rear I would just take some aluminum sheet... Aug 16, 2020 - 12:05 PM Rymaster I had pretty much forgotten about this car but it ... Jan 4, 2021 - 5:41 AM |
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