Back from Challenge

[Eric Storhok <alfa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey all,
Not sure what I've missed the last few days, but we JUST got back from 
Florida, and the GRM $2003 Challenge.

We finished far better than I thought after finishing the drag 
race...  Starting Friday, our 14.37 sec 1/4 mile was almost a full 3 
seconds slower than the fastest (can you believe 11.4 for $2000???), which 
put us in quite a hole...  20th in this part.  But 13psi, that was the best 
we could do, and things were starting to come apart.

But we did concours and got a respectable score (we finished 6th 
here).  I'll have to post some new pictures, as we detailed the engine 
compartment quite a bit.

In the autocross, I managed a troublesome 8th.  Out of 5 runs, 2 of them 
did not have problems.  We started where we ended at the strip- down on 
boost.  The second run had none....  Uh oh.   Looked, and looked, and found 
that the intake was pushing itself apart.  Not really that surprising, 
considering the pressure.  So we put that back together, and mid way 
through that run- BAM- another part of the intake blew off, and left a nice 
dent in the hood.   Put that back together, and I got 2 decent runs with 
all working.  Not too bad, considering.

The current plan is to bring the car down to Florida, so please come down 
to the convention if you want to see the cheapest/fastest spider....

Now, what to do for next year.  Go, or not?  I'll keep you informed.  For 
those of you considering, right now, its all about power.

Eric Storhok
Ann Arbor, MI

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