GHIT 0077: Our Friendsgiving Work Weekend

Published: Dec. 3, 2019, 9:54 p.m.

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Alan, Zombie Vicki, and Bill go over our recent Friendsgiving Work Weekend with special guest from the Everyone Racers Podcast hosts, Chris and Chrissy who came up to guide, instruct, and assist us with several of our cars that, as always, need repair and improvements.\\xa0 Highlights to the discussion include:

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1)\\xa0 Our two and a half Porsche 944\\u2019s that are available and soon to be posted for sale for HPDE or racing use.\\xa0

2)\\xa0 Capri update and our updated plans going forward

3)\\xa0 Winter is here in Northeast PA and when the sun goes down, the temperature leaves the garage in a hurry

4)\\xa0 How we organize our garage for both parts and cars and how Chris helped Vicki determine what is good to keep and how to identify the unknown items we have collected since our race team started.\\xa0

5)\\xa0 What parts are worth keeping and what parts have donated all they have to give

6)\\xa0 Alan\\u2019s hamster powered internet shows up again

7)\\xa0 Our plans for the new Honda race car project code name Godzuki

8)\\xa0 The difference between parts replacement projects and part fabrication projects

9)\\xa0 Our repair update of the race truck/El Chrissy/The Bad Hombre steering issues and exhaust leak and the potential for a power steering line cooler to be added

10)\\xa0 Our repair update of the BMW E36 race car

11)\\xa0 How many ignore the potential for their race car to be their own planetarium

12)\\xa0 Alan bonds with several local FLAPS in our area

13)\\xa0 We need a bunch of camber shims to fix our S-10

14)\\xa0 We have renamed our race truck due to this week.

15)\\xa0 Alan gives a visual description of suspension geometry

16)\\xa0 A discussion of our hubs and bearings for the E36 and transferring the brake cooling ducts to our other race cars

17)\\xa0 Vicki and Bill plan to go to a local race shop to see what is available for our use

18)\\xa0 Alan\\u2019s fall led to a broken jaw, so does disagreeing with Kate.\\xa0 You can choose which is the cover story and which is real.\\xa0

19)\\xa0 Alan impersonates a BMW E36 while Chris was investigating our electrical wiring issues

20)\\xa0 Spare parts and supply at the track discussion

21)\\xa0 Vicki, pre-Zombie, and Bill received a welding lesson on our Miller 211 MIG welder and began the learning process in earnest

22)\\xa0 Vicki relates welding to her art background

23)\\xa0 Chris and Chrissy had a spare moment to test our Mazda MX-5 on the test track for a good shakedown run

24)\\xa0 Skid pad event discussion and planning for this winter/spring at Lime Rock

25)\\xa0 Car show Fails on YouTube, a worthwhile time waster

26)\\xa0 The best way to say thank you/bribe people to help you (Hint:\\xa0 Food, drink, and beer)

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Special thanks, as always to Chris and Chrissy for coming up and helping.\\xa0 We learned a ton and accomplished quite a bit.\\xa0 We hope our bribes of food, drink, and racing were sufficient to lure you up again, hopefully soon.\\xa0

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If anyone wants a garage tour, we could put up a video (excuse the mess) on our YouTube channel.\\xa0 Just let us know.\\xa0

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Best regards,

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Bill, Vicki, and Alan

Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast

and team members in the GHiT

Immature Endurance Racing Team

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For part ID and a great source for auto parts:\\xa0 www.rockauto.com

Our Miller 211 Welder:\\xa0 https://www.millerwelds.com/equipment/welders/mig-gmaw/millermatic-211-mig-welder-m30024

Welding related YouTube channel:\\xa0 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq70AnPkj4-UApS_m_6mPw

Everyone Racers Podcast:\\xa0 http://shoutengine.com/EveryoneRacers/

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