$2019 Gastropods - come join us.

bluej said:

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ said:

bluej said:

Oooo boxster. Crap. Hah.

Uh, probably should have mentioned this before but we're hopelessly outgunned.  Trying to compete for the overall with a gastropod would be like bringing a knife to a gunfight- so gastropod class is a knife fight, and we're bringing a plastic spork.  Economical, versatile, maybe even kind of pointy, but decidedly not a weapon 

I had starting getting curious about what exactly we were up against in gastro, I hadn't been mentally tracking which build threads were gastros. Guess now I know!

I'm bringing a spork to the knife fight. 

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ said: ...we're bringing a plastic spork.  Economical, versatile, maybe even kind of pointy, but decidedly not a weapon 

I think Gastropod is the definition of a spork fight! 

Sporks are the perfect do everything utensil. I don't understand spork-hate. It's like a turbocharged, 4-dr miata. 

I am in the pro-spork camp. Certainly not the proper utensil for every meal, but plenty capable.

We have a couple outliers performance wise(14sec 1/4mile Jaguars, miata and nx2000 on the autoX), but I just think of them as differently shaped sporks. A bit wider bowl, or slightly longer tines... 

In reply to gumby :

If I can talk the wife into some decent tires The Tib is quite capable on the auto-x. I'll be lucky to run a 15.999 in hte quarter and she definitely not a great looker. I might be bringing a broken spork. 

In reply to mazdeuce - Seth :

My brain just conjured up a solution to the dragstrip tire grip limit...AWD gastropod with 300tw dually tires mounted on all four corners...this may come at a cost to autocross ability though :P

slowbird said:

In reply to mazdeuce - Seth :

My brain just conjured up a solution to the dragstrip tire grip limit...AWD gastropod with 300tw dually tires mounted on all four corners...this may come at a cost to autocross ability though :P

Un-dually them for the autox?

Seth I sent you a pm.

In reply to pimpm3 :

Sent you a message because your message got lost sometime after I read it and then I couldn't remember who it was from. It was one of those days. 

I can’t wait to hang with you all and see how our Gastropods do.  It’s going to be a blast!  Less than a month.

We are bringing a V6 swapped MR2, with fresh paint, so a shiny new spork! 

Welp, registration submitted. Guess I'm really doing this. *gulp*

slowbird said:

Welp, registration submitted. Guess I'm really doing this. *gulp*

What could go wrong? It'll be fun!

Fladiver64 said:

We are bringing a V6 swapped MR2, with fresh paint, so a shiny new spork! 

SHINY! Probably good that I don't have any part in judging. I do get distracted by shiny. 

In reply to mazdeuce - Seth :

If you were I'd just drape the car in glitter. 

Gastro competition is looking fiercer than I anticipated. Guess I/we need to learn about nitrous...

In reply to mazdeuce - Seth :

I just hope I don't break down on the way there. Or if I do break down on the way there, that I can find someone who will trade me a SN95 Mustang for my now hypothetically broken-down Probe, so I can press on and enter the CAM and last chance classes with it. 

https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/build-projects-and-project-cars/i-sort-of-bought-a-car-that-sort-of-runs-a-1998-sl/145344/page6/

I'm back!

I'm registered.

I'm still wrenching.

:)

This is going to be a blast.

"SL0 2K"

In reply to mazdeuce - Seth :

Seth,

I am a forum lurker going to the Challenge. I try to follower of  your posts, and need some help.

I have some free tires and I hope you could find a home for them, preferably on a challenge car

Free to anyone, FMV $0 as they are dated 2012.. Just took them off my wife's car and they

are in great condition, and balance perfectly with lots of smooth tread left.

Two @ 225/45 ZR17

Two @ 245/40 ZR17

Mich Pilot 4S

Available in Deland FL 32720 after 10-15-2019, or at the challenge early Thursday AM 10-24-2019

Look forward to meeting you there.

John

Gastropod almost ready...

I like the red wheels!

I also miss the yellow wheels I put on the Mustang with the Firestones. They won't fit my current Gastropod, but I did give the SHO an altitude adjustment today and bolted up the FoST wheels.

I like the ST wheels!

In reply to gumby :

Nice, I forgot the Taurus is 5x108. Did you need spacers?

slowbird said:

Did you need spacers?

Yeah. The stupid high +55mm offset of the FoST wheels hits the struts w/o a spacer

In reply to gumby :

I figured. The end result looks good though!