peep diss: S13 pop-up headlight gutting

fartbox · Feb 7, 2005

I like my popup headlights. Anyway, you guys look young. Do you mind me asking where, at your age, do you guys get the money and time to take on a project of that magnitude? Don't tell me that your parents fork over cash for you to biuld a race car.

CapnNismo · Feb 8, 2005

I bet they just pool the money or they have some kind of sponsor. You can get a lot of money together from child support checks and minimum wages if you pool it all together. Shit, one of my friends used his child support check from his ex-step mother to buy his body kit ...

Dark-Hawk · Feb 8, 2005

heh I remember the first time I removed my head light assembly.. What a bitch was, 2nd time wasn't too bad though.

2Fass240us · Feb 8, 2005

CapnNismo said:
If you think you will fail, then you WILL fail. Just remember that.

Good point. I was kidding more than anything about sucking and going off-course. I am actually a pretty confident driver on the street and at autocrosses, and cannot imagine being much less confident while roadracing. A half-dozen or so laps on a new course to hone my line and exit speeds, and I should be good to go. I plan on keeping a “log” of sorts once I start driving in hopes that it’ll help newcomers like myself to become acclimated that much faster.

fartbox said:
I like my popup headlights. Anyway, you guys look young. Do you mind me asking where, at your age, do you guys get the money and time to take on a project of that magnitude? Don't tell me that your parents fork over cash for you to biuld a race car.

It’s not a question of liking them or not. It’s more a question of not needing them and them being dead weight, especially since they’re forward of the front wheels.

If you want to know more about me and my team members, click here. Otherwise, you shouldn’t assume things about our ages and monetary situations. While some of us (myself included) look like we could be 18-19, all three of us are between the ages of 25 and 27. I graduated with a Mechanical Engineering Degree in December 2001, and have been working for over 3 years now. One of my teammates is also a ME, and the other one has a degree in Computer Engineering. So all 3 of us have engineering jobs, if you’re wondering about the money. They only thing that my Moms and Pops are helping with is being kind enough to let us borrow some shop space…

All in all we’ve only spent ~$10,000 for the whole project. Admittedly, it’s going to take at least that much more to have a competitive car between seats, wheels & tires, suspension, safety equipment, brakes, and a stout 10+ point cage. To date, we’ve mostly split the cost, with a little over $1,000 from me selling miscellaneous parts. So we’ve put in about $2,500 apiece over the past 18 months, which averages about $150/month/person. Not that much if you stop to think about it…

If you want to look at the price breakdown, click here. Keep in mind that all listed prices are what a normal person should expect to pay for the parts or services. Our cost is different through BP&D per our sponsorship agreement, but most other figures are what we actually paid.

CapnNismo said:
I bet they just pool the money or they have some kind of sponsor.

You are correct sir…read above.

Dark-Hawk said:
heh I remember the first time I removed my head light assembly.. What a bitch was, 2nd time wasn't too bad though.

Well, the wiring was truly the most difficult part. Now that it’s been gutted, it’ll never be an issue again. :supercool

fartbox · Feb 8, 2005

2Fass240us said:
Good point. I was kidding more than anything about sucking and going off-course. I am actually a pretty confident driver on the street and at autocrosses, and cannot imagine being much less confident while roadracing. A half-dozen or so laps on a new course to hone my line and exit speeds, and I should be good to go. I plan on keeping a “log” of sorts once I start driving in hopes that it’ll help newcomers like myself to become acclimated that much faster.

It’s not a question of liking them or not. It’s more a question of not needing them and them being dead weight, especially since they’re forward of the front wheels.

If you want to know more about me and my team members, click here. Otherwise, you shouldn’t assume things about our ages and monetary situations. While some of us (myself included) look like we could be 18-19, all three of us are between the ages of 25 and 27. I graduated with a Mechanical Engineering Degree in December 2001, and have been working for over 3 years now. One of my teammates is also a ME, and the other one has a degree in Computer Engineering. So all 3 of us have engineering jobs, if you’re wondering about the money. They only thing that my Moms and Pops are helping with is being kind enough to let us borrow some shop space…

All in all we’ve only spent ~$10,000 for the whole project. Admittedly, it’s going to take at least that much more to have a competitive car between seats, wheels & tires, suspension, safety equipment, brakes, and a stout 10+ point cage. To date, we’ve mostly split the cost, with a little over $1,000 from me selling miscellaneous parts. So we’ve put in about $2,500 apiece over the past 18 months, which averages about $150/month/person. Not that much if you stop to think about it…

If you want to look at the price breakdown, click here. Keep in mind that all listed prices are what a normal person should expect to pay for the parts or services. Our cost is different through BP&D per our sponsorship agreement, but most other figures are what we actually paid.

You are correct sir…read above.

Well, the wiring was truly the most difficult part. Now that it’s been gutted, it’ll never be an issue again. :supercool

My appologies - I did guess you at around 19. I also assumed that you were the only owner of the car. I'm sure you have seen a lot of kids with these cars and wondered the same. Anyway, you gotta love having access to a shop with a bead blaster and all that. I hope I didn't offend you - it was a straight up question.

2Fass240us · Feb 8, 2005

fartbox said:
My appologies - I did guess you at around 19. I also assumed that you were the only owner of the car. I'm sure you have seen a lot of kids with these cars and wondered the same. Anyway, you gotta love having access to a shop with a bead blaster and all that. I hope I didn't offend you - it was a straight up question.

Funny thing is that a lot of people put me around that age. Kind of annoying now, but I suppose I'll grow to enjoy it as I get older.

I have seen younger guys driving nice/expensive/"fixed-up" cars and wondered where they get the money, and sometimes written it off as Mommy and Daddy play money. This is particularly prevalent where I live in Charlotte, as there are quite a few wealthy people around. I wonder how many people have seen me driving the M3 around and thought the same thing!

I really do enjoy having access to a beadblaster, as it has come in very handy. Maybe I should quit my engineering job and do frame-off restorations! :supercool

No offense taken, BTW.

chr s 13 · Feb 8, 2005

2Fass240us said:
Thanks. I was thinking of ducting the air into a chamber that housed the filter element. I thought about ducting it directly to the intake, but I'm not altogether sure about how good an idea it is to eliminate the filter.

To be on the safe side, if I were you I would definetly keep on a filter. You never know what will be on a track. Rocks, rubber, dead bodies.. hahaha anyways, good luck with everything.

2Fass240us · Feb 9, 2005

chr s 13 said:
To be on the safe side, if I were you I would definetly keep on a filter. You never know what will be on a track. Rocks, rubber, dead bodies.. hahaha anyways, good luck with everything.

This is primarily why I plan to keep it.

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