BD-2 and Team Meeting

So we had a fairly successful build day numero dos. That's spanish for the dos. Due to Soren's "eBay and PayPal" issue, the water pump didn't show up in time. Conveniently it was at Soren's house when we got back from the team meeting though. Speaking of the team meeting, that was a huge success. Thanks to Caz and the crew at Caztek for hosting and providing pizza. It was great to meet everyone and put names to faces.



Above is a new pile with 10 some pounds of sound deadening material. Strategically placed in plastic bags for easy weighing. There's a little left in trouble spots of the interior, but we'll need to get Ben's experienced "Dry Ice" technique to remove the rest of it. Unfortunately now our Lexus won't be as quite, so if we have a hard time hearing any of you while we're on our cell phones during the race, driving with cruise control and sipping our Starbucks, we apologize.

There was some debate on whether to leave the e-brake in or not. That debate is to be continued. We left the glass in doors for now, in case we get it running before Spring and want to test drive in the less then warm Minnesota weather.



We did get the moonroof out, which reduces weight and helps add head room. We'll probably rivot in or weld in a panel to close it off. Though I think we should put in plexiglass, for that open roof feeling. Maybe we should put in one of those sweet rally scoops. Those add like 50hp, right? Also note the picture on the right with the in-trunk fuel tank. At least there's plenty of room between the back of the car and it.

Well next up is Day 3 (Feb 6th), where we plan to do some seat fitment for the various sized drivers. Hopefully our two statistical outliers, Ben and Jason can show up. Soren and I may get the water pump in before then. Luckily Thor's cousin Uncle Louie was able to break the bolt loose for the harmonic dampener. Now we just need to pull that, and finish the disassembly. And now that we have the parts, we'll get it all buttoned up.