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Sunday, June 28, 2009
	Ever seen a tire turned inside out? by brian @ 10:32:58 - [perma-link] The Evo was screaming fast until this happened! The bead blew pretty early into his run, but kept driving it hard. The tire bumped back and forth "shining" up everything inside the wheel well. Eventualy it doubled back under itself. With no spare to be found, that was it for the day. I wonder if he'll be back out there today?
Saturday, June 27, 2009
	Marty's 50th by ccons @ 14:53:35 - [perma-link] 100 degrees in San Jose!
Saturday, June 20, 2009
movie (click to play)	First 3G S Video by ccons @ 00:06:39 - [perma-link] [I didn't write anything about this picture.]
movie (click to play)	Brian's Helping! :) by ccons @ 14:10:47 - [perma-link] Clearing the field for National Rallycross.
movie (click to play)	Bobcat Wars by ccons @ 21:36:43 - [perma-link] Brian and Josh like to play with green toys.
Friday, June 19, 2009
	Connie's Cute Puppies! by ccons @ 15:22:14 - [perma-link] [I didn't write anything about this picture.]
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
	Fun Driving Day by brian @ 15:03:57 - [perma-link] Mike, Claudia and I went and played in our cars today. The Tesla is amazing!
Sunday, June 14, 2009
	Bennett Gotta Tesla by ccons @ 16:30:30 - [perma-link] [I didn't write anything about this picture.]
Thursday, June 11, 2009
	Rally Car Hood v2.0 by brian @ 22:11:33 - [perma-link] The hood is almost done. I mounted it on the car and drilled holes for the hood pins. I still need to remove the top-plates and cotter keys from the old hood and put them over these pins, but I had to see how the new paint looks on the car. I like how the stripes turned out, but the semi-gloss black really brings out the dents and creases in the hood. Its far from perfect, but is good enough for rally. :) After installing the hood, I twisted the louvers into place, and put door-edge trim on a few of them. It gives it a more finished look, and makes it way less dangerous than the jagged metal edges. The louvers on the passenger side have no trim and almost disappear when viewed from the front. I don't know which way I prefer just yet. I just hope they solve the overheating problems. That's the most important thing.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
	The New Hood by brian @ 18:01:53 - [perma-link] I cut louvers into one of the spare hoods today. Having almost perfected my technique on the black hood, these ones came out pretty good. I cut the straight lines at the forward edge of the drilled holes, so the louvers will bend further into the engine compartment and stick up less. The red stripes follow the raised "cowl" on the passenger side of the hood, roughly mirrored onto the driver side. Painting it was quite an adventure. My one can of red was only good for one really thin coat before it ran out. I drove up to the store to get more. One store didn't carry the Duplicolor brand, and I wanted the exact color I was already using (I painted the skidplate red, too). The next store carried Duplicolor, but the paint shelf was pretty bare. I finally found 2 cans of "Cherry Red" at Fred Meyer, but when I got to the counter I didn't have my wallet. After a round trip home to get it, I finally bought the 2 cans of red and 2 cans of semi-gloss black. I'm going to leave the strips of tape along the side of the red, and let it dry overnight. Tomorrow I'll mask the red and paint the center and outer sections black. If all goes well, it should be left with 2 thin grey stripes on either side of the red where the tape is now. I hope it looks good (or at least good enough to rally). I haven't yet bent the louvers, so they're just flat slats right now. I wanted to paint them right after cutting them, since the ones on the black car are already showing rust, after just a few days (though it did rain). The paint also hides the edges, so they shouldn't stand out as much, and the couple of rough spots where the cutting wheel didn't go exactly straight shouldn't be as noticeable as the jagged cuts on the black hood were.
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