Getting into Autocross (broke and ambitious thread renamed)

[TTkickedin]

Got it, #3 might be an issue though. Seeing how long my car's taken to get to the level it is, (ready to be put back together after 1.3yrs) it might be hard to do, but definitely worth a shot. Thanks for all the information guys, I have no idea where I would've found this info. Exactly the stuff I was looking for

[Red coupe]

What is currently wrong/apart on the car?

[TTkickedin]

Haha, the everything.

PCV valves clogged up, spiked the oil pressure and blew out every seal you can think of. Took the engine apart, bought crank bearings, a full gasket/H.gasket set and new chrome piston rings (along with the entire left bank piston assemblies.) Now the bottom end is ready to go, (told my dad to hot tank it but he neglected to listen.) So i'll at least send my heads out to be hot tanked first before anything goes in, and hopefully buy new turbo's too.

And now I need this car ASAP because I will most likely be moving to Kansas to work at Boston Financial Data Services doing my job, but not as an intern!! That equates to +-40k as a Microsoft Sharepoint Administrator.

[frapjap]

You have a PM

[Red coupe]

Haha, the everything.

PCV valves clogged up, spiked the oil pressure and blew out every seal you can think of. Took the engine apart, bought crank bearings, a full gasket/H.gasket set and new chrome piston rings (along with the entire left bank piston assemblies.) Now the bottom end is ready to go, (told my dad to hot tank it but he neglected to listen.) So i'll at least send my heads out to be hot tanked first before anything goes in, and hopefully buy new turbo's too.

And now I need this car ASAP because I will most likely be moving to Kansas to work at Boston Financial Data Services doing my job, but not as an intern!! That equates to +-40k as a Microsoft Sharepoint Administrator.

So your not racing because you have to wait and put turbos on it?

Rebuilding an engine takes a weekend max, installing takes another... get it sent out for hot tank this week and there is no way you will not be able to make it.

One race we had an engine lock up. We bought another long block from Mazda THAT DAY. They sent us a later model one where the heads didn't match our intake/exhaust manifolds... We bought an engine, drove to pick it up, swapped heads then re-installed the engine that day for the next mornings races.
Where there is a will there is a way. You say you want to race, its nut up time. Get it done and make it to Carlisle... Its the best jump start you can give yourself.

One of the heads of lotus was talking about managing the chaos that took place in the finalization of the Elise project. The engineers were all down on the impossibility of the final dead line until he asked an important questions
"What CAN'T we do?"
He asked the team to present him with what facets of the project were impossible to complete in the time remaining. No one could come up with anything, so he concluded it could be done (and it was).

Nothing from that list takes more then a month and a half to complete.

[flohtingPoint]

Pouring more cash into something that's a bad vehicle to begin with is a bad idea. If it was running I'd say drive it, but if you have to throw more funds at it, it's both a waste of time and money. If you're moving anyway, save the cash, part out the car, start looking for something cheap that is not worthless.

[Bubba1]

It now sounds like you have major surgery ahead on your Z. If you don't get your car repaired (or replace it) by May, drive something else to Carlisle. Come with a friend, come with your dad and drive their car. your mission at Carlisle is not to break the track record, because it just won't happen. Your mission is to TRY autocross and determine if its is something you want to pursue.
there is usually at least one or two NICO staffers who fly into Carlisle and rent cars, and then flog the cr@p out of 'em. We've had little Suzuki rental sedans lay down some amazing times. Food for thought.

[TTkickedin]

Rebuilding an engine takes a weekend max, installing takes another...

Normally that would be true. But just not the case with my dad doing a majority of the work. I would do the work but I just don't have time. On the weekends I'm workin a second job. He's just fixing my car whenever he has free time. No promises, but I plan on hopefully attending either way. Thanks for the info Frapjap