SkunT

I dont know if any of you read Grassroot Motorsports magazine but for the past few years they have had a competition called the $(year) challenge. now they are working on the $2005 challenge.

Its basic a concept really...$2005 to build a car that will preform in drag racing and autocross and be judged on reliabilty, and looks.

You have to provide full detail of what you buy/sell/trade, who does your work, how you did ----, and you cant spend anymore than $2005. (the contest is March 31-April 2, 2005)You can spend more than $2005, but at the day of the contest, you cant spend any more than $2005 on the project.
(say I buy a car for $3000, but sell $995 worth of ---- off the car, i have met my limit...)

So if I can get funds around by then...im gonna do this ----. Myself and a buddy of mine, Tommy (tommy toes on here, who never posts) and maybe projekteg...will be th team and see what we can do.

Of coarse a turbo charged civic/CRX will probably be the plan, but options are open. I know of a $500 merkur in a junkyard that runs...maybe I might pick that up...but I need opionions.
RX-7, maybe a SVO mustang, merkur, VW, options are open.

If I can get a Si CRX like projekteg is working on, i might do something around those lines...options are open. I really wouldnt care if its a complete rust bucket, interior is all trashed...etc. etc. im gonna race it and probably blow it up doing it.

Im gonna put homemadeturbo.com down the side of the car, to represent.


hit me up with ideas.
any parts "donated" must be figured into the cost as a "fair market value" of the price of the part.

bmaca455

Id rock a shitbox hf, junkyard dseries, give it a mild rebuild and then boost the ---- out of it and not give a ---- cause it dosn't need to run for all that long.

projekteg

viva la junkyard racers

rollmodel

well right there kinda throws the car out.. if it is blown up in a day. and looks.. i wonder how many cars will just have a homemadebodykit

sounds like a fun contest though.

bmaca455

30 bucks worth of fiberglass, and some flat black from walmart can make any CRX sexy.

SkunT

some plans....

HF CRX/std hatch
Si trany
D16 engine, or a mini-me depends on the way the engine is in the HF homemade port/polish head
suspension from hell
boost
gutted interior
racing seat
rattle can paint job

99% used parts

here are some of the past people who have done the competition:
http://www.grmotorsports.com/2004websites.html



edit
here is the link to the challenge
http://www.grmotorsports.com/challenge.php
shoulda added this to the top thread
another edit:
the 2005 classifides section. however, im gonna use homemadeturbo.com as much as possible.
http://www.grmotorsports.com/board/viewforum.php?f=4
yet another edit.
this would be a great great start!
http://www.grmotorsports.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=6157

PHiZ

I think that is a sweet deal, and hey, you don't HAVE to win, I think it will be a blast just building/racing it.

And as far as fair-market value, real world value, or HMT value, hahaha

-PHiZ

AgentMurdoc

damn I wanna do that Sounds like fun.

Oh and for donated parts, it's not donated if you pay a dollar

And for high dollar items, since the guy sold you the part at half price, you gave him a 'tip' for the other half

SkunT

there are many many ways around the rules such as this one:

10) Interiors may be gutted, although the basic dashboard or dashpad must remain. If the original dashboard pad has since rotted or deteriorated away, it may be replaced with a full width piece of aluminum
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who detirmins if a dash is "rotted or deteriorated away"

here are the rules.
http://www.grmotorsports.com/2005rules.html

on the budget thing...its gonna be a good time, and "all items must be fair market value, so i cant buy an engine for $1, when i turn in my sheets, they will say, no. that was at least $250-

im not wantin to ---- myself on this ----...


its gonna be fun.