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Teaser: Our 24 Hours Of LeMons Adventure In Sonoma
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Teaser: 24hrs of LeMons SonomaA quick peek at the upcoming 24hrs of LeMons video… Posted by Hooniverse on Monday, February 15, 2016 Here’s a quick peek at our (mis)adventures this past weekend up in Sonoma. We were running well… and then we weren’t. More to come, stay tuned.
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LeMons Ranchero Update: One Week to Go, All Fired Up and Surprisingly Few Things Left
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Next weekend we’ll return to Sonoma Raceway with a somewhat improved (but still genuinely terrible) Ranchero in search of two full days or racing. I don’t remember what we did/didn’t have done the weekend before our last race, but two weeks out we’d started it for the first time in months. As of this past weekend:…
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LeMons Ranchero Update: Better Breathing, Sparking and Sliding
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When we last left the Ranchero, we’d finished up Arse-Freeze-a-Palooza “victorious” in class F against Top Gear USA. (By the way, how long do we think it’ll take them to get that episode on the air? Surely one of their legion of regular viewers will let us know). We’re all set on the fuel issues…
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Hooniverse Asks Bonus: Help Me Wire our Wipers
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We’re back in action, working on our (Class F winning!) 1962 Ranchero LeMons racer. We’re diving into a huge to-do list (more on that later), but could use a hand setting up some simple wiring for a newly acquired electric wiper motor. This is a two-speed unit, wired as you see above. Click here for…
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24 Hours of LeMons Pens "A Visit from a Guy Who Looks Suspiciously like Phil" to Warm our Gear Oil Soaked Hearts
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We get so much garbage PR mail at the Hooniverse inbox, but the announcements from The 24 Hours of LeMons are pure gold. Ironic, given that the series is dedicated to garbage. Anyway, they’ve topped themselves once again with the latest reminder about signing up for January’s Sonoma race (which reminds me…). Anyway, here’s the…
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Los Huevos Rancheros Beats Top Gear, "Wins" Class F "Victory" at 24 Hours of LeMons
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We won LeMons! Ok, well, we won our class at LeMons. That class being Class F, consisting entirely of us and Top Gear USA. Our 108 laps to their 79, despite their crew of at least two professional drivers and support staff of like 40 people. Of course, it very nearly wasn’t so. The short version is…
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24 Hours of LeMons Arse-Freeze-Apalooza: Ferkel and Miata go BOOM!
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Just watch the video. In my highly unprofessional opinion this was unavoidable. The Porsche driver could not have seen that Miata stopped there. Not over that hill, not with those cars in the way. Sucks. Tim’s team is having issues. They are predominantly fuel issues; fuel starvation and fuel leaks, which may or may not be…
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Taking A Maiden Voyage Aboard The SS Hoonchero
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[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2Fv2rIsNc0[/youtube] Editor Tim has been prepping this Ford Ranchero for a run at LeMons a while now. The home stretch has been entered, and there’s still a million little things that need to fall into place before the car/truck can hit the track. After some all-night thrash sessions, the team has managed to get the…
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Wrench Scramble 2015: It's ALIVE! LeMons Domination is but 13 Trillion Little To-Dos Away
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If you recall, this car fired (and actually drove) earlier this year. However, the oil pan had a stripped plug and the exhaust manifold was so warped you could see fire through the gap between it an the head. Also the carb was leaking gas right above said exhaust manifold. It was cheaper to find a…
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Wrench Scramble 2015: Witty Title about a Battery Box
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For those of us with good-but-not-great fabrication skills, 1/8″ X 1.5″ Ell channel steel is wonderful stuff. Thick enough to weld without blowing out, thin enough to weld with even the most mediocre of welders. With a halfway decent intuition of solid mechanics, you can sturdy built boxes, frames, etc. Case-in-point: LeMons grade battery box…
