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In case you didn’t catch the updates from last weekend, the Uberbird needs a new motor. Funny thing about the BMW M30, the motors tend to outlast and out-value the cars they’re stuck in. Thus, buying a running but beat-to-Hell 5-, 6-, or 7-series can be cheaper than just buying a [...] all my flavors are guaranteed to satisfy Ok, so what we have here is a retired, righthand drive Postal Jeep (which could be a great LeMons theme by itself) but here in the Great Northwest, these typically end up as repurposed, earworm-spawning, change collecting machines of mass-parent-irritation. We started Sunday pretty confident in our newly swapped motor. Overnight we’d fixed a few minor things: a vacuum line and CV shaft swap. Our biggest problem was a nasty exhaust leak due to a completely stripped hole in the head for the exhaust manifold stud. Obviously not good, but it’s not like we had [...] and that's a good thing… As you may well know, Hooniverse bossman Mad_Science and his daddy-o spent the last 24 48 all damn weekend at the racetrack working on racing the all-mighty überbird in an attempt to win all the nickels. But all has not gone as smoothly as could be hoped for. When life gives you lemons, [...] Father to Mad_Science, Mr_Science is clearly ready to win him some LeMons… Also, I NEED one of those shirts. We might have to turn that into merch. (psst, Amber…turn that into merch please) [Photo stolen from Murliee's Jalopnik Gallery] It has probably been asked, but with all the coverage of the New England edition of the 24 Hours of LeMons, I thought it was appropriate. This was the race that I thought had the most unique and varying makes in one race. We had Alfa Milanos, a Fiat 131, a Two Stroke Saab, a [...] |
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