Pike's Peak 2004

[bean]

Hey all,

I just got back from a once in a lifetime opportunity! Check out
http://www.mach2racing.com (Check the images)

I was sent a link to these guys when their US based mechanic (WeeGee) broke his leg - they were looking for a guy with rally/race car mechanic experience. It was a long shot, but I sent in an e-mail detailing the work I did for a Canadian rally team as a crew chief.

Next day they sent my an e-mail welcoming me to the team. 3 days later I was on route with 2 buddies do Pike's Peak! Working on a RS200e! With Stig Blomqvist as the driver!!!

I'll be posting pics and the full story on my car clubs site within the next week - so check http://www.qcma.org for more details in the coming weeks.

Things went really well, we won the unlimited class, but due to weather we could not do the full run up the hill and we were not able to get the King of the Hill, nor the World record - which they want badly.

I had hoped that Jason Grahn would be there with the SCCA rally contingent - but no such luck (Finally meet someone from this list!). If anyone else was there, I was the guy with really long black hair (with a REALLY big smile on my face!!) working on the RS200e across from the Falken tire Semi and the drift cars.

Some specs to wet your whistle:
0-60 < 2 seconds
0-140 < 200 yards
accelerated at over 1G
2.4L Cosworth Ford making almost 900 HP at sea level.

I'm still smiling!!

Later...

Rabin

[evolutionmovement]

That's sick! I'd love any kind of job right now, but that must have been awesome.

Steve

[Grant]

Hey Rabin,
I still am telling people about how lucky you guys were with that. You forgot to mention the part about having to swap an engine in the car as well!!! I was the guy from the Champagne Motorsports Audi team. Later,

[legacy92ej22t]

Wow, that's really cool. I wish I could get an oppurtunity like that. A 900 hp Cosworth, that sounds sick.

[Grant]

Here's some pictures from Pike's Peak. These are our Pike's Peak Open Audi, Robby Unser's PPO Subaru Impreza, and Stig Blomquist's Unlimited Class RS200.

[legacy92ej22t]

Nice! That is 3 very sexy cars. That Audi is sick, I like the dual FMIC's to each side. It's very Camel GT like.

[Grant]

We built that car in four and half months and it had never been driven before our first practice run on Tuesday morning. We ended up not finishing due to the fact that the driveshafts on Audi's are a little short and pulled out of the cv on hairpins. Other than that our weekend went flawless. It was amazing. The Haltech standalone in it is amazing and a blast to play with and tune the car with.

[bean]

Thanks for posting the pics! That's even me working on the car

It was certainly an ordeal working on that car, but what an incredible experience. The stand alone on that car was the most comprehensive system I've ever seen - Pectel 6. Amazing!

After the $10G turbo went, the bearing debris went into the motor and took out the dry sump, which stopped the timing belt - unfortunately the crank still spun ruining a $30 G engine. Long day of major surgery and some testing at PPIR had us back on track.

PM me and we can arrange some photo swaps - I just posted my pics from Pike's Peak on our site:
http://www.qcma.org:81/modules.php?set_ ... _album.php

There's even a vid of the Audi I believe, and some pics of it off the line.

Later...

Rabin

[J-MoNeY]

I was there.

[eastbaysubaru]

Looks like I'll be there next year. My buddy from College (Boulder) has a friend who just bought a house at the bottom of Pike's Peak. Looks like we'll be doing a little Colorado reunion next year for the race

-Brian