25 Hours Of Thunderhill - Racing Event
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25 Hours Of Thunderhill - Racing Event
25 Hours Of Thunderhill - Racing Event
Read about the longest and most grueling endurance race in America, the 25 Hours Of Thunderhill racing event!Dec 4-6 , 2009 • Willows, CA
For those of you who have participated in any sort of race event, you know the logistics involved in just getting you, your car, and your crew out to the event, let alone what goes along with running the car for any length of time. Teams plan and prep all year for the 25 Hours of Thunderhill event. So when I was asked to crew chief on the Special Projects Gear X DC2 Integra-having an idea of the daunting task involved in keeping a car racing for 25 straight hours-I was a little apprehensive. Especially knowing this project and plan came to fruition just a month prior. Time was short. With only weeks to go, all hands were on deck at the Special Projects garage. I even jumped in to held bend plumb the fuel lines, and fabricated the sexy modular HID light rack for the night portion of the race. To convert the car from a Honda Challenge sprint race car, a large twenty-five gallon fuel safe fuel tank was safely fitted. To increase breaking reliability and effectiveness, the crew installed a set of big, bad brakes from Stop Tech and pads from Dixel that will last for more than 25 hours in a constant race environment. A transmission pump and cooler, along with large oil cooler, were both added. Every urethane bushing was pressed out and replaced with PCI(Pro Car Innovations) trailing arm spherical bearings and full control arm bronze bushing kit. Also, a set of aero-friendly PCI side skirts and MR2 electric Power steering bracket kit were added. Hardrace came on board with all of the adjustable suspension arms necessary to dial in the car for the big event. However, the engine and transmission were nowhere to be found. Shawn Moore of Big Power Company had the k24 build well under control, while Syncrotech had the transmission almost finished. Once the power plant and drive train arrived, a sigh of relief was heard throughout the garage. With the engine in the car and ready for battle, the crew took the car to Church Automotive Testing to tune the Hondata and set the fuel and spark. With the car almost complete, it was loaded into the race transport Wednesday night.inline_mediumwraptextright28180423/events/htup_1004_25_hours_of_thunderhill_eventhtup_1004_0 1_o+25_hours_of_thunderhill_event+passenger_side_s hot.jpgTrue
Photo Gallery: 25 Hours Of Thunderhill - Endurance Race - Honda Tuning Magazine
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Read about the longest and most grueling endurance race in America, the 25 Hours Of Thunderhill racing event!Dec 4-6 , 2009 • Willows, CA
For those of you who have participated in any sort of race event, you know the logistics involved in just getting you, your car, and your crew out to the event, let alone what goes along with running the car for any length of time. Teams plan and prep all year for the 25 Hours of Thunderhill event. So when I was asked to crew chief on the Special Projects Gear X DC2 Integra-having an idea of the daunting task involved in keeping a car racing for 25 straight hours-I was a little apprehensive. Especially knowing this project and plan came to fruition just a month prior. Time was short. With only weeks to go, all hands were on deck at the Special Projects garage. I even jumped in to held bend plumb the fuel lines, and fabricated the sexy modular HID light rack for the night portion of the race. To convert the car from a Honda Challenge sprint race car, a large twenty-five gallon fuel safe fuel tank was safely fitted. To increase breaking reliability and effectiveness, the crew installed a set of big, bad brakes from Stop Tech and pads from Dixel that will last for more than 25 hours in a constant race environment. A transmission pump and cooler, along with large oil cooler, were both added. Every urethane bushing was pressed out and replaced with PCI(Pro Car Innovations) trailing arm spherical bearings and full control arm bronze bushing kit. Also, a set of aero-friendly PCI side skirts and MR2 electric Power steering bracket kit were added. Hardrace came on board with all of the adjustable suspension arms necessary to dial in the car for the big event. However, the engine and transmission were nowhere to be found. Shawn Moore of Big Power Company had the k24 build well under control, while Syncrotech had the transmission almost finished. Once the power plant and drive train arrived, a sigh of relief was heard throughout the garage. With the engine in the car and ready for battle, the crew took the car to Church Automotive Testing to tune the Hondata and set the fuel and spark. With the car almost complete, it was loaded into the race transport Wednesday night.inline_mediumwraptextright28180423/events/htup_1004_25_hours_of_thunderhill_eventhtup_1004_0 1_o+25_hours_of_thunderhill_event+passenger_side_s hot.jpgTrue
Photo Gallery: 25 Hours Of Thunderhill - Endurance Race - Honda Tuning Magazine
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