Polishing the turd
With the San Diego Grand Challenge kicking off next weekend and LeMons Buttonwillow fast approaching, Scott, Vince, and myself met in Mexico at Scott’s folks’ house to do a little work on ol’ Porky and our new unofficial support vehicle.
The first order of business was getting a trailer hitch assembly attached to Scott’s girlfriend’s (sister’s brother’s roomate’s…wait) new Highlander Hybrid so we can drag the BMW around San Diego for Grand Challenge events and such. Also, this allows us to feel smug about towing our hydrocarbon spewing race car with a clean running hybrid. Team Porcubimmer cares about the environment. *snicker*
With that done, we immediately repaired to the nearest taco shop for burritos. So much for offsetting our carbon footprint.
Upon returning to the garage, Scott started working on our movable aerodynamic device, Vince worked on welding up a crack in the front bumper mount, and I changed out the spark plugs and repaired some accessory wiring under the hood. While this was going on, Scott’s mom was working on touching up the paint on the quills and mouth.
Once that was done, I took a moment to fire up the engine to make sure that I can actually do something as simple as change spark plugs correctly without screwing it all up, and was pleasantly surprised that she fired right up… once I was reminded by Scott that turning the starter without the ignition on doesn’t really work. Shut up. Anyway, it sounded more glorious than ever thanks to the valve adjustment Scott made the other week.
After that Vince had to go (something about having a wife and kid and responsibility and all that) so he showed us how to use his fancy new electric shears, and I promptly set to work doing what I do best: breaking shit.
OK, I let Scott get in on the fun, too.
So after a little bit of Stage 403.9 weight reduction…
We had two nicely (more or less) gutted rear doors. We were going to do the front ones too but apparently it was getting late and we still had to finish our highly intensive detailing for the SDGC Concourse judging next Sunday, so those will have to wait for another day. Instead we busted out all of the Griots’ products we could find and the diapers and the ShamWOW and… oh who am I kidding, we made a token effort to cover the sensitive bits of the interior, turned on the hose, filled a bucket with soap, and splashed water all over the car.
Only the finest products and the most skilled detailers are allowed to grace the Porcubimmer with their touch… oh who am I kidding, I think I squeezed the sponge out once. After cleaning the rubber off the rear decklid and bumper.
So now we’re ready for the Concourse judging! If you’ve got nothing better to do (and I know you don’t), come out and say hi to us!
Sunday, June 7, 1 PM - 4 PM
Miramar Speed Circuit
8123 Miralani Dr
San Diego, CA 92126
See ya there!
-AJ