Grassroots Motorsports $2005 Challenge as way to raise money for Habitat for Humanity. We would like to thank our company for their
generosity in sponsoring us for this endeavor. We would also like to thank our wives and girlfriends for their understanding and patience with
the amount of time involved in building this car. Jessie and Sarah, thanks for letting us invade your garages and homes!
Chris Sidor
Rashid
Todd Nelson
Loyal MacMillian
Bill Brees
Mike Kollert
Chris Shamie
event in which teams build a vehicle for $2005 or less to compete in an autocross, a drag race and a concourse. The scores
are combined between the events to give a final total. Please visit Grassroots Motorsports website for more information.
was found on the Improved Touring website from a road racer in Indiana who had planned to use it as his next IT car. Due to
other obligations, he did not have time to fix the rust holes that were present at all of the floor mounting points for the roll cage.
A deal was struck and the car was purchased for $550 including the following:
- 24 mm Mugen Torsion bars
- Eibach rear springs
- Steel braided brake lines
- 3 sets of wheels and tires
- 2 headers for D15 engines
- many more parts (see pictures)
- 2 Honda D15 engines
- 3 Honda 5 speed transmissions
- 6 point Autopower roll cage
- Complete interior
- Honda Civic Si seats
- One piece race seat
strip the car. Fun was had by all as almost everything not welded to the
car was removed, most never to return. Maybe next time we should keep
better track of where all those bolts are supposed to go....
disassembled
in GM as the Quad 4. The car was found on Autotrader.com as a wrecked car
that was running very poorly. It was purchased for $400. Okay, so we took a
little license with the name, but hey they were used in Chevys too.
factory H.O. cams, new piston rings and gaskets. Valve clearance in the
pistons was done by the precise "die grinder + steady hand" method. A header
was made from two banged up small block chevy headers that were on their
way to the scrap bin.
team has been working very hard for almost 7 months, and the pictures from the
last few weeks are starting to show the results as everything is starting to come
together.
being assembled
applied. It also shows a couple shots of the temporary paint booth used
for the job.
prepped for painting
In the meantime here are some pictures from the drag racing.
support of our team. If you would like to do so, please follow this link to their donation page.
It is not necessary, but we would also appreciate if you could make a note that you were
directed to them by the LuK Motorsports team. You could also send us a check made out to
the Habitat for Humanity and we will deliver it with the others already collected. The checks
can be mailed to any of the team members at 3401 Old Airport Road, Wooster, OH 44691.
