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Archive for October, 2008
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2008Race Car…
Sunday, October 19th, 2008She’s almost ready for the ARRC (American Road Race of Champions, the Improved Touring National Championship). Got a good amount of work done today. New radius rod bearings, coolant flush, radio install, caliper rebuilds, etc etc. Pretty much all that is left is to bleed the brakes and do a once over on all the nuts and bolts. I also put the new “REDRUM” sticker on the front bumper. I was going to paint it and then put the sticker on, but I decided I’ll be doing lots of bump drafting at the ARRC, so I might as well make it pretty during the offseason. Last but not leas, but front splitter is coming in a few weeks. That should give me a bit of downforce in the high speed turns, but also free up a mph or two on the top end. I’m looking forward to that, as started to get to the point where I was going to make the car looser with a bigger rear bar. I think the splitter will be just enough to make it a tad looser then it is today, without going overboard. We’ll see!
Project Fatass continued….
Sunday, October 19th, 2008So its been about 2 weeks since I started Project Fatass. I’ve been good and been following the diet. Its actually pretty easy to follow and I like it. I like the lunches a lot better then the usual microwave frozen lunch, and its actually more economical as I don’t spend $8 a day on lunch every day. I’m a fan. I’ve lost 5 lbs so far. If I lose another 5 over the next two weeks, I’ll be happy.
"Project fatass"
Monday, October 6th, 2008So my parents just “got” me the NutriSystem package after calling me fat for the last year or two. Guess I’ll turn this into Project Fatass and see what I can do. I weighed in this morning at 224.0 and started the diet. I also have my plan to get back to “fighting shape”. I’ve been playing soccer and tennis and just realizing that I’m way out of shape compared to where I’ve been in the past. Few years of sitting at a desk and playing with cars I guess
The nutrisystem is pretty cool so far. Good amount of food, but spread throughout the day, so you are not hungry. I think the main goal is showing you how much to each, and by liming the amount, making sure you don’t overeat. Also, splitting up your food categories, so you get enough of everything. One of the first things I’ve noticed, is I don’t eat much dairy and veggies at all. This plan has me do 3-4 servings of dairy/protein a day.
I’m also going to take the next season off of soccer and tennis and hit the gym and mountain bike to get some strength and endurance. I’ll be back with a vengeance for the spring season
Quest for cheap radios has ended
Monday, October 6th, 2008In an earlier post, I talked about how I was going to get a nice cheap radio setup for the race car. Well, after turning on the Midland GPRS radios from Bass Pro shops that sat around for a while, I figured out they were busted. Crapola. So I decided to get “real” radios instead. After messing around on Ebay and finding some Chinese knockoffs, a friend suggested I call Sampson Racing and see if they had any used gear. They hooked me up with a set of Vertex radios, crew chief headset, and a PTT button, all demo gear out of the owner’s race car. Sweet! Cameron at Conover Motorsports is going to build me a badass antenna, and I will still have my “cheap-er” radio system.
- Vertex 5-watt - $160
- Crew Chief headset - $90
- PTT + free car harness - $25
- Driver helmet gear - $140
- Badass Conover antenna - $50
- Misc adapters (headset to radio, car harness to radio) - $25
In the end, I’ve spend $500 and ended up with around an $800 system. My cheap ass is happy Looking forward to being able to hear my crew at the ARRC
