{"id":1018,"date":"2021-02-08T10:53:36","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T18:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.msportvintage.com\/?p=1018"},"modified":"2021-02-08T10:53:36","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T18:53:36","slug":"update-on-off-season-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.msportvintage.com\/?p=1018","title":{"rendered":"Update on OFF-SEASON PROJECTS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We have a bunch of projects going on this winter with the cars. Some are repairs. Some are for fun. In no particular order here is what’s happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Street 2002- This project has been going on for 3 years. It is one of those projects that has taken much longer than I had hoped. It is now finished and on the road. I’ll do a separate post on it soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Koepchen 2002- This winter I decided it was time to refurbish the Koepchen 2002. I have been racing it for about 12 seasons and it was beginning to show its age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After being stripped down the car spent several weeks at the body shop being cleaned up, straightened up, and made to look new. It received aa new coat of paint from the belt-line down. Here’s how she looks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Back from the body shop and ready for re-assembly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

M3- We have been waiting for weeks for parts for the transmission in the M3. You may remember that it broke at the September race at Road America. The shift linkage broke and fell on the spinning output shaft and tore things up. The repair parts come from England, and between COVID and the mess in the shipping world it is taking forever to get them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fortunately the internals of the transmission were not badly damaged.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

NSU- I found a guy who can build a race engine for the NSU. He lives in Eastern Canada and grows grapes for wine. What a coincidence! He has been busy preparing the parts he has and ordering parts from Germany. Unfortunately he has been experiencing the same delays in shipping that we have had with the transmission parts for the M3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Used barrels, pistons, and heads from Switzerland. Thomas will perform some magic on them.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The block assembly is just about done, along with the installation of the timing chain housing, timing chain, and tensioner. I hope to have the engine back and in the car in time for the June SVRA race at The Ridge. The car should be much more competitive with its new, full tilt race motor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CSL- Luigi has been taking the winter off. He has been on display in the showroom of BMW of Salem. He had a fresh engine built over last winter and only had a few laps at Oregon Raceway Park. He will need a race prep and he will be ready to rumble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swift- The swift had an engine change over the winter. The previous engine had an unknown number of races on it and it was beginning to loose power. I found a spare YAC engine and had Jay Ivey rebuild it for me. It has now been put in the car and is ready for the first race in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have attached our proposed race schedule for this coming season below. Hope you can make it out to an event to cheer us on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021-Racing-Schedule<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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