Author: Shaun Abrahamson
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CO2 Problems Part II
Found it. The gasket wasn’t in good shape at all. Here’s one example of where coolant and exhaust were probably getting together but there are a few other spots. Time to install and reassemble everything!
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CO2 PrOBLEMS
Over the weekend, CO2 caught us. It’s true that the year over year heat increased in Buttonwillow dont help our cooling system, but that wasn’t our main problem. At least not this weekend. CO2 found it’s way from the one of the cylinders into our coolant system. First during our track tests, the cap from…
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LIVERY
Nearly done on the artwork, so evening drive in LA was in order inspired by this scene. Most important, thanks to our sponsors. And there are a few other references to people and resources like Clark’s Garage, without which we would have had a much harder time working on the 924. Or Claude.ai with which…
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LABOR WEEKEND
Lots of progress this weekend. From more eBay sales to get our budget locked down (About $400 of parts still to be sold). Then super important stuff like protection for the oil cooler and radiator, which also looks kinda cool, especially since it’s $20 in parts from the garden section.
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MORE ON AI
Where LLMs Have Been Incredibly Useful Budget-Friendly Engineering Hacks One of the biggest challenges in Lemons racing is the $500 car budget cap. Very early analysis offered some guidance on cars that might have valuable parts because their are communities that still drive and maintain them. And there might also be some harder to find…
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SAFETY PREP II
Fire system install is mostly done. The 3 gold nozzles are placed per instructions. It’s a bit tricky since you expect the hottest places + fuel lines to be the riskiest. Most of the action is on the passenger side. In earlier cars, the fuel lines also run up into the engine bay near the…
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BRIBES
This might be the best use of AI so far. I’m happy to report that Claude.ai understands that these aren’t actual bribes! So here’s the response when asked about what makes for a great Lemons bribe – I understand you’re asking about “24 Hours of Lemons” – the budget endurance racing series known for its…
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CREATIVE BRIEF
Finalizing design, led by https://andreanhuch.com/. Will ask her to describe the process in more detail, but lots of iterations with Chat GPT, though final renderings were human-made in photoshop. Here’s the brief.
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SAFETY PREP
Making our way through Lemons guides on how not to fail tech/safety inspection. It’s fascinating to see how rules get codified to improve safety. A lot comes from existing motorsports standards and if you follow sports like F1, you can clearly see some of the safety improvements like the halo. It’s remarkable to see older…
Outrun Carbon 