Racing a $500 VW Race Car at Its First 24 hours of Lemons Event! | Project VW: Ep 4
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- After countless hours of hard work, we were eager to finally put our Fox to the test. Would it survive the 24 hours of Lemons Shine Country Classic at Barber Motorsports Park?
See the build thread for our Volkswagen Fox:
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Well done gents... lol yup that's Lemons alright! Lots of ups and downs, but always a good time
These guys have a _great_ attitude. Lemons is about *fun* , not "win at all costs" racing. Any venue where it is not only possible to bribe the judges, but _expected,_ is my kind of event.
it's more like a "win at NO cost" racing. and that's the beauty of it!
ive been doing several months of iRacing with a lot of the Lemons guys that cant be on-track due to the shutdowns, and they are an incredible bunch of folks. long live lemons
It wasn't the wheel bearing failing that loosened the axle nut.
The axle nut came lose and took out the wheel bearing, ours tries to do that all the time.
Pro tip: Re-torque the wheel nut before every race day, and sometimes during the race.
DO NOT over-tighten the nut, the threaded stub will snap off, guess how we figured that out.
Yep, we figured that out after further inspection back at the shop. We'll cover that in a future video.
AWESOME!!! glad to see the fox doing foxy things. it does sound like need the spare transmission for sure, from the sounds of the final drive. The gear popping sometimes was due to shifter adjuster needing adjustment and shifter being heavy.
Great video. We are preparing for our first LeMons race. Hope to meet yall at a track soon.
Yikes, compared to jetta/golf parts, fox parts seem like its going to be a challenge, curious to see if there is a budget option that lets you use other more common vw stuff. Fun stuff and glad to see everyone get good seat time
Many of the parts from fox, jetta/ golf are similar if not the same...
@@davidhollenshead4892 the transmission and front suspension stuff though are more audi fox/vw dasher which have added challenges of finding parts I would think
the engines are basically identical between the different cars, just bolted to a longitudinal transaxle. the axles and suspension are pretty different, but if you have a welder...................
Great video. Really sad to see this channel doesn't have more views since the content is so good! I hope to be able to be in wheel to wheel racing at some point whenever there's enough $$$ laying around.
I dont know if u guys are aware but vw Fox/Voyage dominate circuit/rally races in Brazil back in the 80' they were unbeatable. There this guy Bob Sharp ex chief manager of the official vw team he writes for a blog (autoentusiastas.com.br) and writes many nice tips and histories about it, worth checking
ADILSON ALVARENGA até que enfim um brazuca tb ...kkk
@@rodrigolozzano opa Rodrigo, pois é sigo a grassroots desde 2002 em revista ainda, kkkk
FYI the coffee isn't coffee ;)
That obtrusive CRC screen-logo needs to be MUCH larger...maybe enough to block 1/2 the viewing area !
Autozone know has free over night shipping .
3:43 hello ther
ive always wanted to do this...but it is FAAAAAAAAAAAR from a $500 venture. The costs alone to race...prep the car, safety gear, etc is way off from the average 'play money' most have. Hence the 'cheating' that happens...and it happens A LOT lol.
One day, Tom's beard will grow in...
Can't wear a respirator with a beard! Tom doesn't like smelling burning Volkswagen in the garage.
No, next question