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328i - 109,024 miles - BMW CCA autocross

Monday, March 27th, 2006

I took the car out for it’s first autocross with the new setup, and I was very happy with the results.
I beleive I had the fastest time in my class (AAA) with a 58.050, and of course, as soon as I lent the car to a friend, he promptly showed me what it could REALLY […]

Race footage made simple!

Friday, March 24th, 2006

I am extremely pleased. I just received my chasecam clamp mount for use with my Canon Powershot SD300 digital camera.
The camera is a super tiny still camera, but it has a movie mode, and I thought it might work for in-car or on-bike footage. I just completed an around the block […]

328i - 107,623 miles - Just some pics

Friday, March 24th, 2006

Just some random pictures related to the “Transformation” I wrote about earlier.
Note the custom seat brackets. I made them myself with my new welder. Thanks, Mom and Dad! Those are wire-feed welds, and I have to say, for my first project, they look pretty damned okay. I can’t wait to get […]

328i - 107,623 miles - Kosei K1s and Kumho V710s

Friday, March 24th, 2006

Bought me some race wheels and tires for auctocross and the occassional track day.
Light light light, and apparently these are four of the last twelve new Kosei K1 wheels in America. Old school. The pirctures are the same style wheels, but shod with 255/40/17 Toyo Proxes RA-1s. These pics were taken before […]

Memed! (Phil’s Foul Four Things)

Tuesday, March 14th, 2006

Come on.
a) No one reads this. Seriously.
b) If you are reading this, sorry for a)
c) I don’t know four people with damnable ‘blogs (that’s right, that’s an apostrophe bitch) so I will likely get an incomplete on this assignment.
Here we go.
Four jobs I’ve had:

Grocery Checker (I maintain this is the best job I […]