Well, I asked if I could change the octane percentage from the standard vehicle, and the response was that it doesn’t really matter since I couldn’t change anything about the engine except to remove the muffler. That seemed to imply no sports tuning but just using the standard engine.
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yeah I went back and asked, was a simple misunderstanding.
…I’m going to go and tweak a couple of things now 
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If you are making other requirements for next round what’s about setting the limit of power to 80hp per liter or 75hp per liter?
One thing that I regret now is actually the “two trim” rule, it has been lots of work for me to double check all the trims and for absolutely no good reason at all, since as you say, one could change the standard trim as well to comply with them. I will definitely not run that rule again, at least not in this form.
I was originally gonna go all out, but I think I’m gonna slow down my car a bit so it’s mildly realistic, as much as that pains me to do.
Guess who’s back…
Team Cunning Stunts
Winners of the Roulette Runner, Team Cunning Stunts are back. With the Lucky Lady damaged beyond repair during the Go West Deathtrap Tour, the team needed a new ride. That ride would come in the form of a 2000 Nohda SuperBop!.
The Team
Stephie Smith
A 34 year old stuntwoman from California. Moved to Somerset years ago for a more quiet life. She travels often to the US for her job as a stuntwoman and married Lawrence in 2010. She came back for the Deathtrap tour, although the car died before they could finish it. Now with the “Lucky Lady 2” she intends to be at least in the top 10.
Lawrence Smith
Also a stuntman, Lawrence is 35 years old and is from Liverpool. Met Stephie in the UK after she moved to Somerset in 2010 and have been married ever since. He also returned from the Deathtrap Tour, although the car finally gave out on him. He decided to give it a viking burial by torching the car, before selling what remained to the scrapyard.
Alex Mitchell
Lawrence’s brother in law and Stephie’s younger brother. Aged 25, Alex came up with the team name, and is the team mechanic since he’s the only one smart enough to work on cars. After graduating from uni, he’s returned to help the team.
The Car
A 2000 Nohda SuperBop! Quite a rare car since it was only really made in the UK and Japan. The car featured a 1.8L i4 Turbo from a Nohda Assent which produced 185 hp.
Edit: Oh and one more thing. Here’s the Teams Theme song…
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Also, I’ve been double checking the trims on the cars I have approved and I have asked many people to change their engines back to an almost standard trim. I haven’t given the permission to anyone to tune the engine any further from stock than stated in the rules, if they have a much greater power output it means that I haven’t checked them yet. And anyone that is not within the rules and who aren’t willing to change their cars to comply with them is going to be disqualified for the competition. I know that the rule set was a bit confusing this time and I promise to make it more clear from the start next time I run a competition.
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Hey is it possible to maybe extend the deadline over the weekend? It would be supernice…
Unfortunately I am not very keen about that, I did choose the date for the deadline because I had four days off in the end of this week, and this is going to take some time for me I’m afraid. Monday I’m back at work and I would prefer to be finished at least halfway with this by then…
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Team Getaway Plan
S - A mysterious no nonsense getaway driver you may have remembered from CSR70. Says nothing, but his driving speaks louder than any words ever could.
Jackson - The team mechanic, also from a less than legitimate background. Not as skilled of a driver, but knows his way around an engine. Started out as a drug dealer, ended up building heist cars for:
R - She’s a loud mouthed angry girl, who refuses to take no for an answer. She’s in this mainly because it’s cheap, legal and in a place they won’t be recognised so she can make sure S hasn’t lost his talent for an upcoming job. She doesn’t have a license, but has a small bit of experience boosting cars, Although none were successful.
A dark alleyway in an unknown location
R: How long did S say he’d be with the thing he’s sourced?
Jackson: He didn’t say. As usual.
R: Right. As usual.
In the distance, a loud engine roars. Jackson grins, expecting a muscle car to slide around the corner. Instead, a small boxy white hatchback squeals into view, hopping the kerb as it bounces into view. There’s a loud scraping as it does.
Jackson: Is… Is that what I think it is…
R: I’m not psychic.
Jackson: See, when you think of him, you expect a sports coupe, or some big and fast wagon right?
R: You’re the car guy…
The car slides in front of them, stopping only a few inches from them. S gets out, then pulls out an earbud as he looks for their opinions.
Jackson: This is a Keika Hop right?
S nods in response.
Jackson: These were like 60hp 3 cylinders right?
S smiles slyly.
S: Not all of them
Jackson and R exchange confused looks.
Jackson: So what is this?
S: Limited run sport edition. Fiberglass body, 1.8L V6. They were crap. Never sold well.
R: So why have you got one in front of us.
S: It was cheap. And fast.
Jackson takes a look under the bonnet, revealing a tiny, high tech V6.
S: 135hp. Entire car weighs 725KG.
Jackson smiles.
Jackson: I can work with this. Give me a night.
The Next Day
A lowered, race ready Keika Hop sits outside a garage. S is there early as a tired and dirty Jackson emerges from the garage, holding a coffee.
Jackson: Hey. Where’s R?
S: Learning to drive manual.
Jackson: Right. Anyway, I guess you want to know what I’ve done?
S nods.
Jackson: Right, well we were on a bit of a budget. Interior is gutted, I took the wheels off my own car and put them on here, cut holes in the arches to make them fit. Engine wise there’s a new intake, and you can see I decided to dump the pipes out the fenders. That just looks badass right?
S looks unamused.
Jackson: Anyway… Rally lights for night visability and because rally lights are also badass. Suspension is much better. Still very soft though, so it won’t break your spine on track. Everything else is stock, which isn’t ideal…
S: Time to fine tune.
And with that he gets in and drives off, before Jackson can even respond.
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The start of the race is coming closer and closer, the team is doing the last preparation work on the Pandora before it’s time to floor the accelerator.
JENNY: Have you been looking through the pits now?
MATS: Yes
JENNY: Did you see something?
MATS: Yes
JENNY: Stop beliving you are funny because you are not! What did you see?
MATS: Cars.
Jenny slaps Mats
JENNY: So compared to the…Cars. How will the Pandora cope with the competition? What will we be up against?
MATS: Well, it seems like there is a few types of solutions here. We have some real beaters that I don’t fear very much, like an early 80s Minerva in an even uglier colour than the Pandora, not that you win any race with paint, but the question is if you win it with a Minerva either? A PMI Usurper, rumours said that they were made to convert gasoline into hot air but I don’t know about that… An Erin Lomaron, I can think of worse ways to end the life of such a blasphemy than smashing it to pieces in a 24 h run… And, give me a break… An AAAAAAAAAAA V200 GTX or what they were called? The last time I saw one running I was still on my tricycle!
JENNY: Don’t forget the one that they blew to pieces in the movie “Pictures of Willy”.
MATS: I rather drive in rush hour traffic with a damn… Calvinator… than I watch “Pictures of Willy” one more time!
JENNY: It’s a great movie!
MATS: NO!
JENNY: So that was the beaters then?
MATS: There was a Suzume Haneda too.
LARRY: HAHAHA, the last battle? I remember ALL the arguing in the 80s among the dorks if the Haneda or the Pandora was the best!
MATS: The answer is the Flaire 3000 Turbo!
Jenny gives thumbs up in the background
LARRY: So anything else?
MATS: A few vintage cars that it will be a bit sad to see smashed up, a late 50s Oldman and a 60-something Sakura that seems to be some old japanese police car? Weird… And a LSV Buccaneer DIY Sport, you know, they tried to revive the model in the 2000s or something? Don’t remember. Looks old, ain’t old…at least not older than our Lifestyler…I think. But it’s a threat to the Pandora, they were quicker than they look…the other cars…more doubtful.
a moment of silence
Then there is a couple of sporty coupes… A TSR Kansai of the third generation, I almost knew they were going to end up here, it’s almost like the gen 1 Pandora of the new millennium, I saw only one person in the team, and he looked young and unexperienced, I would not fear him I think… A 90s Revero IRO-1, another car I knew was going to end up here, probably more of a threat. Then there was a whole BUNCH of hot hatches, you know the kind that was everywhere in the 90s. It was the type of cars that made the Pandora suffer on the market and they may probably make it suffer on the track too. Bogliq, Matteo, Nohda, Keika, more than I can count to…
JENNY: A Keika Hop? That’s no hot hatch! They were slower than a stoned snail!
MATS: Seems like you don’t know there was a rare lightweight V6 version!
LARRY: That must be a hallucination, they fell to pieces 30 years ago.
MATS: The destiny of every car here is to fall into pieces anyway. Then some real sports cars I would fear even more, a Caliban that looked beat up but they are probably just trying to fool us. I would watch out there.
LARRY: I think the only thing we have to trust is the light weight, good handling and relatively low fuel consumption in the Pandora then. Not like you can push anyone off the track with this tinfoil box.
MATS: Well, I guess it will make for a great article in “Trafikjournalen”. “Our own team finished last thanks to our unskilled writer behind the wheel”.
JENNY: Well, you are their James May after all…
MATS: There is lots of duct tape on the Brigadeer bed, do you want some under your nose? Anyway, I really can’t think of a good strategy here, so let’s see if we even stand a chance.
LARRY: Well, you’re the first driver so we can always blame you if it goes wrong, you gave us a bad start that was too hard to compensate for later.
MATS: Yeah right, now we don’t have the time to talk anymore, the start is getting closer.
(This is by no means what I think about the cars, rather it’s what the team does believe, I know that they are wrong in some cases, so I hope nobody is upset because their car was classed as junk above)
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Team Really!?
Amy slid into the seat of their shit-bucket-brown Minerva, then fired up the engine, determined to get at least one practice lap in while they still could. The inline four shrieked to life in a wail of belt-squeal, valves clicking and ticking as the engine shuddered and puttered along.
“Good luck on the test lap, Amy, and remember about the gear stick.” Luke said, waving her out of the pits. The engine popped and backfired as Amy hustled the Minerva down the pit lane, and out onto the race track, where the true fury of the Minerva Bullet was unleashed.
First and second gear were no trouble at all, and the vapor trail behind the car seemed to clear up momentarily, before Amy grabbed third down a long straightaway. Despite knowing that visibility from the pit lane was poor, Amy felt as if all eyes were watching for the Minerva’s third-to-fourth gear change. In went the clutch, she pulled back on the stick, and for a fleeting moment, Amy held her breath.
Then all hell broke loose. The instant Amy released the clutch, the engine stalled, the rear wheels lifted off the ground three inches, and the front tires shrieked as the car spun around, sliding across the track before Amy kicked the clutch back in.
“Yeah, that was reverse. Pull back on the shift ball, do not rest your hand on the stick.” Luke said.
“Fucking embarrassing is what it was. I’ve raced in NASCAR, in hypercars, hell, even on sport-bikes. I’ve never done that before in my life.” Amy said.
“Well, most cars won’t let you do that. This one, it’s got a dodgy gear stick.” Luke replied. “You’ll get the hang of it. If you’re feeling a bit gun-shy on that gear change, I’m sure the valve float won’t kill the engine if you just bang on the 5100 RPM limiter down the whole straight.”
“I get it, Luke. Do we really need reverse, though?” Amy asked.
“You’re staring at a wall and asking if you need to back up to drive out of there. Yes, you need reverse. Please, just learn to drive it?”
Amy restarted the Minerva’s engine, then tried to hustle the 80’s turd up to speed again. She completed the rest of the practice lap without any further incidents, but was clearly upset when she got out of the car. She kicked the rear door and knocked one of the plastic trim plates off of it in the process, then said, “I don’t care what you have to do, Luke, make it harder to push that stick down.”
“Might have a spring in the tool box I could put in there. Won’t make it much harder to push down, but… Maybe just barely enough. Good news and bad news, though.” Luke said.
“Good news first.” Amy said.
“Well, the good news is that we know the car works, and so does the whole world. The bad news, you timed your practice lap almost perfectly for the camera crews to follow the Minerva. So the whole world saw you spin out a front-wheel-drive Minerva.”
“Oh, great.” Amy said.
“I’ll admit, the camera angle was perfect.” Jake said, with an evil grin, sitting at the table with his laptop. “I’ll be right back, once I’m done… talking with the other teams.” Jake got up, only for Luke to grab his shirt and pull him back to the table. “Oh, what gives!? Let go of my shirt.”
“You’re not going to go embarrass your mother by replaying the clip of her spinning the car out for all of the other teams. Not unless you want me relaying your inevitable spin over social media so everyone gets to see Mr. I-Can’t-Drive-Stick wiping out in a front-wheel-drive early-80’s shitbox.” Luke said.
“You wouldn’t.” Jake said, though he wasn’t confident in his statement.
“I would. And before you claim I don’t have the range, I have a broadcast-capable antenna. I also have a satellite uplink. Everyone in the world could know in 20 seconds flat.” Luke replied. Jake sighed, then set his laptop on the table again.
“Fine, you win. Mom, just make sure when I spin out, you keep him from embarrassing me.”
Amy gave a wicked grin in return, then said, “Maybe. Depends on how much you’re willing to pay to keep this quiet.” She cracked open an energy drink and took a drink.
Luke went over to the Minerva, then duct-taped the plastic cladding onto the rear door again. “And please, don’t kick the car. It’s a classic.” He said. Amy spat her drink across the table and burst out laughing, then said, “Damn you, Luke, that went up my nose!”
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Dave got into the '77 AAAA V200 GTX and buckled himself in, ready for some practice laps. Turning the key, the car… was silent…
“TREEEEEV!”
Trev ran across, leaned in through the window, and flicked a switch on the dash.
“Forgot to tell you,” he grinned, “There’s a fuel cut off switch for safety”.
“You serious? What else have you done to this thing that you forgot to share?”
Trev laughed and backed off, “nothing you need to know about”
Dave turned the key again and the engine roarerd into life. Slowly settling down to a smooth idle, he waited until the engine warmed up a bit before slowly pulling out and slowly making his way around the track.
A couple of laps later, Harry called through the radio. “ok Dave, open her up and lets see what she can do!”
Soon the track resonated with the sweet sound of the twin-carb 2L six at full song.
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Entry Presentation:
May I precent to to you the Espyo Rusp (S.P.O (Rust but with a p))
New:
yes you are correct, it isn’t painted - budget cuts
How my team found it:
Note: mirrors are surprisingly not rusted
Drivers:
Alon Yoke
Jule Face-palmer
Crashtor nardo
(I wonder how many people will get the Yoke)
Note: the base car scores way better than I was expecting it to in the markets
first comp i’ve entred in like a year maybe more, hope it goes decent
if you didn’t get the Joke, Fernando Alonso sounds like he was saying yoke instead of joke in the 2017 itallian gp, Jolyon Palmer - nuff said, Pastor Maldonado - nuff said
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I see you had the same problem with the body and the tyres and the ride height as I did haha. Except I decided I’d work within it and you decided to work around it 
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Hello, and welcome to the 2018 24 hour clunker challenge hosted by Trafikjournalen. Now the race is on and it seems like it’s already quite a bad start for James Hurley in car number 12, the Erin. Seems like he has some struggle with getting it in gear, but now he’s away at least. Meanwhile, the police painted 1961 Sakura, car number 10, is also slow off the starting line, like it’s struggling to get fuel but that one finally picks up speed too. The IP, the Buccaneer, the Oldman and the Bogliq are also struggling with getting of the starting line with too much wheelspin. Quickly taking the lead is the Espyo Rusp, a car that most of us could only dream of 10 years ago but appearantly has fallen in value enough to run in this clunker race now, talk about that times are changing.
We hear the engine of number 9, the Oldman, running quite roughly but the guys said that they found it under a tarp on a farm and that it had been standing for ages, so probably it’s nothing else to expect. The Sakura is struggling a bit in getting through the chicane, probably losing some time there. Once again it seems to be some trouble with the gearbox of the Erin, maybe it’s some leaking clutch hydraulics, there seems to be some grinding at downshifting at least.
Oh no! Now Victor Ruggla in number 17 the Birmingham loses control of his vehicle, and Liam O’Neil in the Sakura has to swerwe to avoid the wildly spinning Birmingham, causing both vehicles to run off the track. Though it seems like both cars and drivers escape from this unscratched. Mats Hansen in number 23, the cream IP Pandora, Luke light in number 5, the light brown Minerva, and our rookie favourite, Lucas Nilsson in number 3, the silver TSR all managed to escape this with only a minor loss of time though. Very nice driving of especially Lucas Nilsson, a completely fresh driver, that says he is going to finish this race on his own by drinking a lot of energy drinks, some say he is a genius, other just think he is mad, nobody knows what the truth is though. Both Shin Ztami in the Ferrain Uti Pick and the mysterious driver in the Keika Hop probably underestimates their speed in the curve, almost spinning out but managing to stay on track.
It has been quite undramatic now for a while, the Espyo is still the leader, the Oldman seems to have some understeering issues in the curves, the gas guzzling Revero is already in for its first tank stop. But what now? Numer 13, the AAAA, bumps into number 4, the Suzume, which seems to escape undamaged from the crash, while the brittle fiberglass shell of the AAAA looks very sad now, it probably at least will be some minutes in the pits to duct tape the dangling pieces together. Ironically enough, Mats Hansen in the IP seems to suffer more from the crash that Rick in the Suzume. Swerwing to avoid the bouncing cars, he is skidding out on the gras which seems to stall the engine. Also, it seems like the IPs starter is only clicking, did something break in the accident…no, now we hear the 1,3 litre sewing machine come to life again and Hansen can continue the race. Pierre Mountbatten in the (obviously) blue Bogliq and Ana Guiterezz in the Caliban have greater luck in avoiding a crash,and manages to stay on the track. Flying fiberglass debris is landing on the windshield of the PMI, causing Toby Ickx to brake, but it seems like it’s falling off again quite quickly and he can pick up speed again with the windshield still is one piece. The Sakuras fuel delivery problem seems to be coming and going and also there seems to be some slight trouble with the Birmingham, causing it to lose speed for a while.
The Revero is out of the pits but maybe there was some water in the fuel causing it to run rough for a while. But now we see that the Minerva is entering a corner with a speed its tractor-like suspension can’t handle, skidding out on the grass but escaping undamaged, the much faster Espyo barely manages to avoid a crash there, followed by the IP and the Caliban that also enters the corner with too much speed, skidding but managing to stay on the track.We hear some misfires from the Nohda and also from the Matteo, maybe caused by some electronic issues in the old and probably now unreliable electronic ignition systems, maybe something else, but both cars are running smoothly again after a while.
The Suzume is skidding in the same curve as the Minerva had some problems, spinning out in the same fashion but no damage to the Suzume either. The gearbox in the Erin is still making some funny noises when downshifting but we are also starting to hear a similar sound from the IP. Luke Light in the Minerva appearantly only learned his lession halfway, he is taking the curve at a more gentle speed but it is still more than the ancient suspension can handle, though the car stays on the track. After him comes two other ancient constructions, the 1947 Oldman and the 1961 Sakura, facing similar troubles, causing the Bogliq and the Caliban to brake to avoid the situation.
The Revero is going for another tank stop while some cars still are running on their first tank, however, many cars like the Ferrain, the PMI and the Birmingham has been in for their first tank stop. The misfires of the Nohda seems to come back but disappear again. But now we have another crash and it seems like it’s the Suzume again, smashing into the barrier at a quite high speed sending it to the pits for a while. The Suzume is out of the pits again, but what now? It barely manages to get out from the pits only to get hit by the Oldman quite hard, both cars look very battered and I guess it will be another visit to the pits for the Suzume, as well as one for the Oldman. The AAAA and the Erin drives of track when trying to avoid getting into the crash, while the Buccaneer, Ferrain, Sakura and Caliban manages to avoid it completely. Though the Caliban seems to have some troubles with gaining speed again, but after a while it’s running as fast as ever on the track.
We’re now 4 hours into the race, the first bunch of drivers have done half of their time, but let’s look at the standings this far:
- Espyo Rusp, lap #109
- Matteo Miglia, lap #106
- Caliban Thunder, lap #105
- Keika Hop, lap #103
- Nohda Bop, lap #102
- Ferrain UtiPick, lap #102
- TSR Kansai, lap #99
- Birmingham 8000, lap #98
- LSV Buccaneer, lap #98
- Revero IRO-1, lap #97
- Bogliq Kitten, lap #92
- PMI Usurper, lap #92
- Suzume Haneda, lap #91
- Erin Lomaron, lap #90
- Oldman series 1, lap #89
- AAAA V200, lap #89
- Sakura Empress, lap #89
- Minerva Bullet, lap #87
- IP Pandora, lap #84
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I am waiting for actions with racing on grass :).If that AWD and off-road suspension work on grass i think the team will not losing much time on grass or slowing down on grass.
I think I mistyped the name, it’s meant to be the Duchess. Whoops
Well so far so good. Let’s see if I can keep the podium to the end of the race 
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I’m gunning for you! Don’t slip up!
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