Fuel leak fixed, replaced all soft fuel lines, they were weeping in many places.

It drives in all gears, turns and stops.... quick little car. This should be fun!!

It runs!!

So I got some time to work on the car again, I can't believe it has been two weeks. I got it running!!! Once all the lines were cleaned and hooked up, it fired right up and settled into a nice idle. Found a major hole in the exhaust, and as it came up to temp, I found a fuel leak at the fuel rail, right onto the turbo....so off it went. Oil pressure looked good, and it sounded smooth.

I also removed some interior. All of the door panels, the rear seats, headliner and all plastic bits of interior from the front seats back. I am going to try to fix the fuel leak and drive it tomorrow.

Ahhh the smell of old gas....

So having bought a few cars that have sat around I have a procedure I kinda follow. Start at the fuel tank and work forward. I don't even WANT it to run on whatever is in there, it is too easy to kill injectors, or block a fuel line. So I remove the pump/level indicator, wow that is nasty. The old pump is all gummed up, as are the hard lines that exit the tank, cant even blow 50psi air through them. The stuff coming out of the tank could hardly be called gasoline. So I drain all the fuel out into a drain pan(be nice to the environment and all) and put into a jug to go to the track for disposal. Then I roll the car out of the garage and jack up the drivers side as high as I can, about 20 inches. The pump hole is on passenger side, so I just put my high pressure water hose in there and let it route around, all kinds of depsoits come out, as well as the old sock for the pickup, and some loose change(12cents). Don't ask, cuz I can't even make up an answer for that. So now the tank is drying, aided by a fan blowing down the fill tube. I smell all nasty too. Maybe it will run un-aided this weekend.

More pics here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29132063@N03/sets/72157622802491181/

To begin

This Blog is to chronicle the building and antics of a Chump-Car team. Details on the race can be found at. http://www.chumpcar.com/

I am Donnie, team captain(for better or worse...) I have choosen a 1985 dodge omni GLH, which some will recognize from the 80's. It has some real paint issues, does not run, and lots of rust. I am not sure how bad the rust is, as I just got it up onto jackstands yesterday. Our first race is March 13-14, 2010 at Rockingham raceway in NC.



Here are some pictures of the car as it sits.