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		<title>Frame repair, Lemons style</title>
		<link>http://www.rahulnair.net/blog/2007/12/23/frame-repair-lemons-style/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rahulnair</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cumulative result of all the contact in the Lemons race in Altamont was that the front end of our car was in pretty bad shape. As you can see from the above picture, the left front corner is a couple of inches too high as well as an inch or two inboard of its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Race review &#8211; Saturday pre-race setup</title>
		<link>http://www.rahulnair.net/blog/2007/11/05/race-review-saturday-pre-race-setup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 06:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am finally getting down to writing my review of our Lemons experience &#8211; this first post will be about Saturday setup while following posts will be about things like on-track action, mechanical breakdowns, jury rigged repairs and other bits of lemons fun. As I had mentioned before, we had some tire wear issues on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Test day</title>
		<link>http://www.rahulnair.net/blog/2007/10/20/test-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 14:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rahulnair</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we had a pretty good test day at Altamont. All of us did a few laps behind the wheel to get a feel for the car and the track. The car ran very fast and we all did 54 sec laps with Jyri doing a best of 52. We did have some tire wear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seat Time</title>
		<link>http://www.rahulnair.net/blog/2007/10/19/seat-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rahulnair</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most expensive parts of the Lemons car is the seat &#8211; a good fiberglass seat will run you at least $500 dollars and even an aluminium seat will cost > $300. Now if you are preping a regular race car thats not a problem, the seat will usually last the lifetime of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Days 4 and 5 &#8211; Its all about the cage</title>
		<link>http://www.rahulnair.net/blog/2007/10/09/days-4-and-5-its-all-about-the-cage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rahulnair</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most important pieces of safety equipment for any racecar is the roll cage. Having seen one car flip in July event, we knew that this one part we we had to take very seriously. The official rules for the race only require a 4 point roll bar and a door bar, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Car Prep Day 3 &#8211; Its alive</title>
		<link>http://www.rahulnair.net/blog/2007/10/07/car-prep-day-3-its-alive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rahulnair.net/blog/2007/10/07/car-prep-day-3-its-alive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 21:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rahulnair</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day three of car prep was all about getting the engine running. At this point we had had the car with us for several months but we hadn&#8217;t yet heard the damn thing run. We started up by tightening up the head bolts and putting in a new timing belt. After that we adjusted the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Car Preparation &#8211; Day 2</title>
		<link>http://www.rahulnair.net/blog/2007/09/29/car-preparation-day-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rahulnair.net/blog/2007/09/29/car-preparation-day-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 07:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rahulnair</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 2 of preparation was all about fixing up the head. As you can see below the valves were in really bad shape and all of them had to be replaced. We cleaned the head and the block before putting on a new head gasket kit. The manifolds were bolted back onto the head and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Car Preparation &#8211; Day 1</title>
		<link>http://www.rahulnair.net/blog/2007/09/28/car-preparation-day-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rahulnair.net/blog/2007/09/28/car-preparation-day-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 06:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rahulnair</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that we had the car at Dietsch Werks, we had to figure out what was wrong with. Day 1 would be all about stripping the car under Robs guidance. We started out by jacking it up and draining the coolant. The next step was to remove the cylinder head. This was needed because the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Car Pickup</title>
		<link>http://www.rahulnair.net/blog/2007/09/28/car-pickup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 04:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rahulnair</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a couple of weeks of frantic paper writing things have finally cooled down enough that I can go back to writing my blog. First on the list is a series of blog posts about our preparation for the 24 hours of Lemons. Sit back and enjoy the fun. The first and most important thing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s alive</title>
		<link>http://www.rahulnair.net/blog/2007/09/05/its-alive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 05:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rahulnair</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday we finally got our Lemons car started for the first time &#8211; still need to put the cooling system on buts its a relief to finally get it running. I promise I&#8217;ll have a series of posts about the actual prep work. It&#8217;s Alive from rnair and Vimeo. P.S.: The smoke is just [...]]]></description>
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