Our first work day

We are pleased to announce that Team Turbo Schnitzel has scored it's first victory! We were triumphant at getting accepted to compete in the race in South Carolina!

On the heels of our first win, we elected to actually put some coin into our heap in the form of a timing belt change. Thus began our first work and testing day. Here's our fearless Captain Craig checking the damage. He reported that it tastes remarkably like fail.

As you can see, the existing belt was a bit of a disaster. Fortunately our heroic crew was able to repair the faulty components at the cost of an $8 belt, 8 bratwursts and 6 beers. With the repairs complete several team members hopped in and roared down the street.

The almost got to the end before we discovered that the wheels were loose, the fuel tank was empty (the gauge is broken, apparently) and the fuel system seems to lose pressure. Oh, and the O2 sensor is busted, making our Merkur run like a Kuwati oil derrick after the Gulf War.

Here's our master wrench turner John (in the jams) applying his skills to the issue. We did manage to limp the car back to our base of operation. Hopefully in the next work day we can fix the fuel issues, timing, sensor problems and whatever else decides to break between now and then.

Here's our badass ride. At this distance it actually looks like a decent car...almost.