Wild Looking Boxster Race Car For Sale
11-01-2008, 03:52 AM
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here is some more interesting info on the Boxster (ghost rider)
http://www.mundomotorizado.com/foros...?f=103&t=15371
http://www.mundomotorizado.com/foros...?f=103&t=15371
11-01-2008, 02:46 PM
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I am finally able to take some time and read the thread I started and "wow" the political sidetrack was interesting. I try to avoid political discussions (especially on a public forum) because I don't think you can really change most people's mind and, ufortunately, it just ends up making folks upset.
Regarding the Boxster, I am going to post more in a separate post.
Regarding the Boxster, I am going to post more in a separate post.
11-01-2008, 03:28 PM
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here is some more interesting info on the Boxster (ghost rider)
http://www.mundomotorizado.com/foros...?f=103&t=15371
http://www.mundomotorizado.com/foros...?f=103&t=15371
I also noticed in the postings that “Khajavi Motorsports” (KM) is the team who has attempted to run the car. Then when I look at a photo of the KM team, the driver looks remarkably like what I remember Derek Huntley (or Derek Khajavi or whatever version of his name you remember) from the former Huntley Motorsports to look like. Does anyone happen to know if he changed his name to Dary because Dary was indicated as the driver’s name??
Where this leads me is that many of us know the checkered past of Huntley Motorsports in the final two or three years before the business failed. I even lost some money in that whole ordeal. If, in fact, Derek has changed is name to Dary and he attempted to run this Boxster, it looks like he has gotten a taste of his own medicine (hopefully not funded by someone else). From what I remember about Derek, he had great ideas but, unfortunately, his execution of those ideas almost always seemed to be second rate. I mean REALLY second rate. But . . . I do have to give Derek credit for his passion for the sport.
Take the Boxster race car for instance. What a great concept -> mid engine layout, tube frame chassis with formula car style suspension, custom bodywork, very light weight, under body aerodynamics, etc, etc. This concept could have been the birth of an extremely fast race car. However, unfortunately, when the KM team tried to run the car, just about everything broke!!! This just goes to show that the execution of the concept was terrible. It doesn’t sound like the engine OR trans OR chassis were built right.
Khajavi supplied a lot of customers with a lot of great ideas that cost folks a lot of money that never really worked out. Many customers were burned. Now, if this Boxster race car was something built mostly by the Derek Khajavi many of us used to know, and its failure has cost only him money, then it is an interesting turn of events. Again, the race car is a very good concept but the build quality seems to be second rate. However, if the Boxster race car was built by Khajavi and costing SOMEONE ELSE money, then I sure feel bad for that person.
I guess the moral of this story is familiar -> BUYER BEWARE!!!
Here is the April 7, 2008 posting from “PorscheRacer” the mundomotorizado forum:
We have been getting a lot of questions about the car and the accident on Sunday so here is our race report:
Thursday/Friday Practice - Immedietly after unloading the car and starting it the flywheel sheared off the crankshaft! This required removal of the transaxle and significant repairs to the flywheel, crank, and clutch disc. These repairs took until Friday night. Friday night we were able to test the car in the pits on jack stands and get it ready for Saturday to run and qualify.
Saturday Qualifying - During practice Team KM had a failure of the shifting forks in the Transaxle which limited the gearbox to only 5th, 4th and 3rd gears (3rd gear required holding the shifter to maintain the gear). Due to the tight gear ratios and the nature of the high RPM motor, the car was extremely difficult to drive and in the slower sections of the track was stalling the engine. Without the option to repair the gearbox and with the diminished performance of the car, the team decided NOT to put new tires on the car for qualifying and racing. The transponder was also not functioning which was not repaired in time to get a good qualifying time forcing the team to start last.
Sunday Race - Team KM decided NOT to run in the warm up session to save the gearbox from additional damage before the race and to conserve the old tires. The race start was as expected with the car performing poorly with the limited gears and old tires but was able to maintain a slow pace consistently. After the initial laps the car was running well (several previous issues with the car were no longer hapening, car temperature was good, brakes were very good). Going into the 'S's the car was balanced but when exiting the last 'S' before the right hand hairpin curve the Left-Front lower A-Arm outer joint failed and the front wheel turned full left, Dary could not stop the car from exiting the track. Not knowing about the full extent of the failure, Dary successfully returned the car to the track but having little control of the car due to the broken front suspention, the car entered over a steep curb which then damaged the Left-Rear suspention. The car then quickly departed the track again to the left side and came to a stop a few meters from the track. Dary was not injured and the car did not experience significant damage from the crash. However due to the fact that KM is not yet sponsored for 2008 we did not have sufficient spare parts to repair the car fro the second race.
Race Summary - Team KM is not entirely happy with the final results of our efforts but are pleased with the fact that the teams in GT2 were able to run and open the class for the 2008 season. With each failure we learn what is needed to get the 'Ghost Rider' to it's full potential. We feel the car and driver have the right combination to be very competitive in GT2 and look forward to showing the fans and other competitors what we can do! Special thanks go out to the team members who's devotion and hard work make this all possible (and to the wives who let us do it!)! Also special thanks to the fans and thier words of encouragement and sitting in the rain to see us race!
P.S. I thought I would share a 'Ghostly' picture of the Ghost Rider's car at 1:00 AM in the pits at La Guacima while the team fixed the flywheel and crankshaft damage!
Thursday/Friday Practice - Immedietly after unloading the car and starting it the flywheel sheared off the crankshaft! This required removal of the transaxle and significant repairs to the flywheel, crank, and clutch disc. These repairs took until Friday night. Friday night we were able to test the car in the pits on jack stands and get it ready for Saturday to run and qualify.
Saturday Qualifying - During practice Team KM had a failure of the shifting forks in the Transaxle which limited the gearbox to only 5th, 4th and 3rd gears (3rd gear required holding the shifter to maintain the gear). Due to the tight gear ratios and the nature of the high RPM motor, the car was extremely difficult to drive and in the slower sections of the track was stalling the engine. Without the option to repair the gearbox and with the diminished performance of the car, the team decided NOT to put new tires on the car for qualifying and racing. The transponder was also not functioning which was not repaired in time to get a good qualifying time forcing the team to start last.
Sunday Race - Team KM decided NOT to run in the warm up session to save the gearbox from additional damage before the race and to conserve the old tires. The race start was as expected with the car performing poorly with the limited gears and old tires but was able to maintain a slow pace consistently. After the initial laps the car was running well (several previous issues with the car were no longer hapening, car temperature was good, brakes were very good). Going into the 'S's the car was balanced but when exiting the last 'S' before the right hand hairpin curve the Left-Front lower A-Arm outer joint failed and the front wheel turned full left, Dary could not stop the car from exiting the track. Not knowing about the full extent of the failure, Dary successfully returned the car to the track but having little control of the car due to the broken front suspention, the car entered over a steep curb which then damaged the Left-Rear suspention. The car then quickly departed the track again to the left side and came to a stop a few meters from the track. Dary was not injured and the car did not experience significant damage from the crash. However due to the fact that KM is not yet sponsored for 2008 we did not have sufficient spare parts to repair the car fro the second race.
Race Summary - Team KM is not entirely happy with the final results of our efforts but are pleased with the fact that the teams in GT2 were able to run and open the class for the 2008 season. With each failure we learn what is needed to get the 'Ghost Rider' to it's full potential. We feel the car and driver have the right combination to be very competitive in GT2 and look forward to showing the fans and other competitors what we can do! Special thanks go out to the team members who's devotion and hard work make this all possible (and to the wives who let us do it!)! Also special thanks to the fans and thier words of encouragement and sitting in the rain to see us race!
P.S. I thought I would share a 'Ghostly' picture of the Ghost Rider's car at 1:00 AM in the pits at La Guacima while the team fixed the flywheel and crankshaft damage!
We are taking some time to make sure we have a solid car before we race again. Unfortunatly our gearbox is a bit rare and is taking a long time to find parts and spares so we will not be able to run for several more weeks. Now with the new rules coming out we may wait before investing too much time and money in the car to what would be best for 2009. You will see us out there but it will be only after we are ready to race .....this time!!
Last edited by Jeff Lamb; 11-01-2008 at 03:31 PM. Reason: added photo of KM team
11-01-2008, 11:27 PM
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I am finally able to take some time and read the thread I started and "wow" the political sidetrack was interesting. I try to avoid political discussions (especially on a public forum) because I don't think you can really change most people's mind and, ufortunately, it just ends up making folks upset.
That sure is a badass looking boxster! This, my friends, is what happens when you don't bother to actually engineer a race car. Sure, anyone can build one, but with all the failures they had in just simply racing the car, looks like a huge pile of steamy poo to me.
That said, it's friggin' sexy!
11-02-2008, 01:57 AM
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It amuses me that on the forum they speak of how the gearbox's uniqueness is causing a problem with repair and parts availability while on the Ebay ad there are several notes about how universal the gearbox is, how easy it is to work on, and how many parts there were.
It also amuses me that after discovering their gearbox was FUBAR during practice, they decided to risk the $40k engine for "slow but consistent times", proceeded to run it off the track, then CONTINUE driving it so they could go off again and deal a death blow to the car.
Weak.
It also amuses me that after discovering their gearbox was FUBAR during practice, they decided to risk the $40k engine for "slow but consistent times", proceeded to run it off the track, then CONTINUE driving it so they could go off again and deal a death blow to the car.
Weak.
