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I am embarking on the journey of building a rules correct Group 5 2002. However i plan on using modern technology and my engineering degree to make it the most bad-ass group 5 car ever. The hope is to be smoking Porsche 935 KKKs. Personally, i graduated in 2017 from Purdue University. While i was there i was part of the SAE car teams. There i learned how to weld, machine, design, and test an open wheel race car. Now that i've graduated i still have the itch to do a project like that so i figured why not do it to my dilapidated BMW.  The rules of Group 5 are very vague and i hope to use that to my advantage by introducing modern technology to a 1970s race series. 

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The Build Rules

As I mentioned before, the goal of this build is to build a car that meets the regulations of group 5 while implementing modern technology to make it faster. A set of the rules is located at https://argent.fia.com/web/fia-public.nsf/whistj?open . The specific rules im following are the 1976 versions since that is the year of my car. I will cover in brief the simplified versions of the rules as i have read them. I would ask if you have time please read them as well to make sure i haven't misinter

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What i'm starting with

This is the car in question. Its a 1976 BMW 2002 that i bought senior year of high school for 4K. The car served me well and lasted 2 years as a daily and even manged a trip from PA to IN and back. When it returned i took it auto-crossing and binned the valve-train. I tried to fix it in the apartment parking lot but had no luck. This is where the tear down began.I ended up pulling the motor to try and rebuild it. Upon removing the engine i also tried embarking on other maintenance things such as

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The current state of things.

Its been 2 years since the car came off the road with a non working engine. What started as an attempt to fix and improve the car has turned into a full on tear down. This was for a few reasons. First the new engine i had bought for the car had a bent crank so i struggled to get that engine back running. Next i tried to replace the seats with more supportive sport seats. During welding of the new seat brackets i stumbled upon multiple holes in the floor well. Some new and some poor botch jobs fr

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The Big Move

What a busy week I've had. Monday the 17th is the big day. The day that i take my final step into the real world and start my first job. I'll be working at a company called NEXTEER Automotive where ill be doing R&D work on electric power steering systems. To go along with this new job i had to move from York, PA. to Flint, MI.(Feel free to send me a Brita filter LOL). The move included not only my personal belongings but also packing up my car and everything i had with it. Thankfully my fath

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