The first couple of weeks in Ohio was eventful as work was pretty steady. But, there were many times where I was at the house we stay at and wished I had Poison Ivy there with me to play with on my down time. The house we stay at is a 4 bedroom, two bath […]
The last month has been…interesting to say the least. A little bit of bad and good news. Not so much as bad, more along the lines of unexpected and unplanned. What do I mean? Well, I will tell ya. Words By: AJ Hunsinger | Images By: AJ Hunsinger There are a few key things. Two […]
It was a long 4 or 5 months. Too long to go without hearing #PoisonIvy run or at least drive. The last time I drove her was done without a clutch at all. Literally, the clutch pedal did nothing because a couple clutch disk springs had broken. But, the last time I drove her, I […]
Over the last month, I have spent a lot of time searching the pro’s and con’s of running a locked center differential. The center differential determines how much power is applied front to rear. Locking the center differential splits the power 50/50, front to rear. This is mostly used for drag racing to achieve a […]
I am starting this post with the intention to simply help myself document any and all information I find throughout my own Evo 8 ECU–>1G DSM process. There is a sufficient amount of information out there on the web between DSMtuners, EvolutionM, DSMtalk, club3G, the GVR4 forums, etc. But the information is amazingly spotty at […]
This video is one of several of the Weight Reduction Series on the eatsleepdsm YouTube channel. In this video, I show the removal of the basic interior parts as well as several metal supports that are held into place with factory spot welds. I am removing as much weight as possible on Poison Ivy. Partly […]
This video is one of several of the Weight Reduction Series on the eatsleepdsm YouTube channel. In this video, I show the removal of the basic interior parts as well as several metal supports that are held into place with factory spot welds. Also in this video is the removal of various other items such […]
This video is one of several of the Weight Reduction Series on the eatsleepdsm YouTube channel. In this video, I show the removal of the basic interior parts as well as several metal supports that are held into place with factory spot welds. I am removing as much weight as possible on Poison Ivy. Partly […]
I always find myself thinking of new, unique things that I can do to my 1G build. In the modern age, it seems like all DSM’s are built the same. Clean, nice paint, a good drop, and a decent set of wheels. Which is perfectly fine, but I miss the creativity that the DSM scene […]
I have been asked numerous times, most recently on one of my YouTube videos, on how I wired up my push button start. You yourself may have found that when searching exactly how to do this, it is very difficult to find information. That is because of a couple of reasons. There are many different […]
I know, it’s been forever since I have updated Poison Ivy’s project log. It’s been a pretty busy period in life between my medical problems and the dirt race cars. But, I haven’t forgotten about ivy. In fact, the determination to finish her and get her up and running again has been at an all […]
Weight Reduction can be a game changer if treated respectively. It can easily be the difference between a 10 second car vs. a 9 second car as it directly affects the vehicles overall acceleration. The rule of thumb that is for every 100lbs. you remove from your car, is a .1sec improvement in your 1320 […]
Well…we finally picked up the Lias Chassis yesterday. And this time, it wasn’t covered in 30″ of snow so we really got the see every detail of the car. It is quite an impressive machine and was built very well. Along with the car, we got several parts, a few that we needed for the […]
It’s a nice feeling when you are building a race car and things start going back together fresh and new, especially when racing season is less than two weeks away. But, we still have lots of work to do and there is definitely some long days and nights ahead of us. Words By AJ Hunsinger […]
Over the weekend, my Dad tagged me in a post in a dirt racing group on Facebook of a post with a guy selling another IMCA Modified. The car in the ad was a car that I watched in the early years of my racing career. The same car that dominated week after week at […]
I know I know, you probably didn’t expect to see this on Eat Sleep DSM, but this is a huge part of my life and I LOVE project logs, so I figured….why not make a project log for the dirt car? Because this is such a big part of my life, it’s going to take […]
I haven’t been able to do a whole lot yet as I have been taking things easy with my recovery. But, I have done a few things so I figured I would make another update. First things first, I finally put some fresh Brad Penn (10W-30) in #Charlotte. One of my good friends, Destry Burnstein, […]
When I first bought this thing, I said that I would leave it mostly stock and not delete much on it. I guess that was a very vague statement. This car will forever be a daily driver so it’s not like I will be deleting the heater or anything. And for once, I think I […]
In my opinion, the absolute most ugliest, embarrassing, unattractive eyesore on any car, especially a DSM, is wheel gap. I for one can NOT stand wheel gap. #Charlotte, was mostly stock when I scooped her up about a month ago for $750. Including, the stock springs, which resulted in that nasty wheel gap. A day […]
Poison Ivy recently developed a clutch problem. Allegedly, a spring on my pressure plate either popped out or got damaged. I believe the whole thing stemmed from my transmission bolts backing out. Of course I didn’t catch it until it was too late and started making a slight metallic noise when engaging and disengaging the […]