Bentmettle

A place for all things Bent Mettle Racing. Bent Mettle is a rally team based in the midwest US campaigning a 1985 VW Jetta. Driver Matt Bushore is guided by the melodious voice of younger brother and Co-driver Andrew Bushore.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

A 2012 update

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I'm clearly horrible about updating a blog. Blame self absorption. Distraction. What's happened since August? 1. We went to LSP...

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Where did you go?

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Into the shop, of course. I will be posting pictures of the A3 Golf safety cage build up, and putting together a thread about Megasquirtin...

Monday, May 30, 2011

Rally Minnesota- Jetta rental

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Chad Eixenberger put the Bent Mettle Racing Jetta on the podium at the recent Rally Minnesota event held May 20-21 in Park Rapids, MN. The ...

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Rally computer magnet mounting

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The Jetta is equipped with a US made and supported Alfa Pro rally ( http://rally.cc/ ) computer to measure time, speed, and distance. The ...

Friday, April 15, 2011

Small big lathe project

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Over the course of the last 5 seasons, the bearing housings on the strut mounts have gotten pretty beat up. With one cracked, it's time...

Monday, April 11, 2011

Bending stiffness- door bars

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Multiple tubes in the same plane are required to prevent side intrusion. The builder is left with several options as to tubing diameter and...

Friday, April 8, 2011

Steering stops

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It's difficult for privateer competitors to fully develop their vehicles in a vacuum. Even after years of active use, I find myself pok...

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