Confessions of an Automationeer, Part 127: Applying the CEL Challenge Remix

Confessions of an Automationeer, Part 127: Applying the CEL Challenge Remix

In the previous post, I described one of my spinner wheel sets based on the original CEL Challenge set, which I simply called the CEL Challenge Remix. This time, I will be showing a build resulting from a randomly generated combination I created. Here is the combination in full:

This sounds like a tempting combination, doesn't it?

In this case, it's a 1980s American muscle/pony car. However, although the Location spinner originally landed on "Canada", I spun it again due to the Luck spinner landing on "Lucky" and the Lucky spinner landing on "Change Location", with the Location spinner landing on "US" for the second spin. With all the attributes now set, I took a screenshot of the wheels' final positions, then set to work on the car that met the requirements of my own personal CEL Challenge Remix.

Engineering wise, the build was typical 1980s pony car fare: a big normally aspirated overhead-valve V8 up front driving the rear wheels via a manual gearbox and limited-slip differential, with independent suspension up front and a  (coil-sprung) live axle in the rear. This time, I considered making a whole range of trims over time, and ultimately went through with the idea. To that end, I deliberately made the earliest trims more primitive than the later ones; as such, while the oldest trim had a carbureted engine and a 4-speed gearbox, newer trims would have a fuel-injected engine and a 5-speed gearbox, among other changes. And all of this would be built on the 1980 E90-esque body set, using the 2-door Super coupe body style, with a 2.47m wheelbase. To differentiate the trims further, the first one would have a softer set-up in general, whereas later trims would be more aggressively configured to reflect their more overtly sporting nature.

Here is the original 1980 pre-facelift trim powered by a carbureted V8:

The first version of a 1980s pony car I made using the CEL Challenge Remix spinner wheel set. Sleek and purposeful, but a bit short on power.

And here is the 1984 facelift, now powered by a fuel-injected version of the same engine:

A facelifted version of the car shown above, with a sleeker appearance and, most importantly, more power under that long hood.

This was quite a fun build to create, test and revise - I was quite happy with how this one turned out. Stay tuned for further updates - I may create additional trims of this car if I feel like it.