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I sold my car to Windshear Inc. 3.5 years ago. It will probably never see the light of day again.

Dan Murphy sold his car to Don Boughan, who sold it to Eric Vining from Arkansas a couple of...

Doug,

I had the Quaife QDF7ZR in my Elan. Dropped right in as replacement for the open diff.
It was bullet proof with no trouble at all the whole time I ran the car. The only maintenance I did...

6 gallons in a 30min race(Sebring). with 10 min of FCY - 15 min of Red Flag(Cluster ****), maybe 30 mintes to regrid ...I forgot...it was a long time and about 95deg. Total time in seat - about 90...

I made a "snorkle" between the stock airbox and intake by opening up the entire bottom front ( between the two intakes) of the stock airbox, maintaining the airflow up through the stock filter and...

Outstanding Video!

Thanks for posting Alex.

Nice drive Alex and Michael!

Wish I could have been there

Thanks,

Thanks for the offer JP. I would love to go but I have family commitments that weekend that I can't back out of. Besides, I'm getting my racing "fix" this weekend at Daytona.


Thanks,

Tom

Mike,

Great shot of the car! Thank You and Janice.

Nice to see the shot of the good side with the intact sidepod and floor.
The other side.... not so much.

Thanks again,

Tom

Thanks Mike, but the Congrats need to go to Coop. I eff'ed up and missed seeing one of the multiple yellows as it came out while making a pass. The finishing order should be Cooper, Beattie, Crowe,...

Who's planning to come?

FWIW- this is also a "Majors" event. Only 2 registered so far (Beattie, Levien).


Thanks,

Tom

Uh Oh. I'm not sure I want to have a race named after me, especially after such a rough start. Besides, don't you have to be dead to have such an honor? Last time I checked, I still have a pulse.
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Hey Bill,

I'm glad to hear you are OK.

It's ironic that CFR finallly split the open wheel/SR groups in an effort to make the racing safer and more fun on the short course and you get taken...

I just looked up the Formula 1000 Championship Series Inc. listing from the State corporate records and saw that the corporation is now "inactive" and was administratively dissolved as of 9/28/12. I...

Brett, Dan, Wren- thanks for your support. I don’t feel as guilty now with my tire windfall from last weekend after hearing that you guys aren’t looking at me (and Jason) like some scab breaking...

Yes, No, and No.

We didn't talk much at all. During the only conversation we had where he talked about the mess, he just repeated the story he told in his "What really happened...." manifesto he...

Well, knowing that a lot of my racing friends got screwed in this whole deal, I feel bad and a little guilty that I was able to show up for my local Regional and walk away with a couple sets of tires...

Hey, I'm up for that! We can call it the Wanker Grand Prix

I don't see why we should wait til next year to start the ball busting though.
Here, I'll start....JP, are you going to actually drive...

NO

Chris,

What is the estimated the weight reduction?

Thanks,

Tom

Thats good to hear.

Thanks Dan.


Tom

With all the hand-wringing going on over compliance of stock motors, bodywork/sidpod/floor shape, assisted shifters, etc. , I was wondering if Tech actually measured anything during the runoffs this...

Contribution sent.

Thanks,

Tom

Thanks Coop!

I think the "green machine" looks great too.


Tom

I finally installed my new carbon nose/crushbox and inner wheel blanks/brake ducts that Ben Cooper at SE Composites made for my Elan DP04. I ran them at Daytona a couple of weeks ago and am extremely...

"Even a bum finds a quarter now and then."


Just in time for my oil change.....


Thanks Mike!

As scrawny as this guy is it shouldn't have been a big deal, but I just happened to on all fours screwing around with a brake line and wound up eye-to eye with him about two feet away. I about sh$t...

and saw THIS!

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Luckily he wasn't interested....and mama wasn't around

Sebring 12 hour and the St. Pete Indy car weekends ? If so I'm there.

Thanks,

Tom

Dan,

No fence-sitting here. As much as I would like to join you guys up there for the race, Fat Squirrels , Spotted Cows and Mystt Premium (not necessarily in that order) , I just can't get the...

The Sebring Double National is less than a month away.

Bring your fancy- shmancy shifters and see if you can beat Brandon's pre-Geartronics track record.

So far it's me and Mclaughlin...

Thanks Russ.

I have had a video loop running all day of Brandon's record Q2 lap from the Sprints. Looks easy! :ha: :eek:


Tom

Not only will this be the first National race for the DB-X but it will be the first time for the car at RA and the first time for the FB Honda powerplant at a National. I have not seen the car in the...

Hey Ben,

Any discount if JP and I make a group (of two) purchase of those beautiful pieces?:D


Tom

Can someone please remind me when the 5-year clock runs out for us to achieve the 2.5 cars/national before being relegated to regional only "status" ? Based on the previously low FB turnout at the...

JohnPaul,

Welcome to the very exclusive DP-04 club.

Give me a call anytime...I don't like to type.

Tom

407 782-4066

Three registered so far (Lane, Dixon, Beattie).

Anyone else planning to come? :revs:


Tom

Beautiful Car!

Coop, I don't see you registered for Sebring. Are you just doing Homestead and passing up Sebring on your way back North? We've got 5 FB's entered so far. I hope to see the new...

So, as per registration, your keeping it in check for Sebring but letting it out for Homestead?


Tom

I just registered for the Sebring double.That makes it three FB's so far.

I can't make the Homestead weekend.

Tom

Beautiful!

Bill - Thanks, It's always fun racing with you. This race was definitely a good exercise in working traffic. My thanks to the FV's,F500's, FF's and FC's too. Everyone did great heads-up racing.
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I'm in for the Sebring double for sure. I'm planning on Homestead too if I'm not in the middle of an office move Jan 1.



Tom

Russ, I wish I could blame it on the car. That would make it much easier on my fragile ego since my issues have been mostly self induced.:o


Tom

Unfortunately, I will have to be removed from the "confirmed" entry list and added to the "possible entries in need of money" list.

I have had a few unexpected racing expenses in the last couple...

For those of you running the 07/08 Suzuki with the flappy door wet sump pan, here's some confirming data showing how well Lawrence Loshak's mod works.

Below is a screenshot of my before/after oil...

Barring any unexpected racing expenses in the next 2 months, I will be there with my Elan DP-04.

Who's in charge of the beer and dancing girls?

Tom

Hey Ben, I sure would like one for my "FE" . It's beautiful! In my case I would just add the gold pinstripes and show it off.


Tom

True, but the appearance of my plugs and the deposits on the valves and pistons do not show any indication that I had been running lean. It looked a tad rich to me if anything.

Also, I run a...

I haven't heard of dropped valves being common either, but it sure has been common to me lately. I have had this happen in my last two weekends on two different motors.I run my FP at 43psi but a have...

Hey Tom, I feel your pain.

I also got taken by the Baytos' /Primus/Group 4 ponzi scheme they were running on the Rf281 Van Diemen F1000's.

I put a deposit on what was supposed to be a...

Congrats Coop!:trophy:

Wish I could have been out there too.



Tom.