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All,

Thanks for all the tips and recommendations!

I plan to test the unit and if it doesn't work, I'll check with Autometer and some other repair sources I've been made aware of.

Always good...

Being a realist, the odds of my 1996 Stack ST8100 waking up from a multi decade sleep is very low so I'm looking into replacement options (it did work back in 2007 for 15 minutes when last fired up.)...

Hi everyone,

The picture of the Toyo tires reminded me I need to purchase rain tires for the FF. Recommendations?

Craig

Lynn,

I got the same email.

Very disappointing.

Craig

All,

I apologize for some duplication I posted in the other thread.

My order of preference and some comments:

1) Have the class work with Hoosier on future group purchase batch runs as long...

Hi Chris,

Jim asked a question, and I gave him my answer. You did the same in post #7. Others did too. No need to inform me you disagree as I've read all the post, in multiple threads, on this...

Back to Jim's questions in the first post:

I feel the class should responded positively to Hoosier's willingness to do group purchase batch runs again in the future. It is a simple solution with...

I just placed my order for (6) tires with Sonya. Not sure if I'll get the car together this year (trying) but I don't want to see CM die and/or radically changed. This solution seems to be the best...

Jim, appreciate the reply.

Question: Wouldn't allowing 6" and 8" wheels this year, with the appropriate FC tires, be seen as an advantage to those who are set for the remaining year using the...

I'm depressed. I've been reading and thinking about all the posts / ideas since last Friday. I do apricate all the input and efforts by all.

My comments:

I'm having a very hard time with...

Hi Everyone,

The (3) 50 ml cartridges of Hysol E-120HP I purchased a few years back have expired and my frame is finally ready to attach the new floor pan thus I need to purchase more epoxy. ...

My 2-cents / random thoughts:

First, I can’t think of anyone that has done more for CM than Chris has done (for decades) and I for one apricate it. He took the time to write and share his FC...

Burns Stainless, in California, sells a couple of different height weld-on exhaust tabs and lugs. Take a look at their hardware products.
...

Hi Tom,

I've used a 3M Adhesive Eraser wheel successfully for 30 plus years? I've never damaged the paint but I allays use it very cautiously. They work very well. A friend that does a lot of...

Hi Lynn,

I poked around the SCCA site and didn't see anything about this major schedule change. Where can I find more info? I would have thought this would have caused a large number of...

Hi Tom,

Have you looked at the Bell Sport EV? The "EV" is for "extra vision." They claim it has the widest opening in a full faced helmet for those that use glasses.
...

Autocross secrets?

I know Jim had to have tested every possible configuration when he ran the Citation.

Just looking for a front and rear spring rate starting point out of the gate. The...

Thanks everyone.

Craig

Thanks everyone,

My gut told me 3rd and 4th were a tad low (what was I thinking 13 years ago?) Also, my notes tell me I have a 9:31 R&P and all my gear spreadsheets were created based on this,...

Starting point: Spring rates recommendations?

My RF92’s suspension is a bit different than stock. The previous owner had the front mono shock converted to a dual shock set up by Pat Prince and...

Gearing:

Back when I purchased new gears for my RF92 few, if any, were running a car with a LD200. As most know, LD200 gear options for autocross are not great compared to the MK9. Also, I...

Hi all,

I recently retired so I finally have time to work on the RF92 I purchased back in the summer of 2006 to replace the S2 CM car I ran long ago (I ran two different S2's infrequently.) I...

Jim, Oops.

To be honest, I did scan the results and no 440’s stood out. I just rechecked and now I see several. How could I forget Jim Murphy and all the others? Getting old(er) and blind.
...

I just dusted off a couple of my old results booklets.

In 1990 Stuart Lumpkin won and I think the car count was around 32 (I didn’t run that year.)

In ‘91, there were 36 entries and 34...

Something is likely wrong. A "jetnut" has a built in interference fit by design. You would need a wrench to get in on and off... especially if new.

Sorry Dave,

I just noticed you owned/ran the car too.

Craig

Jim Fry ran a '72 Royale AM SV in the Susquehanna Region. My memory is foggy but the autocross pictures look like his car at the Harrisburg Farm Show complex and Salina?

Craig

I thought Chuck was 70+ when George let him co-drive in AM and won? I spent hours watching Chuck drive X1/9's in street prepared then prepared over the years. Very talented. He said his driving...

Hi Sho,

Old fart and long dormant autocrosser trying to get back out. Ran a couple different S2’s in CM way back when but needed a 24” SuperTrapp to keep the decibels reasonable… without choking...

Hi everyone,

I have a new SuperTrapp 4” OD X 18.5” long muffler on the shelf with a stack or two of extra discs (along with higher quality & longer stainless attachement bolts.) Will this...

Thanks everyone for the information posted here and the emails.

Craig

Warming the oil up was always difficult when I ran Sport 2000s years back. I'm thinking of installing a Laminova oil to water heat exchanger in the FF to help get the oil temperature up to operating...

If they are 88mm pistons I believe they are “1.6” pistons. The SuperVee displacement rules were increased in the late ’70 to 1679 cc’s (90mm bore X 66mm stroke) to be more “competitive”...

Anyone have thoughts and/or data with respect to the advantages or disadvantages to running the Honda Fit engine in a CM FF?

Torque?
Max. RPM/Gearing?
Weight Change?
CG Location Change?
???
...

Pru,

Count me in - RF92 #28. I’ve decided purchasing, caring for, and feeding an Arrow or Cardinal RG is too rich for the family budget with one child still in college. My wife is smiling...

This thread sure brings back some old, but fond, memories. If we are going way back the Royale S200M S2 I trophied with back in '91 & '92 was converted to a CSR road race car by Randy Zimmer in WNY...

John,

I sold your old Tiga SC85 to a road racer in NC (unfinished restoration state) who owned and road raced a SC85 back in '08. He and a friend were going to finish the restoration so they...

Pru,

Al Cram sold the Tiga to Bruce Parker in CNY. He completely restored it (including a new Prince tub) for road racing over the next several years but only ran it a few times. He sold it a...

Most of Burt Rutan’s wing designs utilized this method of construction. The foam is placed between two plywood ribs and then hotwired cut.


http://www.actechbooks.com/products/act431/

Teamfour,

The car doesn’t need homologation or logbook paperwork to compete. "Legal" to a GCR class (other than the solo II exceptions) but no paperwork required. Many solo only cars have been...

MSD is looking for a EE:

http://sccaforums.com/forums/62/ShowForum.aspx

This is a long overdue thank you to Pegasus Auto Racing. I’ve been a satisfied customer since the late ‘80’s. Several Wednesday’s back I reviewed my “next Pegasus order” list (this one...