- 1. GOOD SOURCE FOR MAGNETIC NUMBERS MATERIAL (score: 1)
- Author: "Crooke John" <crooke_john@bah.com>
- Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 09:22:02 -0500
- I called a local sign shop and they wanted $40 for two sheets of blank magnetic material (1'x2' each) That's $10/square foot. (retch) Here's what I did: I went to http://www.beacongraphics.com/magnet
- /html/autox/1999-12/msg00186.html (8,308 bytes)
- 2. HERE's A GOOD SOURCE FOR MAGNETICS!!! (score: 1)
- Author: "Crooke John" <crooke_john@bah.com>
- Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 12:36:20 -0500
- I wasn't asking for a source, I was giving one out. I guess I should have titled my original post "HERE'S A GOOD SOURCE FOR MAGNETICS" or something like that. Here's that URL from the SIGN SUPPLY co
- /html/autox/1999-12/msg00206.html (7,990 bytes)
- 3. Re: Require SCCA membership? (score: 1)
- Author: "Crooke John" <crooke_john@bah.com>
- Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 14:07:12 -0500
- The Washington DC Region does not require membership for Regional Solo II events. They just charge $20 for non-members and $16 for members. Divisionals require SCCA membership, but I think that's th
- /html/autox/1999-12/msg00295.html (8,102 bytes)
- 4. Re: Require SCCA membership? (score: 1)
- Author: "Crooke John" <crooke_john@bah.com>
- Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 15:49:07 -0500
- The Washington DC Region SCCA is a member of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Sports Car Clubs (MWCSCC). All of the local area MWCSCC autocrosses around DC are limited to four heats of 30-35 c
- /html/autox/1999-12/msg00307.html (10,500 bytes)
- 5. Re: driving while stupid (HMMWV engines) (score: 1)
- Author: "Crooke John" <crooke_john@bah.com>
- Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 16:12:04 -0500
- Ah so, grasshopper.... hitting it, does it count as a penalty? If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is around to hear it, did it really make a sound? Things that make you go hmmmm. -- John Crook
- /html/autox/1999-12/msg00431.html (7,407 bytes)
- 6. Re: Newbie: How to start? (score: 1)
- Author: "Crooke John" <crooke_john@bah.com>
- Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 09:34:14 -0500
- I enjoyed my car on Yokohama AVS Intermediates. They had great grip, and I was locally competitive even with a couple other cars on (rather old) BFG R tires. The AVS's were pricey when I bought them
- /html/autox/1999-12/msg00482.html (7,466 bytes)
- 7. Re: Converted Schoolbus Motorhomes (score: 1)
- Author: "Crooke John" <crooke_john@bah.com>
- Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 09:42:07 -0500
- I saw a schoolbus rolling down the road with a race car in the back. It had the lower 2/3 of the backside cut out, so that the tail end of the race car stuck out the back about 3 feet. It had a box-
- /html/autox/1999-12/msg00483.html (7,598 bytes)
- 8. Re: Car-O-Scope: Can you care too much? (score: 1)
- Author: "Crooke John" <crooke_john@bah.com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 08:01:22 -0500
- Speak for yourselves! I must have scored pretty low on the "caring for your car" bit. I don't wash my car very often, and I clean all the crap out of it about 16 times a year - just about the number
- /html/autox/1999-12/msg00671.html (8,892 bytes)
- 9. Re: Beetle Again (score: 1)
- Author: "Crooke John" <crooke_john@bah.com>
- Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 08:49:28 -0500
- Paul, A guy named Richard West campaigned a 2.5GT Wagon here in the mid-atlantic states very successfully for the past couple years. He trounced all the local HS competition (including me) with it. I
- /html/autox/1999-11/msg00001.html (7,859 bytes)
- 10. Re: dominant cars in "new" HS? (score: 1)
- Author: "Crooke John" <crooke_john@bah.com>
- Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 13:52:31 -0500
- MY car! Of course! Seriously, though, I've been told that the Civic 1500 S ('86 or so, I think) might be a hot car. It's light, has a very short wheelbase, but little power (~80hp). It's a great car
- /html/autox/1999-11/msg00235.html (9,715 bytes)
- 11. Re: Hood Pins in SP? (score: 1)
- Author: "Crooke John" <crooke_john@bah.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 09:46:08 -0500
- Stated in the same unofficial transcription of the rules, in the stock category: 13.2 B: Hood straps or fasteners may be added. Then, the first rule of Street Prepared states: 14.1 A: All Allowable
- /html/autox/1999-11/msg00992.html (8,611 bytes)
- 12. Supplemental Restraints for Small People (score: 1)
- Author: "Crooke John" <crooke_john@bah.com>
- Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 08:42:31 -0400
- Does anyone know if there's a company with an online catalog that sells those broad belts that secure a person to a stock seat? I remember being told about them by a woman driver who said it looked
- /html/autox/1999-10/msg00284.html (7,294 bytes)
- 13. Ever installed a Racing Harness in an Accord? (score: 1)
- Author: "Crooke John" <crooke_john@bah.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 14:19:41 -0400
- Jamie Sculerati was gracious enough to provide me with an H-type 4-point harness that he wasn't using. However, I'm having trouble figuring out the best way to install it in my 90 Honda Accord Coupe
- /html/autox/1999-10/msg00634.html (8,251 bytes)
- 14. Re: swaybar info (score: 1)
- Author: "Crooke John" <crooke_john@bah.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 15:06:29 -0400
- While filling out my reply to Jason's poll, I stumbled upon an idea that might solve everyone's issues. Now, don't flame me if this is an unprecedented idea or if this kind of thing should never happ
- /html/autox/1999-10/msg00722.html (7,922 bytes)
- 15. Re: swaybar info (score: 1)
- Author: "Crooke John" <crooke_john@bah.com>
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 09:38:42 -0400
- Like I said, when you buy a car, you're making your own bed. When you buy a car, you usually have the benefit of at least a write-up in Car & Driver, and a lot of people even test drive their cars be
- /html/autox/1999-10/msg00776.html (8,680 bytes)
- 16. Re: I want to change the rules .... (score: 1)
- Author: "Crooke John" <crooke_john@bah.com>
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 10:17:00 -0400
- Amen, Lloyd. I like what you've written. I agree. I'm not being selfish (or a whining loser, as M. Sipe seems to think we're all being). I'm happy with my car the way it is, and nobody's beating me b
- /html/autox/1999-10/msg00779.html (8,402 bytes)
- 17. Get a harness! It's worth it! (score: 1)
- Author: "Crooke John" <crooke_john@bah.com>
- Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 17:07:38 -0400
- Jamie Sculerati gave me an old 4-point harness of his. (Thanks again, I figured out how to make it work on my car (the shoulder belts snapped right on to eyebolts on the stock rear seat attachments,
- /html/autox/1999-10/msg01089.html (7,851 bytes)
- 18. Re: wheel question (score: 1)
- Author: "Crooke John" <crooke_john@bah.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 11:40:17 -0400
- In the Washington DC area, the designers are constrained to relatively small lots, and the courses usually fold over themselves quite a few times. Don't know what yours will be like, but I have a li
- /html/autox/1999-10/msg01207.html (8,514 bytes)
- 19. Another use for cordless drills (score: 1)
- Author: "Crooke John" <crooke_john@bah.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 08:44:44 -0400
- I found that I can use my Makita 12V Cordless Drill to actually jack up my car. I put an old allyn wrench in the chock of the drill, and use it to spin the end of the scissor jack that comes with th
- /html/autox/1999-10/msg01328.html (6,836 bytes)
- 20. Novice advice (a short novel) (score: 1)
- Author: "Crooke John" <crooke_john@bah.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 15:37:46 -0400
- Quite a few newbies have come out of the woodworks and asked about what mods they could do to make them faster. Quite a few veterans have responded with the precious advice to "work on the driver".
- /html/autox/1999-10/msg01453.html (9,669 bytes)
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