- 241. Re: L98 Short block question (score: 1)
- Author: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 09:29:25 -0600
- Street Read the rules a bit further. Intake manifolds are unrestricted. Not only are you allowed to extrude hone/modify the manifold to your heart's content, you can replace it entirely with any mani
- /html/autox/1999-11/msg00500.html (8,025 bytes)
- 242. Re: Stock Category brake lines (score: 1)
- Author: Jay Mitchell <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 08:05:42 -0800
- I think you're referring to the "..substitution of clutch and brake hydraulic lines with solid metal or braided metal.." that's not even in the brakes section of the rules. That allowance, along with
- /html/autox/1999-11/msg00775.html (8,666 bytes)
- 243. Re: A Friday Physics Problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 10:23:03 -0600
- <snip> 2f and 2m, we accelerate at the same So far, so good. identical velocity V. Right on. a momentum of maintain the same maintaining a Nope. acceleration?) Yep. Well, f = m*asubc = m*v^2/r, where
- /html/autox/1999-11/msg00868.html (9,291 bytes)
- 244. Re: A Friday Physics Problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 11:53:02 -0600
- Dennis responds: <snip> There's where you've gotten. Available grip =~ Cf*W, where Cf = tire coefficent of friction, assumed constant to a first approximation, and W = force on the tire normal to the
- /html/autox/1999-11/msg00873.html (9,612 bytes)
- 245. Re: A Friday Physics Problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 12:37:21 -0600
- Frodo is not a Pokemon. I can't believe the guy didn't know that. Where's he been? And that's MY final answer. Jay "Where's my million dollars?" Mitchell
- /html/autox/1999-11/msg00876.html (8,540 bytes)
- 246. Re: A Friday Physics Problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 12:50:17 -0600
- Matt replied: Then who's Gollum? Jay
- /html/autox/1999-11/msg00878.html (8,583 bytes)
- 247. Re: A Friday Physics Problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 12:48:42 -0600
- Uhh, no. Take a look at the skidpad figures achieved by various BMW, Mercedes, Jaguar, Lexus, etc. boats in magazine skidpad tests and compare them with the same figures for much smaller cars. You mi
- /html/autox/1999-11/msg00879.html (10,903 bytes)
- 248. Re: A Friday Physics Problem (score: 1)
- Author: Jay Mitchell <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 08:07:05 -0800
- That's correct. Yes, and doubling the mass would reduce a car's steady-state cornering capability. I never said otherwise. I DID say it wouldn't reduce the car's capacity in direct proportion to the
- /html/autox/1999-11/msg00933.html (9,882 bytes)
- 249. Re: Hood Pins in SP? (score: 1)
- Author: Jay Mitchell <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 18:49:29 -0800
- If you wanna know what's allowed in SP, first you have to know what's allowed in STOCK: 13.2.B Hood straps or fasteners may be added. Is that sufficiently specific? Jay
- /html/autox/1999-11/msg00968.html (6,922 bytes)
- 250. Re: Stock rear swaybar leagality question (score: 1)
- Author: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 14:55:48 -0600
- MR2. I guess is If it's the part Toyota shows as the correct replacement for your car, it's legal. That fits the definition of "as specified by the factory." Jay
- /html/autox/1999-11/msg01012.html (8,312 bytes)
- 251. Re: Stock rear swaybar leagality question (score: 1)
- Author: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 16:23:44 -0600
- source If the factory discontinues the original part and sells a newer part as its direct replacement, then the new part is in full compliance with the above. What constitutes "standard part specs" i
- /html/autox/1999-11/msg01015.html (8,530 bytes)
- 252. Re: Stock rear swaybar leagality question (score: 1)
- Author: Jay Mitchell <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 20:00:59 -0800
- Good point. And make damn sure that the original part isn't still being sold by the manufacturer. A manufacturer can change a part in one of two ways: 1) a running production change (update) in which
- /html/autox/1999-11/msg01025.html (9,200 bytes)
- 253. Re: stripped interior in SP???? (score: 1)
- Author: Jay Mitchell <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 16:19:41 -0800
- If that were really the case, the builder of the made a terrible mistake. There's NO WAY an IT-legal car will be competitive in its SP class against cars that have been fully prepped using the "real"
- /html/autox/1999-11/msg01063.html (7,623 bytes)
- 254. Re: stripped interior in SP???? (score: 1)
- Author: Jay Mitchell <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 04:06:32 -0800
- A locked diff is also legal under the normal SP rules. If you wanna weld up your spider gears in SP, knock yourself out. I agree that, on many cars, a locked diff would result in terminal understter,
- /html/autox/1999-11/msg01075.html (7,131 bytes)
- 255. Re: IT cars in SP (score: 1)
- Author: Jay Mitchell <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 09:32:51 -0800
- Taken individually, IT has several allowances that would appear at first glance to offer an advantage. It's the overall rules package that places an IT car at a disadvantage. Well, there's the minimu
- /html/autox/1999-11/msg01079.html (8,622 bytes)
- 256. Re: C4 Vette (score: 1)
- Author: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 16:17:39 -0500
- participating in 75% being I believe that similar statements can be made for at least two other marque clubs: PCA and BMWCCA. There are also some very active Miata clubs around the country. scca race
- /html/autox/1999-10/msg00056.html (9,126 bytes)
- 257. Re: C4 Vette (score: 1)
- Author: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 12:54:22 -0500
- Paul sez, with some apparent sarcasm: autocrossers are growing this Paul, in case you haven't checked, there ARE classes for _all_ sports car owners already. In fact, there are multiple classes for C
- /html/autox/1999-10/msg00316.html (8,597 bytes)
- 258. Re: No win= no run (score: 1)
- Author: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 10:34:52 -0500
- discouraged and stop Consider the majority of Nationals entrants, and ask yourself - honestly - how many of them entertain the notion that they have a realistic chance of winning their class. If the
- /html/autox/1999-10/msg00544.html (8,985 bytes)
- 259. Re: No win= no run (score: 1)
- Author: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 11:35:23 -0500
- <quoting me> make Contrary thread, (since I idiots), the **Humor Alert** So, lemme get this straight: you're saying that you ARE biologically bound to the car(s) you drive or to the modifications you
- /html/autox/1999-10/msg00547.html (10,257 bytes)
- 260. Re: Crappy Northeast Drivers (score: 1)
- Author: Jay Mitchell <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 20:41:55 -0700
- <lots o' good stuff snipped> Uhh, Rocky, I may be 'way off base on this, but doesn't Tom Lombardo, the owner of the car John has won so much driving, claim Mississippi Region as his RoR? He and Karen
- /html/autox/1999-10/msg00577.html (8,060 bytes)
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