- 281. Re: Car numbers at Nationals (score: 1)
- Author: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 16:43:53 -0500
- Lemme tell you about my experience just this last Sunday. I was working in the timing trailer, and the staging point was about 40-50 feet to my left. A silver Miata with white numbers (of larger-than
- /html/autox/1999-09/msg01108.html (9,980 bytes)
- 282. Re: Lucretia's Photos (score: 1)
- Author: Jay Mitchell <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 18:20:59 -0700
- Uhh, Paul, better think a bit more, the memory's going. Your Gulia Spider had a live rear axle, albeit a relatively well-located one. I've had several of those up in the air (was paid to work on 'em
- /html/autox/1999-09/msg01282.html (7,039 bytes)
- 283. Re: AP as viewed from fourth place (score: 1)
- Author: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 16:05:57 -0500
- much or Don't know about that, but I'm in complete agreement with the concept that it makes no sense to make rules against a car just because of its perceived expense. I also don't know about the spe
- /html/autox/1999-09/msg01418.html (9,883 bytes)
- 284. Re: AP as viewed from fourth place (score: 1)
- Author: Jay Mitchell <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 17:36:37 -0700
- Are you saying I'm wrong? What goes around comes around, n'est-ce pas? And you're not? Jay
- /html/autox/1999-09/msg01431.html (8,891 bytes)
- 285. Re: AP- another thought (score: 1)
- Author: Jay Mitchell <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 22:26:32 -0700
- I think they're mistaken to take that attitude. I didn't see his runs, but anyone who wins their class at Nationals deserves a lot of credit. I just took a look at the Prepared rules, and it doesn't
- /html/autox/1999-09/msg01455.html (8,668 bytes)
- 286. Re: AP - Still Another Tangent (score: 1)
- Author: Jay Mitchell <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 07:16:46 -0700
- Doesn't matter so much as you assume. It's relevant to anyone who has considered building a Prepared car (I have, but I'm not gonna do it now). FP has only been combined with AP for three years. How
- /html/autox/1999-09/msg01479.html (8,566 bytes)
- 287. Re: Nationals on Asphalt? (Was: rolling cars in autocross) (score: 1)
- Author: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 09:08:36 -0500
- Not necessarily. Depends on the type of asphalt. I've seen quite a few asphalt-paved sites that are incredibly hard on tires. Asphalt-gravel composite pavement has this potential, depending on the ki
- /html/autox/1999-09/msg01484.html (9,408 bytes)
- 288. Re: AP as viewed from fourth place (score: 1)
- Author: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 12:24:00 -0500
- I don't think that's the best question to ask. Instead, I'd ask if the things that Porsche chose to do in prepping the RSR are specifically allowed in the Prepared Category rules. If they are, then i
- /html/autox/1999-09/msg01740.html (9,039 bytes)
- 289. Re: Autocross Timing/Scoring Software (score: 1)
- Author: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 10:09:24 -0500
- <snip> folks out The Solo II timing system sold by Manzanita Micro a number of years ago used a Motorola 6809. Actually, it used the entire motherboard from a Tandy Color Computer. If memory serves,
- /html/autox/1999-09/msg01939.html (10,376 bytes)
- 290. Re: Datalogger Story (now shorter) (score: 1)
- Author: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 15:58:32 -0500
- Jim Carr sez: component the the to the properties small. This is also a problem in a car with no pitch or roll going up or down a grade or cornering on a curve with camber. The best you can do using
- /html/autox/1999-08/msg00271.html (10,476 bytes)
- 291. Re: Datalogger Story (now shorter) (score: 1)
- Author: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 16:59:37 -0500
- That's my understanding, but Byron's the one to give a definitive answer. Jay
- /html/autox/1999-08/msg00273.html (7,464 bytes)
- 292. Re: Datalogger Story (now shorter) (score: 1)
- Author: Jay Mitchell <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 21:02:09 -0700
- I can't speak for the internal use of the acceleromteres - Valentine's documentation doesn't go into great detail - but it is true that the g-analyst's output only includes lateral and longitudinal a
- /html/autox/1999-08/msg00349.html (9,087 bytes)
- 293. Re: SW Divisional #3 in Mineral Wells (score: 1)
- Author: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 13:01:01 -0500
- SW Div. Well, I the Texas Brude Ditto. Equally impressive were John Engstrom's efforts. He had spent Wednesday night in the hospital with food poisoning, and he was by no means fully recovered on Fri
- /html/autox/1999-08/msg00414.html (8,888 bytes)
- 294. Corner weights (was Re: adj. swaybar endlinks) (score: 1)
- Author: Jay Mitchell <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 22:10:16 -0700
- If you're saying what I think you're saying, there's a mistake here: a car's total F/R and L/R weight distribution cannot be changed by any suspension adjustment. That's a function only of the CG loc
- /html/autox/1999-08/msg00468.html (8,150 bytes)
- 295. Re: E30 M3's (score: 1)
- Author: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 08:52:58 -0500
- (wrt E30 M3s rollover propensity) That's true, but I did hear from Terry Baker that, when he campaigned one of these in 94, how well he did was a direct function of how much of the run he was willing
- /html/autox/1999-08/msg00504.html (7,305 bytes)
- 296. Re: Interesting article on Insurance and Drivers schools (score: 1)
- Author: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 09:36:20 -0500
- favor of insurance Nor is it correct for a car owner to do that, IMO. This thread has come up before, and it has been established that State Farm's coverage includes "gymkhanas," so it appears that a
- /html/autox/1999-08/msg00556.html (9,650 bytes)
- 297. Re: Earning Trophies? Nope. (score: 1)
- Author: Jay Mitchell <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 06:59:15 -0700
- YOu just missed Josh's point. It IS legal to enter your Stock-legal car in SP, P, or Mod. But you have to enter it in the one class in which it has been placed. If you want to enter an FS Camaro, in
- /html/autox/1999-08/msg01142.html (9,209 bytes)
- 298. Re: Earning Trophies? Nope. (score: 1)
- Author: Jay Mitchell <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 07:14:09 -0700
- <snip lots of good stuff> Wow, what a concept. You mean you don't walk around bitching and moaning because somebody might by chance be getting a better deal than you? ;<) You must have put on an even
- /html/autox/1999-08/msg01143.html (9,380 bytes)
- 299. Re: Chrysler Taking its toys and going home??? (score: 1)
- Author: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 09:16:06 -0500
- Chrysler isn't doing anything they aren't fully entitled to do. It's their money, after all. Nobody is entitled to corporate sponsorship and/or contingency money. If/when that happens and your hobby-
- /html/autox/1999-08/msg01156.html (9,633 bytes)
- 300. Re: No Bumping of Single Cars? (score: 1)
- Author: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 11:02:56 -0500
- 'disrespected' if trophies THEIR fault........ :-) The flawed logic here is that a trophy in one class is or should be precisely equivalent to a trophy in some other class. That'll never happen. Ther
- /html/autox/1999-08/msg01164.html (8,205 bytes)
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