- 161. Re: Power Lug Nut Removal/Installation (score: 1)
- Author: pethier@isd.net
- Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 12:30:38 -0600
- Remember that torque sticks only work with impact wrenches. They cannot limit torque on a conventional wrench or drill-motor. Well, unless they break, but that torque is far beyond what we are discu
- /html/autox/2002-12/msg00069.html (8,437 bytes)
- 162. Re: Power Lug Nut Removal/Installation (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2002 22:24:09 -0600
- I have heard this called a "speed wrench", and seen that written in tool catalogs. I have used this at autocrosses in the past and it is quite fast. I forget who wrote > > their fashioned, I have hea
- /html/autox/2002-12/msg00107.html (9,428 bytes)
- 163. Re: Crazy 'bout a Mercury, autox and DTN connection (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 11:43:41 -0600
- and My grandkids have an Ernie doll who sings "Splish Splash" (yeah, trivia buffs, I know who Bert and Ernie are named after). Neither Ernie nor the grandkids drive a Mercury in autocross, but I have
- /html/autox/2002-12/msg00207.html (8,186 bytes)
- 164. Re: 12 Days of Cajun Chrismas (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 00:00:09 -0600
- That nutria might taste OK, but up here, you'd need to hide it in hotdish. Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1970 Lotus Europa 65/2597, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 TR4 CT2846L p
- /html/autox/2002-12/msg00241.html (7,023 bytes)
- 165. Re: Aftermarket sunroof - C&C? (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 23:48:39 -0600
- I'd say if the sunroof is not stock, it needs to be run with the panel (whether glass or metal) in place. I'd expect there would be no weight reduction in this case. Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul
- /html/autox/2002-12/msg00256.html (7,885 bytes)
- 166. Re: STX (was STR) classification questions (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 07:17:24 -0600
- Yeah, I was just thinking that what Solo2 desperately needs is several more classes. Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1970 Lotus Europa 65/2597, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 TR
- /html/autox/2002-11/msg00122.html (8,330 bytes)
- 167. [lotus-cars] Fw: gymkhana: M-W's Word of the Day (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 23:22:23 -0500
- I could not let this go by. and games on horseback b : a timed contest for automobiles featuring a series of events designed to test driving skill Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1970
- /html/autox/2002-11/msg00195.html (9,152 bytes)
- 168. Re: Lotus Heaven and pictures thereof (score: 1)
- Author: pethier@isd.net
- Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 13:44:56 -0500
- Only more so. Higher, wider, longer, heavier. Other than that, they are practically the same. I tried not to pay any attention to classes at the Lotus Owners Gathering (the real Lotus Heaven). I'm h
- /html/autox/2002-10/msg00022.html (7,487 bytes)
- 169. Re: autox stuff- need big wing_ (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 18:42:38 -0500
- Talk Last I heard, the wing limit for Solo2 A-modified wings was 20 square feet total per car, as viewed from above. I don't know if they ever put wording in there to deal with the McKamey tri-plane
- /html/autox/2002-10/msg00167.html (9,147 bytes)
- 170. Re: Prepared Miata reclassing thoughts (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 19:12:49 -0500
- You are joking, right? Stock Spridgets have gobs of roll-oversteer. It's function of the geometry of the rear leaf springs. Meanwhile, the front camber curve is not perfect, either. If you are planni
- /html/autox/2002-10/msg00168.html (10,569 bytes)
- 171. Fw: gymkhana: M-W's Word of the Day (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 23:22:23 -0500
- I could not let this go by. and games on horseback b : a timed contest for automobiles featuring a series of events designed to test driving skill Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1970
- /html/autox/2002-10/msg00170.html (9,177 bytes)
- 172. Re: Prepared Miata reclassing thoughts (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 07:13:21 -0500
- Compared to a Spridget with a full-race cam? Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1970 Lotus Europa 65/2597, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 TR4 CT2846L pethier@isd.net http://www.mna
- /html/autox/2002-10/msg00172.html (8,998 bytes)
- 173. Re: Prepared Miata reclassing thoughts (score: 1)
- Author: pethier@isd.net
- Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 13:23:58 -0500
- I'm not interested a pissing match. If you don't understand Spridgets, that's not a crime. Your original contention was that nobody ever spoke of a Sprite as having poor geometry. My experience arou
- /html/autox/2002-10/msg00179.html (10,800 bytes)
- 174. Re: Prepared Miata reclassing thoughts and Spridget digression (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 17:27:25 -0500
- unhappier Exactly. The steering is very good indeed. The rest of the package needs a bit of work. Steering itself is obviously only a small part of handling. Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesot
- /html/autox/2002-10/msg00184.html (7,797 bytes)
- 175. Re: Prepared Miata reclassing thoughts and british suspensions (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 00:51:29 -0500
- Interesting concept. The MGBs I refer to did the sliding at the axle, though. Sam geometry concept, since the axle location is done by the trailing arms in either case. Phil Ethier West Side Saint Pa
- /html/autox/2002-10/msg00195.html (7,283 bytes)
- 176. Re: Air bag Replacement (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 23:14:27 -0500
- If I was lucky enough to have the damned thing inoperative, I sure as heck wouldn't replace it. Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1970 Lotus Europa 65/2597, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburba
- /html/autox/2002-10/msg00226.html (7,500 bytes)
- 177. Re: Maximizing front negative camber on Miata (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 23:34:30 -0500
- Yes. camber I'd go ahead and do that. Maximize the camber, reset the toe and see what you have. In the unlikely event that the resulting caster setting really causes problems, you can always change i
- /html/autox/2002-10/msg00239.html (8,391 bytes)
- 178. Re: minimum weight requirement and prepared sway-bar rules (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 11:58:37 -0500
- in prepared The last I heard, rule 15.7 says "*Any* anti roll bar ... or other suspension stabilizer is permitted." This is pretty unrestricted, and in conjunction with 15.7.B which allows components
- /html/autox/2002-10/msg00289.html (8,212 bytes)
- 179. Re: minimum weight requirement and IT competitiveness in SP. (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 18:14:26 -0500
- del Maybe it will be competitive locally. I have seen IT cars do well locally. But against serious Street Prepared competition on a National level? No. The reasons are many. I have mentioned some of
- /html/autox/2002-10/msg00290.html (9,137 bytes)
- 180. Re: Tour/Pro Schedule (score: 1)
- Author: pethier@isd.net
- Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 12:03:01 -0600
- Scary. He should have stuck with the Saturn! :-) Phil Ethier /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo /// Partial archives
- /html/autox/2002-10/msg00389.html (7,131 bytes)
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