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301. Re: Solo on TV, Again ( was re: GRM/best ) (score: 1)
Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 20:56:49 -0600
True, but ACTION is what people want to see. Because in most motorsports, that's when you get to see action. In road-racing and Nascar and Indycars with today's tires, you seldom see the cars MOVE.
/html/autox/2001-12/msg00312.html (9,261 bytes)

302. Re: Acceptable finish designs, and starts, too (score: 1)
Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 20:22:54 -0600
Clutch, heck. I just blew up a halfshaft on the Lotus launching at an autocross. Bingo. I'm with you all the way. So all you Triumph folks out there, enter the 2002 VTR National Convention autocross
/html/autox/2001-12/msg00313.html (10,113 bytes)

303. Re: Acceptable finish designs, and starts, too (score: 1)
Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 22:46:41 -0600
That's a little quick. 20 seconds is a good goal. 15 seconds causes a lot more reruns and jumpy course workers. Under those conditions, the event does not really run faster. I think you have this on
/html/autox/2001-12/msg00411.html (10,350 bytes)

304. Re: Acceptable finish designs, and starts, too (score: 1)
Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 17:59:58 -0600
right? Yes. Yes. We don't generally have grids here. I'm considering changing that for VTR2002. Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962
/html/autox/2001-12/msg00465.html (9,070 bytes)

305. Re: autox insurance (score: 1)
Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 18:04:20 -0600
I generally don't have a problem with this. I have always gone under the assumption that you are on your own in competitive events. Preventing pole-hits is largely a course-design problem. I raise ho
/html/autox/2001-12/msg00466.html (9,138 bytes)

306. Re: Course design safety - formerly Re: autox insurance (score: 1)
Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 22:51:31 -0600
Then when you get one, Walker Bush needs to park his airplane. Or, in our case, the Ford Motor Company offers the owner a small fortune to park pickup trucks. Even a lousy site we had got jerked do t
/html/autox/2001-12/msg00496.html (8,803 bytes)

307. Re: Optical Illusion? (score: 1)
Author: "Phil Ethier"<pethier@isd.net>
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 23:09:08 GMT
The old yellow Mini seems to be more-expertly driven than the new red one. At least, the driver is using more of the track. Check each car as they apex. The yellow car goes right to the line, inches
/html/autox/2001-11/msg00054.html (7,439 bytes)

308. Re: Optical Illusion? (score: 1)
Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 23:09:28 -0600
You can import ANY car if it is used only for racing. That's not a loophole. The laws are written for road-used automobiles. Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1
/html/autox/2001-11/msg00070.html (7,476 bytes)

309. Re: jeep rollover (score: 1)
Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 23:59:58 -0600
Ralph Nader wrote that letter in book form. "Unsafe at any speed". Most people who have castigated the book have not read it. Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2,
/html/autox/2001-11/msg00268.html (7,189 bytes)

310. Re: Amazingt miniature Ferrari (score: 1)
Author: "Phil Ethier"<pethier@isd.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 18:44:12 GMT
The thing that I find amazing is why anyone would do this. With the intensive work involved, it seems like it would be hardly any more money, and surely no more trouble, to build the thing full-size
/html/autox/2001-11/msg00294.html (7,748 bytes)

311. Re: VW trans warranty (score: 1)
Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 23:24:06 -0600
Are you kidding? I have modified the Europa linkage so it has a small pattern and NO play. I can beat all the syncros, all the time. That's not saying much, since Renault syncros are really slow. Qui
/html/autox/2001-11/msg00299.html (8,353 bytes)

312. Re: autox reports (score: 1)
Author: "Phil Ethier"<pethier@isd.net>
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 22:10:10 GMT
You are, of course, speaking for yourself, not the list owner. The list guidelines say (or did in 1998): "Post writeups of events you attend, but don't describe every cone placement, every run and e
/html/autox/2001-10/msg00063.html (7,219 bytes)

313. Re: Movie title? (score: 1)
Author: "Phil Ethier"<pethier@isd.net>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:38:36 GMT
I used to castigate all the Foly artists who made tires squeal on dirt. I changed my proverbial tune when I was at the first Dirt Solo II at the Anoka MN fairgrounds. There were cars (and one Ford p
/html/autox/2001-10/msg00079.html (8,950 bytes)

314. Re: suspected illegalities (score: 1)
Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 07:49:50 -0500
year admit I'm not a fan of wienie protests, but is sounds to me that this would be a legitimate protest. In SCCA and most other clubs, the correct classification of the car is the responsibility of
/html/autox/2001-10/msg00108.html (10,801 bytes)

315. Re: Proposal for SP cars to compete in P ??? (score: 1)
Author: "Phil Ethier"<pethier@isd.net>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 00:55:34 GMT
They don't make much sense to us in the Twin Cities, so we basically ignore them. Our prepared rules are very loose. Probably cause armageddon if they did it this way nationally, but it works for us
/html/autox/2001-10/msg00120.html (8,914 bytes)

316. RE: Proposal for SP cars to compete in P ??? (score: 1)
Author: "Phil Ethier"<pethier@isd.net>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 21:48:11 GMT
Unless I've missed something (been a while since I saw the rules), you've missed something. For example, my car to be legal in AP in SCCA Solo2 needs to have either the stock Solex carb (unbelievabl
/html/autox/2001-10/msg00149.html (10,186 bytes)

317. Re: Proposal for SP cars to compete in P ??? (score: 1)
Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 00:04:52 -0500
Ron and Karen Babb spring to mind as folks that did. Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L LOON, MAC pethier@isd.net http://
/html/autox/2001-10/msg00171.html (9,688 bytes)

318. Re: emgine Q (score: 1)
Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:22:13 -0500
Can't see a reason why it should not be legal in A-mod. I think it would be a seriously bad idea. Gas-turbine race cars have been famous for throttle-lag. I don't mean the namby-pamby little lag you
/html/autox/2001-10/msg00183.html (8,226 bytes)

319. hydrogen embrittlement, europa autocrossing (score: 1)
Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 12:10:43 -0500
I managed to make out to the last MAC MOWOG-Series autocross of the season with "Grace N. Violence", my Lotus Europa. I didn't bother putting the headlights back in, as I am still planning on paintin
/html/autox/2001-10/msg00187.html (11,226 bytes)

320. Re: Kumho Tire Pressures (score: 1)
Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 12:49:04 -0500
It's not that simple, Pete. Cars, tires, and wheels have many variations. I changed wheel widths on a Midget once and the optimum air pressure for the same tire changed 20 psi. My current autocosser
/html/autox/2001-10/msg00188.html (7,396 bytes)

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