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1. Re: Fiero upgrade, and autocross? (score: 1)
Author: Matt Murray <mattm@optonline.net>
Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 21:13:08 -0400
Check with the 911 guys who had the timing tensioners that WOULD fail (using OEM parts). Very expensive repair (probably more than a Fiero is worth) when they did let go (valve vs. piston). The only
/html/autox/2004-05/msg00095.html (10,314 bytes)

2. Re: Fiero upgrade, and autocross? (score: 1)
Author: "Michael O'Neal" <emptyo@whirledmedia.com>
Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 20:08:33 -0600
Which was a stupid answer by the SCCA, IMNSHO. There isn't an early (Pre-carrera) 911 owner that wouldn't upgrade to the hydraulic chain tensioners. If you don't do it, it's a good way to make a $600
/html/autox/2004-05/msg00101.html (9,150 bytes)

3. RE: Fiero upgrade, and autocross? (score: 1)
Author: "Eric Salem" <eric@mail.brown911.com>
Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 21:22:15 -0500
Mike Piera argued this for many years for his '72 911T (or was it an "S"?). Not that many early seventies 911s then or now in Solo 2 stock configuration. While I've heard Mike say something about th
/html/autox/2004-05/msg00103.html (8,208 bytes)

4. Re: Fiero upgrade, and autocross? (score: 1)
Author: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchelltx@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 21:27:40 -0500
Let's not start down this road ("SCCA discriminates against MY car and helps out everybody else") again. It leads nowhere. The rules are the rules. Allowed modifications apply equally to _all_ cars i
/html/autox/2004-05/msg00104.html (9,611 bytes)

5. RE: Fiero upgrade, and autocross? (score: 1)
Author: "Eric Linnhoff" <knuckledragger@kcweb.net>
Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 21:52:46 -0500
--Original Message-- early 911's were classed correctly (Like in BSP instead of ASP, for example), more drivers would run them. == Watch it there, mister!. You're messing with one of the sacred-cow c
/html/autox/2004-05/msg00107.html (8,306 bytes)

6. Re: Fiero upgrade, and autocross? (score: 1)
Author: Matt Murray <mattm@optonline.net>
Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 06:06:03 -0400
King Thompson ran his '72 until the late nineties, maybe to 2000. Matt Murray it an stock the Great car from cars
/html/autox/2004-05/msg00108.html (8,795 bytes)

7. Re: Fiero upgrade, and autocross? (score: 1)
Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 09:55:47 -0400 (EDT)
Bullsh*t. I saw a _lot_ of the public discussions on this. For every one person who used a non-"FrankenCivic" example there were 20 who did. UD/BD got removed from ST* because an old civic could wei
/html/autox/2004-05/msg00110.html (9,055 bytes)

8. RE: Fiero upgrade, and autocross? (score: 1)
Author: "Eric Salem" <eric@mail.brown911.com>
Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 09:18:35 -0500
for No they wouldn't. It takes too much money to build one, and the finished product is worth too little on the open market. Ever seen an SP-optimized early 911? The things you have to do to make on
/html/autox/2004-05/msg00112.html (8,803 bytes)

9. Re: Fiero upgrade, and autocross? (score: 1)
Author: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchelltx@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 09:55:47 -0500
Not at all. person who You're conveniently missing the point. The decision about U/B was based on the fact that competitors were complaining about it, NOT on the U/B possibilities for a single car. T
/html/autox/2004-05/msg00114.html (9,867 bytes)

10. Re: Fiero upgrade, and autocross? (score: 1)
Author: Stand0nIt@aol.com
Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 11:43:11 -0400
No, this horse is not dead... lets see how much more of a beating it can take!! Mr. Andy Wrote... NO. Hell no. U/B in ST was eliminated because lots of competitors in the class whined about it after
/html/autox/2004-05/msg00115.html (10,290 bytes)

11. Re: Fiero upgrade, and autocross? (score: 1)
Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 12:11:37 -0400 (EDT)
Actually, I didn't write the above. I was quoting Jay. Now _that_ I actually did write. :-) Yes, as I implied, at the time there were some people pointing out how update/backdate could be applied to
/html/autox/2004-05/msg00117.html (11,180 bytes)

12. Re: Fiero upgrade, and autocross? (score: 1)
Author: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchelltx@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 11:27:49 -0500
<snip> No, that would be me, not Mark. the STAC recommended the change. So, you're saying that competitors did NOT whine about it? You must not have been reading the Street Touring mailing list, then
/html/autox/2004-05/msg00118.html (11,212 bytes)

13. Re: Fiero upgrade, and autocross? (score: 1)
Author: "Eric Linnhoff" <knuckledragger@kcweb.net>
Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 11:58:51 -0400
from ST centered around Street Touring's placement between Stock and Street Prepared and the interest in keeping engine swaps out of ST. It is my understanding (an understanding mind you should not
/html/autox/2004-05/msg00119.html (9,109 bytes)

14. Re: Fiero upgrade, and autocross? (score: 1)
Author: Smokerbros@aol.com
Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 22:17:21 EDT
<< I however, was slightly dismayed when viable alternative wording was suggested, several times, and ignored. The gist of the proposed alternative ST U/B verbiage engine change disallowance was some
/html/autox/2004-05/msg00125.html (8,322 bytes)

15. RE: Fiero upgrade, and autocross? (score: 1)
Author: "Eric Linnhoff" <knuckledragger@kcweb.net>
Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 22:01:00 -0500
<< I however, was slightly dismayed when viable alternative wording was suggested, several times, and ignored. The gist of the proposed alternative ST U/B verbiage engine change disallowance was some
/html/autox/2004-05/msg00126.html (8,347 bytes)

16. Re: Fiero upgrade, and autocross? (score: 1)
Author: Smokerbros@aol.com
Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 01:11:04 EDT
You're welcome. I never had so much fun working so hard! Maybe some day I'll get the chance to do it again. Charlie
/html/autox/2004-05/msg00128.html (7,659 bytes)


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