- 21. Re: Some great pictures from the Atwater NT (score: 1)
- Author: "Josh Sirota" <josh@sirota.org>
- Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 08:41:47 -0700
- The pictures are from Sunday. Saturday morning was wet in the morning, drying as the day went on (Actually on Saturday, it was wet, drying, wet again, drying, wet again, drying, drying, drying, dry,
- /html/ba-autox/2003-05/msg00070.html (8,457 bytes)
- 22. ABS and "straightening" (score: 1)
- Author: "Josh Sirota" <josh@sirota.org>
- Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 21:09:31 -0700
- There's a reason for this. Basically, the ABS works by allowing the tire to lock, and then backing off. Although the tire is only locked for an instant (these things pulse very quickly, like 20Hz or
- /html/ba-autox/2003-05/msg00220.html (7,246 bytes)
- 23. Re: Terribly expensive sport (score: 1)
- Author: "Josh Sirota" <josh@sirota.org>
- Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 01:55:31 -0700
- I've never done the math in my 16 years of autocrossing, at least, not until this year. This year it started feeling very expensive! I guessed it's the big 18" tires (over $1000/set). Rex and I have
- /html/ba-autox/2003-05/msg00295.html (9,085 bytes)
- 24. Re: Terribly expensive sport (score: 1)
- Author: "Josh Sirota" <josh@sirota.org>
- Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 12:16:23 -0700
- There's no question that the Formula Ford was a lot less expensive in every way than the BMW. Car was A LOT cheaper (and I ultimately sold it for more than I paid for it, though I did some work to it
- /html/ba-autox/2003-05/msg00300.html (10,818 bytes)
- 25. Re: Battery (score: 1)
- Author: "Josh Sirota" <josh@sirota.org>
- Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 16:26:46 -0700
- Any wet-cell battery moved from the manufacturer's original location shall be in a non-conductive marine-type container or equivalent, and the hot terminal shall be insulated. All batteries (on-board
- /html/ba-autox/2003-05/msg00369.html (7,503 bytes)
- 26. Wanted: car trailer (score: 1)
- Author: "Josh Sirota" <josh@sirota.org>
- Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 15:43:00 -0800
- Anyone have a car trailer that they want to sell? Open or enclosed, although I suspect anything enclosed will be considerably more money than I want to spend. Thanks, Josh
- /html/ba-autox/2003-04/msg00058.html (6,244 bytes)
- 27. VW shop in Menlo Park? (score: 1)
- Author: "Josh Sirota" <josh@sirota.org>
- Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 10:34:00 -0700
- Sorry for the slightly off-topic, but a friend has a Passat that her mechanic told her needs new valve lifters for $1,000, but that doesn't make sense to me. Wondering if anyone has any recommendatio
- /html/ba-autox/2003-04/msg00290.html (6,864 bytes)
- 28. Room for tires to San Diego? (score: 1)
- Author: "Josh Sirota" <josh@sirota.org>
- Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 14:12:34 -0800
- Will anyone going to San Diego for the National Tour have room to take an extra set of wheels & tires for me? I'm in the south bay (Cupertino/Mt. View). I can only get one set in the car (barely) and
- /html/ba-autox/2003-03/msg00054.html (6,721 bytes)
- 29. Nationals protests (score: 1)
- Author: "Josh Sirota" <josh@sirota.org>
- Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 10:58:19 -0800
- as Maybe it's just me, but I think this is a grossly unfair statement. I know a lot of people who have been on both sides of the protest system, and I can honestly say that every single protest that
- /html/ba-autox/2003-03/msg00281.html (8,485 bytes)
- 30. Re: Travel time to "big" events (score: 1)
- Author: "Josh Sirota" <josh@sirota.org>
- Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 23:50:24 -0800
- Man, you are all painting a pretty negative picture! For San Diego, I have no problem leaving early Friday morning (say, 6am), and arriving late afternoon. Enough time to walk the course and get dinn
- /html/ba-autox/2003-02/msg00182.html (7,576 bytes)
- 31. Wanted: longer Koni adjuster (score: 1)
- Author: "Josh Sirota" <josh@sirota.org>
- Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 09:08:05 -0800
- My new Koni shocks came with an adjuster knob that is "flat". It's just a knurled knob that sits directly on the top of the shock. Unfortunately, the shock sits in low in the fender in a hole, so the
- /html/ba-autox/2003-02/msg00214.html (6,917 bytes)
- 32. This Fontana issue (score: 1)
- Author: "Josh Sirota" <josh@sirota.org>
- Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 11:55:11 -0800
- So I'm on the digest, so I might be a little behind, but I don't understand the controversy. what sanctioning body is involved -- chances are, the best hotels are the same either way. Organization ev
- /html/ba-autox/2003-02/msg00247.html (6,665 bytes)
- 33. Machine shop recommendation (South Bay) (score: 1)
- Author: "Josh Sirota" <josh@sirota.org>
- Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 13:48:15 -0800
- Anyone have a recommendation for a machine shop in the Mountain View/Sunnyvale/Cupertino area? Need to do a slight modification to some wheels. I seem to remember that Dave Morin isn't in that busine
- /html/ba-autox/2002-12/msg00059.html (6,858 bytes)
- 34. Scales at national events (score: 1)
- Author: "Josh Sirota" <josh@sirota.org>
- Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 15:38:48 -0700
- travel around from Tour to Tour, are, they bounce around a lot, think rather than pointing fingers at scales or something. There *IS* a way to protest the scales. I did, when I was found (initially)
- /html/ba-autox/2002-05/msg00097.html (14,612 bytes)
- 35. Re: Movies (score: 1)
- Author: "Josh Sirota" <josh@sirota.org>
- Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 10:48:28 -0700
- Just to set everyone's expectations recently ... I did that in 1994! That's 8 years ago. Technology has changed dramatically. Josh
- /html/ba-autox/2002-05/msg00134.html (6,633 bytes)
- 36. Re: Movies (score: 1)
- Author: "Josh Sirota" <josh@sirota.org>
- Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 13:02:23 -0700
- autocross Just to set everyone's expectations recently ... I did that in 1994! That's 8 years ago. Technology has changed dramatically. Josh
- /html/ba-autox/2002-05/msg00136.html (6,621 bytes)
- 37. Re: Duel at De Anza? (score: 1)
- Author: "Josh Sirota" <josh@sirota.org>
- Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 15:10:10 -0700
- Ahem. Josh Sirota rented that Lincoln Town Car (not a Continental -- we wanted BIG!), and it was shared by 7 drivers: Josh Sirota Jeff Reitmeir Ren Marinus Rex Tener Ralph Elder Kevin McCormick Rod M
- /html/ba-autox/2002-05/msg00149.html (9,143 bytes)
- 38. Re: Duel at De Anza? (score: 1)
- Author: "Josh Sirota" <josh@sirota.org>
- Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 15:48:12 -0700
- Nope, Ren won, but there are some doubts about a cone he may have allegedly hit that was not recorded in the official results (in which case, Jeff Reitmeir would have won). The deal was that since th
- /html/ba-autox/2002-05/msg00151.html (11,139 bytes)
- 39. Re: An online Autocross course design manual (score: 1)
- Author: "Josh Sirota" <josh@sirota.org>
- Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 14:25:13 -0700
- Roger ("the real", "H", "the one from Texas") Johnson, as opposed to Roger ("the famous", "E", "the one from Ohio") Johnson has designed many a nationals course and he's very good at what he does. Th
- /html/ba-autox/2002-05/msg00244.html (7,720 bytes)
- 40. Re: Q: New Hoosiers: scrub in or race ready ? (score: 1)
- Author: "Josh Sirota" <josh@sirota.org>
- Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 13:38:34 -0700
- I've seen #1 actually have an effect. At Nationals one year (or maybe it was a Tour or a Pro, I can't remember, but we had on-site mounting service), Bob Tunnell marked the location of the valve stem
- /html/ba-autox/2002-04/msg00550.html (9,696 bytes)
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