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Re: Stock Car Advice

To: ian@codrus.com, Paul Foster <pfoster@gdi.net>
Subject: Re: Stock Car Advice
From: Craig Blome <cblome@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 20:57:10 -0800 (PST)

--- Ian McCloghrie <ian@codrus.com> wrote:
> On Mar 25, 1999 Paul Foster wrote:
> > Speaking of options, I would guess it would be
> advantageous to have the
> > ABS but not the variable rate power steering??? 
> 
> Also, I don't know how big a difference the factory
> shock tower
> bar makes, but that's only on the Sport Package.
> 

My guess is nil.  The coilover shocks on the Miata only
take vertical load from the springs, not lateral loads
as a strut would.  Of course the same was allegedly
true of the first Mustangs, and the Shelby Monte Carlo
brace was known to help there.

It is not possible to get ABS on a Miata with no P/S. 
The power steering is RPM based and not vehicle speed
AFAIK.  I actually managed to outdrive the power
steering at McKamey Phase 2 in Miserable Wells this
weekend, but that is designed to be the Slalom of Death
anyway.

> > How about the windscreen? Does it weigh a lot? Can
> it be easily removed?
> 

Heh heh...the Brit in me was picturing the windshield. 
I was thinking "sure, a Bernz-O-Matic can remove
whatever you like?"  :)

Craig Blome
Texas Spokes SCC, Austin, TX
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