Now Don
Was that by chance a early Corvair. I owned many myself. all years.
My favorite was a 64 110 H.P. I know the later models handled better.
But the 64 with the Camber Compensator on the rear & the 3/4" sway
bar in the front had just the right amount of oversteer to be fun to drive.
I can remember cutting a coil on the rear springs to get more negative
camber, also putting more positive caster in the front. The steering was
so slow, 4.5 turns lock to lock, I used to get the cars side ways, let go
of the steering wheel, it would countersteer when you let go. then just
grab the wheel at the right spot to stop. I know many of you are rolling
your eyes. But it worked.
You see. Your not the only old guy out there.
Dennis Armstrong
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> From: Donald R McKenna <donbarbmckenna@earthlink.net>
> To: Phil Esra <pesra@yahoo.com>; ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: last weekends AAS test and tune
> Date: March 31, 2000 8:09 AM
>
> Phil,
>
> But your car is still 80 runs "younger". See how much you saved and I'm
sure
> Nanda didn't enjoy all that "work" :-)
>
> Reminds me of my first autocross, back when some of your folks (not you
> folks, YOUR folks) were still in grammer school (now, how's that for "old
> geezzer" talk). not bad, huh?
>
> It was a practice and two timed laps affair in a little lot. I first ran
my
> "high-performance" (95 SAE gross HP) car (0-60 in 11.2 sec, stock was
14.5
> sec.) at a 44 second rate and after about um-teen runs got down to 40
> seconds. Then one of the regulars goes out on his "sand-bag" run (he'd
run
> some before I'd gotten there) and turned a 36 second run with a car very
> similar to mine but much uglier. You know, things like the rear of the
car
> was sagging (you cut the springs to get negative camber in that
"swing-axel"
> car). That was the beginning. That event was in November and by February
of
> the next year at a "big-time" (NCSCC) event I had all the fast mods
> incorporated in my car and by the third or forth event won a 4th place
> trophy in a 50 car class. Well, maybe it was 40, or, even possibly, a 20
car
> class. Yeah, and we went to the Gay Ninetys Pizza parlor for the trophy
> presentation after the event.
>
> Don
>
>
> ----------
> >From: Phil Esra <pesra@yahoo.com>
> >To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> >Subject: last weekends AAS test and tune
> >Date: Wed, Mar 29, 2000, 2:13 PM
> >
>
> >80 runs??? Holy crap. And me at home nursing a broken swaybar. Sigh.
> >
> >phil
> >
> >--- Kevin McCormick <ktm@unify.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: Nandaholz@aol.com [mailto:Nandaholz@aol.com]
> >> > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 1:42 PM
> >> > To: jesvilla@gte.net; ba-autox@autox.team.net
> >> > Subject: Re: How do I volunteer? - last weekends AAS test and tune
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > In a message dated 03/29/2000 1:05:37 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> >> > jesvilla@gte.net writes:
> >> >
> >> > << Hey Nanda, just how many runs did you end up taking at the
> >> > AAS practice
> >> > last week? I kept seeing that little black Miata going up to the
> >> line
> >> > all day.
> >> >
> >> > Jesus >>
> >> >
> >> > I recorded 80 runs, from 37.220 to 39.8 seconds, almost caught
> >> Kevin
> >> > McCormicks 37.1....my Sumitomo HTR 100's just won't die ;).
> >> > Truely the best
> >> > autox value yet experienced, $0.25 per run.
> >>
> >>
> >> Excellent Last I knew you were at around 50 runs. Glad you got your
> >> time
> >> down further - quite a fun car, and when you get sticky tires, it'll
> >> be even
> >> more so. At some point the silly-putty diff will need to go though -
> >> wheel
> >> spin in a Miata just isn't right :-)
> >>
> >> Kevin
> >>
> >> >
> >> > ~Nanda Holz and UFO who luvs test and tunes
> >> > Blackn'tan 92' Mazda MX-5 1.6L Special Edition 128k smiles
> >> > Walnut Creek, CA
> >> > CSP-r #4
> >> > Team Lick Your Miata, M Road, C2 Automotive, Dealer Alt,
> >> > Roebuck, Serious
> >> > Auto, Racing Beat, Koni, Brainstorm, HardDog, RedLine Synthetics,
> >> > YaLearnMoreOnStreetTires (Toyo T1S), VooDoo, Evolution
> >> > Performance Driving
> >> > School
> >> > Clubs - MCA, BAMA, VROOM, NASA, SCCA
> >> > ...work like you don't need the $...dance like nobody is
> >> > watchin...and make
> >> > luv like there is no tomorrow...oh yeah, and drive like your
> >> > arse is on fire
> >> > ;)
> >> >
> >> > "If you can't drive 90hp fast, 900 ain't gonna help either." Bob
> >> Hall
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
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