A load induced by the 285-width Potenzas, I might add. It's not like the
car was just a cheap POS.
-Adam
On Tue, 21 May 2002, Navid Kahangi wrote:
> Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 11:59:55 -0700
> From: Navid Kahangi <navid@interwoven.com>
> To: 'Carl Merritt' <CMerritt@luminous.com>,
> 'Pat Kelly' <lollipop487@attbi.com>,
> 'Donald R McKenna' <donbarbmckenna@earthlink.net>,
> Barry Spencer <bspencer@tsoft.com>, Peter Mottaz <mph_16@hotmail.com>,
> bchafin@attglobal.net, ellenrosenbluth@hotmail.com, ellamt@sbc.com
> Cc: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Jr. Cart Entrants Round 9?
>
> My power steering problem was not caused by German Engineering, it was good
> ol' American handy work. The hose that I busted at Stockton a couple of
> weeks ago was on back order, so I had a hose fabricated to get me going.
> They did a great job on the hose, but they either didn't tighten the bolts
> hard enough, or they came loose under load.
>
> Carl did an excellent job of driving his underdog NA car in T3, especially
> in the twisty technical tracks!
>
> --Navid
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Carl Merritt [mailto:CMerritt@luminous.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 11:44 AM
> > To: 'Pat Kelly'; Navid Kahangi; 'Donald R McKenna'; Barry
> > Spencer; Peter
> > Mottaz; bchafin@attglobal.net; ellenrosenbluth@hotmail.com;
> > ellamt@sbc.com
> > Cc: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > Subject: RE: Jr. Cart Entrants Round 9?
> >
> >
> > Speaking of German Engineering, at one point all three
> > generations of M3s
> > had power steering systems failing, Navid's E46, Lewis's
> > turbo E36, and
> > Tammy Hull's E30. Oh, and let's not forget the Mini-S
> > (essentially a BMW)
> > having it's electric PS cooling fan break too. Most amusing...
> >
> > ;-)
> >
> > I just got videos up online from the OTC for those with
> > bandwidth to spare:
> > http://www.binaryvista.com/ZCars/Z32/2002/OTC/index.html
> >
> > -Carl
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Pat Kelly [mailto:lollipop487@attbi.com]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 10:49 AM
> > > To: Navid Kahangi; 'Donald R McKenna'; Barry Spencer; Peter Mottaz;
> > > bchafin@attglobal.net; ellenrosenbluth@hotmail.com; ellamt@sbc.com
> > > Cc: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > > Subject: Re: Jr. Cart Entrants Round 9?
> > >
> > >
> > > Typical. The old saying, 'first you have to finish...' Glad
> > > the new models
> > > are holding up the true Lotus tradition. :)
> > > --Pat K
> > >
> > > ----------
> > > >From: Navid Kahangi <navid@interwoven.com>
> > > >To: "'Donald R McKenna'" <donbarbmckenna@earthlink.net>,
> > > Barry Spencer
> > > <bspencer@tsoft.com>, Peter Mottaz <mph_16@hotmail.com>,
> > > bchafin@attglobal.net, ellenrosenbluth@hotmail.com, ellamt@sbc.com
> > > >Cc: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > > >Subject: RE: Jr. Cart Entrants Round 9?
> > > >Date: Tue, May 21, 2002, 10:39 AM
> > > >
> > >
> > > > Speaking of British reliability, both Lotuses (Motorsport
> > > Elise and 340R) at
> > > > the OTC were kicking major butts right up to the moment
> > > they broke down.
> > > > Something about the harmonic balancer coming apart and
> > > destroying the timing
> > > > belt and the valve train.
> > > >
> > > > --Navid
> > > >
> > > >> -----Original Message-----
> > > >> From: Donald R McKenna [mailto:donbarbmckenna@earthlink.net]
> > > >> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 10:06 AM
> > > >> To: Barry Spencer; Peter Mottaz; bchafin@attglobal.net;
> > > >> ellenrosenbluth@hotmail.com; ellamt@sbc.com; Navid Kahangi
> > > >> Cc: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > > >> Subject: Re: Jr. Cart Entrants Round 9?
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Barry,
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> >If Christopher and I can fix the clutch this weekend on his
> > > >> KT100 he'll be
> > > >> >there too. It's leaking oil and it's not British :>)
> > > >>
> > > >> Now that's some "British" humor I can understand, having
> > > "hung-around"
> > > >> Trimuph motorcycles in my youth. But you know what? The Brits
> > > >> must have
> > > >> switched from Lucas refrigerators as, the last time I was
> > > >> there the beer was
> > > >> cold :-)
> > > >>
> > > >> Don
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