- 201. Re: Classing Issues (score: 1)
- Author: dg50@daimlerchrysler.com
- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 10:04:55 -0400
- And speaking as someone who knows, first hand, how the current classing system works, let assure people that the current powers that be are as straight-arrow as they get. Painfully fair. George has o
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- 202. RE: DTN- SCCA CEO (score: 1)
- Author: dg50@daimlerchrysler.com
- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 11:10:26 -0400
- He does, but he's hard on clutches. DG
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- 203. Raceway Inn in Topkea - Reviews? (score: 1)
- Author: dg50@daimlerchrysler.com
- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 12:01:30 -0400
- I called the Raceway Inn in Topeka last night to inquire into rooms rates, and was quoted $209 for the week, tax included. That's awesome! But the Boss is somewhat dive-intolerent. Can anybody provid
- /html/autox/2000-07/msg01086.html (6,910 bytes)
- 204. Raceway Inn Reviews - Thanks (score: 1)
- Author: dg50@daimlerchrysler.com
- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 16:20:54 -0400
- Well, the picture that was painted was pretty graphic, and bad, so in the interests of martial harmony we're back at the Plaza Inn. Btter the devil you know I guess. :) Thanks to all that responded.
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- 205. Re: XYZZY (score: 1)
- Author: dg50@daimlerchrysler.com
- Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 13:30:55 -0400
- You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike. DG
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- 206. Re: The Classing Picture As A Whole (score: 1)
- Author: dg50@daimlerchrysler.com
- Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 14:03:06 -0400
- Two great big killer-nasty problems here, and two minor ones. 1) As I mentioned in a post yesterday, the thing the Membership most wants out of a classing scheme is "fairness", which I define as "giv
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- 207. Re: The Classing Picture As A Whole (score: 1)
- Author: dg50@daimlerchrysler.com
- Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 08:53:24 -0400
- Uhhh... as much as I'd like to see SM participation increase, I don't think this is a realistic option for everybody, especially if all a given car is lacking to be able to keep up with the given cla
- /html/autox/2000-07/msg01269.html (8,827 bytes)
- 208. Re: Thanks Sid (score: 1)
- Author: dg50@daimlerchrysler.com
- Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 08:59:02 -0400
- cars enjoyed Can we _please_ put an end to this myth? There are many, many competitive SP cars that are daily drivers, and ALL the current SM cars are daily drivers. In fact, that's the whole schtick
- /html/autox/2000-07/msg01271.html (7,643 bytes)
- 209. Re: The Classing Picture As A Whole (score: 1)
- Author: dg50@daimlerchrysler.com
- Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 09:21:49 -0400
- on You can't do it. Oh sure, you can outlaw the high-dollar shocks, but you can't outlaw the money being spent. Take away the ability to use aftermarket shocks, and you'll get people buying dozens of
- /html/autox/2000-07/msg01273.html (10,906 bytes)
- 210. Re: Thanks Sid (score: 1)
- Author: dg50@daimlerchrysler.com
- Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 12:21:26 -0400
- times than some > SP cars. That's the nicest thing that's been said about me all year. :) But in any case, my SM car will remain a daily driver no matter how hard it's prepared. DG
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- 211. Re: Thanks Sid (score: 1)
- Author: dg50@daimlerchrysler.com
- Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 09:00:16 -0400
- Uhh... no kidding. We weren't talking about "real" Mod cars. we we discussing Street Prepared and Street Mod. DG
- /html/autox/2000-07/msg01342.html (7,672 bytes)
- 212. Re: Buying a win?? Spend it on school. (score: 1)
- Author: dg50@daimlerchrysler.com
- Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 09:53:11 -0400
- you I'm going to agree, and amplify: Firstly, I think all newbies should spend a year on street tires. The limits are so much lower, and the break-away curve (slip angle vs grip) so much flatter, tha
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- 213. Re: Buying a win?? Spend it on school. (score: 1)
- Author: dg50@daimlerchrysler.com
- Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 13:37:38 -0400
- for some You, my trout, need a turbocharger. DG
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- 214. Re: Lightweight wheels...drive only? (score: 1)
- Author: dg50@daimlerchrysler.com
- Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 16:13:02 -0400
- is it Imagine you have a tank - you know, big-ass metal thing with a big gun - and you turn it upside-down so the track is in the air. Drive wheels are in the back, all the bogies are just along for
- /html/autox/2000-07/msg01709.html (9,402 bytes)
- 215. Re: Lightweight wheels...drive only? (score: 1)
- Author: dg50@daimlerchrysler.com
- Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 09:57:21 -0400
- I believe the word you want is "analogy" No, it's not. Uhhhh... no. The track is stationary with respect to the ground, so for all intents and purposes, the part of the track in contact with the grou
- /html/autox/2000-07/msg01755.html (10,571 bytes)
- 216. Re: Lightweight wheels, drive only? (score: 1)
- Author: dg50@daimlerchrysler.com
- Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 10:43:59 -0400
- Yup, that's exactly right - unless you can yank the front wheels clear of the ground, as the ground is the "drive belt" driving the non-drive wheels. DG
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- 217. Gering for Power (was: Re: Lightweight wheels, drive only?) (score: 1)
- Author: dg50@daimlerchrysler.com
- Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 16:45:18 -0400
- that 4th applies is There's an easier way to look at this. First, consider this: a gear is a rotary lever. Secondly, levers trade force for distance - so a long lever arm with a short distance after
- /html/autox/2000-07/msg01853.html (8,764 bytes)
- 218. 1/4 Mile (score: 1)
- Author: dg50@daimlerchrysler.com
- Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 14:13:14 -0400
- Here's a new, argument-free thread: What's the best your autox car has done the 1/4 mile in? I'll start: R/T: .512 60': 1.691 330': 5.186 1/8: 8.156 @ 83.50 1/4: 12.749 @ 105.39 DG
- /html/autox/2000-06/msg00210.html (7,170 bytes)
- 219. Re: 1/4 Mile (score: 1)
- Author: dg50@daimlerchrysler.com
- Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 15:50:56 -0400
- 215/50R17 Goodyear RSAs. 300 treadwear street tire rocks. St Thomas has a _really_ grippy right lane, and AWD is a beautiful thing. It's really too bad that I got all that wheelspin, could've been b
- /html/autox/2000-06/msg00237.html (8,311 bytes)
- 220. Re: 1/4 Mile (score: 1)
- Author: dg50@daimlerchrysler.com
- Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 15:53:57 -0400
- Oops, forgot that not everyone knows my car. '97 Eagle Talon. SM #70. This past weekend. Oh, on pump gas. No nitrous. :) DG
- /html/autox/2000-06/msg00240.html (8,014 bytes)
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