- 21. Close Call -or- Autox Practice for Pedestrians (score: 1)
- Author: Gemery@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 16:05:26 EDT
- While going home via bus at lunch to pick up a car for this evening, I was nearly run over! Behind me I heard a motor rev as though the clutch was thrown in and then a thump. My autox experience caus
- /html/autox/1999-07/msg00073.html (7,054 bytes)
- 22. re: Bid on GEEZ to benefit DTN/MBBF (score: 1)
- Author: Gemery@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 13:59:05 EDT
- I'll raise Bultemeier's bid... make mine $305. Now I'm going to have to get a car to Topeka for Byron to polish 'cause I don't want to slow down for Byron's advice. :-) George Emery gemery@aol.com
- /html/autox/1999-07/msg00361.html (7,133 bytes)
- 23. Re: Revised STU Proposed Rules - Plan of attack (score: 1)
- Author: Gemery@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 17:11:30 EDT
- No, 2x is the displacement factor for rotaries since they're two-cycle vs. the conventional 4-cycle motors the rest of us use. Therefore they get 2x power strokes per crankshaft revolution, thus 2x m
- /html/autox/1999-07/msg00560.html (9,571 bytes)
- 24. RE: little cars&little tires (score: 1)
- Author: Gemery@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 15:23:53 EDT
- Hi, Ray! Just for grins, I checked The Tire Rack: UTQ Size Price Make/Model 200 175/50-13 $65 BFG Euro T/A 160 175/50-13 $44 Continental CH90 160 185/60-13 $50 Yokohama A509 ??? 185/60-13 $62 Yokoham
- /html/autox/1999-06/msg00155.html (7,536 bytes)
- 25. re: The REAL screwing (AP) (score: 1)
- Author: Gemery@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 14:30:42 EDT
- George Ryan writes about AP: Yeah, I gave an equal snort to that logic! On your other comments, however... Why not? What killer NOC car is out there? The SEB seemed to assign them a reasonable requir
- /html/autox/1999-06/msg01089.html (9,374 bytes)
- 26. Re: The REAL screwing (AP) (score: 1)
- Author: Gemery@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 16:54:41 EDT
- I'd expect you would also need the correct engine for the replicar-- generic "no-name" kit cars wouldn't be allowed. That's probably open to interpetation since it wasn't explicitly written in FastTr
- /html/autox/1999-06/msg01182.html (9,613 bytes)
- 27. Re: Street Tire Handicap (score: 1)
- Author: Gemery@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 15:46:21 EDT
- tire But Ray, the Celicas and Mazdas (and their drivers) in HS, which have caused the adjustment in PAX, have been there since '93 or '94! This isn't a case of the hot car being an annual variant, bu
- /html/autox/1999-05/msg00486.html (8,411 bytes)
- 28. re: FWD-Toe out, or in for rear? (score: 1)
- Author: Gemery@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 15:21:16 EDT
- A friend of mine (John Spiva) is running a similar configuration in a CSP Shelby GLHS that I've driven on numerous occasions. It works quite well, but to my tastes he should increase the front swayb
- /html/autox/1999-05/msg00655.html (7,598 bytes)
- 29. SP Restructure Proposal (score: 1)
- Author: Gemery@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 16:04:34 EDT
- Time for some conjecture... by collecting the smaller turbo cars in the new DSP, is the SPAC trying to pave the way so FCD removal and blowoff valves will become legal? Or does that make too much sen
- /html/autox/1999-04/msg00908.html (6,662 bytes)
- 30. RE: Same Old Tire Cost Hash? Nah..... (score: 1)
- Author: Gemery@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 18:28:46 EDT
- You know I have to do a reality check with Oregon Region's statistics and Street Tire classes just aren't very big here. We offer an indexed Street Tire class and "standard" Street Touring classes...
- /html/autox/1999-04/msg01089.html (8,204 bytes)
- 31. Re: Street Tire Classes (score: 1)
- Author: Gemery@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 19:22:49 EDT
- Wow! If we had half that many street tire entries, I'd call it a success for Oregon. Darn, Scott, I can't remember which part of the country you're in... George Emery gemery@aol.com http://members.ao
- /html/autox/1999-04/msg01092.html (6,975 bytes)
- 32. Re: one of my favorite topics (score: 1)
- Author: Gemery@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 18:10:12 EDT
- Here's what I see is wrong with a durometer based system: 1) Does ambient temperature play a role in the durometer readings? 2) Are the durometer readings taken on cold tires or warm tires? 3) If a c
- /html/autox/1999-04/msg01143.html (10,539 bytes)
- 33. RE: Tom's (dead) horses (score: 1)
- Author: Gemery@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 18:26:01 EDT
- <thwack, thwack> Tom - trailering has nothing to do with classification! We've got people with $100k motorhomes trailering Stock vehicles only 10-15 miles to our events in Oregon. It's okay if they h
- /html/autox/1999-04/msg01221.html (7,250 bytes)
- 34. Tom's Horses... IT & AS rules? (score: 1)
- Author: Gemery@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 15:44:40 EDT
- Tom Gentry and I have written a few msgs privately... it brought up a couple questions from both of us regarding what's legal in Improved Touring and American Sedan. So, on to the tail end of the ema
- /html/autox/1999-04/msg01312.html (7,835 bytes)
- 35. Rock-bottom-in-cost? (score: 1)
- Author: Gemery@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 17:31:59 EDT
- So what is rock-bottom-in-cost? If one is willing to risk their daily vehicle to a potential rollover, curb impact, ditch, or light-pole incident then can the repair and replacement cost of said vehi
- /html/autox/1999-04/msg01601.html (9,624 bytes)
- 36. Re: Student Project (score: 1)
- Author: Gemery@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 15:50:19 EST
- I agree with everything Shawn wrote, except the above. The UT SAE cars as run at Nationals sure seemed to have plenty of acceleration! Where SAE cars don't match current AM cars is the lack of wings
- /html/autox/1999-03/msg00199.html (7,284 bytes)
- 37. Re: Student Project (score: 1)
- Author: Gemery@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 17:46:07 EST
- Shawn replied: I stand corrected then (none of the FSAE cars I've seen had'em) and would agree that they'd be underpowered in that case. George Emery gemery@aol.com http://members.aol.com/gemery/scor
- /html/autox/1999-03/msg00208.html (6,927 bytes)
- 38. Re: course design (score: 1)
- Author: Gemery@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 15:20:56 EST
- thru While I sympathize with your feelings, you should realize that many places in the country don't have space to design a course in any other fashion. For us in Oregon, it's at least a 6 hour round
- /html/autox/1999-03/msg00508.html (7,922 bytes)
- 39. RE: Why not? / Autox on TV (score: 1)
- Author: Gemery@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 16:32:23 EST
- I would think that TV exposure/sponsorship would make it easier to obtain sites for the simple reason that dedicated autox facilities would become economically viable. George Emery gemery@aol.com htt
- /html/autox/1999-03/msg00751.html (7,026 bytes)
- 40. Re: Why not? / Autox on TV (score: 1)
- Author: Gemery@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 18:32:28 EST
- Agreed. And we're getting what we pay for... oddball lots that aren't being used on weekends with less than optimum paving, public exposure, and creature comforts (timing gear, posting, shade, restro
- /html/autox/1999-03/msg00764.html (9,479 bytes)
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