- 101. RE: Rear Brakes.. (score: 1)
- Author: "Kevin Stevens" <Kevin_Stevens@Bigfoot.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 21:29:51 -0700
- First of all, quit running water onto your brakes before you warp the rotors. (Second of all, quit putting on your parking brake after a hot run, before you warp the rotors.) Third of all, as Phil s
- /html/autox/1999-07/msg01123.html (8,778 bytes)
- 102. RE: a question (score: 1)
- Author: "Kevin Stevens" <Kevin_Stevens@Bigfoot.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 20:47:26 -0700
- it Here's something you can try with Hot Wheels cars. It's a bit different than the other responses, so take it as an *attitude* rather than a technical guideline. When I walk a course, in the back
- /html/autox/1999-06/msg00347.html (10,071 bytes)
- 103. RE: Tire Rack Heat Cycling (score: 1)
- Author: "Kevin Stevens" <Kevin_Stevens@Bigfoot.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 21:32:36 -0700
- Gee, I thought it was intended to make the "drive 100 miles" approach look I've never seen the Hoosier approach published, as the BFG one is, and it doesn't sound very practical for autox anyway. KeS
- /html/autox/1999-06/msg01588.html (8,714 bytes)
- 104. RE: National tour questions (newbie) (score: 1)
- Author: "Kevin Stevens" <Kevin_Stevens@Bigfoot.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 22:31:31 -0700
- You must be an SCCA member. Regional classes (PAX, street tire) are not supported. Well, usually that's what Divisionals are for. If you don't have access to one ahead of time, just ask to be shown
- /html/autox/1999-05/msg00252.html (7,687 bytes)
- 105. RE: Car Lifts leg (score: 1)
- Author: "Kevin Stevens" <Kevin_Stevens@Bigfoot.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 22:05:28 -0700
- If and only if your car was available from the factory without a rear bar, you could remove it entirely. If the rear bar is part of an option package, you would need to remove every component that w
- /html/autox/1999-05/msg00447.html (7,521 bytes)
- 106. RE: Car Lifts leg (score: 1)
- Author: "Kevin Stevens" <Kevin_Stevens@Bigfoot.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 22:25:05 -0700
- If there's a specification in the service manual for torque, thread count, or other objective measurement of the tightness of the end links, it must be met. If you're bending or heating the bar to c
- /html/autox/1999-05/msg00450.html (7,146 bytes)
- 107. RE: Corner Worker Speed (was Large course design questions) (score: 1)
- Author: "Kevin Stevens" <Kevin_Stevens@Bigfoot.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 23:34:25 -0700
- IMHO, the real issue to be considered when deciding how much time is safe is the scenario where the course worker runs over to the cone, trips, and falls in the path of the oncoming car. KeS
- /html/autox/1999-05/msg00629.html (7,807 bytes)
- 108. G-Force 18" availability. (score: 1)
- Author: "Kevin Stevens" <Kevin_Stevens@Bigfoot.com>
- Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 10:06:22 -0800
- Most recent from RACEBFG is that they now have "no idea" when 18" tires will be produced. I was supposed to have called them on April 1, but decided *not* to try on April Fool's Day. Just thought I'd
- /html/autox/1999-04/msg00109.html (7,657 bytes)
- 109. RE: Chevette (score: 1)
- Author: "Kevin Stevens" <Kevin_Stevens@Bigfoot.com>
- Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 10:23:27 -0800
- I'm not sure that having the car's center of mass and polar moment located at the crank is necessarily a good idea, though! KeS
- /html/autox/1999-04/msg00115.html (8,558 bytes)
- 110. RE: G-Force 18" availability. (score: 1)
- Author: "Kevin Stevens" <Kevin_Stevens@Bigfoot.com>
- Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 10:36:38 -0800
- It *would* be nice to be able to run 275/17's front and 275/18's back. With the 35 profile I'm forced to run 245 fronts to keep within the ABS tolerance. That's one reason I was looking forward to th
- /html/autox/1999-04/msg00123.html (11,268 bytes)
- 111. RE: SP Proposal (score: 1)
- Author: "Kevin Stevens" <Kevin_Stevens@Bigfoot.com>
- Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 10:40:24 -0800
- Very expensive compared to a Porsche Turbo, perhaps? Or a Ferrari, or NSX, or several other SS cars? Production was never limited, and cars are now readily available with under 10K miles in the $30K
- /html/autox/1999-04/msg00124.html (8,862 bytes)
- 112. RE: G-Force 18" availability. (score: 1)
- Author: "Kevin Stevens" <Kevin_Stevens@Bigfoot.com>
- Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 11:11:31 -0800
- Um, my Corvette(s) have always had *real* ABS, that actually helps the car brake better (that inside wheel lockup thing, don'cha know?) and keeps the tires from flat-spotting. Maybe it helps that it
- /html/autox/1999-04/msg00132.html (8,549 bytes)
- 113. RE: PSI Questions (score: 1)
- Author: Kevin Stevens <Kevin_Stevens@Bigfoot.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 20:17:53 -0700
- Sure, there's a free one readily available at your next autocross. Get a group of people together and compare gauges. I suggest using the modal value. KeS
- /html/autox/1999-04/msg00688.html (8,307 bytes)
- 114. RE: PSI Questions (score: 1)
- Author: Kevin Stevens <Kevin_Stevens@Bigfoot.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 21:23:07 -0700
- Please paddock at least 1/4 mile away from me and I have no problem with KeS
- /html/autox/1999-04/msg00696.html (9,856 bytes)
- 115. RE: 99 Integra - Was 93 DSM's (score: 1)
- Author: "Kevin Stevens" <Kevin_Stevens@Bigfoot.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 21:17:04 -0700
- I thought the whole idea of VTEC was to give a broader, flatter torque curve? a) I'm confused? b) That is the idea, but the Integra VTEC doesn't accomplish it very well? c) It does, but "broad and f
- /html/autox/1999-04/msg01155.html (7,384 bytes)
- 116. RE: The tire thing^n (score: 1)
- Author: "Kevin Stevens" <Kevin_Stevens@Bigfoot.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 22:53:58 -0700
- But, again anecdotally, I ran (and won, so I wasn't THAT slow) the SFR Street Tire class last year on the equivalent of a single set of tires (started and ended with a half set); mostly in an ESP Ca
- /html/autox/1999-04/msg01159.html (8,284 bytes)
- 117. RE: Stock class wheel widths (score: 1)
- Author: "Kevin Stevens" <Kevin_Stevens@Bigfoot.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 09:11:51 -0700
- News to me. -- KeS
- /html/autox/1999-04/msg01657.html (8,311 bytes)
- 118. RE: Rock-bottom-in-cost? (score: 1)
- Author: "Kevin Stevens" <Kevin_Stevens@Bigfoot.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 20:08:25 -0700
- This has got to be the ultimate I-class argument I've ever seen. running at all. So, how would you propose to have an 'H-stock only, street tire only' class? How many scores of HS street tire cars A
- /html/autox/1999-04/msg01707.html (12,270 bytes)
- 119. RE: G-force specs? (score: 1)
- Author: "Kevin Stevens" <Kevin_Stevens@Bigfoot.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 20:13:52 -0700
- Sure, they're on Tire Rack (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/index.html). Select "By brand", "B.F. Goodrich", "g-Force T/A R1", "Specifications"... KeS
- /html/autox/1999-04/msg01708.html (7,274 bytes)
- 120. RE: [ax] Braking technique (score: 1)
- Author: "Kevin Stevens" <Kevin_Stevens@Bigfoot.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 19:38:13 -0800
- How about (3)? Get into the brakes as smoothly as needed to get the weight transferred to the front end, then threshold just in and out of ABS. Note: GM-specific stuff follows: Obviously (I hope), if
- /html/autox/1999-03/msg00057.html (10,036 bytes)
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