- 181. RE: Accents (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 14:44:57 -0500
- I always thought 880 was called the Nimitz for the same reason the Navy has named an aircraft carrier the Nimitz, and also the Nimitz museum. It's in honor of Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz, wh
- /html/ba-autox/2001-12/msg00055.html (9,788 bytes)
- 182. RE: Accents (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 14:46:30 -0500
- Ah, Google is soooooo awesome. Highway 880 was named in honor of Admiral Nimitz by Senate Concurrent Resolution 23, Chapter 84 in 1958. I always thought 880 was called the Nimitz for the same reason
- /html/ba-autox/2001-12/msg00056.html (10,235 bytes)
- 183. RE: Time Trial at Thunderhill (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com>
- Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 10:44:29 -0500
- On the road? Yeehaa! If it's up the eastern side, count me in. The entire route from Livermore to ascending the east side of Mt. Hamilton is a totally excellent drive. OTOH, the horrid pavement quali
- /html/ba-autox/2001-12/msg00118.html (13,879 bytes)
- 184. RE: Time Trial at Thunderhill (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 10:59:41 -0800
- Absolutely. Especially with brake pads -- energy is proportional to the square of velocity. One instance of hard braking from 100 mph, is far more wear on the brakes than two instances from 50 mph. S
- /html/ba-autox/2001-12/msg00194.html (10,885 bytes)
- 185. RE: AAS-2002?????? (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 16:08:49 -0800
- cold air = more power Well, it's not especially cold or especially sandy, but it's just enough to be noticed. I wouldn't let this discourage any use of Marina. It's a great lot. I just like Mather a
- /html/ba-autox/2001-12/msg00239.html (8,908 bytes)
- 186. RE: Autox vs. Anything (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 14:46:30 -0800
- The best bicycling rides are the ones you do for free, on your own or with friends, and they're right in your own "backyard" of Marin county. Like you, I tried the triathalon thing but it just didn't
- /html/ba-autox/2001-12/msg00295.html (8,002 bytes)
- 187. RE: Results from Round 6 (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 17:42:33 -0800
- Surely you jest! Driver skill makes a big difference even in 0-60 and 1/4 mile "Well-driven" and "drag" should not be used in the same sentence. --Navid
- /html/ba-autox/2001-12/msg00302.html (9,868 bytes)
- 188. RE: Results from Round 6 (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 19:05:27 -0800
- The track? You mean the drag strip, right ?! Lessee. . . in a "wimpy" car you won't get wheel hop, you will have only limited wheelspin, the engine isn't powerful enough to fry the clutch, you won't
- /html/ba-autox/2001-12/msg00310.html (14,597 bytes)
- 189. RE: Results from Round 6 (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 19:15:20 -0800
- Oh yes, I understand completely. I have the same problem. Gotta keep it out of the 11s or they make you put all kinds of extra safety crud in the car. ;) you mean by letting up the gas towards the en
- /html/ba-autox/2001-12/msg00312.html (16,310 bytes)
- 190. RE: Results from Round 6 (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 08:34:35 -0800
- Cheers to you! Glad to see somebody with enough guts to state the facts! Aacckkkk...Sorry, can't help myself. I just gotta spill what I wasn't gonna say cuz I didn't want to get into (any more) troub
- /html/ba-autox/2001-12/msg00320.html (17,701 bytes)
- 191. RE: Results from Round 6 (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 11:25:09 -0800
- Wow! That's over 6 Gs of acceleration !?!? They must be rocket powered because how could tires and asphalt be that sticky? Back when I worked with the Navy I thought 0-160 in 2 seconds off the deck o
- /html/ba-autox/2001-12/msg00327.html (10,743 bytes)
- 192. RE: Results from Round 6 (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 11:51:44 -0800
- No, you can't. Jump off a building = 1 G of acceleration 0 - 100 in 0.7 seconds = 6.4 G of acceleration BIG difference So what? I could throw myself off a building and get the same effect? How mych s
- /html/ba-autox/2001-12/msg00332.html (10,880 bytes)
- 193. RE: 400BHP/600+ lb.-ft torque (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 19:20:55 -0800
- Problem is, when it weighs over 5,000 lbs. it needs every one of those 400 ponies just to make down the driveway. An excerpt... "Excellent horsepower (400 bhp at 4000 rpm) and absurd amounts of torqu
- /html/ba-autox/2001-12/msg00339.html (7,649 bytes)
- 194. RE: Results from Round 6 (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 19:53:26 -0800
- Ha! So true. The best birthday present I ever got was a ride in an AT-6 Texan. When I asked the pilot "is it really safe to punch out these 50 year old aircraft" he demonstrated that it indeed was by
- /html/ba-autox/2001-12/msg00342.html (8,952 bytes)
- 195. RE: Results from Round 6 (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 21:27:44 -0800
- Suppose you start decelerating when your nose or stomach (whichever sticks out furthest) first touches the ground. Then I guess the rest of your body would travel about 1 foot of distance before beco
- /html/ba-autox/2001-12/msg00347.html (11,791 bytes)
- 196. RE: Correx to '02 schedule (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com>
- Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 12:49:48 -0800
- Not in the unabridged dictionaries I checked. Something about poisonous snakes? john, ive posted this on my experimental bay area autox message board at: http://thevenom.net/forum/ if you dont want
- /html/ba-autox/2001-12/msg00373.html (11,172 bytes)
- 197. RE: More DNWs (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 15:01:12 -0800
- If somebody gets a DNW at an event, perhaps we could mark their name so if/when they show up at the next event, they have to work twice to avoid another DNW. I think this would be a firm way to get t
- /html/ba-autox/2001-11/msg00021.html (10,492 bytes)
- 198. RE: More DNWs (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 15:57:08 -0800
- I plead guilty as charged! (of inventing ideas for others to implement) Would it slow things down if each person working registration had a hardcopy list of the last event's participants and could lo
- /html/ba-autox/2001-11/msg00025.html (12,840 bytes)
- 199. RE: Preregistration and SUs (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 09:03:42 -0800
- 6 webber carbs on one engine? Sounds serious -- tell us more! Paul, I still have to dial carbs in on my daily driver, all 6 webbers. Did i mention my neighbors don't like the sport muffler. Scott
- /html/ba-autox/2001-11/msg00246.html (7,154 bytes)
- 200. RE: VW trans warranty (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 09:25:48 -0800
- Good advice. In addition, you should check the NHTSA database of Technical Service Bulletins on-line. If there is a TSB for this problem -- even if it was not a recall -- it gives you the information
- /html/ba-autox/2001-11/msg00601.html (10,684 bytes)
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