BobDrye

Mazda: I'm going to be out of town most of March. My seven should be painted by mid April. Could we start planning a meet sometime around tax time, and try to meetup with the Lotus guys? Let's try to get other DC area owners to respond. I've been spending most of my time building a 14,000 watt sound system at my church lately. :7head:

Maligne Lake is the most picturesque spot in the Canadian Rockies, it's located 48 km southeast of the townsite of Jasper at the end of the Maligne Road. Spitit Island is 40 km up that lake. It is the most published photograph of Canada. BC “rocks". :7drive: http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/741939729_PA081036.jpg

Jerry: Now are you going to tell me that you,ve never heard of Spirit Island? This is a picture of the renound Kelowa. http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1584263484_bc_-3-2006_1144710300_img_1940.jpg:_deadhorse:

I was tired of the cold weather in northern virginia, so I spent a week in a friends shop in Thomasville, Ga. http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/775728519_12-30-07-534pm 428.JPG I usually like to work on my seven, but I had to dirgress. http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1336763590_12-30-07-534pm 431.JPG The Z8 had many Dinan up grades, the Cobra had 520 cubic inches, but the 911 had only 611 HP. So many choices and so little time!

I spent the past week in a friend"s shop in Thomasville, Ga. We worked on a few wrecks. http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/808249670_12-30-07-534pm 428.JPG http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1956476477_12-30-07-534pm 432.JPG[/im g] It rained 10" while I was there so I was forced to spend most of my time in his shop. :7head:

I really like the way the rear links extend forward. That definitely beats the dinky 9" links on my car. Maz: You know that I like long arms. This car was a National Champion years ago. Here is another picture of them. Lotusman is very interesting; he spends half of the year on his boat. In the past 25 years or so, he has owned a # of sevens. I think that we might be better off in trying to hook-up with Lotus owners in the area for a monthly meet-up. We are starting to do it and they do it, and seem receptive to us. Let’s spend a little time growing it. How about a meet-up around your place in late March? http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1233135884_img017.jpg

The weather was great for the middle of February. 4 cars and 5 people, but we had a great time! A 1966 seven with a real DBA 2 liter. It sounded great! We need to do this more often. http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/758250225_img019.jpg :7head:

Steve: I'll bet that I can make you sound "real good". I mix sound every Sunday and Wednesday. http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/531427972_Harvest Banquet Summer 7-18-07 020.jpg

And now from the "Dark Side" All you need is 4 cylinders and a hair dryer! http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1640945523_turbo.jpg Turbo Head :7fume:

That's also what you look like after flying a tractor prop ultralight. You also can leave your Brylcreem at home. Remember a little dab will do ya.

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/382745365_File0009.jpg What is your favorite type of exercise? ------------------------------------------

Look at the flow of the seven, starting from the hood to the windshield. I think that if you consider the width verses the line from the nose to the rear of the cowl Mazda’s car has the right combination, resulting in the most menacing symmetry. My seven looks too choppy. What do you think? http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1394457786_463303791_ss5.jpg ?====================:7head:

Rip-Saw :banghead:

Pure Avian! I was trying to pass you a drink.

As long as the hose goes to the bottom of the bottle, and the expansion of the coolant doesn't overfill the bottle you should be fine. You just don't want to ingest air into the system. :7drive:

The design of a cooling system is very vehicle dependant. You need to find a way to keep air out of the system. In many late model cars the only way to keep the air from being trapped inside the cooling system is to vacuum the system and then allow the vacuum to slowly pull the coolant in. On BMWs we measure the amount of coolant that we vacuum into it. We know how much coolant each type of car takes and make sure that we put that amount back in. How much does the coolant level raise as it gets hot? Is there a place to bleed the air out from a high point in the system? Most people think that if they have 2 pound cap on the system the whole system runs at that pressure. The intake side of a coolant pump usually has a vacuum, but the pressure side of the pump on a cold morning could have an instantious pressure of over 1000 pounds. If you could see the coolant on the backside of an exhaust valve you would see it turn from a liquid to steam. If the system that is on the seven works I’m not sure that I would change it. If your seven has an addational bottle and it fills with coolant when the seven gets warm then the origional reservoir probally wasn't big enough. My seven uses 2 bottles. ----------------------------------------->:7head:

Maz: I didn't misunderstand. I just wanted to bring other people in the discussion. I think that it's an "American Hot Rod" thing. The subject line was just to pull your chain. :ack: :ack: :ack:

Am I the only one that noticed the airplane landing? :7frog:

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/495518713_engine dragon.bmp Mazda wants me to put a hood on my engine. What do you think? Mazda: This is what I think! http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1264307347_bob tongue.jpg :7head:

It would be fun, but I will be enjoying my 25th wedding anniversary in Hawaii that is on the 14th of May.

Looks like it was worth the effort! :7drive:

Using this data Westbygod or the mid west looks "great". http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1353350272_thumb463x_speedenforcmentmap.jpg :7drive:

Mazda: I'm sure that you have never offended me!

redneck A term derived from a hard-working southern farmers who have sun-burns on their necks from working all day long in the sun. Some people from the northern states in the USA use "Redneck" as an insult, but is really a compliment from one farmer and/or southerner to another. From a 7 owner that likes the fact that he was born in the "SOUTH" :7head:

Mazda: 6 liters vs 1.3 liters. What size rear tires and type of rear tires are you going to use? :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: