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Loren/Kevin: Sorry to see the kink in the rear end, but I am sure you can straighten it or replace a section. I was thinking about all the work you put into installing the cool looking brake lights flush with the painted surface. maybe you can install some other kind, and save some work. Jerry

For us internet dummies, what's a WIKI?

Al: I could use a couple large black stickers. All that were left were white, and my trailer is all white. I could use one black small sticker. I have one on the nose of my car. and I'd like one on the tail Jerry

Sam's Club is a good source for jacks and jackstands. One note of caution on those low cost "aluminum racing jacks" I have one and it is not as "easy" to use as an old fashisoned floor jack. The "racing" jacks are a rapid lift with fewer pumps, ( I suppose they help you simulate a NASCAR tire change) and as a result, they are not as precision a lifting device as a floor jack with a smaller piston. They also tend to drop precipitously when you open the release valve. All that aside, they are light, and handy to use. With a seven, it's easy to pump up and if you are careful they will go down slowly. With my Tahoe, I have to really lean on the handle to lift the SUV, and I have to be EXTREMELY careful when lowering.

Ned the Red; If you click on the "Configurator" on the www.flyinmiata.com/westfield website. It gives pricing. The Sevens community is a small one, and you may find that the USA7s members and other seven websites will give you more info than the manufacturers, no matter which brand that you choose. If you are already committed to a Caterham, that is certainly the marque with the provenance.

I use a visor mount to hold my Valentine 1 on the hood, in the middle between my mirrors. I wired to a lighter socket in the passenger footwell. The detector is upside down, which means the front and rear arrows are inverted, but I am used to it. Since the "speaker" ( actually a 1/8 diameter hole) is now on the passenger side, I can't hear it. I then got a remote audio module from Valentine, and installed it under the dash on the left side. I wear an earphone in my left ear, and now I can hear the alerts. http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/741762407_DSC_4069 (Medium).JPG

I like the badge, it will help a lot if everone wears theirs so I can put some names and faces together. I need repetition and reinforcement to remember the names. ( My wife says I leave the house with a clean slate each morning) The pencil is a good idea as well. Good job Al.

You can never have too much hosepower.......................you can however have too little traction. Only $30K for the engine? I'll take the pair, Please equip them with the quick detach coupling so I can swap them in and out to compare them.

Great idea. I may check that here in Missouri. I checked all kinds of variations of "seven" ( we only get 6 digits) and they were all taken.

I agree, this is the whole concept of the club, let's not lose it. So far the events have been the incentive for people to join the club, and the event organizers, Al and Gert have done an incredible amount of work to pull off these two events. It is difficult to find people who will go to that much effort with no reward except to meet other se7en owners, however, someone will step forward to host the next event. An electronic publication would be a nice feature for the membership. I believe we can get floor nominations for the officer positions at the meeting, as well as a "editor" for a newsletter. Mazda's incredible efforts to keep up the website should not be lost. The USA7s Forum is the "glue" that keeps this group together. Yes, there will be forums or email lists that will cater to specific brands, and they will serve the purpose of exchanging the details of that specific brand ( "where do I get a left handed, BST pipe thread for the oil line on a 1600cc crossflow ?"), but I believe this forum can become the First place to go to get info on se7ens activity in the USA.

Look closely, and you can just barely see the sequential shift lights under the top portion of the steering wheel.

Great display. What's that center right gague that occasionally gores to max? I assumed oil pressure or fuel level.

I would love to see a closeup video of the display as you rev it up. It really appers to be bright and viewable. As to the car....... Fenders ?..... We don't need no steenkin fenders!!!

Loren: The trailer looks great. I understand your construction, and the fact the sheet metal will act as a stressed member when you screw it on to the sides. Triangulating the sides will only add strength in vertical bending of the sides, and they have no load in that direction. It will not help the side to side bending, which is mostly generated by wind forces. Multiple latches ( like our adjustable hood latches) between the sides and the top will help to rigidize the whole box, as well as pins or other method to tie the top to the sides and not allow the top to move from side to side relative to the sides. I wish I had a low trailer like that, I have a 7X16 Utility trailer, and being much higher, it creates more drag.

I believe you will find the heat insulation to be a good investment. I covered the passenger footwell with the aluminized mylar with fiberglass backing, as well as the whole passenger side ( my exhaust is on the pass side), and it remains as cool or cooler than the drivers side. The stuff really works. Your car is really coming together, and just in time.

Too harsh ? Not by a long shot. What a weenie that guy was. He was in city traffic, and complaining of the buffeting! He had a windshield and side curtains. I would invite him for a ride in my Ultralite, with just those brooklands style windscreens. He would probably start to cry and ask to get out. Of course I wouldn't let him out, I'd take it to 100mph where the buffeting makes your hair hurt.

I blew a gulp of coffeeout of my nose when I read that LOL :lol: I suggest a bravery award for Kitcat. Buying a car like a seven and driving it 700+miles home is BRAVE. :hurray: All of your experiences, like the ride, trying to drink while driving, hitting the ignition switch are classic, and you will surely remember them fondly as part of being a Se7en owner.

If you were haing any more fun, we would have to charge you an entertainment tax !!!

That beats working on the car all day..... getting something done.... then realizing that night that you have to undo it all because you forgot the muffler bearing has to go in first.

They are the BEST way to make round holes in thin sheet metal. They work grat on thicker stuff too.

Great pics and report. That H1 V8 is a nuclear weapon, looking for a car to set in. Pity the tires on whatever it goes into. This year the show looked great. When I went to the show in 2003 to look for a seven, the only ones there were a Locost, an Ultralite, a Diva and a Superformance S3. The Superformance was a beautifully finished car, the interior was just like a new car. I understand they stopped making them, and concentrated on the cobras. too bad, the fit and finish were awesome.

I have had mine for 3 1/2 years, and have enjoyed every minute. I will keep it as long as I enjoy it, and can get in and out of it.

You can't rest.... 7-7-7 is coming...got to keep working :crazy: :crazy:

I'll bring some Schafly's Pale Ale, a microbrewer in the home of the Megabrewer( budweiser)

Awesome, Loren,.... simply awesome !!! You are truely an iron man to go through all of that without throwing in the towel. I wonder what you would do if you ever got the chance to finish a car ahead of time , and have a couple months to sort out the gremlins. At least you could get some sleep, and I am sure you would really scare those Vipers and Vettes. There were a lot of fantastic cars in the 68 vehicles that were behind you in the standings. Congratulations on an awesome finish, #2 in SSGT2SB class, just behind the #3 overall event winner with the professional drivers. :hurray: