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There is definitely a patch where the Zetec exhaust came out on the SV. One picture shows the outline of it.

There are two S4s in the Denver area, an orange and a white one. The white one was for sale awhile ago so it may have left town since I last saw it.

Did you try the ubiquitous Miata Foamectomy? That will drop you 1.5 - 2 inches in the seat. Putting in an NA seat will let the seat go back farther. I have one in my NB V8 Miata, much more comfortable.

The reason Mayberry was so peaceful and quiet was because nobody was married - Andy, Aunt Bea, Barney, Floyd, Howard, Goober, Gomer, Sam, Earnest T Bass, Helen, Thelma Lou, Clara, and of course Opie - all single. The only married person was Otis, and he stayed drunk. Just sayin'.

I've never driven an enduro kart so I can't really compare. The GF1 cars have optional 4 wheel steering. With it engaged you can make a U turn on a standard two lane road at 45+ mph. They were measured at just under 4 Gs lateral acceleration. Really hard on the neck. Steering is with the single red lever on the right side, brakes are the two levers on the left, one for front and one for rear brakes. You can bias the brakes by rotating your hand a little on the two handles as you apply the brakes or just hit the rear one if you want to spin it. They are so low that you can feel them hit the Botts Dots on the road. Coefficient of drag was said to be .17 and the frontal area is very small.

Speaking of gravity racers, in the 80s I was involved in Gravity Formula 1 in California. Spec race cars with few modifications allowed. I still have my car although it hasn't been on the road for 20+ years. I have to wonder how it would do against the factory gravity cars like the Type 119 and others built for Goodwood.

The second vehicle is the Lotus gravity race car developed for Goodwood. I believe it now belongs to the Barber Motorsports Museum.

Is that for a whole new car or to replace the one damaged at the track or it is your original frame back from being repaired?

My V8 Miata came with a set of RA1s in 225/45-15. They had over 11k miles on them when I replaced them. They still had usable tread on them so I don't think they will wear out on a Se7en that weighs about half as much as the Miata in 2,000 miles. :jester:

What is that large flickering gauge in the middle of the dash?

I got talked into entering the Baby 7 in the autocross. I managed to not DNF on two of the five runs I made. I wasn't quick but I was faster than the two electric wheel chairs that ran. Its hard to make out me and the car until near the end of the run. https://youtu.be/tXPDGz23I3U __________________

The event was so Se7en friendly they had a parking/show area just for non Lotus Sevens. They even had a separate class for the popular voting in the show. The trophy read "Concours - Lotus 7 Tribute". What a great time we had. I have to apologize for not putting together a group meeting of USA7s people. I was late to sign up for the banquet on Saturday and I should have done it earlier and reserved a whole table for us. The SCCA that was running the autocross on Sunday allowed me to enter the Baby 7. What a blast, I haven't done an autocross for at least 30 years. I was faster than the two electric wheel chairs but none of the cars. I made 5 runs and stayed on the course for two of them. Video by Mighty Mike of the Baby 7 on the autocross. https://youtu.be/tXPDGz23I3U

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cy6JrQgugYE/VOS46LqebMI/AAAAAAADlUE/gf2jqqVGTrE/s1600/smothers.JPG http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/02/dick-smothers-in-lotus-super-7-earning.html

The Miller track has been sold and will remain a viable track: http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/new-owners-of-miller-motorsports-park-plan-to-continue-racing-operations-to-expand-facility/

Phone list emailed Monday night. If you didn't get a copy let me know by email or PM. Skip

Steve, There is an S4 in the LOCO club. I will check to see if he will be there and get back to you.

Looking at the schedule I don't see a convenient time for breakfast except Monday AM for those not doing the track event at PPIR. Take a look at the schedule and make some suggestions for a time to get together. There is a restaurant in the hotel, maybe we could meet there sometime for lunch or breakfast although it will be very busy in the breakfast hour as most everyone will there at the same time. http://log35.com/Schedule.html

Paul, I have not received an email from you as yet, please send it again,

I would like to get everyone's cell phone numbers so we can get together for a breakfast or something. It doesn't matter if you are bringing an OT7 (Other Than Se7en) we will have a USA7s get together. Please email to me at skipcannon@msn.com and I will compile a list and email it to everyone early next week. 5262 N Nevada Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80918 Thanks,

I wouldn't want to make all the Lotus cars look bad. :jester: I worry more about it making it up the hill from the parking lot to the lobby of the hotel. Are you still bringing your Baby 7? K&K in Morrison Saturday? I'm planning on taking the Caterham if the weather is good.

Congrats on the new car! A fellow here with a new Caterham had a plastic license plate made. You can only tell it is not the original if you touch it or notice there aren't any bolt holes in the plate. It is even reflective like the real ones. It had a sticky back and is just stuck on the car.

This one just might belong in the Politics, Religion and Controversy section but its more joke than political so be forewarned. A young "Arkie" (from Arkansas) goes off to college. Half way through the semester, having foolishly squandered all of his money on marijuana, he calls home. "Dad," he says, "You won't believe what modern education is developing! They actually have a program here that will teach our dog, Ol' Blue, how to talk!" "That's amazing," his Dad says. "How do I get Ol' Blue in that program?" "Just send him over here with $1,000" the young Arkie says "and I'll get him in the course." So, his father sends the dog and $1,000. About two-thirds of the way through the semester, the money again runs out. The boy calls home. "So how's Ol' Blue doing, son?" his Father asks. "Awesome, Dad, he's talking up a storm," he says, "but you just won't believe this -- they've had such good results they have started to teach the animals how to read!" "Read!?" says his father, "No kidding! How do we get Blue in that program?" "Just send me $2,500, and I'll get him into the class." The money promptly arrives. The Arkie and his girlfriend are able to buy enough marijuana to last the whole semester. But our hero has a problem. At the end of the year, his Father will find out the dog can neither talk, nor read. Even though he was always pretty much able to lie his way out of trouble, the Arkie asked his girlfriend to help him think of a really good lie to tell his Dad. She very quickly came up with a plan for him. So she has him shoot the dog. When he arrives home at the end of the year, his Father is all excited. "Where's Ol' Blue? I just can't wait to see him read something and talk!" "Dad," the boy says, "I have some grim news. Yesterday morning, just before we left to drive home, Ol' Blue was in the living room, kicked back in the recliner, reading the Wall Street Journal, like he usually does". "Then Ol' Blue turned to me and asked, so, is your Daddy still messing around with that little redhead who lives down the street?" The father went white and exclaimed, "I hope you shot that lying dog before he talks to your Mother!" "I sure did, Dad!" "That's my boy!" WARNING, the political part starts below. The kid married his girlfriend, they both went on to law school, he became Governor of Arkansas and President of the United States. Then she was appointed Secretary of State and is now running for President......

Well, this is in the Politics, Religion and Controversy section of the forum.

Americans Outraged Over Killing of Cecil the Lion Handed Harsh Dose of Reality by Doctoral Student Who Knows a Thing or Two About Wildlife in Zimbabwe Aug. 5, 2015 Dave Urbanski Goodwell Nzou can claim a number of critical statuses that most Americans — even almost au naturale thespians in PETA ads — cannot. First off, he’s from Zimbabwe. Second, he’s a doctoral student in molecular and cellular biosciences at Wake Forest University. Third, he knows all about lions — and not the kind you see on YouTube or even at the zoo. Nzou’s Wednesday op-ed in the New York Times is turning some heads — and perhaps generating just a little bit of cognitive dissonance — because he’s decidedly unsympathetic toward those outraged at Cecil the Lion’s demise. In fact, when Nzou heard the news about Cecil, he said “the village boy inside me instinctively cheered: One lion fewer to menace families like mine.” Nzou went on to tell how a prowling lion made life hell for him and his family, how one injured his uncle in an attack, how the predator “sucked the life out of the village: No one socialized by fires at night; no one dared stroll over to a neighbor’s homestead.” He also couldn’t believe Cecil’s killer has been painted as a villain, which amounted to “the starkest cultural contradiction I’d experienced during my five years studying in the United States.” Recalling the point at which the lion that menaced his loved ones finally was killed, Nzou didn’t hold back. “[N]o one cared whether its murderer was a local person or a white trophy hunter, whether it was poached or killed legally,” Nzou wrote. “We danced and sang about the vanquishing of the fearsome beast and our escape from serious harm.” He backed up his point of view by explaining from personal experience the damage that dangerous creatures in his country can dole out: Nzou lost his right leg from a snakebite when he was 11. And while he acknowledged wild animals garner near-mystical significance from Zimbabweans, it’s never kept his people from hunting them or letting others do so. Not that it matters to Americans who habitually “jump onto a hashtag train” and transform what’s a normal — and necessary part of life — into an “absurdist circus,” he wrote. Nzou concluded his devastating column in this way:

The helicopter pilot is the same guy who parachuted from the edge of space, Felix Baumgartner.