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Hi, Steve! Thanks again for ride to Helper in your Lotus at the LUG in Utah. I think the trick diff for my CSR 260 is just about to arrive here. I should be making my LUG photos public shortly. [We return you now to your regularly-scheduled NJMP programing]

Harris Hill near San Marcos? Seriously, I don't know how to find a track day near Houston.

I am totally ignorant about ECUs, but a tuner I trust likes to recommend Haltech. I may still have him replace the Megasquirt in 74PHIL with a Haltech. I will say that when he checked out the documentation on the OMEX 600 Series ECU in the Birkin I am selling, he told me that car did not need a Haltech.

If you don't have a METRIC dial caliper, 1 inch = 25.4 millimeters.

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Reminds me that when I had my Europa the preload was 90 ft-pounds. Caused massive understeer in autocross events where the traction was not first-rate. I put in a full bottle of Slick-50 ManTran and it dropped to 20. much-more drivable. I am having the Drexler set to zero on the overrun on my CSR 260.

I hope to have more luck with the Sierra/Drexler/4.71 I'm having made up in Kent for my CSR 260. I'll keep the Quaiffe/3.62 on the shelf in case my heirs sell the car to a big-track driver.

It was better if you had thunder and lightning and high winds. We had none of those at the track while I was still there. What we had was rain. Short periods of no rain. The autocross line was drying when they shut down the driving courses for lunch. Sure as fate, the rain started up again after the lunch break. I ran some more autocross, shared some runs with a young man in a newer Lotus. There was a spot to shoot some panning shots of the big track with a roof over my head, so I got the real camera out. When the rain started to get really serious in the late afternoon I packed up and headed back to the hotel. I drove out of the heavy rain as I went east towards Salt Lake City. Part of the drive was was remarkably dry. I don't remember seeing any lightning in my mirrors, so maybe they escaped severe weather for the last few track sessions. Going towards the city at rush hour was OK, there was only one serious traffic backup and it did not last that long. When I reached the hotel, there was light rain. The @toldfield Seven was in the car park ready to travel. He later hailed me to join "toldfield et al" for supper. They all had interesting stories to tell. The iPhone picture taken from inside KMAN 2.9 makes it look a lot more bright and cheery than it really was...

A third one showed up at the Funkhana:

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You guys are going the other way from me. I am having 4.71 gears put in my CSR. It has the close-ratio 6-speed. This will give me a better launch and a nice selection of gears for autocross. I don't need to go faster than 117 MPH. I can cruise in my other Caterham with the full hood and the wide-ratio gears in the T9 5-speed. Much-lower first and an overdrive fifth.

None of this explains why I could not find 93 in Silicon Valley. San Jose is at 82 feet, and in some places, sea-level

Monday there is a track day and open autocross practice at 512 Sheep Ln, Erda, UT 84074 https://www.utahmotorsportscampus.com/ Dunno if you can register to drive, but I think you can get in the door to spectate. Of course you need to sign a waiver. I will be there to run autocross runs. I am actually driving KMAN 2.9 instead of one of my Sevens. White Porsche Cayman. The deal as I understand it is that all folks who paid for the track day AND all of us who only paid for the autocross can just line up and take runs all day. No work sessions, no classes, no trophies, just drive all day. I will be letting folks ride along on the autocross runs. Other folks may let you ride along on the big track. If you have a Snell helmet, bring it. I know they require an SA helmet for the big track, not sure if they care if it is a Snell M helmet for the the autocross course. In any case, I think you can rent an SA helmet for 25 bucks. I'm getting a lunch as part of my fee for the autocross. I don't think there is a concession stand at the track, so bring a lunch. I should have some snacks with me. There will be Lotus folks there, as this is basically an add-on day for the LOG/LUG. Last year in PA, there were at least three Caterhams in the autox practice day and all of us took riders. Send me a private message here on USA7s for my cellphone number.