pethier

I believe my Mintex pads have arrived. My car is with me, and it runs now.

Thanks!

When it does not start, does it crank over briskly?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/pethier/albums/72177720328862955 for some pix

Anybody here that I gave my card to, phone me.

Good place to get no-ethanol gasoline here?

Do you have a partner for a drive today?

Do you mean the transfer of the 1700 Super Sprint stuff from my F-150 into a van? I think Fred ran in the autocross?

I don't recall if I met you there at the concour. Yeah, I left my placard at the hotel. 74PHIL was car 69 for the concour, but had 7 on the side. When I ws down by the Lotus 7 area, people would ask me "Where are the Class 2 cars (Lotus 7 Replica)". I would point out to them the orange flag on my car, which could be seen at that great distance.

This was the first time I got to go around cones with the Zetec/Hayabusa. What a hoot. I now believe that I need to show up at a regular autocross with a full fuel tank. As it neared 4:00, 74PHIL started missing. I think it was fuel starvation. I stiffed it out until they closed down. I had no problem motoring over to my rig to pack up. For MAC test days I will have to plan on refueling during the day. I should be OK for a regular autocross if I start with a full tank.

I had three helmets with me, and all of them were in use at the same time. I showed up at the site with one of my enclosed M2020 helmets. Right away there was a couple there with one of the new Lotus cars. He had a helmet and she did not. He asked about a loaner and they said you could go and rent one. That was probably 50 bucks, judging from Chin last year. I told the guy, "Here is my truck key and my trailer key, If there is not an open SA2020 helmet in the truck, it's in the trailer". Somewhere in there, I spotted Tanner, the driver who had delivered Jim Clark's 49 to the LOG. I asked him if he wanted some autocross rides. He said he had no helmet. I told him that was not a problem and to get in. We drove over to my rig and I got him my other enclosed M2020 helmet. Back over to the autocross pad. We dropped off his backpack. After a bunch of runs, we drove over and I asked the "keys guy" to pick up Tanner's backpack for us. Deposited Tanner where he needed to be. Back to the site and gave more people rides.

It was supposed to rain, but it never really did. Right after the concour, I put the doors in in their bags and an hung them in the trailer. I drove autocross runs with the top on and educated riders on how to get in. Right near the end, when it became unlikely that either hard rain nor bright sunshine would happen, I took the top off for the convenience of a Caterham owner that was going to ride. They really should have advertised the "autocross" for what it really was. They would have gotten more takers. It really was a no-work autocross practice day. They didn't assign numbers or record times. You just lined up, ran, read your time off the box and lined up again. There were always two or three guys there who may have been working for Chin. One would sit in a side-by-side and if someone hit cones he would zoom over there and reset them. I didn't even bother keeping track of how may runs I got.

Order better mirrors from Demon Tweeks in Wrexham.

Hitting the road tomorrow. See you all in Pittsburgh!

I got tired of arguing with Champion Power Equipment. After the remote for their winch failed I consulted their website which informed me that all I had to do was call this phone number to order another keyfob remote. So I called the number and was told they don't stock remotes and can't get them. I needed to buy another entire system including contactor and have it shipped for more than 100 dollars. I bought a another brand of remote system and wired it to Champion contactor (the big relay). Shipped pronto to an Amazon locker. It cost about twenty bucks and included two keyfob remotes that are smaller than the Champion lump. They both work just fine. I tested each at a considerable distance. Belt and braces, though, I wanted to have a fallback. Leary about wiring in the Champion manual switch, I wired it so I can open my Union-Jack-decorated box and unplug the receiver and plug in the switch. Now I can once-again walk my Seven or my Cayman into my trailer with one hand on the the steering wheel, one thumb on the WiFi button, and both eyes on where the tire is tracking.

IMG_9117 Junkyard engine wearing Hayabusa injecton. Ron discovered that the automatic-transmission version has a different mounting than the manual. This makes sense, as a flywheel and a torque converter are different animals. Swapping in the item from Steve's engine worked fine. Photo Copyright RS Motors.

Seven. The foam filters had way too much resistance to air flow. At 5000 RPM under load, the airflow could not keep up and the car started cutting out. I could not find on short notice filter material that flowed. I went with Ron's aluminum-window-screen idea. Hose pieces were formerly used for mounting the velocity stacks. Keeps out the big stuff. I don't sweat the small stuff since this is the junkyard engine. The car now pulls all the way to the rev limiter at 7500. Brian's shop must have unhooked the steering column for access to something else. When they reconnected it, they didn't put it back the way they found it. When driving straight, the steering wheel pointed off to the right. I straightened it by rotating the steering wheel hub two grooves to the left. This has no effect other than changing the positions where the parking lock hits. No effect on the turn signal canceling since these cars don't HAVE turn signal canceling.

Going to try green stuff and Minitex on the front ant leave the rear pads alone.

I used those lighted license-plate bolts on a trailer once.

Prisoner wheel. Can't see the nose, wonder if it is yellow and the car is a Prisoner Special Edition. Interesting dip in the top. Mine runs flat from the top bow to the windshield.

Went to Isanti today to pick up my (sold) 1700 Super Sprint engine and the T9 gearbox that came with it. Came home and started putting into my truck all the peripherals that I had removed from the Isanti shop earlier. Took the Cayman to an autocross practice day in Waterloo IA. The Seven is still in Ron's shop in Lakeville. This is getting close. Seven or no Seven, my truck is going to LOG in Pittsburgh where I hand over the lot to the buyer. The only upside to going to LOG without a Seven is that my F-150 gets massively-better fuel mileage without the trailer (unlike my 496 Suburban did).

I go Hagerty agreed value & full coverage.

So, does XU answer this thread's central questions?

My battery switch is in the Caterham location on the scuttle, so easily reached as long as I don't have the doors on. I have a switch for the fuel pump directed in front of the passenger. I suppose I really ought to put a label on that.