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No harm no foul.

Zetec. (to assist folks searching for Zetec stuff)

On the assumption that you are addressing me: On the Europa, the upper ends of the two rear coilover units are bolted to lightweight metal piece which is open on the bottom. This piece runs transversely over the top of the 16-gauge chassis frame. There are two vertical tabs on this piece that fit on the outside vertical portions of the frame. No part of the piece wraps around the bottom of the frame. On each side there are two 5/16" bolts that secure the tab to the frame. More than half of the sprung weight of the car hangs on these four bolts. Shock (damper) bolts on a Europa are 1/2". The area of one of these damper bolts is about 0.196 square inches. The total area of TWO 5/16" bolts is about .0.153 square inches. Even before you consider clamping force, the little bolts that hold that piece to the frame are clearly the weak link in this chain.

On a Lotus Europa, virtually the entire weight of the rear of the car hangs on four 5/16" bolts (two on each side of the car) in single-shear.

I'm not, but I certainly recommended them to a young man autocrossing a Honda Beat here in the Twin Cities. I am running 195 Yokos on 15" Prisoner wheels on my Caterham. I have clam fenders on both my Caterham and my Birkin. The Birkin has 15x7 wheels and a friend of mine who is a National Champion autocrosser has given me four used Yoko 205mm tires that I intend to put on the Birkin.

I believe one of our members in sort of your place in the world has a surplus set of Prisoner wheels, which are 6.5 x 15. He offered them to me, but I already have a set of Prisoner wheels. Or, you could try a set of 14" Yokohama 052 tires which will outstick those Falkens regardless of size.

I wear pants and trousers. And a long-sleeve shirt. I got my melanin (well, lack thereof) from my Irish mother.

My 5'8" comes with size 10 or 10.5 feet. I need driving shoes for my Caterham. I don't think I have tried yet to drive the Birkin with other shoes. After the last autocross, the Birkin went into my shop without a lot of driving.

Makes sense to me.

Now it's cold again and there is new snow on the ground. The theatre of seasons.

It's raining. Hard. In the middle of the night. In the middle of February. In Saint Paul, Minnesota.

I believe the SV also has room for a supercharger.

They paid me 100 bucks to test-drive a Slingshot before they introduced it. Didn't tell me who made it, what engine it had, or what they planned to call it. They probably didn't like what I told them, but the check didn't bounce. The biggest deal-breaker for me was that they are not legal for autocross, having only three wheels. So now there are conversions, eh? Interesting.

I bought a Birkin. I'm a little short in the legs for my 5'8". I moved the pedal as far aft as provided for by the maker and they are still a bit of a reach for me.

I considered a C8. I'd been thinking that it was about time I tried a dual-clutch car. But I'm an autocross freak and it's just too wide. Than I tripped over a great price on a Cayman with the most reliable engine, PDK and Sport Plus. It's my regular 3-season driver and a backup autocross car.

My Porsche has no place for a back seat.

I hear KAYtrim.

Good on you, mate!

Let's not. And NOT say we did.

I slit an old round power cord and used it for edge molding. I had previously made a slitting block out of plywood and a box-knife blade to slit PEX for various reasons. It was a simple matter to drill a smaller hole in it to slit the power cord.

My turntable is only giving me one channel. Good job I also have the album on CD.

The only Lola I ever drove was a Super Vee.

BruceBe is sending me a tank. Price and shipping is reasonable.

Just my own personal way of doing things: Anything heavier than an appliance dolly that goes into my trailer gets seriously strapped down. If I have a car in there, stuff lighter than an appliance dolly, like my Race Ramps, gets strapped down. If I have nothing in my trailer but a lawnmower, the lawnmower gets strapped down.