Hank

OMG that was the easiest autox track I have ever seen. Kudos to you and your wife. I love the sound of that car! Here's a sample of a local autocross. Yeah, yeah, we have to flour the course lines for the newbies.

Both Spaz and speedcraft guessed 1150 so they were the closest to the as-found weight I believe.

Maybe I need to convert her to RHD? Guess it wouldn't have hurt to get in the passenger seat just to see. Can't believe I didn't think of that.

Wow, what a fat pig. Without me in it. Full tank of gas (~12 gallons). 15" rims and Falken Azenis RT-615 street tires. Removed fire extinguisher. 267 279 347 291 Total Wt. 1184 Front Bias 46.1% Rear Bias 53.9% Left Bias 51.9% Right Bias 48.1% Same as above but with me in it. Shirt, pants, and shoes. No helmet. 305 284 442 341 Total Wt. 1372 Front Bias 42.9% Rear Bias 57.1% Left Bias 54.4% Right Bias 45.6% Plans to ditch weight: 1) Install 13" wheels and bias ply slicks = drop 80 lb (1104 lb) 2) Drain to 1/4 tank for autox = drop 48 lb (1056 lb) 3) Not a chance in hell of me doing this, but if I removed the roll cage/bolts = drop 60 lb (996 lb) 4) Trim bolts 5) Remove the passenger seat, harnesses = drop 20 lb? (race only) 6) Remove the headlights = drop 5 lb? (race only) 7) Remove the front fenders/brackets = drop 10 lb? (race only) 8) Hack up the rotors (front/rear) = drop 20 lb? 9) Work out more to go down to 175 lb 10) Turbocharge the engine to 300 HP and forget about everything else. YES! :devil: So, the Westfield Megabusa flyer indicates the weight as (around 940 lb). I didn't install the rear fiberglass trunk (6.2 lb). I removed the reverse box (35 lb). I used 4 piston front brakes, secondary master cylinder. Thoughts? Ideas? :ack:

Cool videos. I built a FSAE in 2002 for LSU. We used a 20 mm restrictor orifice in our intake manifold. Got our butts kicked at competition in Detroit. It was fun though!

Can you post pics of your Stalker with them mounted?

Well, I figured the dirt track guy would want to go adjusting my car and what not, so I locked all of my tools up in the back bedroom. My goal is to roll the car on the scales and see where I'm at. If he brings some tools and can adjust the car while I'm in it then I might go for it. Might make it interesting and leave the engine running and give him 2 minutes to do it. *air impact noises*

Soooo... A dirt track guy is bringing his scales over to my house tomorrow.

Just purchased a set of Goodyear racing slicks in the R160 (soft) compound today for my 13" rims. Woo whooo!!!! 20x6.5 fronts 20x8 rears 13psi and call it a day. http://www.jbracingtires.net/ $275 shipped.

WHOOOOO RAH! hehe

I'm a sucker for a female British accent. The heavy breathing didn't help either. hahahahha

Sadly, the total opposite is true for almost the same situation that happened on a commercial airliner. The pilots tried to control the elevation and overall control of their Boeing 747 by using the 4 engine throttles only since the hydraulic system failed when the tail section broke off. After 20 minutes of fighting the aircraft it crashed killing all but 4 people. Second worst commercial aircraft disaster to date (520 killed). The 4 that lived were in the last row of seats at the back. It is estimated they survived an impact approaching 100 g. After the crash Boeing simulated the situation and not one group of pilots could successfully land the aircraft.

Probably a blue winch cable that is edited out later in post production.

Interesting. http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/racing-porsche-uses-hybrid-system-in-gt-car/

Thanks for the follow-up story. Amazing feat!

Wonderful story there! Congrats on the new purchase.

Superb specs, SPEAR. How much does she weigh?

:party:

Very nice car. Great driving there. You make it look like everyone else is driving slow. Congrats on the win! You are definitely a braver man than I am to race a Westfield without a full cage and arm restraints. :willy_nilly:

Those silly Germans... I wonder why it never caught on? Why didn't they show the inside of the camper? Anybody seen one of these on the road?

Found another Se7en jumping: http://www.hanksmegabusa.com/images/Barbados_205.jpg

http://www.garywalters.net/candcfeb2010/DSC_0984.jpg Beautiful!

I like the weight savings of not having reverse. Besides, who would turn down a beautiful woman that offers to push me backwards out of a parking spot?

Don't forget the V8 chainsaw.

God I love working at a nuke plant. I wish it was more efficient, however. We generate 3000 MWt but after losses it's 1000 MW. I guess the good lord don't want us to have all the fun. FYI, all of our spent fuel since 1987 rests on the back 40 in a few storage casks. No need for Yucca Mountain as of yet.