Nordschleife

That's a stunner. Do you happen to know the weight?

Auto-X may be different -- I just don't know. With one car on the course at a time the risk of accident is greatly reduced, and the speeds are lower of course. For road racing and vintage events I believe there are condition-based provisions for mounting a fuel cell in the cockpit area, but only if the fuel cell is contained within a metal enclosure, which is itself further separated away from the driver with another metal bulkhead that totally separates the cockpit from the container carrying the fuel cell. The floor under the fuel cell must be designed in such a way as to ensure spilled fuel does not accumulate (for obvious reasons), and any fuel lines running through the cockpit must be covered and designed to deflect fuel spray should one of them burst. This assumes a proper FIA FT-3 spec fuel cell, such as those from Fuel Safe/ATL. In European FIA Appendix K historic events they still allow you to run with foam-filled aluminum tanks last time I checked, but here in the USA a proper fuel cell is required by almost all race sanctioning bodies. And if you're using a fuel cell then you would want a fire suppression system to cover the cockpit and engine bay. All in all, cockpit-mounted fuel cells are a lousy idea. Keep the fuel as far away from the driver as possible. The risk to driver safety greatly exceeds the improvement in performance. My 2 cents... Best Regards, Andy

Hi Hank, Great data! That corner weight information is critical for directing efforts to improve the car's performance. What strikes me is the rearward weight bias. Simply removing weight is good for all the obvious reasons, but removing weight in places that better balances your car is best, of course. If there is any way to move some of the weight in the left rear quadrant -- namely the driver's area and behind it in your Megabusa Seven? That would be the way to go. And the second focus would be to generally shift the weight balance from the rear towards the front. With you in the car, you're looking at a 43/57% front-to-rear balance now. That rearward bias implies oversteer as a general condition. There may be nothing in the back of your car you can shift forwards easily. In that case, I thought your ideas of the 13" wheels and running with less fuel for Auto-X events were particularly good ones that will improve your times. Gas is about 6.2 lbs/gal so with a 12 gallon tank you could shed some serious rearward weight by running with 2 gallons or so in the tank for Auto-X. Best Regards, Andy

Hi Brian, Payment sent yesterday for the clutch and flywheel. Thank you! Best Regards, Andy

Thanks, Brian. Have enjoyed correponding with you and decyphering the clutch parts. :-) I'll take them at $100 for all. Will send payment. Best Regards, Andy 1962 Marcos GT Gullwing 1968 Porsche 911 "hot rod"

I believe that's an Aldon-modified distributor for Ford Crossflow, which is good. The 103 FXYS model is a Ford Non-Vacuum Advance "Yellow" with Side-entry plug wire cap. Don't know what the "U" and "L" stand for (unless it has a Luminition Ignitor for the L?)... See website at: http://www.aldonauto.co.uk/aprods.htm I've used Aldon products on English Ford and BMC (Mini) A-series for years with very good results. Best Regards, Andy 1962 Marcos GT Gullwing 1968 Porsche 911 "hot rod"

Hi Brian! PM and email sent re: Tilton items + flywheel. Best Regards, Andy