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Yes that would be the best approach. Good stuff. Best spot to buy is SBD Motorsport. They are sole suppliers for MBE ECUs. If you buy from anywhere else you then they have bought from SBD and are reselling. Thats what I thought but I suddenly wondered if you got a pre-factory-fix kit.

@CarYenta I'm late to this thread but...I see a brand new 620R. Who is your dealer? Beachman Racing? Bruce has a engine dongle cable - I saw it on his bench two weekends ago when I was in the workshop with Bruce assessing the state of my green boat anchor. If you ask nicely you may be able to borrow it. However, I am wondering if your kit suffers from the traditional issues with as delivered 620 kits - overcooling, map issues, need to replace TPS, etc.? I thought Caterham fixed it in the recent kits? https://www.pgmsussex.com/upgrade-kits Bruce would be the person to have a quick call with to confirm if you have the 620 known faults. He is very familiar with PGM and Andy Jupp. Andy is a top guy - I would recommend him. If you bought through Rocky Mountain then Josh also knows the drill with the 620. Even Christopher John Caterham in FL (or is it GA?) knows about it as I just came across one of that dealer's cars with the fixes.

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Gentlemen, Let’s not go off the rails here. This thread is focused on the impact of tariffs on our favorite hobby, which is what we are on this site for, our cars. We do not need a rant on the governing individuals or parties to achieve that discussion. There are plenty of other places on the interweb to have that partisan point of view instead of here. Thank you mike

Not sure who called you a fool - cannot see that post to quote in my signature? Can you point me to it please? Putting that aside, let's keep name calling related to politics out of USA7s please. This tariff policy is just ridiculous right now but there is no point arguing with me since I am always right.

That tire is suitable for your Chevy Caprice as it has a whitewall option.

Lotus 7 S2 https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1964-lotus-seven-8/

This article analyzing different tire options seems to track with your observations. Nor all tires are in our needed sizes. Also the Hoosier ranking is before they effed up the compounds in the 13 inch tires sizes. https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/articles/track-tire-buyers-guide/

Is this replacing the RA1 or is it replacing the R888? Or maybe its a whole new tire in which case where is it positioned in the Toyo range?

You did read what I said before buying? I said Hella Super Tones. I suppose if you had a few you can pronounce that as PIAA? Either way you will be horny by the weekend.

Well summarized - thank you for posting.

Excellent timing - I needed to buy some!

Jump out naked at them?

I use Hella SuperTones. Pair of little circles easy to mount on a CSR in front of engine on chassis cross braces. Excellent to getting slow cars out of the way on track!

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Thunderhill knowing Bruce. Private rentals are really cheap.

What about these? Guaranteed to make you a complete pussy in the corners. Should be accurate for most of us….

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Tentative is a winter test session on track in California where we can calibrate the gearbox shifting plus set up the active suspension and traction control. Before that we need to address: Fuel pressure is not stable. As revs increase and the alternator spins up then voltage increases and fuel pressure increases. It should not do that. The fuel pump and ECU should regulate pressure to keep it constant. Clearly thats not working. Need to diagnose the issue. Likely need a proper fuel regulator instead of the Caterham approach. These integration types of tasks to make all the car pieces work together take outsized time spans as you are troubleshooting things. This year saw one wiring pinout error in a plug take months to track down. Currently has the Duratec mystery map on it. Need to change that to the engine dyno map from Loyning Engines. We then take it to a tuning shop to do a proper ECU tune. Still some more electrical integration to do. There are a lot of cosmetic bits and pieces jobs to do - lights, rear lights, dash clean up, seats installed, belts to be bought and installed, build the 13 inch BBS wheels and get tires, etc. I seem to recall a similar effort in a 53yo Lamborghini with deferred maintenance and the middle of a pandemic in 2020 which did not go well in the snow.... Maybe not a good idea.

She lives!!!! Video.mov Not a great video I know but YouTube rejected this video for copyright reasons.

Anybody on here?

Nice spot - I did not pick up on it being the old BAT car. I was buried in various messes during August and September.

In all cases it can wait until the morning. None of us are sufficient desperate basket cases where we need to be on this site 24 hours a day. On second thoughts, there are two people that come to mind....

The gaskets stretch after use so they are no longer circular - they go oval. You can try to put it back to circle shape but I find they do not fit well afterwwards. Poor fit could mean leaky fuel, particularly on track. That was the cause for me nearly rolling at 110mph when the gasket failed and leaked fuel all over the outside rear tire which led to poo moment. However, you could feel lucky!

Make sure you change your gasket between the pump and the tank. Either that or make your own seal with blue Hylomar.