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For those, such as me, who have NEVER :ack: attended one of the NJMP events, these are a couple of the things I’ve done thus far to better prepare for the event: • Accommodations—I booked my stay at the Farefield Inn & Suites. The hotel is in a good area, is relatively close, is relatively new, has been used before by other event attendees, and received the Croc ‘thumbs up’ of approval: Fairfield Inn & Suites Millville Vineland 301 Bluebird Ln, Millville, NJ ‎ 4.8 mi N (856) 776-2400 • Videos—Croc has posted some very good 'training' videos pertaining to the Lightning course which are excellent for learning ‘the line’, passing zones, flag station locations, etc. These are some of my recommendations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foHGIf1MjOg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70HOeZNnHzw This is a link to the track layout (thanks, Mike). If you study this track layout along with the videos, you can get a pretty good overall mental image of where the cars are located on-track in the videos as well as the locations of flag station locations, passing zones, track egress and ingress, start/finish line, etc: http://www.njmp.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Lightning-Classroom-Board-clean.pdf Mike (Croc) and Tom (yellowss7) have been more than helpful in answering all of my questions, so if you have one, fire away. And don't worry about asking any stupid questions . . . . I'll take care of asking those. :jester:

I also have an extra set of arm restraints if needed.

GOOD HEAVENS!!!!! . . . . . nice bike!!! :smilielol5: . . . . :cheers:

That's one of my reasons for a V8! :smilielol5:

I'm fairly handy with a wrench. You can count me in on this if this becomes a serious consideration and feel that I could be of any help with an install/transplant. That does sound like a lot of fun :smash:

kItcat, Miget sold his Stalker and now owns a Palatov D2 with a fire-breathing LS7. I'll bet if we all slapped GRM stickers on our cars, those Grassroots guys would be all over this event. Those with clout should give GRM a call and make this happen. There are also a couple of kit car (I use that term loosely) mags that might be interested. :iagree:

A real man will ALWAYS have a roll of duct tape handy for . . . . ah, emergencies? . . . . Just sayin'. :smash: :jester:

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Tom, I just sent Croc an email letting him know that 4MARIO, as of today, is seriously concidering coming up. He has the Stalker that was involved in the accident with the truck. I spent the day hanging out with Mario and his car all but ready.

Over the last fews day I've been conversing with Croc (and yellowss7) about my possibly coming up for the event; pending working out an overlapping family event planned during the same time. The conflict with other family commitments around the same time frame have been resolved. Last night, I sent Croc an email confirming my plans to attend; posting here to make it unofficially official. In case anyone is considering doing the same, I'll be bringing the family along for the event. Looking forward to a fun time and the chance to put some names and faces together.

Visited with Mario today. His Stalker is coming along nicely and is almost finished. :party::party:

Remember, if at first you don't succeed ....well......then skydiving is not for you.

Now THAT'S FUNNY!!!!

Since I can't spell sense, that's 'SENSE' when.

That would make since. The cut outs on the fenders look as though they were cut to provide movement of the bars.

Thanks for sharing. Any idea what the two bars are sticking out of the rear fenders and connected to the side of the car? My ignorance asking.:rofl:

Croc, Sorry, missed your post somehow. After several weeks of communicating with Roger Kraus (Roger Kraus Racing) and Rich (Bogart), I (we; collectively) came up with a 16” wheel with a smaller center designed to: a) lighten the wheel; and b) to pull as much as possible of the rotating mass inward as close as possible to the center of the wheel. This quest for wheels/tires all came about as a result of my having added 50-plus HP to the rear wheels this winter. The initial drive, after dyno tuning, suggested that this change had given rise to the need of another . . . . More grip. While my car can be driven very easily with its progressive throttle linkage, it was pretty obvious that to utilize the additional power to its fullest potential out of a turn would require rethinking getting it to the ground. Last year, I ran (both front and rear) Avon 10.7x21.5x15 A11 compound tires on low-dollar budget 15x10 aluminum wheels from Summit Racing, all with a 4.5” backspacing. While this combination worked relatively well when mixed with my novice driving skills (or lack thereof), I still felt like I was leaving something on the table; and this was before making the engine mods. After many conversations with Roger regarding sidewall height and deflection, grip, usable power coming out of corners, wheel width, slip angle, as well as some irregular tire wear I had experienced with my current setup, we came up, first, with slick sizes for the front and the rear; Avon (A11 compound) 10x23.5x16 and 11x23.5x16 respectively and then wheel widths to accommodate; 10” front and 12” rear. With Roger’s brain picked and his wisdom tucked neatly in my back pocket, Rich at Bogart began working with me to come up with, what we both felt would be, a suitable wheel combo for the car. What we ended up with (final decision made yesterday evening) was a 16x10, 4.5” backspacing for the front and a 16x12 for the rear with a backspacing that will end up somewhere between 4 and 4.5 (min to max). Since the current steering geometry seemed to work very well with the 10” wheel with a 4.5” backspacing, we decided that that part of the equation shouldn’t be monkeyed around with. So, having rambled on here, the proof will ultimately end up being in the pudding. This sorta' goes along with the handling thread, but don't necessarily want to put this info there . . . . at least not right now as that thread is rolling along pretty well with suspension setup. :svengo:

Gale, I don't think one of those would stay put for very long on the hood of that LS7-powered beast of yours. But if I had to vote, I'd say bobble head . . . could double as a G-meter! :jester:

I know, but it's good to get a 'healthy' laugh out of all this. Humor breeds harmony. :jester:

Super job, Mike! Looks great. BTW, how do you like the PlastiDip? I've been considering some uses for the product, but have never tried it, nor do I have any experience with it.

Well, Bogart won out . . . pulled the trigger today. PB-3 Series, RR10.

"A joke is a very serious thing." Winston Churchill

I bet that one really smarted. :jester:

Yep!