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Pretty nice - I think that would be most peoples dream garage give or take one or two choices. My house costs less than some of those cars. I have a nice house too.

++1 - Thank you for taking your time to update this thread. Very informative

I have been off this sight for quite a bit and decided not to build / purchase a vehicle of similar design. Explained below after losing the latest friend of 40+ years – Gentlemen – It is not a question of if your going to crash. The questions is WHEN. Motorcycles are fantastic but when my 3rd friend was killed many, many years ago, I don’t ride motorcycles any more. The latest friend killed several years ago in a 357 Porsche Replica – Got his Head Ground down & cut off when it flipped on the street - No roll protection event though I kept harassing him. I checked the crash sight, saw his head skid marks and analyzed the available data. He Just made a mistake in the wrong spot -1 in a 1,000,000,000. I went to the coroners office to identify the body to save his Fiancé (Going to be married in 3 weeks) and son (20s) from doing it. I identified him by his ring, clothes he was wearing and body shape. Not much left above the shoulders. I love formula type cars – The newer cars are much safer but I don’t get in them now. My mistake, someone else - Who knows – I stile suffer the consequences. I could be killed doing what I love - My choice I don’t have kids – BUT - Maybe I live and am worse off than being dead. I don’t run anything, anymore without a crush zone and proper safety equipment. Nothing gives the adrenaline rush of a motorcycle or open wheeled vehicle but I don’t heal as well as I use to. All my Cadaver Donor Parts, Titanium, ECT do not work as well as the originals. We have one life & one body treat it well. I’m glad the OP is healing. Consider it a cheap learning experience. It could have been worse. Big slicks, big aero & brakes put the joint that failed under extreme stress. All of the welds should be checked for fatigue after each event. Hard to do with paint or worse – Power coating concealing the joint. I do hope you have a speedy recovery Free Advise is what you pay for it.

We met briefly at Button Willow 7/27/14 – I was wondering if you were going to attend Button Willow 9/21/14? Different configuration 15CCW. I’m located in the Los Angeles area and would very much like to see your Stalker again – Beautifully prepped by the way.

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Meeeeee TOOOOOOO - I have several pieces of equipment but finding the time to utilize them on my own projects is my main problem. Unfortunately, nothing even close to HOTTCAR (NICE) (Almost 52) – I’m stile just a pup – At least I keep telling myself that

For lots of metal fabrication - Epoxy isn't a good idea. It burns & metal chips get imbedded into the epoxy. Polished concrete is very nice & easy to clean. But gets damaged also. If you pour a floor, you can have the concrete Just about any color you want & then polish it - Beautiful & relatively durable

We have quite a few small airports in Middle to Southern parts of California that hangars are quite cheap to lease / rent. The only problem is the waiting list. This can be circumvented with a side $$$ deal which would pay for itself within 4- 5 years. Typical hangar $600.00 to $800.00 for 2500 + sq. ft. I probably shouldn’t post this because I will let the cat out of the bag

Agree 100% - I'm stile trying to sort out my life but at soon to be 52, I was hopping to be a quite bit farther along with the $$$$$$$$. :nopity: Poor investments & expensive 1st wife (Nobodies fault but mine) Stile - A relatively cheap learning curve - I sure hope I learned! In the next 30+ years, I'm hopping to have much more room to expand in real-estate & toy department. Time will tell. If I were stile single I would move into a garage like that or an airplane hangar.

VERY Nice but your garage is bigger than my House.

Looks good to me but WHERE are the women? Did they escape?

Just re-read my post from 1/1/13 & what I intended to say was I wound not purchase exterior ceramic coatings for heat retention. Use thermal wrap for best results - For visual appeal, ceramic coating is hard to beat. I have used their 2000 & 1300 for different application both looked very nice & held up well. Jet Hot has a new 2500 which is suppose to be much more heat resistant than the 2000. The 1300 was applied to my headers on my SCCA D spec Lotus Cortina & held up exceedingly well under racing conditions. Jet hot had just come out with the product at that time. The 2000 on my FD3 RX7 - 430RWHP - 2800LBs with me in it beat to death with 1900 degree exterior exhaust manifold temps measured with a calibrated Fluke infrared lazar. (That was the exterior Jet hot 2000 temps before I wrapped them.) Many similar results with acquaintance tests. I have also used & have had acquaintances use Swain Tec coatings - piston side skirt & crown application. Timing had to be reduced on some engines with top piston coating. Skirts held up well even though I don’t think it’s necessary. 13B rotor faces coated also but water injection would steam off the coating. Had to reduce timing also on the engine. Hope this helps - Stile looking for Asbestos wrap if anyone has a source. P.S. - Recommended after New Years overindulgence. Next morning (Ramos Fizz) I think that is spelled correctly - Grand Mother’s recomendation & used for generations - mine being the third. 6 oz Jin 6 oz 1/2 & 1/2 or whipping cream 6 oz Frozen concentrate lemon Aid - I don’t remember which kind but I remember what the can looks like 6 Ice cubes Blend in blender Add or subtract condense per self preference.

Jet hot, one of the most commonly known, or other types of commonly available ceramic coatings will not insulate enough to protect your alternator from heat in this application. I Jet hot coated my 316 stainless header leading up to my single turbo 13B. Jethot used black 2000 exterior & an interior coating which I don’t know what. (Temps up to 1900F during dyno runs) The interior stated to flake in about 3 hours of total run time - that included break-in. It damaged my exhaust turbine blade beyond repair. I scrapped my manifold - couldn’t get the stuff out & made a new manifold. I had the exterior of my new manifold coated with 2000. I didn’t have to pay for the coatings & If I did, I would. I only used wrap. (Wrap is so much better as an insulator) The Jethot 2000 was wrapped with ceramic type tape & held up very well - looked acceptable even when re-wrapped couple of times. If you wrap, - Stainless steel only - preferable 316 - to last for a while or thicker 304 for commonly available Stainless. Carbon steel doesn’t seem to take the heat & breaks down faster. 1/8” is too close for anything other than wrap but if you modify the header tube, use a heat sheild. Heat shielding should sandwich a heat barrier cloth fabric for best results 2 + layers if possible - asbestos preferred but getting hard to obtain. If you used real asbestos wrap, I would be interested in purchasing some - most sources I know have dried up. Link below might help for shielding material. http://www.heatshieldproducts.com/productdetail/exhaust-wrap-and-header-heat-wrap/lava-wrap/37/19

1966 Ford Mustang Convertible 289 K Model - Really, Wish I stile had 1970 Ford F250 1965 Lotus Cortina - Really, Wish I stile had 1973 BMW Motorcycle 750 Airhead - Converted to 3 wheels, 2 in front & 1 in back, RWD, 5 speed, Reverse, Aluminum bodied, Side by side sitting - Undergoing restoration 1970 Ford Ranchero 429 SCJ 1970 Boss 302 - Wish I stile had 1970 Boss 429 - Really, Really, Wish I stile had 1972 Honda CVCC 1973 Ford Courier 1983 Ford Mustang 1988 Toyota 2WD Pickup 1990 Toyota 4WD Pickup 7’ Bed - Wish I stile had Got Married / Dissolved Most of Inventory - Note - Must think with upper Head New Wife Additions 1990 Volvo 240DL 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee Got Divorced / Very, very, very Expensive for me but No "Alimony" - NOW - Thinking with upper head - New inventory 1961 AC Aceca / Rudspeed - Waiting for restoration Got Married - Good Wife 1993 Mazda FD3 RX7 2004 Toyota Tacoma 1993 Toyota Camery 2008 Ford Mustang Hopping to add a Lotus type 7 this year to very slowly improving inventory

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I purchased a USAS 12 - 12 gauge Korean made semi automatic that would only reliably fire Winchester 2 -3/4" 00 buck rounds. No recoil but very heavy to carry all day. Tried many different factory & hand - loads but Winchester always worked flawlessly. Did extensive work to it including teflon coating, door breach / flash supressor (My design but flash supressor didn't work worth a squat.) Sold it when it became a destructive device & required registration in Kalifornia. It definitely had it's purpose. With 20 round rotary dumb and 8 shot stick mags. I bought it after the Rodney King riots in which I and several others had to spend 3 days & nights on the roof of our building to keep it from being burnt down - oil / gasoline cocktails preferred by the locals. We watched many other buildings get looted & burn. National guard was called in late and you know what (Most didn't have bullets for their guns until later & watched) At that time, we had 3 Remington 1100s - 12 Gauge 30” full choke shotguns that made a perfect pattern just inside of our walls with 00 Buck (Left over from my Grandfather during the Watts riots of the 60s). We also had an M1A - 308 scoped & a Remington 700 - 308 scoped just to make sure we were able to defend ourselves incase someone thought of us as targets when we were on the roof. Our building didn’t get burned and the neighborhood looks better but I do expect this to happen again in our lifetimes. Would I want another 20 round shotgun – no – too heavy to carry & run with, bulky mags , bulky gun if I were clearing a house or in a confined space. Newer semi or full auto shotguns / rifles & handguns are definitely better. Don’t get me wrong, the newer 20 round drum shotguns definitely have their purpose just not for me.

Sorry for high Jacking this thread - last post by me here - I use to run with the alpha club back in the early 80s for cheap track time. Very good group of people no pressure and lots of time to try different suspension setups. I have some pics from Willow Springs 5/21/11 - NASA event but don't know how to up load them - Stills of a V6 Stalker - I spoke with a Stalker driver briefly - He was busy and seemed to be under a little duress so I didn't want to take up his time. His lines looked fine from my location -I watched though binoculars but didn't bring my stopwatch. The Stalker didn't seem to push too much on 8 - Visually estimated speed around 120 - 125MPH. Track is very nice now. All holes filled & big rocks removed incase of off road incursions. The new short courses were well thought out. I was exceedingly pleased with the current condition of the facility. The track has come a very long way from when I frequented it.

Did you use your own car or did you use theirs? I think they are using Front wheel drive Toyotas stile. I'm headed out to Willow right after I Finnish typing and my 2 friends to arrive to check out a NASA event. I haven't been there for 15+ years. Love the track. My priorities & funds are finally changing.

Private schooling in Kalifornia - $15,000 to $35,000+ a year. My Brother had triplets last year (3 Girls). (His wife stile wants 2 more) He is selling most of his toys & investing for future school tuition. ( 2 more:svengo: )

$90,000 roughly a year after taxes - Surprised you don't live in Kalifornia. I don't have nearly that many holes but but could easily if wasn't careful. Great wife helps. From most of the people I know, that is about average unless kids & private schools come into the picture. $15,000 to $35,000+ after tax money for schooling. I don't know how they swing it. I have obviously chosen the wrong line of work but I do love it so I shouldn't complain. I hope you are able to find a solution. Roy

Who would have known how much they would be worth today. $9,000.00 Was in 1974 - lower side of the value at that time.

I concur about the ERA but most of the newer kits drive quite well. - I built 2 ERAs in my grunt years. The Jag IRS is well thought out. Current small block V8s are much lighter & put out 450 - 500 HP with ease & forever. The ERA is the best Cobra replica I have driven. My father owned an original 289 that he bought new. I stole it at 3:00AM when I was 12, spun it and stalled it backwards on the freeway. Thank god it didn't flip. I could barely reach the pedals. Took me probably 5 minutes that seemed like hours to fire it back up. I got in back home with 4 flat spotted tires. He never did figure out what happened to his tires. I didn't drive again until I was 15 trying to get my learner's permit. Thankfully I didn't stain his driver's seat. My father eventually sold it before my sister got her drivers license figuring she would have killed herself in it. He sold it for $9000.00

I was wondering where? "If possible", I would like to sit in one or two of the 7s and any variants. I will be either purchasing a kit or building one from scratch soon. I am in Southern California and would also be willing to travel 8 or more hours one way which will cover parts of Arizona, Nevada & Northern California. I don't want to drive just sit to check out room & frame design. I have a medium fat Ass and size 10.5" ++D feet. 6"0'' - 200 LBS. Any offers would be greatly appreciated. :cheers:

I've been lurking here for a while & never posted. Lots of info "THANK YOU everyone". I've wanted to build a 7 replica for the last 12 years same excuses as everyone else - family, house, job. Same Bull excuses. 2011 that will change. This has given me a re-kindled fire," in my pants", along with following Jim Myers progress after his first showing at the Grassroots Motor Sports UTC. Then after his second showing using ground-effects - "Exactly" - What I wanted & will do. So Build my own - Lots of R&D - I have several modified blueprints. Unfortunately all R&D, building & no driving Buy a kit - The Stalker is a strong possibility. Most R&D done and more driving time. Can purchase replacement parts instead of making everything including molds from scratch. I Also should fit. It will be powered by a 20B Rotary. A NA Peripheral port or turbo. Most likely turbo. The computers & boost controllers have come a long way in the last 12 years. Easy to limit boost thus HP for each gear. Here's a link to the Irwindale event. Not my video some spectators but I was there. My friends were running the RX8 in the video. NA - LARGE Peripheral port. - custom 4 Rotor. They unfortunately were eliminated in the first round. Thank-you to all who contribute to this forum with the wealth of information available. Hope to see some of you at various events in 2012 or sooner if I can figure out how to get my act together. Time will tell. Copy & paste YouTube - MOTOR MAVEN GYMKHANA @ irwindale speedway pt.2