Boxologist

anyone interested in climbing Mt washington in New Hampshire next year?

tom, get the mirrorsforsevens unit if u have a full windhield.

i think i have a local SCCA points event that weekend. can u move this post to northeast. i thought i started it there:confused:

anyone have any ideas? i know there was some mention of Lime Rock, Tom keeps going on about a new AutoX site in NJ? what else do people want to do?

and i just bought 2 mounting brackets for the odessey 680 batteries. those batteries are expensive, and with out some more empirical data from more users, i'm a little skeptical.

i have the book sitting in front of me at work right now. just picked it up at costco. debating whether i should go outside and find out why my speedometer just stopped working an hour ago or read the book...

about ~7500 miles now. picked it up 12 months ago with 759.

that was probably one damn dumb hippo.

i was able to get into a local autoXer's new Exige. barely get into. much easier getting in and out of a se7en IMO. with a fixed steering wheel.

i had issues with my front driver's side repeater. turned out the bulb needed to be seated more firmly. other than that, i consider myself sort of lucky. though i do get some wild movement in the oil pressure and coolant temperature gauges. i beleive its the drive belt slipping on the pumps. edit: mine has seen plenty weather, and has withstood it.

no pics, and no video for about a another week. yeah big tease:cuss: couldn't find the batteries to my camcorder, but was able to get AC for some trackside runs. i did borrow a friends camera and used al's mount and got awesome fottage of me doing a hard 360 right before the finish gate. it was an banked oval race track, the setup this time was a funny center gate in teh canter that was passed thru 3 times. the first pass had u do a tight 180 and come back around one end of the banked oval into a 3 cone slolam and around the other side of the banked track, thru the funny gate, reverse the previous banked half of track, down (left) thru the funny gate and contine left to the finish gate. 1 heat of 4 runs, a second of 3 runs. 39 entrants. yeah 39. again more than half novice. Porsche club held one more centralized on LI the same day. i took 2nd in CS on my craptastic allseasons. no CSP or DM entrants. next time out i'm on real tyres on the new wheels, and a new alignment. that should allow me to keep traction beyond 5000 rpm and not spin out 2x. full results i don't think i will be able to maeke the volution performance school next month, but hopefully i can attend the safety steward training. my region is susposedly in big need of them.

u'd want a full trailer or even wheel dollies. ask if thye seller thinks its ready to handle a 500 mile trip. thats ur answer right there. if it can't handle woutine driving, it won't really last at autoX let alone a track day. sucks that its titles as a 2003. i was hoping that with the Lotus plate he was going for historal or at least a 30+ year old build date. pack 3 days woth of clothes and amenities just in case. thats a small bag. u'll need the jack, metic and possibly sized tools. ask the builder what he used. water (bottles). if its close to what its described as, grab it and run. take a drive, get dropped off some place, think it over for an hour, and then let the owner know.

earn to get Orange to its limits and control it before u head off on more performance mods. a new head is expensive. i will need to get ur camera mount back to u next week.

http://www.sportsfest.org/athlete/event.phtml?id=63

2nded!

mine was teh trip out on the wayah road loop on saturday. i don't see se7ens around by me. EVER. the only other one was a s3 last year at a charity show. so seeing 50+ made me ecstatic. and just driving, and i mean DRIVING with other se7ens just gave me the warm fuzzies. even if it did start to rain. add to driving the Dragona nd not even knowing it thrursday night and just dreading what it would be like if regular US129 was so curvy, what would the Dragon in NC be like. i had no clue where the dragon was the tail was. that KitCat actually made it down when last knew the breakage at putnam park was going to keep him from attending. actually meeting a whole bunch of people from the forum who i will actually remember beyond my next beer!:hurray: and just being at the autoX, watching adn listening to the DM/EM and formula ford go at it in heat 2. and those mustangs were worth watching as well. major kudos to Al and everyone who made an effort in some form to make the weekend better. Next time with some sort mobile communication. it was like playing telephone when u were a kid as one group of people relayed info to another at different points in the drives.

let the dust settle from PNW, and then they'll sound off. i defeintely am along the lines of national every other year, or alternate geographic areas so the organizing load gets spread around. also, vacations that require a week or longer need longer time in advance to plan around work and other family obligations. the Dragon was great, but i could wait 4-6 years before a LARGE 7s meet is organized there again. just my take. i thought there was talk of Minnesota or the Dakotas being some nice roads.

hold off until the r888 is availble in 13"!

Winnar! Al, just get used to the car at its limits on a closed course and how to read an autoX setup with all the cones. A set of wheels just like yours arrived yesterday, but i won't have time to drop off the wheels to have tyres mounted to them in time for sunday's autoX. i won't even have time to rotate tyres or do a nice inspection or oil change since getting back from 7-7-7. most of that will get handles in pit. my tyres are the bridgestone Potenza re-01r in 195-50-15, a huge jump from my avon zv1 which took a beating from my wacky front camber and road heat. they are going to comparable to the cr500 and toyo r888(which i will recomend as ur next set; 13" & 15" sizes will be available late this year, early next year)for street tyres. next up would be the Advan AO48. super sticky, but useless in teh wet. but ur not Box;) edit: most SCCA groups throw the 7s in DM. luckily my local group still considers it a lotus so i go CS/CSP until i have the new tyres and take some FTDs adn they start getting pissy and reread the rules. if u run with another car club, they will probably put u in non-make, sorted by engine displacement.

costco has a nice jack an aluminium one for $80-90. i have my father 30+ yr old craftsman deflection torque wrench for loads to 100'#, and a craftsman clicky torque wrench for loads up to 150 or 175'#? snap-on may be better for torque wrenches if u know a mechanic. harbor fright is cheap if u on't mind replacing them every few years. i have some high lift, high load craftsman jack stands. awesome with a tall jack when u need to stand using a RLP with stuck bolts and nuts.

thanks all! David and I got back fine. the car is in good shape. have an autoX on sunday, and 2 OT shifts before that, so i'll be going over a bunch of stuff right before tech:grouphug: It was an absolute bummer to smack what i originally thought was a piece of wood on Tn28 (~10:30 7/9/07). I made it thru the dragon easily, but hellbender kills the trip home:reddevil: It was about 3 miles out of Fontana and i move the car slightly right to have it pass away from the sump. as soon i pass over it the car jutters and dies. We pulled over, and saw the rear O2 sensor cracke off and the wiring stripped and frayed. we flagged a few TVA trucks, who didn't even have room to take on a third body, Dave stayed with the 7 and I eventually got a ride with a kid who got lost leaving a place his family rented on lake Santeelah (129 south of Tapaco) to get back. he took me to Deal's Gap. Seeing no garage or tow there, we proceded down to Robbinsville. On the way down I see Al and family with Orange in tow finally leaving (11:00). I was dropped off at Microtel and Sue at the counter helped me out immensely with the phone number for some garages and tow operators. i didn't get back to Dave and 7 with a tow for several hours. we got there, the 2 towers gave a good look over the situation, and tried to figure out how to tow a 7, but decided they needed to call one of their son's in with the flatbed. they would have to drive off and call him in as soon as they had cell coverage. to be continued...

gave 11budlite and his wife a ride friday and saturday:lol: :jester: edit: and YES!, Mazda gave a me ride up to Deal's Gap. for 1 mile i was just smiling, the rest i was laughing and cheering like a child:hurray:

whatsamatta jeff, think u woulr have run out of gears?:cheers: Tom, u should have made it to totD. the DM/EM run group was serious noise pollution. aesome runs some serious se7ens. glad i got to wrok that heat, but sorry i couldn't film those runs.

I'm back at work and alive. Many thanks and congratulations to Al, Mazda, the johnsons, Killboy (darryl), and everyone else who was involved in working and participating in the weekend. Including the tow tucks, Brian@Garland automotive, and Sue at Mircrotel!

Tom - NEPA SCCA has one at Mty pocono HS this sunday. take Al to that.