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My s1 has had both stays rebuilt in a similar fashion and now trailer fenders as one of the glass ones rotated and got ran over. If you own a s1 you need to be a fabricator, but the seating sure is comfortable.

Looks like a simple plastic tube filled with borax and pressurized. The heat sourse determines where the "nozzle" is. Brilliant idea! Especially so to one who is repairing a Miata that had an engine fire caused by a pack rat's nest back over the coil pack. Would have saved me; a tow, plug wires, coil pack, and several hours rebuilding the burned wiring. Price seems high for what it is, but several will be on my shopping list. Although a simple dry extinguisher with a length of tube attached and constantly pressurized might work better.

at $621 for the KCs it would almost be cheaper to hit another cow, and the black hair imbedded in the nose is a great conversation starter. john

Steve your s1 is in near stock shape and likely will be worth more as time goes on. My experience with one that came with a rotary and was slightly abused (more so now and also has cow hair embedded in the nose from attempted intercourse) is that even slight changes like upgrading to a turbo rotary is not easy in this car. I have to stay with the NA transmission because it barely fits, and mine already has a 10 bolt gm rear scabbed in. My initial investment is much less, body work was already needed, i enjoy the work, but it has been 2 years and not done. Just buy a Stalker or a similar well sorted car with a gm power plant. Or just take the ls and your Miata to flying miata.

This problem not directly related to Wilwood , but is a cotter key installation error and can happen to any spindle mounted hub that uses a key locked nut. And specifically for the superformance guys-- are you aware that on the early models the master cylinders were too large. This can be rectified by using s new 5/8' in the front position and switching the front to the rear.

when will we learn as a country-- you cannot play fair with those who don't understand that there are rules. We are going to lose. And our business leaders are paving the way.

thank you, well worth the time.

Being an ex-electrician I use rubber splicing tape. just be careful not to stretch it. Also have a bulk roll of tube patch material that should work.

Busa; Best wishes from me. Igot lucky several years ago and wish the same good luck to you. john

To get back on the thread. I wish to seek forgiveness for the rant on SPF, not to them but to the seller here. I definitely do not regret buying mine, the suspension is very well thought out and very adjustable, brakes do not get any better than Willwood, the seating is very comfortable (have driven mine about 900 miles in one day, hit a cow and the frame was still square, covered 75 miles of wash board roads with minor problems, and you can almost stay dry in a heavy rain. (needs AC though). The car handles much better than i can drive. There are a few things that have to be changed but the same can be said about all. This is a very nice looking car and if it can be competitive on the track is is well sorted. Good luck with your sale.

I would echo DAVED's statment, would I buy another used one? yes. a new one of anything from superformance? no way!! The s-1 is a well made and well designed for a car that was intended for production. But; even the parts used in it that were "off the shelf" are of undisclosed origin and all are hard to come by and when found over priced. If I ever have a second one it will be a US made stalker. The spf web group is mostly company hipe and a joke. Am i bitter? just slightly.

And this too shall come to pass. And at that point I will be looking up laughing.

It never ceases to amaze me that a person can be a liberal democrat union member and when they finally are able to buy a small piece of land and 3 cows, they suddenly start listening to rough limpbrow, and become a republican. It is entirely possible to be an employer and pay and treat your employes well and fairly and still make a good return on your investment and time, But only too often greed turns a person into something previously held in contempt. If you wish to be an employee, find one of the good employers, do well by them, and leave when you feel that you are being treated unfairly. As they will leave you if you do not treat them fairly. I have been- a business man, management, a union official/worker, a union employer, union worker, and old and retarded, in that order and find that our system is not perfect, but works as well as possible when humans are involved. Personally "I play with the toys in the closet"

do a google search for-- remote oil filter kit or oil filter relocation, and use your engine or filter number to refine the search. there are kits with an adapter in place of your oil filter and use hose and a remote filter mount that can be put where you want it. john

As a not so proud owner of a former superformance 7 orphan (S1) I can sort of fortel the future, and while broke from fabricating unavailable parts will be snikkering at the end. shudda bought either a well documented locost or a us made with us parts storker.

In a world of supply vs demand, the relative value will go down. Price no doubt will come up due to "planned" inflation. The supply of 7s is increasing at a rapid rate, and the availability of seriously "fun" new cars is at an all time high. All of us who now hold current "classic" cars are fixing to leave our kids depreciated assets. No big deal so long as "we" enjoy them while we can. Even now the price of a RX-7 FD is dropping as we speak.

He who has the most polar inertia loses. ave had several meyers with various engines from 40hp to Corvair 250hp turbo, all handle good but the tail weight loses with all else being the same. Now my old mid engine off road car with the 250 corvair would make short work of a seven when set down low. (a d-cambered swing axle will out perform any live axle.) But in the end set up and driver would make the most difference.

I have a fiberglass buggy, ugly as sin but with a 1835 with a vnt 25 turbo and 33x14.5 diggers. it is quick and handles quite well at the speeds a 7 can work at and on a gravel road will 4 wheel drift with ease, actually more fun to drive than the S1 and you get a lot more respect on the freeway. and I am competent with it while out of my element in the S1, a short cut through the ditch is also on the table.

Steve; here is a link to my photobucket pictures---http://s1165.photobucket.com/user/1936reo/library/Superformance%20%20GM%2010%20bolt?sort=3&page=2 would not recommend this route due to the cost. this one started with a camero housing that was cut down. It cost over 4k close to 5k plus what it cost to install (butcher- Jb weld encased brake tee, left off the park calipers, was no way to check fluid, plus the limited slip with this light a car requires the same driving skills as a spool on the street) Best diff solution is synthetic and an egg between foot and accelerator pedal.

As one who is having all sorts of engineering tasks getting a turbo rotary to fit in place of the na, would ask the question-Why? If it is a v8 you want get a stalker that as been designed for it, and make it more civilized like the S1, much easier and safer. If mine didn't already have a rotary and likely being the most clapped out s1 the project would have never been started (and am doubting my sanity now still). Came with a gm 10 bolt, a PO likely shelled the original auto-crossing. No room in the tunnel for trans. cooling system woefully inadequate, air flow problems etc. Fresh sheet or one designed using parts found in USA best choice. But as the old song goes- "love the one your with".

Hellloo youself, yuins done went an gotted youself on da nottagonna buy from leest.

No, you will be more effective with the more up to date image, and the ability to anticipate is far more important driving anywhere than reaction time. smooth and easy wins.

Having had numerous retina detachments, I have one eye with a well spot welded down retina, the vitreous removed, a lens implanted and the membrane behind the lens blown away by a Yagi laser. The end result is no floater and much better contrast in one eye ( colors are almost psychedelic and the white line at night is florescent), while the other is normal 72 year old with floaters and a mild cataract yellowing the lights. Your brain will overcome most floaters and fill in the picture, a related problem is if you look at one point too long your brain will continue to run that view and not change to accomadate the car that just showed up alongside you wic is why you should be constantly shifting your focal point (kinda like refreshing the page). The point is that they can fix almost everything but you need to go see the doc.

Just bought a used 12' aluminum snowmobile trailer for less than 1k it is not tilt but will be easy to convert. will use an outboard tilt pump and a hydraulic cylinder for power tilt. To enclose will fab a aluminum top frame like a boat top that will tilt from front or rear and cover it with boat storage shrink wrap. In Utah trailers under 750lbs empty need no plates or title.

http://www.fordracingparts.com/parts/part_details.asp?PartKeyField=22999 for only 8K you can have this. Looks impressive but ford has a bad habit of letting the public troubleshoot new engines ( ask anyone with a 6.0 diesel that they cannot sell) My self I would go for a lowly Miata engine with the Flying Miata turbo, cheaper and likely more reliable.