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Here are a few photos from the Solo Nationals, where our own Michael Dougherty is competing. enjoy. Tom http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1114565280_dmod3.jpghttp://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/834035_dmod.jpghttp://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/74383598_dmod4.jpghttp://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/258668094_Emod.jpghttp://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1100629079_emod 2.jpg

Mazda, as far as Hoosier slicks go, the rating system goes from R25 (softest) to R 75 (hardest). Obviously, the softer compound is better for autox with our lighter cars, but probably not so for track days. Compromise to R35?? Don't know how the weight of your car will affect the compound choice. Maybe you can buy a set of used slicks for the track days. I understand that you can pick up some good usable tires from race teams, at a reasonable price. Or you could look at the Hoosier R6-A6 Dot tires. R being track, A=autox Looking forward to seeing your beast run. Tom

What size is the engine are you planning on using? If you're using an engine larger than 1425 cc and turbo charging then I think you will be bumped into EMod. Tom

Will do. A lot of the Philly and DC region guys are at the Nationals this week, so I don't expect the registration to go up until later next week. I'll post the link when it goes up. Tom

Registration is not open yet, but will be shortly. There should be plenty of room as we haven't hit our max preregistration yet this season. Although it should be a well attended event as those at the Nationals will have just returned. Michael D. is usually a participant at this venue as well. Should be a nice turnout. Hope for weather like today! Tom

Oct. 13 at Ripken, in Aberdeen is a Philly region event. Tom

Dave wrote: 175 lbs. I think my left leg alone weighs that much. :rofl: Tom

Dave, you're correct 1380 is the weight for those with hugh 2.0 motors, but you also need to add 40 lbs to that for the modified tub. Per section 18.1 .... "All series of Lotus 7, 7A, Super 7, and their clone or kit forms such as Birkin, Westfield, Locost, are automatically classified as modified tubs. This also applies to the Cobra and its clones." That pushes you up to 1420 as the minimum weight, so you only need to shave off 40 pounds. Get on one of your bikes and do some of those mountains!!! Just kidding! Your other option is to put an 1800cc motor in and your minimum goes down by 100 lbs. and you'll have to add weight. With my 1800 K series, my car comes in at 1164, so its a good thing I carry all this extra weight. Tom

Martin, Exton is pretty close by and there is an autox in Maryland on saturday the 13th. if your interested. Tom

Cool, then we'll expect to see you at the Oct. 28th autox in Warminster. :cheers: Tom

This is a really nice Car! I test drove this car back in 1998-9 at MidAtlantic Caterham before I ordered mine. The 40th aniversary paint scheme is sharp. Lance has kept it in very nice condition. And as Al said, he won DMod at the last Philly region Autox. Hopefully it will stay in the Philly area, but it would be a great buy for someone looking for a Caterham. Tom

Yeah a day like today would be PERFECT! Tom

So when do you expect to take delivery? 3 philly region autox's left this year. Oct 13 at Ripken staduim, Oct 28 in Warminster, and Nov. 11 at Ripken. Hope you can make a couple of them. Tom

If you Ding a rim you can replace just the damaged piece. I have Three piece Magniesium Wheels, and I dinged just the outer rim, so I just bought that piece and it was a lot cheaper than replacing the whole wheel. They are cool though Tom

My favorite when asking a question about a noise or problem and the answer is TADTS = They All Do That Sir And a Passenger can also aptly be called Ballast.

Two cannibles are eating a clown. One cannible turns to the other cannible and says... Does this taste funny to you? :leaving:

Al, I received an email from the Se7ens net. group.

Uh Oh Al, just saw a notice that Lance has his 7 up for sale. Nice car if anyone is looking for one. EviLRomeo??? its local.

WoW! Took the Beast out today for a little Blat. Changed over from 10 inch Hoosier soft compound slicks at all for corners, to Avon CR500's street tires. Got about a mile into the drive and a nice little right, left off camber combo is clear, so I take it accelerating through it. :willy: :willy: :willy: Car does a 4 wheel drift into the other lane. :surprised: No drama, flick and its back on track. Good thing I could see the lane was clear before I started. Cold tires, too much power and forgeting that the car on slicks drives slightly differernt. :smash: Felt good to drive more than 60 seconds at a time. Just miss the slicks!! Tom

Does that mean Congratulations are in order? :hurray: Tom

Michael, I heard this was a good event. Did you drive? Any in car camera footage? Tom

Yeah, i did a quick rounded count and came in over $20 million.

Mine fell off :blueangel: I guess the tape that held them on wasn't that strong.

Bob, Mine was built in 2000 by QED in the UK. It's Dry sumped, and the bellhousing contains the Oil tank. (in the above pic its in the box behind the engine) You'll notice too that the sump in much smaller than the one in the King K article. That King K article drew a lot of flak in the UK. It really is light and with the Jenvey DHTB's it rev's very smoothly and freely. Key is to warm the oil up before thrashing! It's a great little motor for a light weight car like the 7. Reliability seems to be inverse to the power level. As in most engines I assume. Tom

Here it is. The carbon trumpets make it real light. Bob, you can look it up. I did and found this. "The Rover engine"s compact size and weight are a significant advantage in a lightweight race/sports car of the Lotus 7 type or the Elise. Note, a full race K Series weighs 78 kg including 7 kg of fluids. http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/509057773_rover k series.jpg