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A friend has 2 excellent tickets for next weekend's NASCAR Brickyard 400 race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway but is unable to attend. They are very high in the Northwest Vista. Face value is $80 each. Price negotiable. If interested please call me at 630 834 twenty one hundred. Don't know if this is the appropriate place to post this. If the post should be moved, please let me know. Thanks John Meyers

I have used Wide Band Oxygen Sensors to tune numerous engines. This includes my recent Stalker V6's, 530 HP LS3 V8, USAC Midget engines and Indy Car engines. In my opinion it is the only accurate way to tune AFR on an engine. WBO2's will react in milliseconds. Much faster and more sensitive than you could ever hope to sense manually. By the time you can hear a knock, it may be too late. That said it is only a tool. The magic is in the tuner that is using it. I have used an Innovate LC1 and was pleased with it although mine did not have a display. It fed data into a logging device. If I was in the market for a new unit I would probably purchase an AFX brand unit. About the same $ and a great reputation in the tuner community. Just my opinion. I am unaware of an aftermarket knock sensor that works. If anyone knows of one, please post info. Thanks.

Thanks Steven. Yes similar to the GTM but without a roof. It is also smaller, lighter and does not have a roll bar tube running a couple of inches from the driver and passenger head. Contact between a frame tube and your skull could easily be fatal, even in a minor mishap. That was the GTM deal killer for me. Both the GTM and FF Cobras are beautiful machines from a styling standpoint. I hope the D2 will also be much faster, because it is smaller and lighter. So far things are going well. Time will tell.

After building, modifying, racing, then selling the first V-8 powered Stalker, several members of this list asked me to keep them posted about my next project. Instead of continuing to send regular update emails, I've begun a blog to document the progress on my new Palatov D2. I've had a Corvette ZO-6 427" LS7 engine since late December and finally received the roller chassis last week from Palatov. If you are interested, you can follow my progress at: http://johnsD2.blogspot.com My Stalker was really fast. This should be even faster. :hurray: John Meyers

My engine decision is made. It will be a GM Crate LS7 and should be in my shop by Christmas unless Santa has travel delays. I hope it will have "enough" power.

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll talk to Palatov about lengthening the wheelbase.

The H1 is absolutely gorgeous! Certainly I don't think the H1 would be as long lived as the LS but I don't think an LS3 or LS7 would last for 50K race track miles either. My LS376 engine had around 15K miles on it when sold but most of those miles were easy street miles. The best indication of the H1 longevity would probably come from a bike road racer running a Busa. But I don't know any of those guys. My guess is that valve springs and lifter buckets would be the weak point but I don't really know. I did replace my LS376's valve springs and rod bolts with high $ race parts and never had a problem. Interesting question.

The Palatov D2 will be street legal! Headlites, brakelites, window wiper, quiet mufflers, horn, emmisions legal and all. Done. The Hartley H1V8 has almost the power of an LS engine with even less weight. It would also allow a lighter transaxle because of much higher revs and less torque. Net savings of weight could exceed 200 lbs. The performance benefit could be significant. The downside of the H1V8 would be a higher cost and a much narrower power band. Hartley has had excellent reliability but the GM LS crate engines come with a 50,000 mile warranty. That warranty is hard to beat.

Hmmm. I don't think 340 mph is realistic. Looks like the D2 will not be as fast as a slow bullet. Should be pretty quick though. Might be "Almost fast enough"

One of many goals I have for this car is to exceed 200 MPH at a place like the Ohio Mile or Bonneville. Top gear will be set to allow 200 MPH +. My Stalker exceeded 170 but would have hit its rev limiter by 180. I think it could have done 200 with the right gear but will never know. I plan to find the answer to that question with the Palatov D2. Based upon the D2's better front to rear weight distribution vs my Stalker (40/60 vs 50/50) and slightly better power to weight ratio, I am pretty confident that it will beat the Stalker's 9.94/141.5 MPH 1/4 mile. Better aero and wing configurations should allow it to easliy improve on the Stalker's road race performance. All the above is speculation and not yet proven. We are not racing "specs" or specultaion. The comparison bar was set pretty high by my highly modified 530 HP V8 Stalker. The challenge for me will be to exceed the above performances. Don't know about "faster than a speeding bullet". The answer is kind of like the answer to "does it have enough HP?". I've always said the Stalker had "almost enough HP". Maybe the D2 will be "almost as fast as a speeding bullet" or at least "as fast as a slow bullet". Anyone know how SLOW a bullet can go? John Should be fun. John

My new car will be a Palatov D2. Check out http://www.dpcars.net then click on "D2" for a blog of how Dennis Palatov has progressed with the CAD design and constuction of his prototype. The D2 is a mid engine two seat car loosely based on a cross between a 7 and a Lotus 20. Lotus 13.5 ? Not yet sure what engine will be used but it may be GM LS based or a Hartley H1V8. Same story re the transaxle, there are several choices but no decision has been made. I've been without a toy since selling my V8 Stalker in August. Let the fun begin again. John Meyers

My LS3 V8 powered Stalker was sold and delivered last week. Thanks to all that inquired and praised or commented on the car. Midgetracr

Thanks for the kind words about my V8 Stalker (and its driver) Shark. It is pretty easy to be "fearless" when your car handles well and is stable at speed. BTY 500 HP per ton seems to have some meaning for the Seven performance guys. Big deal. Mine is 650+ HP per ton. That's almost enough HP:) John PS: Are you bringing your car to the Ambush in the Smokies next month? Maybe we could trade cars for a while and compare things?

Just noticed that Heikki will be there with his Turbo Miata powered LoCost. Super!

Denise and I are planning to be there from late Sunday (8-26) night thru Thursday night with our LS3 powered V8 Stalker. Then we leave early Friday AM for an event near home on Saturday Sept 1. Looking forward to another fun event with great people on the world's best roads for Sevens. Paul has selected a campground that is more spacious than Creekwood where we stayed last year. It is only a few miles away. All Seven enthusiasts are welcome. Last year we had a great mix of Caterham, Ultralite, Stalker, Corvette, Nissan 350Z and a pickup truck. Plus probably several that I am forgetting. John Meyers