Tinman

Anyone that could pull me out of that would be crowned the king of England.

95 Dodge V10, 140,000 miles. Only problem it's had is rusty brake lines. I've towed a 30' enclosed trailer with two cars, small war wagon, and a mountain of wheels and tires in it all over the midwest and down to Georgia for a couple of years. Next season more of the same plus a trip to Chicago and Wisconsin. Only downfall is the 7.5mpg it gets but it does get it at 70mph.

It's not that they're cheaper, it's that they are very high quality and have or can make nearly anything in tubing you could ever imagine. Be nice to Steve by knowing exactly what you want before you walk through the door. He doesn't have time to educate.

My bad, I leave you with this one then, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qPrR49qsDc

Mitch Hedberg and Eddie Izzard we're already posted so I'll go old school,

Here's a lap at Mid Ohio in the V6 RX7 last summer. http://www.youtube.com/user/Tinman392?feature=mhum#p/a/u/1/pZe7seCjjbE

Pm'd ya

Must be under 20lbs. and straight. Paint/finish condition not important, slight curb rash is fine also. Need at least 8 for next season, have cash in hand.

Of all the Mustangs in central Ohio and no one has any stock wheels they want gone?

Looking for one or two sets of 17x8 Mustang GT wheels. Must be straight but a little curb rash is no problem. No need for the center caps. Let me know what you have and what you want for them.

Not his first car song, take a trip in the way back machine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be0QHnftStM

I own one on the list and lust for two others

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What county? Only $40 out this way.

My 30' came in at just under 4000lbs. empty. The nice ladies at the BMV wrote the registration for 4000lbs. to allow me to get commercial tags which were less expensive than if it had been registered as non commercial 3960lbs. Maybe not such a good idea now.

Spent all weekend there and never spotted you guys. Putnam is one of my favorite tracks. It's pretty simple and easy to find a fast line quickly, but finding that extra 3 tenths of a second is a challenge there. Took a quick look at your video and I see a possible two seconds you're leaving on the table. Turn 1, like Max mentioned, your turn in is too early. You should be braking till and just slightly into the turn in point. If you touch the curbing anywhere before the last 4 feet of it, you turned in too early. and you should be on the throttle well before the inside tire clips the apex. After the apex you should be carrying enough speed that the car is dancing all the way to the edge of the track before turn 2. Turn 4, this is the tough one to master. You should be entering midtrack, straddling the crown. As you turn in the car will step out, it's a matter of countersteering and full throttle that gets you through. Your line is the safer yet slower one. Each lap you should enter another foot or so away from the inside curbing. You will find the optimal entry point one lap before you spin off into the grass (not recommended untill you step up to HPDE 3 or 4). Turn 8 (Dead Bear), Try staying mid track untill you can see the inside curbing, then turn in and clip the last 3-4 foot of the curbing. Your exit was perfect but you'll be able to carry much more speed through it if you apex much latter. Hope to see you guys at Mid Ohio in April.

PM'd ya and such.

That is Loren, nice guy. He did a full conversion down to the instrument cluster and head rests.

Anyone else plan on going? I need to shake down the race car and could use a hand taking tire temps and pressures. I might even buy the helping hand lunch and a cup of the world's worst coffee.

Steve, you're not dead? And you're doing and engine swap? Coolness. The geometry is in both the elevation and angle of the pinion gear and transmission output shaft/ engine crankshaft. It's the placement of these items that determines how long the driveshaft will live and how many ponies it will rob. Ideally you want the driveshaft to angle downwards from the output shaft around 2 degrees and angle back up to the pinion the exact same. RX7s are a pain in the ass to make this happen properly but in most other cars it's very simple. Bust out the protractor and dust off what you learned in trig class that you thought you would never use and make some diagrams.

Clever design. I can see a large market for these. When at the track the car goes on stands after every session or race. Adjustable stands are not needed and a non adjustable stand would be more user friendly. And to be able to place the stand at the point of the jack is fucking brilliant. I can't tell you how many crushed rocker panels I've seen from people jacking next to the factory lift point so they could place a jack stand next to the jack.

TT isn't racing but it's far more exciting competition than autocross So very true

I've got a pair of equally prepped PTE cars sitting here. I'll even let you choose which one you want to drive. If you can beat me, I'll pay your rental fee.

Miniature golf is not golfing, autocross is not racing;)

They could at least cast one individual that holds a shed of respect in the high performance or automotive industry.