- 21. Re: Tire experiences (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrc01@flash.net>
- Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 14:45:19 -0800
- The Kumhos stick better than the A032s. The A032s are rated for more longevity (50 vs. 60-80) but those numbers are all so close together it probably doesn't matter. Both the Kumnos and A032s should
- /html/ba-autox/2000-12/msg00394.html (8,472 bytes)
- 22. Re: Marina Winter Challenge (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrc01@flash.net>
- Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 15:45:44 -0800
- I've personally experienced both of these dilemmas and offer my simple advice (FWIW). Advice to James: wear a warm sweater under a leather jacket and a scarf Advice to Scot: don't worry there's no ra
- /html/ba-autox/2000-11/msg00009.html (11,126 bytes)
- 23. Re: Announcing Team Sloth! (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrc01@flash.net>
- Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 15:22:55 -0800
- Be nice, the Ds and the Rs have nearly equal amounts of foolishness and hypocrisy. In that sense you all live in glass houses . . . Politics: "poli" = many + "tics" = blood sucking parasites
- /html/ba-autox/2000-11/msg00031.html (8,923 bytes)
- 24. Re: BMW (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrc01@flash.net>
- Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 12:29:48 -0800
- You're right, there is nothing beside the BMWs. . . The other cars are up ahead. ;) -- Michael R. Clements mrc01@flash.net Those who beat their swords into plowshares Shall live under the yoke of tho
- /html/ba-autox/2000-11/msg00076.html (8,103 bytes)
- 25. Re: FS: 1997 Integra GS-R (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrc01@flash.net>
- Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 17:07:47 -0800
- My Panoz also has surprising cargo capacity. But then you probably mean surprisingly _large_, don't you? -- Michael R. Clements mrc01@flash.net If you take all the guns off the street you still will
- /html/ba-autox/2000-11/msg00143.html (7,354 bytes)
- 26. Re: BMW (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrc01@flash.net>
- Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 17:08:11 -0800
- History Of No Dramatic Acceleration. . . so true I almost fell out of my chair laughing! I should know, I own 2 Hondas.
- /html/ba-autox/2000-11/msg00144.html (11,306 bytes)
- 27. Re: Brakes at Laguna (was: c2 automotive) (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrc01@flash.net>
- Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 15:53:23 -0800
- With a sufficiently underpowered car, I suppose you could take all the turns flat out. -- Michael R. Clements mrc01@flash.net A government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enoug
- /html/ba-autox/2000-11/msg00309.html (11,555 bytes)
- 28. Re: Tubing Fabrication (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrc01@flash.net>
- Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 17:42:26 -0800
- Years ago, Emmanual's mufflers in Alameda did a pipe for my 3rd gen RX-7. They did a great job, in one day, and it was inexpensive. The bends were smooth and did not look pinched, but I don't know if
- /html/ba-autox/2000-11/msg00344.html (6,998 bytes)
- 29. Re: Driving Simulators (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrc01@flash.net>
- Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 19:10:43 -0800
- I've played it many, many times. It's a few years old so there may be better ones today, but it was very good, perhaps the best of its time. But even as a very good simulation, it pales in comparison
- /html/ba-autox/2000-11/msg00347.html (8,057 bytes)
- 30. TracQuest? (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrc01@flash.net>
- Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 17:50:00 -0800
- Anyone tried this before? What did you think? http://www.tracquest.net/ One of my friends at work wants to go. . . -- Michael R. Clements mrc01@flash.net It doesn't matter who votes, it only matters
- /html/ba-autox/2000-11/msg00377.html (6,474 bytes)
- 31. Re: Yet Another Question re: RX-7s, this time. (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrc01@flash.net>
- Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 16:11:21 -0700
- According to the Mazda Competition catalog, the water pump on the 3rd gen rotary engine starts cavitating around 6500 RPM. If that is true, it shouldn't be a problem for acceleration runs that only g
- /html/ba-autox/2000-10/msg00147.html (10,317 bytes)
- 32. legislation alert! (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrc01@flash.net>
- Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 08:20:00 -0700
- The people in Washington who know what is best for us are after our tires. I started to laugh at the "mandatory tire deflation warning system" until I realized I just might be forced to pay for one t
- /html/ba-autox/2000-10/msg00150.html (6,941 bytes)
- 33. GGF site? (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrc01@flash.net>
- Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 15:00:11 -0700
- I read about the troubles with the dirt entrance to Marina. I'm planning to go to round 3 at GGF on the 22nd. My car is not rain friendly, dirt friendly, or scratch/ding friendly (exposed front wheel
- /html/ba-autox/2000-10/msg00158.html (7,863 bytes)
- 34. Re: Vehicle eligibility (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrc01@flash.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 18:21:47 -0700
- Interestingly, according to that criteria, the AM General Hummer would be an autocrossable vehicle. Despite its amazingly high ground clearance, it's so wide and the suspension is so stiff that it ha
- /html/ba-autox/2000-10/msg00211.html (8,563 bytes)
- 35. Re: Bye Bye BFG DOT comp Radials? (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrc01@flash.net>
- Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 22:33:02 -0700
- Jerry, I wonder if this has any relation to the recent actions of our representatives in Congress trying to pass laws in response to the Firestone debacle. All it would take is some silly person usin
- /html/ba-autox/2000-10/msg00312.html (11,267 bytes)
- 36. Re: Vehicle eligibility... (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrc01@flash.net>
- Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 17:34:22 -0700
- James, if your car is a "modified mustang" then mine is too. Indeed, it has more Mustang parts than yours does. It makes me feel better to think that neither of them is a modified mustang. -- Michael
- /html/ba-autox/2000-10/msg00367.html (9,617 bytes)
- 37. Re: Vehicle eligibility... (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrc01@flash.net>
- Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 17:36:13 -0700
- Since the 350s that make 165 hp and those that make 330 hp have different stroke to bore ratios and different valvetrains, the reply does not address the question. It's a bit harder to find two engin
- /html/ba-autox/2000-10/msg00368.html (9,312 bytes)
- 38. Re: Vehicle eligibility... (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrc01@flash.net>
- Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 19:07:04 -0700
- My car uses the mustang engine, tranny, diff, brakes, electrical system, gauges, and vent controls. I don't have real tires yet because of the 18" wheels. The BFG "G-Force" is the only one in those s
- /html/ba-autox/2000-10/msg00375.html (10,016 bytes)
- 39. Re: Couple of Solo II vehicles on ba.market.vehicles... (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrc01@flash.net>
- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 06:36:48 -0700
- Put a 275 hp 13B rotary in it. It'll weigh about the same as your current engine (maybe even a little lighter), with about twice the power. Should improve the handling as well as the acceleration! --
- /html/ba-autox/2000-10/msg00389.html (11,345 bytes)
- 40. Re: Vehicle eligibility... (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrc01@flash.net>
- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 06:43:59 -0700
- That's news to me. Seems unlikely for two reasons. How does an oversquare engine with 302 ci displacement make only 165 hp? That sounds more like a diesel than a gasoline engine! How did they double
- /html/ba-autox/2000-10/msg00390.html (9,246 bytes)
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