Spec Miata vs Kart - opinions please!
03-21-2005, 12:01 PM
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He did my first rally car
A '73 Capri.. he did the cage and underbody protection. It was a bit out of his scope though. I had to take the car back to have him move the hoops over. He didn't grasp that there would be a co-driver, and put the hoop directly between the navigator's leg's.
03-22-2005, 02:44 PM
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Yeah...
Maynard wasn't all too happy to have to re-do it either. Then when he ground off the old welds, his tech ended up ruining the new windshield. All the spatter from the grinder etched the glass, and it had to be replaced.
03-27-2005, 03:08 PM
#35
I 'flew' this car at close to 100
<img src="http://stoneroot.f7.net/flipped/slides/DSCN0801.JPG">
and flipped it a couple times before landing on my head -sigh (pic from another racers in-car, sorry about quality)
<img src="http://stoneroot.f7.net/flipped/slides/DSCN0806.JPG">
That cage for sure was a big part of me getting to be pissed and not hurt.
Just my pennies worth
I'll never cheap on safety gear..
<img src="http://stoneroot.f7.net/flipped/slides/DSCN0808.JPG">
The car at a happier time
<img src="http://stoneroot.f7.net/ahead.jpg">
and flipped it a couple times before landing on my head -sigh (pic from another racers in-car, sorry about quality)
<img src="http://stoneroot.f7.net/flipped/slides/DSCN0806.JPG">
That cage for sure was a big part of me getting to be pissed and not hurt.
Just my pennies worth
I'll never cheap on safety gear..
<img src="http://stoneroot.f7.net/flipped/slides/DSCN0808.JPG">
The car at a happier time
<img src="http://stoneroot.f7.net/ahead.jpg">
03-27-2005, 03:10 PM
#36
will you be at NHIS this april?
hoping my "new" old car is ready and willing.. we'll see. I expect to get my butt kicked 
It's a street motor w/o almost no prep but what the hey
It's a street motor w/o almost no prep but what the hey
03-28-2005, 05:50 PM
#40
yes
I hit the wall so hard as the car rotated.. that was the only really scary part - not that's not scary to go doing stupid acrobatics in a car, but the tank itself was completely fine. It was a line from the pump that cracked. I wouldn't have been so eager to go out the hot side had I not seen gas in a place it didn't belong.