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conedodger

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  1. I think they are unobtainium gold! I've never even seen a set and I've been around these cars since they were new. But speaking to my original point, they are not necessary on a stock car.
  2. Another shot of the Frizelle car.
  3. A little 510 Rally action!
  4. You know what would make a difference Jon, I am using Brembo aluminum calipers from an Alfa Romeo GTV-6 on the front of my 914. They bolt right up. On the rear, my friend Eric and another friend got together and cast copies of the ATE rear caliper. The weight is 4# less and the caliper gives up heat like it was never there. Once the 914 rear project is in production (and selling), we may work on making aluminum copies of the Sumitomo fronts. I got protested at an SCCA SOLOII event last year but it turns out the aluminum caliper is legal in SP as long as no modifications are made to mount them. I consider 2-3# of unsprung weight to be significant. There had better be a significant trade-off in another way. Anyway, my point is that people keep putting these things on street cars and calling it an upgrade. That is just wrong. I'd venture that most of the time it is a replacement for worn out stock brakes that would have been just fine in good repair.
  5. Julio, I agree you didn't need it. You'd have been fine with stock + good performance pads. That is what I use for track days, I wouldn't for actual racing...
  6. Sometimes I just want to scream when I hear the word 'upgrade' thrown around when it comes to cars. 'I upgraded my brakes with Toyota 4Runner calipers" GAG! No you didn't they're a hell of a lot more unsprung weight and you didn't change the rotor to a vented rotor to get the heat out. Now this is an upgrade!
  7. A little more recent... Looks like Jeremy Dale? Cunningham Racing.
  8. conedodger posted a post in a topic in Interior
    I think I can. I had Thanksgiving dinner with a guy I have a manufacturing partnership with and we talked about exactly that. Somebody send me their fugly shift knob and we will reproduce them.
  9. They list a carbon fiber model. Go with that if you want to spend that kind of money...
  10. conedodger posted a post in a topic in Open Discussions
    A friend dug this up off the internet somewhere. Anyone here own it?
  11. Well, I'm doing it. I found a guy in England who is restoring a Maserati 3500 which uses a pair of 42DCOE 8, which I have three of. We agreed on a price that will give him three of his original carburetors and will get me three brand new 45DCOE 152's. So my tuning will begin anew. I would imagine, I can just transfer over the jetting I have and if my chokes (32mm) are the same, I should be running pretty close to the same.
  12. Actually, it's the cars at the back of these organized drives that 'kick-up-their-heels' so to speak. I have led a number of club drives and because the cars at the back get spaced out from the group and sometimes caught behind lights, these are the ones that are moving along at a vigorous pace.
  13. I'm like you. I have the trailer, packed with stuff. Your experience reminds me that the harder you drive these little cars, the more likely you are to expose any weakness. Once those weaknesses are exposed and repaired, the less likely they are to break. Then, all you need is window cleaner, tires and brake pads. I'm glad you had fun...
  14. OMG!!! It's tomorrow! Shine 'em up! See you there.
  15. conedodger posted a post in a topic in Help Me !!
    He'd still help you. Contact him. Tell him I said to hook you up...
  16. I couldn't really tell you how they get separated from their original source. I am an admin on a board with a thread that is just random (mostly car) pictures. It would have to be the most popular thread on the board as it is over 2000 pages long at 25 posts per page. Every once in a while, someone posts something Datsun. That is where most of these come from. This particular picture was posted by a guy I know personally from the Bay Area in California. He has very eclectic taste in cars but every once in a while, a Datsun pops up. I will have to ask him where they come from...
  17. Again, a buddy posted this on another forum...
  18. Another right-hand-drive racer...
  19. I have done a number of TSD Rally events over the years and never done well... But I always enjoyed the drive. Looks like you're doing the same.
  20. conedodger posted a post in a topic in Body & Paint
    Les at Classic Datsun Motorsports has another manufacturer. Check with him as well...
  21. Right hand drive. Anyone recognize the plates? Beautiful car.
  22. Or, in my case, the E31, big-valved and ported and polished by BC Gerolomy. It works fine... Way fine.
  23. Thanks Les! I always hope when I post these random vintage pictures that I find on the web that someone will know something about the day, the event, or the car, or driver... Please, post your pictures!
  24. conedodger posted a post in a topic in Electrical
    Hmmm... I have a 280 compressor and block mount in my storage garage. Nice project for the winter... Nah! I don't need it.
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