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I'm going on record as that's not a part that I worked on. I've already been blamed for a number of other things Still a top ten is a pretty good achievement. I feel for Greg as it looked like he had that one in the bag. Cary

Where's the link to the photos? thanks, C

Wondering the same thing myself. Bruce, get on the horn we need answers :-) C

Live timing and scoring. EP is up in 15 minutes (2 CT) http://www.livetiming.net/SCCA/Runoffs/LiveTiming.asp?width=1024&Class= C

Hey Bruce please keep us in the loop. Sitting here waiting for results is killing me. And this week not much is going to happen. Cary

Force@lowspeed = Force@highspeed x (lowspeed^2 / highspeed ^2) So for 55 MPH I get ~32 lbs. So Tom's measurement is pretty close. That said I can measure this on a stopwatch and so can a number of CSP miatas I run against (Jim Daniels/Ron Bauer). Cary

I'm assuming you've seen some of the discussion going on over at HybridZ. Take a look at some of the low friction swaybar mounts and modified rear control arms. Locally those have made enough of a difference people can feel it. In back to back testing we found the rear spoiler was worth .5 of a second on a 47/48 second reference course we use. The speeds may be a little higher than some autox events and that may skew the results some. But there is some time to be found in aero for these cars even at autox speeds. Great to see you guys doing so well in the Zs. Cary

We have similar series in the US. In the northwest we have the NHA (northwest hillclimb association) and I believe they have a similar organization in the northeast and possibly southeast. In the NHA Datsun Z cars have taken king of the hill honors at a number of events. Cary

Start pulling the head. Being out if time is a good indicator that something happenned with the chain. On my car all 6 intakes were bent, a couple of exhausts, and about three broken guides. Take the time to inspect the timing chaing bolts as they may have been damaged in all this. I'm not sure how it happened on my car but the pin on the cam was sheared off. Cause or effect is unknown. Cary

A lot of the GT cars are allowed to run a window in the bulkhead but it appears as Tom mentions this is not okay for prepared. In reality I don't see where this is really any help. Just use a couple of those convex mirrors hooked to the cage down tubes by the windshield. You'll see enough to back up and you don't need to worry about course workers unless they are in front of you Cary

In GT you can taxi cab the car, which is easier to do. I don't know if that's legal in prepared but something to look up. Cary

Hey, since when did I become the fun police :-) In XP can't you set the motor back to the firewall as long as you don't cut any metal? I'd at least do that. Cary

For autox any weight you can remove off the nose and towards the back will help the car rotate quicker. I'd move the alternator to the back if you're going to run one. Cary

HI Gtzilla, do you still have the trailer on the web site? Cary

I'll see if Steve can give me what switch they use. I think it was a standard pressure switch. Steve uses dash 16 and this was recommended by Rebello for his motor. One thing to consider is with the pan up a bit you have a lot more room for under engine bracing. And if you're going to build a new crossmember we should chat. I think there's a bunch you can do here. Cary