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06-10-2019, 11:28 AM
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06-16-2019, 11:18 PM
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Today I went up to South Bend to autocross the orange cobra. Turned out to be a pretty nice day. Got my lunch eaten by another highly modified Miata and God knows who all. But the car performed perfectly. On my last lap , running in third gear without touching anything but the gas pedal and it not fully depressed I spun my rear tires accelerating to the next gate.
I put on some Rain-X but there was not enough rain to test it out. Woo hoo!
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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual. [SIGPIC]..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.
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#363
06-19-2019, 08:33 AM
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Yesterday I found some Willwood calipers on sale and bought four. I'll need some adapters for the mounting and perhaps other things but hopefully these will get me going. They are made as direct replacement for GM metric calipers so any sort of pads should be readily available.
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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual. [SIGPIC]..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.
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#364
06-21-2019, 06:12 PM
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Tomorrow heading out early to run at Grissom. Full tank of fuel, air right in tires, ready as i'll ever be.
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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual. [SIGPIC]..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.
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06-22-2019, 07:15 PM
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The weather was perfect....sixties and low seventies, a nice breeze and no rain!
OK today with the ideal running conditions I found no sway bars allowed the car to roll too much, so I'll be putting some back on the car. It ran perfect and attracted a load of attention but not because I was so fast.
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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual. [SIGPIC]..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.
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#366
06-23-2019, 10:51 AM
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A Fun Day Out !
Many decades ago I discovered that driving an actual fast car served to make my lack of driving skills quite apparent .
Ever since I've enjoyed driving slow cars fast and many think I'm a fast driver when I'm not in fact  .As long as you're having fun and not wadding the whip, all is good, right ? .
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-Nate 1982 240D 408,XXX miles Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better
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#367
06-24-2019, 02:29 PM
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Wadding the whip?
I am having a great time!
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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual. [SIGPIC]..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.
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#368
07-02-2019, 09:43 AM
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When I get back I am going to re-attach both sway bars and move ahead.
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#369
07-06-2019, 04:35 PM
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I got the front re-attached after taking over an hour finding the link. Also did a few minor things and loaded it up. I'm going now to fill it with no alcohol premium.
Headed for Portage Indiana. Wooo Hoooo!
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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual. [SIGPIC]..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.
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#370
07-07-2019, 11:21 AM
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"Wadding" is standard race track terminology for crashing..... It's good to hear you're having fun with this, far too many get lost and are angry driver's . My daily driver is fun or gets sold on .
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-Nate 1982 240D 408,XXX miles Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better
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#371
07-07-2019, 07:32 PM
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Thanks Nate!
Today ran at Portage high school. A slippery asphalt lot which has been sealed. I had the front bar attached and ran without the rear. seemed perfect really. I got in 8 runs I have not seen the final results but I believe I got quicker each run more or less and had a great time!
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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual. [SIGPIC]..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.
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#372
07-09-2019, 02:48 PM
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Track Time
Sounds good to me, getting the whip dialed in is most important .
You'd prolly love running with my son, he was a track instructor @ Willow Springs for a while and has driving skills I can only dream of .
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-Nate 1982 240D 408,XXX miles Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better
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#373
07-09-2019, 02:52 PM
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Sounds like fun!
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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual. [SIGPIC]..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.
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#374
07-10-2019, 01:32 AM
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.....All I ever get to see is his taillights rapidly vanishing ahead of me .
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-Nate 1982 240D 408,XXX miles Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better
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07-10-2019, 10:18 AM
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Once I get my brakes working properly my times should come down some.....maybe a second or two depending on the course.
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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual. [SIGPIC]..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.
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