You sir, are a machine!
Incredibly big day, drove my favorite Texas Hill country loop from the house...View attachment 120283View attachment 120284View attachment 120285feeling more confident in the mechanical condition of the car put 110 miles on the car today...
Way too fun!!!I drove my CS on the Homestead/Miami Speedway Sunday morning. The local British Motoring club had an open invitation to drive the big oval for 15 minutes. There were about a dozen cars from a 1964 XKE roadster to a '59 Healy Sprite racecar to a '68 green fastback Mustang. The rules were we could pass other drivers but not the Pace Truck. We were told we would be going a little faster than highway speeds.
As we were getting ready, the Corvettes and Porsches were on the track going at least 100 MPH by holding back and then accelerating up to the Pace Truck.
The banking of the turns when seen from the infield is intimidating--really high!!
We all get out for our turn and the first lap is about 55 MPH. I down-shift into 3rd and pass all of the cars at 70 MPH. We realize this is not going to be a fast event so I let them all pass so I can get a little speed. Now in 2nd gear, I hit it on the banked turn and get 5000RPM in 3rd going 80,shift into 4th at 90 for about 10 sec and slow down to the pack going 60 mph. I should have driven the whole track in 2nd and 3rd. The banked turns were so high that there was little effort on the steering wheel to make the sweeping left turns.
We then had turns with pics taken in the winner's circle. This was like getting a participation trophy. At that time the next group of Tesla's were speeding around the track. All you could hear were their tires....
You can easily make your own. I cut pieces from a plastic drink container, punched the holes added a tiny bit of moly grease and installed. Perfect.Chris--My driver side belt trims have wrinkled the paint I think because some of the fasteners were put on too tight. What do the 3-D printed spacers look like and where can I get them? Thanks, Drew
Today I removed, had repaired and painted my Radiator fill/overflow tank…the overflow inlet was loose so I cleaned it down to metalView attachment 120899View attachment 120900View attachment 120901 and had a friend soldered it back, Also removed and painted the Power steering reservoir…
I know you can put Year Of Manufacture plates on your car in Texas, if the number hasn't been registered on a currently issued plate, but can you use non US form factor plates? I didn't see that in the regs when I was looking it up. I've moved to Florida now so there are a whole new set of rules to research.Installed my new limited editionView attachment 120804 plates today…View attachment 120803
I’ve been running place like this on my bmw 2002 for five years with no problem, I did not seek permission…I know you can put Year Of Manufacture plates on your car in Texas, if the number hasn't been registered on a currently issued plate, but can you use non US form factor plates? I didn't see that in the regs when I was looking it up. I've moved to Florida now so there are a whole new set of rules to research.
Ian