I had a hunch Don was talking about a Corvair! I
initially thought it was a 356, but those don't have
springs :)
So I guess Don isn't quite as old as he wants us to
believe. The 'Vair came out in 1960, the year my
parents graduated high school.
Scot - guess I'm not that young after all...
--- Dennis and Sherry Armstrong <Miata@pacbell.net>
wrote:
> Now Don
> Was that by chance a early Corvair. I owned many
> myself. all years.
> My favorite was a 64 110 H.P. I know the later
> models handled better.
> But the 64 with the Camber Compensator on the rear &
> the 3/4" sway
> bar in the front had just the right amount of
> oversteer to be fun to drive.
>
> I can remember cutting a coil on the rear springs
> to get more negative
> camber, also putting more positive caster in the
> front. The steering was
> so slow, 4.5 turns lock to lock, I used to get the
> cars side ways, let go
> of the steering wheel, it would countersteer when
> you let go. then just
> grab the wheel at the right spot to stop. I know
> many of you are rolling
> your eyes. But it worked.
>
> You see. Your not the only old guy out there.
>
> Dennis
> Armstrong
>
> ----------
> > From: Donald R McKenna
> <donbarbmckenna@earthlink.net>
> > To: Phil Esra <pesra@yahoo.com>;
> ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: last weekends AAS test and tune
> > Date: March 31, 2000 8:09 AM
> >
> > Phil,
> >
> > But your car is still 80 runs "younger". See how
> much you saved and I'm
> sure
> > Nanda didn't enjoy all that "work" :-)
> >
> > Reminds me of my first autocross, back when some
> of your folks (not you
> > folks, YOUR folks) were still in grammer school
> (now, how's that for "old
> > geezzer" talk). not bad, huh?
> >
> > It was a practice and two timed laps affair in a
> little lot. I first ran
> my
> > "high-performance" (95 SAE gross HP) car (0-60 in
> 11.2 sec, stock was
> 14.5
> > sec.) at a 44 second rate and after about um-teen
> runs got down to 40
> > seconds. Then one of the regulars goes out on his
> "sand-bag" run (he'd
> run
> > some before I'd gotten there) and turned a 36
> second run with a car very
> > similar to mine but much uglier. You know, things
> like the rear of the
> car
> > was sagging (you cut the springs to get negative
> camber in that
> "swing-axel"
> > car). That was the beginning. That event was in
> November and by February
> of
> > the next year at a "big-time" (NCSCC) event I had
> all the fast mods
> > incorporated in my car and by the third or forth
> event won a 4th place
> > trophy in a 50 car class. Well, maybe it was 40,
> or, even possibly, a 20
> car
> > class. Yeah, and we went to the Gay Ninetys Pizza
> parlor for the trophy
> > presentation after the event.
> >
> > Don
> >
> >
> > ----------
> > >From: Phil Esra <pesra@yahoo.com>
> > >To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > >Subject: last weekends AAS test and tune
> > >Date: Wed, Mar 29, 2000, 2:13 PM
> > >
> >
> > >80 runs??? Holy crap. And me at home nursing a
> broken swaybar. Sigh.
> > >
> > >phil
> > >
> > >--- Kevin McCormick <ktm@unify.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > -----Original Message-----
> > >> > From: Nandaholz@aol.com
> [mailto:Nandaholz@aol.com]
> > >> > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 1:42 PM
> > >> > To: jesvilla@gte.net; ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > >> > Subject: Re: How do I volunteer? - last
> weekends AAS test and tune
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > In a message dated 03/29/2000 1:05:37 PM
> Pacific Standard Time,
> > >> > jesvilla@gte.net writes:
> > >> >
> > >> > << Hey Nanda, just how many runs did you end
> up taking at the
> > >> > AAS practice
> > >> > last week? I kept seeing that little black
> Miata going up to the
> > >> line
> > >> > all day.
> > >> >
> > >> > Jesus >>
> > >> >
> > >> > I recorded 80 runs, from 37.220 to 39.8
> seconds, almost caught
> > >> Kevin
> > >> > McCormicks 37.1....my Sumitomo HTR 100's just
> won't die ;).
> > >> > Truely the best
> > >> > autox value yet experienced, $0.25 per run.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Excellent Last I knew you were at around 50
> runs. Glad you got your
> > >> time
> > >> down further - quite a fun car, and when you
> get sticky tires, it'll
> > >> be even
> > >> more so. At some point the silly-putty diff
> will need to go though -
> > >> wheel
> > >> spin in a Miata just isn't right :-)
> > >>
> > >> Kevin
> > >>
> > >> >
> > >> > ~Nanda Holz and UFO who luvs test and tunes
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> Edition 128k smiles
> > >> > Walnut Creek, CA
> > >> > CSP-r #4
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> > >> > Roebuck, Serious
> > >> > Auto, Racing Beat, Koni, Brainstorm, HardDog,
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> > >> > ...work like you don't need the $...dance
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> > >> > watchin...and make
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> drive like your
> > >> > arse is on fire
> > >> > ;)
> > >> >
> > >> > "If you can't drive 90hp fast, 900 ain't
> gonna help either." Bob
> > >> Hall
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >
> > >
>
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