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1. Autocross car preparation. (score: 1)
Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 08:13:14 EDT
I have been undecided as to the direction to go with my LBC's and have been considering a possiblity. I would like some input from the list. I have a good running 1979 Midget. I bought the Midget in
/html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01061.html (9,922 bytes)

2. Re: Autocross car preparation. (score: 1)
Author: Ajhsys@aol.com
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 11:07:05 EDT
<< now I am thinking of turning it into an Autocross car. >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The first thing you need to do is to find out what class you will be running the car in, then see what mod
/html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01066.html (9,608 bytes)

3. Re: Autocross car preparation. (score: 1)
Author: Rick Williams <redfish@premier.net>
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 12:28:20 -0500
The first thing I would do is call the SCCA 1-303-694-SCCA (7222) and order a 2 rule book. This will tell you what you can and can't do with your car and be legal for whichever class you decide to co
/html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01078.html (11,059 bytes)

4. Re: Autocross car preparation. (score: 1)
Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 18:36:23 EDT
Rick--Thanks for the reply--Between you and Allen I have already been putting this thing together in my mind. And I havent gotten through all my mail yet. So far, it seems I should work toward a stre
/html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01081.html (8,785 bytes)

5. Re: Autocross car preparation. (score: 1)
Author: Richard Shipman <mbelect@mindspring.com>
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 19:22:45 -0400
Hi Autocrossers, I'm curious... how do spridgets do in the ESP/DSP class competitions? How do they stack-up against the modern iron? Richard Shipman '74 Midget '68 MGBGT '58 Morris Minor 1000
/html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01082.html (8,487 bytes)

6. Re: Autocross car preparation. (score: 1)
Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 20:26:34 EDT
Thanks Scott--I appreciate the time it took to put this together--lots of information that will help me. I hope others are benefitting frrom your experience as well. --David
/html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01084.html (8,580 bytes)

7. Re: Autocross car preparation. (score: 1)
Author: VolksPEZ@aol.com
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 22:01:25 EDT
I run in DP and locally its real competitive...however I think if I ever ran this car at anything but a local event I would get bumped to Modified. Properly prepared the spridget is the closest thing
/html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01090.html (8,843 bytes)

8. Re: Autocross car preparation. (score: 1)
Author: "Angela Hervey-Tennyson & Peter Westcott" <toobmany@bigpond.com>
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 20:03:49 +1000
Two things Don't make your engine too peaky Morris Minor diffs are 4.55:1 and will do the job nicely. If you can run to a Quaiffe centre as well it will be very tasty. Peter I have been undecided as
/html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01099.html (11,193 bytes)

9. Re: Autocross car preparation. (score: 1)
Author: Ajhsys@aol.com
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 09:13:22 EDT
<< Hi Autocrossers, I'm curious... how do spridgets do in the ESP/DSP class competitions? How do they stack-up against the modern iron? >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The best thi
/html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01104.html (9,337 bytes)

10. Re: Autocross car preparation. (score: 1)
Author: VolksPEZ@aol.com
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 10:31:04 EDT
<< If you can run to a Quaiffe centre as well it will be very tasty. >> Oh yes, VERY tasty :) Love mine!
/html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01106.html (8,205 bytes)

11. RE: Autocross car preparation. (score: 1)
Author: Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com>
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 09:29:04 -0500
You already have good advice, so I'll just add a "me too" D Street Prepared is a good low-cost way to play (I'm going to assume you mean SCCA even though I don't autox SCCA; I play with an ancient lo
/html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01109.html (14,889 bytes)

12. RE: Autocross car preparation. (score: 1)
Author: Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com>
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 10:32:16 -0500
The Quaiffe is very nice but expensive, I wish I had one. The Morris Minor rear diffs are not allowed in SCCA Solo2 Street Prepared unless they were available fron the factory in a Spridget. (that'll
/html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01111.html (11,554 bytes)

13. Re: Autocross car preparation. (score: 1)
Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 10:42:06 -0700
Not to sound like Oscar Wilde, but that is also the *worst* thing about autocross. :-) At least at the beginning, when you drive the wheels off your car and someone in the same kind of car is ten sec
/html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01112.html (10,197 bytes)

14. Re: Autocross car preparation. (score: 1)
Author: HFC <froggi@cdsnet.net>
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 12:37:02 -0700
If the '73 Midget is a "round-arch", I'd go for restoration. Not many around and next to the Bugeye, the most sought after. WFO Herb
/html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01118.html (12,530 bytes)

15. Re: Autocross car preparation. (score: 1)
Author: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 14:16:45 -0700
Yes. Do the bodywork last. (Structural rust repairs not included.) Start with suspension and tires, then engine work, then gearing. You will have more fun, learn more, and eventually drive faster in
/html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01121.html (20,293 bytes)

16. Re: Autocross car preparation. (score: 1)
Author: Paul A Asgeirsson <pasgeirsson@juno.com>
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 16:30:20 EDT
On Wed, 19 May 1999 10:32:16 -0500 Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com> The 4.55:1 was shipped on the 948 powered bugeye. The 5.38:1 was not. Paul PAsgeirsson@juno.com
/html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01122.html (8,592 bytes)

17. Re: Autocross car preparation. (score: 1)
Author: Mark Snowdon <racer45@bellsouth.net>
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 19:55:35 -0700
I didn't think of that. I have two of them, and I was thinking of AutoX one of them as well, and doing a full restoration on the other. Now your have me thinking.... Mark Snowdon Greensboro NC 69 Spr
/html/spridgets/1999-05/msg01127.html (9,307 bytes)


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