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Re: Mine scares me, it likes the speed

To: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: Mine scares me, it likes the speed
From: David Wood <dewood@sentex.net>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 21:43:11 -0500
Cc: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
References: <Pine.OSF.3.96b.981215092444.25992F-100000@saul1.u.washington.edu>
Reply-to: David Wood <dewood@sentex.net>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
Me again!

        I did have to fill the driver's side front shock.  It was stiffening up
but I never did compare it with the passenger side.  I shall snoop that
one next spring.  Bushings felt good to me, they were new.

        On a couple of backroads I was getting the hang of it.  Checking out
the shocks again is in order though.  Gravel is fun especially if you
don't have the $5000 worth of paint and bodywork.

        To Bob Kitterer:  I agree about what a sports car was.  I just have to
get some driving time in and remember that Bugsy is not a big boat which
reacts a half second after the wheel is turned.

        To Larry Miller: I could almost think this is steer by look.  Wires not
included (seat belts for that matter, too).  Just as I don't steer by
grabbing for the baseball cap thats blowing away.  I gotta find a hat
that will stick to my head better.

        To Doug Wilson:  Was that Toe out? or an offcenter or tilted rear end?

Ulix Goettsch wrote:
> 
> David,
> my Sprite was much more twitchy on teh highway before I rebuilt my front
> suspension.  Any play there will have you go all over the road.
> Mine was mainly in the lower fulcrum pins (worn out bushings in A-arm).
> 
> Ulix

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