Sounds like a good weekend. I hear the weather is supposed to be good on
Sat as well. Send me some info on the rally - please. Not sure if I can
make it, but I can't try if I have no info. ;-)
Now as to the suspension. Get some 'o dose red thingys, polyurethane
bushings for all the front suspension mounts, don't forget the sway bar.
Not sure how long ago Moss started selling them for the Midget but it was
fairly recent. Now I also went with the uprated front springs from Moss
(or VB - don't remember) They are 1/2" lower and several pounds stiffer.
I didn't do a lot to the rear end. Currently needs new rear springs, but
10 yrs ago, when I was doing a bit more autox than recently, it didn't. I
had done only the front springs last year when I showed up at the
autocross. Did those about 15 years ago. In the last couple of weeks I
have finished the red thingys and new front shocks (thanks Peter -
obligatory plug here), It now drives like a different car!! I suspect
that I would do much better this year than I did last, might even make
that damn hairpin more than once.
Larry
At this exact moment in time 5/9/00 10:47 AM, Ajhsys@aol.com made the
profound statement:
>Time to bore you with my weekend details.
>
>Sat. - Up to Nazareth Speedway to help set up the autocross course
>for Sunday's event. Left at 11:30 to go measure and precheck next
>Saturday's rally. Ran the rally, all looks good. 58 miles and some
>really nice, twisty roads with uphill S curves and little traffic. Should
>be a good rally. Saturday was in my Mitsubishi, because the new
>Alfa Elite rally computer is finally installed! (And worked great.)
>
>Sunday - Left Abington at 7:30 in the hood-down Midget for a blast up
>Route 611 to Nazareth Speedway. Midget was great in the morning,
>cool-breeze, twisty drive along the Delaware River. Got there at 9 and
>the course is completely different than the one I helped set up! Oh well,
>it's still an autocross. I worked at the registration table in the morning
>and finally at about 2:00 it is my turn to run. I'll tell you, I really
>don't do
>well in autocrossing, but it is a load of fun to throw your car around that
>course! I almost lost it once when I was coming over a ridge with the
>wheels turned. Car got light...WHOOPEEE, that cone was a 2 second
>penalty!
>
>I'd like to get some work done on the suspension. The right front is
>starting to make some noise when I go over bumps. Kinda big rattley
>noises. Plus, the body roll is pretty bad. It's just one of those things
>that takes money!
>
>Drove home at 5:00 p.m. No problems at all with the car. If it isn't
>raining next Saturday, I'll take the Midget to the rally. This was the kind
>of weekend that makes all the little problems with an old British car
>seem small by comparison.
>
>Allen Hefner
>SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward
>'77 Midget
>'92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
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Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia, PA 19104
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