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by Steve Collins
Mon Jul 25, 2022 11:58 am
Forum: Solo Talk
Topic: Anyone tried the RE-71RS?
Replies: 3
Views: 5881

Re: Anyone tried the RE-71RS?

Thanks. I think I read the same review (mfg press release?). Still hoping to find someone who has driven them.
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by Steve Collins
Wed Jul 20, 2022 3:03 pm
Forum: Solo Talk
Topic: Anyone tried the RE-71RS?
Replies: 3
Views: 5881

Anyone tried the RE-71RS?

Need new tires for my NA Miata. I was running the older RE-71R.
Anyone have tire opinions about the RE-71RS or other options?

steve
by Steve Collins
Wed Jul 20, 2022 3:00 pm
Forum: Solo Talk
Topic: Where did everybody go?
Replies: 10
Views: 47682

Where did everybody go?

Has discussion moved somewhere else? Seems ghostowny...
by Steve Collins
Mon Oct 09, 2017 9:13 pm
Forum: Solo Talk
Topic: Tire opinions for STS 92 Miata?
Replies: 1
Views: 1962

Tire opinions for STS 92 Miata?

I've got a STS prepped 92 miata with timed out :cry: RE-71Rs. Anyone have opinions about the current go-to 15" tire?

Thanks,
Steve
by Steve Collins
Fri Dec 13, 2013 11:39 am
Forum: For Sale/Wanted
Topic: STS NA8 MIATA BUILD
Replies: 13
Views: 6797

Re: STS NA8 MIATA BUILD

There is a place in North Hollywood called http://www.sportimports.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; that is a mazda specific wrecking yard. Might be a place to get your missing parts. Not sure how new to AX you are, but the first 2 things to spend money on are tires and s...
by Steve Collins
Wed Nov 20, 2013 11:09 am
Forum: For Sale/Wanted
Topic: High End- Sports car needed for feature film
Replies: 2
Views: 2444

Re: High End- Sports car needed for feature film

I think it should be ok to pass this along if you know of someone that would be a good match.
by Steve Collins
Wed Nov 20, 2013 10:46 am
Forum: For Sale/Wanted
Topic: High End- Sports car needed for feature film
Replies: 2
Views: 2444

High End- Sports car needed for feature film

Car rental "opportunity" that came to me through a friend working on the crew. Steve Collins Wanted: High End- Sports car needed for feature film Film: The White Orchid. Modern Noir Murder Mystery funded in part by the Humphrey Bogart Estate produced by Santana Films http://www.imdb.com/ti...
by Steve Collins
Sat Mar 16, 2013 11:22 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: F1 gone from speed TV?
Replies: 11
Views: 7023

Re: F1 gone from speed TV?

Max, you are my hero :thumbup:
by Steve Collins
Sat Mar 16, 2013 3:35 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: F1 gone from speed TV?
Replies: 11
Views: 7023

Re: F1 gone from speed TV?

Max Hayter wrote:Firstrowsports.com
Ouch. Pwned by the FBI. :shock: I guess I was hoping for a more, um, "legitimate" source.
by Steve Collins
Sat Mar 16, 2013 9:42 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: F1 gone from speed TV?
Replies: 11
Views: 7023

Re: F1 gone from speed TV?

Waa. Looks like I would have to pay extra to get that from Charter. Anyone know of someplace to get a stream online?

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by Steve Collins
Fri Mar 15, 2013 10:52 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: F1 gone from speed TV?
Replies: 11
Views: 7023

F1 gone from speed TV?

I want my F1!!!

Where did it go? No sign of it on Speed TV. How are people watching it now? Is it streaming online live somewhere?
I'll watch it in German if I have to!

steve
by Steve Collins
Fri Mar 08, 2013 11:51 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: March 9 Practice Entry List
Replies: 24
Views: 18232

Re: March 9 Practice Entry List

Rick, George,

A delightful opportunity :mrt: for me to work :computer: late into the night has arisen. Please feel free to re-allocate my spot at the practice :cry: to someone bright-eyed and bushy-tailed :mrgreen:

Steve Collins
by Steve Collins
Sat Feb 16, 2013 10:38 pm
Forum: Solo Talk
Topic: volkswagen beetle stub axle needed Sunday
Replies: 3
Views: 2558

Re: volkswagen beetle stub axle needed Sunday

Will this be for automotive use ? }:)
by Steve Collins
Sat Feb 09, 2013 8:46 pm
Forum: Solo Talk
Topic: Shocks vs spring/sway bars
Replies: 13
Views: 5664

Re: Shocks vs spring/sway bars

I remember someone saying that Koni yellows don't like to have the damping set full stiff (i.e. with the screw against the stop). I was told to back off from full stiff "just a bit" do avoid some kind of "hydraulic lock" or something. Not sure if that's true or not, but maybe som...
by Steve Collins
Tue Feb 05, 2013 4:25 pm
Forum: For Sale/Wanted
Topic: WTB, NA Miata rear brace
Replies: 2
Views: 2294

Re: WTB, NA Miata rear brace

If you don't turn one up from someone around here, I've been to this miata (and vette ) specific salvage yard in North Hollywood a few times: http://www.sportimports.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; steve One bonus is that it's only a couple of blocks from this rocket en...
by Steve Collins
Thu Jan 10, 2013 9:19 am
Forum: For Sale/Wanted
Topic: Anyone have a flex-hone I can borrow?
Replies: 6
Views: 4476

Re: Anyone have a flex-hone I can borrow?

WIll,
This is a non-flight test article.

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by Steve Collins
Thu Jan 10, 2013 9:17 am
Forum: For Sale/Wanted
Topic: Anyone have a flex-hone I can borrow?
Replies: 6
Views: 4476

Re: Anyone have a flex-hone I can borrow?

Thanks for the suggestion George. That's my fallback plan. I'm putting a head and junk-yard pistons into a beater car in the hope of getting to 1) run and 2) pass smog, so I am sorely tempted to just use the rings that are on them, but much of the "free-advice" indicates that reusing the r...
by Steve Collins
Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:23 pm
Forum: For Sale/Wanted
Topic: Anyone have a flex-hone I can borrow?
Replies: 6
Views: 4476

Anyone have a flex-hone I can borrow?

Does anyone have have a berry-bush style cylinder hone I could borrow for a couple of days? My son and I are trying to re-animate a Ford Escort that dropped a valve seat. I live in Altadena. The cyl are about 3.226" ( 82 mm?)

Thanks,

Steve
by Steve Collins
Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:47 pm
Forum: For Sale/Wanted
Topic: Wanted: NA miata rear sway bar and mounts
Replies: 8
Views: 5942

Re: Wanted: NA miata rear sway bar and mounts

Interesting. I may give the stock bar another try once I've had a chance to get used to the toyos. I'm hoping to get out to a few events now that the whole Mars landing thing has died down.

steve
by Steve Collins
Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:52 pm
Forum: For Sale/Wanted
Topic: Wanted: NA miata rear sway bar and mounts
Replies: 8
Views: 5942

Re: Wanted: NA miata rear sway bar and mounts

Are you going to put that on your car?
by Steve Collins
Tue Oct 09, 2012 10:14 pm
Forum: Solo Talk
Topic: End Link Question ...
Replies: 13
Views: 7581

Re: End Link Question ...

Yeah. Marshall was right. :mrgreen:
by Steve Collins
Fri Oct 05, 2012 3:11 pm
Forum: Solo Talk
Topic: End Link Question ...
Replies: 13
Views: 7581

Re: End Link Question ...

I can't really see the geometry of the bar ends from the picture, but it seems like the way you mount the endlinks would change the leverage for twisting the bar. As a rough estimate of how much, measure the distance from the center of the endlink bushing to the axis of the actual swaybar. If this c...
by Steve Collins
Fri Sep 21, 2012 11:01 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: Sept 22 Practice List
Replies: 11
Views: 6270

Re: Sept 22 Practice List

Thanks. Will see if I can get things put back together and get out on Sunday.

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by Steve Collins
Fri Sep 21, 2012 10:46 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: Sept 22 Practice List
Replies: 11
Views: 6270

Re: Sept 22 Practice List

Lily if you see this, Looks like I'm not going to make it to the practice. Feel free to bump one of the waitlisters into my spot.
by Steve Collins
Fri Aug 31, 2012 4:44 pm
Forum: Solo Talk
Topic: Palero Wang motorcycle accident
Replies: 11
Views: 7681

Re: Palero Wang motorcycle accident

Patty and Mike have both been released from the hospital and are now home resting. I'm sure Mike will post an update when he gets the chance. They are pretty banged up (especially Patty), but It could have been much much worse.

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