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I do think that a 13b powered Miata could be very fast and competitive in SM2, with the only drawback being not enough tire compared with the McKee-mobile. i'd say the main drawback of a 13b in a miata for SM2 would be that it doesn't meet the rules. ;) word on the street is you have to clearance t...

Will Kalman wrote:

Giovanni Jaramillo wrote:

Marshall Grice wrote:giving you a near perfect RWD weight distribution of 45/55 f/r.

Perfect = BMW (49.5/50.1) front/rear

THAT'S why BMW's are so fast - they weigh less than they do!

apparently BMW drivers can't add. hahaha

John Coffey wrote:

why settle for very very close when you can just build a 240z and go kick everyone's butt?

I obviously missed something here. A 240Z in STS? Maybe you mean a 240SX?

heh. yeah my bad. i was way off.

why settle for very very close when you can just build a 240z and go kick everyone's butt?

ok i figured it out... Bills car needs a 6speed trans that he drives all the time in 3rd gear with the standard 6sp final drive ratio to give a top speed of 79mph at 7500rpm. combine that with a 1.8l turbo motor with a turbo sized to spool at ~3000rpm so that you're in boost by 30mph in 3rd with 2nd...

Bill Schenker wrote:Sure feels good...slammin' the Monkey and putting him in his place...

WOW. I thought you had a lady friend these days?

Think I can make up 4.8secs. w/more hp? Don't think so. I do not subscribe to the belief, like others, that an SM2 Miata will take down McKee/Strelnieks (sp?) oh ye of little faith. You said yourself you were drinking latte's on the straights. Re gear your car for 75-77mph and give it the power to ...

And what I'm saying is that if I had power to go with my sports car's good handling, and dare I say, good driving, on that power course, I wouldn't have been so far out, in seconds, from Andy (2.5secs.!) PAXing 2.5 secs. out is nothing to write home about. hahah true. So when do we build your car u...

Yeah, while I was literally coming out of corners leaning forward trying to make my 140ft/lb/1990lb car accelerate - or sipin' my soy latte heading down all those long straights. :cry: Hey, all I have to say is you out paxed (what the hell am I talking about...you out RAW TIMED) the evil berrymobil...

Imagine if the BerryEvo had an Air Dam ... we didn't have enough gear/power for that course. Cough, cough, bu&#^#$%, cough, cough... Well i guess if we could fit 415's (equivalent tire/weight ratio of your miata adjusted for how much more we weigh) I wouldn't be complaing about not having any p...

Do they create a low pressure area under the car? Or something else? not so much create low pressure as much as they keep the air from going under the car and filling in the low pressure that the big ass diffusor that's hanging off the rear generates. only class in the world that i know of that all...

yes, they're heavier.

Keith Brown wrote:
I don't think Bowland ever paxed #1. I know Gary Milligan did in the Phantom (another AM car)

It is before my time, but i thought Bowland did well at forbes pax-wise. I have no proof though.

Will Kalman wrote:

Marshall Grice wrote:...that car has paxed #1 at nationals (multiple times?).

Clearly, the A-Mod PAX is wrong!

hahah.

i'm pretty sure AM is right and all the others are wrong. particularly F125. they should have a pax of like 1.1 }:)

KJ Christopher wrote:

Christine Berry wrote:George Bowland's 2001 A Mod design:

In 2008:

Are the side skirts aero aids? Does it go that quick?

yes. and yes.

that car has paxed #1 at nationals (multiple times?).

it can do 3+ g's in a slalom.

i dont know about the other directions.


BTW that vw kit thing would fit in BM anyways. it has fenders. either way it would still get killed

Mako Koiwai wrote:Imagine if the BerryEvo had an Air Dam ...

we didn't have enough gear/power for that course.

it's crazier that Motonishi paxed out 3th overall with no clean runs on sunday!

he must have been cheating...

7075 loses strength in high temp use. Good to know. I would have thought 2024 was too soft. :? they all loose strength with temp. 2024 just looses less of it then 7075 does. also I was wrong about heat capacity. Al does have a higher heat capacity then steel does. it also has better thermal conduct...

I even went as far as to offer to build an emoticon pack that all aaron had to do was upload one file to add all the new ones. But apparently after i pitched a big stink about the links opening in new windows and my proposed solution caused the whole forums to crash I lost my credibility.

Aaron has no desire to talk about smilies. If you push the issue he'll disown you as a friend.

Mako Koiwai wrote:The question is ... why isn't the Berrymobile sporting a wing?

I think we all know that aerodynamic devices have no effect at solo speeds. ;)

Blanco .. wrote:
I think it would fit in HS Class?
This is a very light weight kit car....

kit car and Stock class are mutually exclusive.

Stoptech used to make aluminum rotors... This isn't a new rule, al. rotors are legal in STX and STU. If by "some" applications you mean those where no brake pad actually touches the aluminum rotor then I would agree with you. Otherwise aluminum is a terrible material for brake rotors. So,...

Bob Beamesderfer wrote:
As for Ai rotors, I can see 70xx heat-treated rotors being useful in some racing applications.

If by "some" applications you mean those where no brake pad actually touches the aluminum rotor then I would agree with you. Otherwise aluminum is a terrible material for brake rotors.