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Started by MSwiss , Jan 17 2013 10:21 PM

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Posted 04 December 2013 - 11:24 AM

Jens not sure about emoticons....would be happy to go over your car
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Posted 04 December 2013 - 11:28 AM

Ray, it would be a great help and pleasure for me, if you would be so kind to do that! Thank you very much!!


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Posted 04 December 2013 - 11:33 AM

I will do that...next week
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Posted 04 December 2013 - 12:50 PM

Ray that looks fabulous.. or should I say Priceless  ^_^ 

Thanks for stepping in and offering to fix the flaws.


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Posted 04 December 2013 - 04:24 PM

Nice work Ray. :)

 

Do we have another race planned yet?

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Posted 04 December 2013 - 04:30 PM

I'll see some of the guys on Saturday and will see if they want their cars to go off to Tim Neja in So-Cal.


I also have to contact Ken Stevens.

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Posted 04 December 2013 - 04:31 PM

I think Mike is planning on sending them to Tim Neja in California...........

 

BTW...I'm in for the trip


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Posted 04 December 2013 - 05:45 PM

:good:


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Posted 04 December 2013 - 06:56 PM

Nice work Ray. Should handle good now.

 

Could you post or send a picture of the #9 with the body off .. Thanks.

 

Glad your staying in.


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Posted 05 December 2013 - 04:21 PM

My # 9 can go visit and be photoed..


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Posted 05 December 2013 - 04:25 PM

Just need to hear from Ken Stevens (I PM'ed him earlier today) and Dave C, but I'm 99.9% sure he'll want his car sent out.


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Posted 05 December 2013 - 04:41 PM

Ken Stevens is in.

 

It looks like everyone's car is going to go except John Austin's.


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Posted 05 December 2013 - 05:52 PM

Send mine wherever the rest go. 


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Posted 06 December 2013 - 10:06 AM

:good: :sun_bespectacled: Next race: :victory:

 

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Posted 06 December 2013 - 10:50 AM

Wynn's Special is back from the "Valley" and ready to travel!


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Posted 06 December 2013 - 02:35 PM

Great.

 

(At least) all 10 cars are going.

 

We may also have a new one from Lee Verdich.


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Posted 06 December 2013 - 02:59 PM

Awesome !

 

The success with my Kurtis car chassis has inspired me to change my body mount systems on some of my IRRA cars.......


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Posted 07 December 2013 - 07:39 AM

This is really great news.  :clapping:


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Posted 07 December 2013 - 12:19 PM

Pablo, sorry I missed it but what was the change?

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Posted 07 December 2013 - 12:39 PM

Pablo is racing in Alabama today. Look for his response tomorrow. :)


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Posted 07 December 2013 - 11:36 PM

Dennis,

Ray Price commented that my chassis was a "rear steer" type.  I asked him what that meant; I've heard the term before but didn't know what it was.  He said when you hold the rear of my pans (the white car) with one hand and move the center section side to side, there is quite a bit of movement.  Not to mention, tilt provided by the plumber hinge, and verticle lift provided by using .055 wire inside the plumber hinge vice .063

If you hold a TFlex chassis in your hands and do the same thing you will feel the side to side movement that Ray calls "rear steer".

Whatever you call it, the flat track seemed to like the movement. Not excessive, just a little.

 

I currently have some of my IRRA cars set up with pans that move via torsion wires, governed by wires inside tubes in the rear.  I have decided I don't like that system and am returning to plumber pans on my F1's and hinged pans and or floating pans on my Can Ams and Stockers.

 

Sorry for thread drift. You asked for it you got it.  It's all just theory. There is no substitute for track testing.

The next track, the white car could be a tilting pile. We shall see. :)


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Posted 13 December 2013 - 06:32 AM

On my tour through New England a few weeks back, I worked in a visit to the Larz Anderson Auto Museum near Boston, which is America's oldest privately-owned car museum, having been opened in 1949.
 
They have an eclectic collection, including many cars Larz Anderson purchased new in the early years of the 20th century.
 
They also have a decent collection of race cars and look what I spotted in that gallery:

the 1952 "Wolcott Special" Kurtis roadster!
 
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Posted 13 December 2013 - 07:53 AM

Very nice! Thanks!


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Posted 13 December 2013 - 05:27 PM

Cool place, Greg.

Did it say what engine is in the "Pablo Special"? :good:  It doesn't look like an Offy or Hemi. :to_take_umbrage:
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Posted 13 December 2013 - 05:37 PM

I don't recall it being mentioned anywhere, Bob. I should have asked...

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