Just another reminder of "dont be an idiot"

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When I got in to this whole road racing thing, I was certain I wanted to run in Honda-Challenge's H1 (hybrid/s2000/nsx) group. Guys were driving their low cost home-built vehicles to the track, running great times, and even winning races!

Shortly after I picked up my hatch, the class got silly. Engines were being built to the extreme with rebuilds occuring every other race. That is expensive, and totally not what I was looking for.

I really didn't know what I was going to do. I didn't want to sell the hatch, but at the same time there was no way I could or wanted to afford to run for last place.

In come this year's new rules and my car now has a place... I won't even have to do an engine swap! Some motor freshening, quality bolt-ons, and a cage later and I'll be fully H2 legal and hopefully competitive.

NASA got it right with these rule changes, but I just hope it isn't too late. A lot of guys have been getting away from Hondas altogether... With a good H2 turnout this year, I think I'm going to try for my first race in 2008.

Yay NASA!

Nick and I have made several trips over to the 33 range and we thought it might be fun to bring MM along!

The idea: Combine a traditional MM scenic drive with a skeet shooting competition on the 33w rife range in West Virginia.

The time: After x-mas break. Those with guns, bring them back with you. It will be cold, but you will want the jacket anyway to cushion the recoil!

The most basic rules-
1. Bring your own gun if you can! It should be either 12 or 20 ga. and in good working order. Any style of shotgun is fine.
2. Bring your own ammo...100 rounds of 12 is $15 at Walmart. Must be number 8 shot "target/field" Federal or Winchester.
3. Your car must be able to make it to the range. The Sebring makes it if I go slow. The van can get to it going 35mph...
4. $2 entry fee to cover cost of clays.

We thought this would be a fun way to get MM members out and doing new things. We have possibly two shotguns that could be used as loans. We are shooting two at a time so even if you don't have a gun of your own, just buy some ammo and you can compete!

This at this point is a gauging interest thread, if we get at least 5 its gonna be a go. Nick and I made a deal that if we could get 5 to roll we would buy a thrower so the clays would be consistent. We will be posting up the rules and how it will be laid out if we get interest. Any feedback would be great!

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SOOO FUNNNAAAAYYY!!!!

Its another one of those things that is named after what it does...

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Used for 2 seasons in a track car - hardly any street use - $450, local pickup preferred.

MotoGP 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
WSBK 2002, 2003, 2004
Isle of Man 2002


Where: Casa de Paul
Date: December 16th, 2006
Time: 7pm

Food: I will make some hors d'oeuvre, and then we can all order pizza or something.
Drinks: BYOB - I will have some beer, but not enough to supply everyone, and it will either be Yeungling or Miller Lite.

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And I must say, good. Polphony Digital shouldn't be wasting their time making GT4 in HD, they should be putting all of their resources into GT5. Sony needs the GT franchise badly and if they have to delay it into 2008 it's going to be bad news since Gran Turismo, Metal Gear, and Final Fantasy are the three exclusive series that drive Playstation sales(I'm sure I missed some others).

Releasing GTHD as a free download will probably at least placate some fans for awhile but it probably won't do anything to hurt the success of Forza 2.

In the comments for the article I forgot about the Gran Turismo promised for PSP, I wonder whatever happened to that project.

one of my professors is picking up a 1974 bmw 2002 and asked me if i could direct him where to look for stuff. Im sure there are lots of forums and sites that cater to parts and info for these cars

BMW peeps chime in

the car is beat.. will need lots of sheet metal and floors.. fuel pump etc etc...but the price is right (free)

Thanks

My friends 96' Cavalier has a fuel fouled #3 plug, low compression in cylinder 3, (30, 60, then 30 w/ oil compared to 150 for others, did not go up w/ a cap of oil in cylinder) and ticks when revved. Blows white smoke out of the exhaust pipe (smells like fuel, not antifreeze) - blows more the hotter the engine gets. Engine does not overheat. Problem is:

-Low compression caused by fuel washing = blown out injector???
-Stuck valve????
-Hole in piston??

Also no contamination of oil or antifreeze.....