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On 5/28/2011 6:33 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:michael@michaelshortt.com">michael@michaelshortt.com</a> wrote:
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<p>glad that you and the car faired so well. sounds like min
damage that could have been much worse.</p>
<p>can we surmise the cause?</p>
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Yes, it was a loose nut between the steering wheel and the seat.<br>
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<p>you drove in nose first, was that by choice?</p>
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No, however if I had been thinking faster, maybe 10 times faster, I
could have cranked the front to the opposite lock and perhaps swung
the ass end enough to stay on the track.<br>
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<p>understeer or "push" involved?</p>
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probably some trailing throttle oversteer, brought the ass end
around on me and I couldn't correct myself back into line.<br>
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<p>did your brakes do all that they could?</p>
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Funny I can't even remember using the brakes until I knew I was
going off the track.<br>
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<p>sand on the track?</p>
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Nope.<br>
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cite="mid:BANLkTimnk+tFEs6ouqNDFWPRMWMEK3nrCg@mail.gmail.com"
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<p>cold tires?</p>
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Most definately.<br>
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<p> wrong pressures?</p>
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No<br>
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<p>what size sway bars front and rear?</p>
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Front = stock (3/4" I think)<br>
Rear = 7/8"<br>
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<p>ride height front and rear?</p>
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That's anybody's guess with my wacked shocks.<br>
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type="cite">
<p>have you done your corner weights ( with the car wet and your
weight in the drivers seat?</p>
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Nope<br>
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cite="mid:BANLkTimnk+tFEs6ouqNDFWPRMWMEK3nrCg@mail.gmail.com"
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<p>what ties at what if any tread depth?</p>
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Toyo Proxes R888, one season already on them, I'm between a 1/16"
and 1/8" from the wear bars.<br>
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cite="mid:BANLkTimnk+tFEs6ouqNDFWPRMWMEK3nrCg@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<p>every boo-boo is an opportunity to learn, some lessons ( like
broken rockers sometimes) just cost more than others.</p>
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This one had to do with getting excited early in the morning on a
cold track. I was -not- the first to spin on the track today. They
were even warning all the drivers to take the first run slow. I
thought I was until I got to that one cone.<br>
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cite="mid:BANLkTimnk+tFEs6ouqNDFWPRMWMEK3nrCg@mail.gmail.com"
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<p>I was reading about Senna again today, gone too soon, killed by
suspension parts directly, but all caused by a broken steering
column. Every little part counts, they're all ultimately
connected to each other.</p>
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Now you lost me.<br>
Asa Jay<br>
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<p>Michael Shortt<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On May 28, 2011 8:48 PM, "Asa Jay
Laughton" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:asajay@asajay.com">asajay@asajay.com</a>>
wrote:<br type="attribution">
> Autocross today at Spokane County Raceway, not the usual
course at Deer <br>
> Park airport. They've just finished re-routing the road
course and our <br>
> local autocross club managed to get a big chunk of it today
for us to <br>
> try out our driver skills. This makes for a faster course
as all the <br>
> autocross elements are laid out in-line with the road
coarse.<br>
> <br>
> This can also be deceptive, challenging and dangerous if
you're not <br>
> paying attention. Such unlucky fortune found it my way
today.<br>
> <br>
> First run of the day, cold track, cold tires. Didn't take
it easy <br>
> enough. Ran OFF track and nosed my Pantera into a ditch
when I failed <br>
> to negotiate a slalom. The previously dented front valance
now is <br>
> dented severely to include new creases. Well, I -was- going
to replace <br>
> that anyway. And as further luck would have it, as I
inspected and <br>
> hammered it out just a tad, I found where that funny warm
coolant odor <br>
> was coming from. <sigh> Looks like the Fluidyne
radiator is weeping <br>
> just a tad on the drivers side from some tube (I haven't
found exactly <br>
> where yet). Not enough to leave drops on the garage floor
yet, but <br>
> we'll need to get that fixed.<br>
> <br>
> Second and third runs went much better and by the end of
the day we were <br>
> spanking the course pretty darn hard.<br>
> <br>
> Sooo....<br>
> <br>
> - Glad I've not started a restoration project yet<br>
> - She's still pulling hard and driving fine (though the
driver needs a <br>
> bit more experience)<br>
> - Having fun despite the tiny setbacks.<br>
> <br>
> :)<br>
> Asa Jay<br>
> <br>
> -- <br>
> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired<br>
> & Shelley Marie<br>
> Spokane, WA<br>
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