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The C-8's are lightweight racing wheels and can be damaged easily on the street. If a racing wheel is what you are looking for, I got mine at Mid-Atlantic Mototrsport back when the dollar was doing better against the yen. http://www.midatlanticmotorsport.com/panasport.htm Here is the C-8 warning on his web-site. Panasport Modular Racing Wheels-C8-13 & C8-16 Panasport's top-of-the-line competition wheels are the C8 series. They are used on everything from Autocrossers to IMSA GTP Cars. Available in 13 inch and 16 inch diameter. Each order is custom built at the Panasport Factory for your specific needs. These are pure race wheels, designed and built for the racetrack. NOT FOR ROAD USE.

I was going to use a hole saw and the flaring tool seen here. http://www.irvansmith.com/catalog2/parts/irvan_flare.shtml They have a hole punch/flare combo tool too for more dough.

I always liked this set up. They are trailer lights over a metal grid in the stock frame. Simple, cheap and elegant in my view. http://www.zparts.com/events/wcn2002/promo/image/DCP_3320.html

I am about to delete that ad. I found when I pulled the fenders down from the attic to deliver them that the drivers side had warped enough to cause a a bad fit. I will sell them discounted to someone who can look at them in person to see if they can deal with the bad fit. First I am taking a mold from the flare part just to have. I would love to see pictures of the IMSA kit too. There are a couple of east coast folks looking for a certain style.

Here is a link to a rotary spitfire build-up you may not know about. There is a lot of suspension changes but you have to buy some of the back issues for more info. http://www.grassrootsmotorsports.com/archives/rospit.html

That is why I pointed out we experienced the Soviet Union as an entertainment show and not a documentary. Our every move was so controlled that the host of the show so wanted out of country that at the airport he was pushing his bags past officials like a madman. I was expecting us to be rounded up and sent to the Gulag. Personally I had a great time and enjoyed my conversations with the people I met. I also knew my passport would allow me to leave at anytime, unlike the Soviets we had met.

I was there in the eighties during Perestroika. Americans were met with warmth, curiosity and amazing knowledge of American pop culture. I was shooting with an entertainment T.V. show so we were shown the country more as a tourist would see it. I had a group of school girls come up to me and practice their broken English with questions and a group discussion to decipher my answers. Some of the leftovers from Czarist Russia are stunning bits of architecture including Red Square and what was then Leningrad. I stayed in a suite with gold everywhere, a Czarist survivor with an ornate clock over the fireplace and a grand piano in the main room. (Our interpreter convinced the front desk we were more important than we really were.) Of course the plumbing would give you a rusty bath at the end of the day. The communist buildings not so nice, cement slabs everywhere. You could feel communism collapsing everywhere but we still witnessed a KGB beating one night and everything was in short supply with long lines. McDonalds hadn't opened its doors yet. We were at the first open air rock concert that Bill Graham put on with Santana, Bonnie Raitt, the Doobie Brothers and James Taylor. It was fun to watch the crowd slowly loosen up under the watchful eye of the large police presence. They went nuts when Santana came on stage. At a rock club the audience had to first watch a communist play before they fired up the heavy and I mean heavy metal bands. I lost my shirt literally after a vodka drinking contest and arm wrestle with the cook of the club. Western goods went for big money on the black market. I am sure it would be a very different experience now 20 years later.

I experienced a faux pas similar to Mario's. I had picked up a souvenir Stalin pin while in Moscow back when Gorbachev was in power. I was wearing it along with some other pins popular with Moscovites when I stepped off the plane in Soviet Georgia, birthplace of the butcher Stalin. I couldn't understand the glare of our guide until he whispered to me "That is just a souvenir, right?" I pocketed it quickly and went on to enjoy the warmth and hospitality of the Georgians, including fresh fruit which was scarce to non-existent when in Moscow. You can only eat so much chicken Kiev, although the Stoli helped.

The BRE replica belongs to Ron Carter. A photo build can be seen at http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=500&page=1&ppuser=932

I always thought the YZ kit was similar in lines to the race version of the Maranello Ferrari. But why mistake it for a Ferrari when the Darius car will be faster?

I saw a cable show with him painting the real fire on a Hot Rod with big fenders. The owner said it is scary to watch him paint because at first it appears like he has really messed up and then things start to appear through the layers. After Googling some more, it could have been Mike Lavallee from Washington on a "Rides" episode. He even sells stencils on e-bay for his flames and skulls. http://cgi.ebay.com/Artool-Lavallee-True-Fire-Airbrush-18-Stencils-DVD_W0QQitemZ8244954574QQcategoryZ28111QQcmdZViewItem

I vote BLACK with "real fire" like Rick Corgan in Florida does. Some skulls ghosted in there too..

How about tying the sway bar link to the strut like Vic Sias did on his BSP car. and/or make tubular tie rods with bumpsteer spacers giving you more room.

The YZ's are on Sacramento's craigslist now. I have not given up on my projects. My green autocross car now gets my red IMSA flares and 12 inch wheels. My brother is giving me his open track car so I will be driving with him at Thunderhill events. My roll cage orange car is on the back burner 'till I can afford to V8 Hybrid it. I am selling the YZ flares because I am using 13 inch slicks in the rear and 11 1/2 slicks in front with the track widened to be slightly wider than the rear. Too much for the YZ flares. I am fiberglassing my rear IMSA flares using them as a positive mold using the duct tape method for release.

My YZ fenders, the IMSA flares are spoken for.

I just got back from Tognottis and there is an LS1 and 6 speed from a Camaro sitting on the showroom floor for sale. I don't know if it is a good deal and judging from some of their pricing I would do some dealin' first.

When adding roll cage tubes I use PVC pipe to notch and test fit. I cut it using my tubing notcher on the drill press. After test fitting I re-adjust the notcher and cut it until the angle is exact. I then leave the setting and notch the D.O.M. tube. The O.D. on the PVC is 1 1/4 which is close enough to my cages 1 1/2 inch tube. Schedule 40 PVC leaves more surface when cut and is easier to tell if the angle is correct when checking its fit on another pipe.

If you plan on going to the nationals you will need the drip rails in tact to be legal in FP, so you better not cut them off.............nevermind. Your car is now an aerodynamically slippery open tracker.

If the slot doesn't slip then once you find a set up you like you could tack weld the washer to the box like I did on my old 510. I found a serrated plate with slot and matching bolt plate at http://www.ubmachine.com/rearsus.html

Thanks. Looking at the Chassis Shop catalog even with the mis-alignment washers or the high priced mis-alignment bearings it looks to be 22 degrees max. Here is a vertical bearing napkin sketch. Another way to get a less coarse adjustment would be to slot it vertical and use the flat serrated washers like the 510 guys do in the Hotrod Datsun book.

Here is another abomination submitted for your much appreciated comments. Besides the shorter length between pivots (if JT doesn't break I won't with my anemic motor) would this twist or tear apart somewhere?

Oh yeah, you have gobs of torque. JT's Z is a Rebello L6 with I would guess 300HP. I was thinking out loud for my autocrosser which has even less muscle. You could replace the stock subframe to keep the original width but I am talking about more work than your outside rear "bumpsteer" spacers. Cary will crash test his idea and then maybe share with everyone?