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One possible reason for the relativly slow 1/4 mile time might be that I reminded Don a couple of times about the relatively fragile differential.  (he already knew that as he built a kit car in the 70s (Avenger?) with a V-8 and a Corvair transaxle.  I didn't want the car to break and neither did he.  I have spun the rear tires maybe ten times or so.  I think his launch might have been a bit more prudent than it needed to be.  Could you imagine the "bad ink" had he done otherwise?  I think he did the right thing.

Paul









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>
 0-60� 6.2 seconds
 � -100� 14.1
 � -120� 24.4
 1/4mile� 14.3 at 102mph
 30-70mph passing, 3rd gear� � 5.8
Congrats Paul. Bet that was fun. Did Don do the driving and were the accel 
uns done on a long straight?
The 102 mph shows u have good hp and the 14.3 qtr time shows possibly 
raction problems on launch. Others can comment better but a 102 mph 
sually is coupled with a 13 sec qtr mile. The 5.8 time also looks real 
ood showing u have good hp.
>
 L/R cornering gs� � 0.89/0.86
 He made some recommendations for changes:
 3:08 ring and pinion�� (anybody have for sale?)
 Current tires, BFG Radial TAs M&S, should be changed for better cornering 
umbers.
A good Michelin or other would probably help launch too as well as corning 
's but as I remember, you have 60 or 70 section tires and may be hard to 
ind a modern tire to go with your MiniLites. 0.9 G is good, you may want 
o keep the better ride of the bigger section tire and that allows u to 
eep the good MiniLites.
Congrats again-way C

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