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February 2005 - Posts

• Bubble Gum & Duct Tape????

  Over the weekend, I went and looked at a Miata that's being built to run in Super Production. SP is an SCCA Club Racing class for cars either not classed in the GCR or for cars who's level of preparation exceeds the GCR. This particular Miata will be Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 23, 2005 11:34 AM by Izzy's | 9 Comments Filed under: Project Blog

• ...Is that the UPS man?????

  I hate waiting on parts ( and tools to install them ) ! Also, you have to love spending $150 on a tool to install a $10 pilot bearing... but hey... at least I've got a cool Blind Hole Bearing Remover now. It fits everything from 3/8 all the way up to Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 22, 2005 4:00 PM by Izzy's | 0 Comments Filed under: Project Blog

• Motor Swap (p2)

  I ordered up a bunch of parts for the RX7's motor swap and some other parts to replace while I have the motor out of the car. Oil Pressure Regulators, Oil Pan Baffle, gaskets, exhaust parts, suspension parts etc. While waiting for the big brown truck, Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 15, 2005 3:26 PM by Izzy's | 0 Comments Filed under: Project Blog

• Anyone seen my compression?

  After a 8 month banishment of sitting on the trailer to think about how it was behaving, the Racecar is finally back in the shop. I threw it on the scales and it's a little overweight by about 90 lbs (with 190 of it being myself). Of course, that's with Read More... Posted Thursday, February 10, 2005 11:49 AM by Izzy's | 0 Comments Filed under: Project Blog

• 30 Days & Counting...

  30 days and counting until the first road race of the year for the St. Louis Region SCCA . Let the thrashing begin! I had a very short 2 week “car-break” while between cage projects. The the wife and kid actually got to see me other than when Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 08, 2005 1:11 PM by Izzy's | 0 Comments Filed under: Project Blog