Does anyone know of a rear sway bar application for a Giulietta Sprint? I have a 1" bar on the front and handling is reasonably balanced but it does understeer...
I have some pics of my bar (built from light 4130 tubing. solid stock is just too much stiffness) on the rear,on the 101 Giulietta racer that is very simple...
Gee, Pete. I've NEVER driven a Giulietta race car that pushed! <grin> Try trailing the brakes into the corner. [Non-text portions of this message have been...
We never had problems with our super close ratio gearbox in the EP Spiders, so the spare just sits in the trailer. We are now a distributor for OS Giken, a...
Paul Spruell
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Feb 4, 2009 8:38 pm
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It's not bad and I'm still sorting it. You're right . trail braking does work. _____ From: alfaracing@yahoogroups.com [mailto:alfaracing@yahoogroups.com] On ...
I was going to ask about tire temps/pressure adjustments and if he had a locked diff. Both of those could cause a push. ... [Non-text portions of this message...
Paul, What are the actual ratios for the OS Giken "super close". I know the one they offered a couple years ago was more like an old factory Alfa GTA or TZ...
Paul, Thank you for your advice. I know it comes from years of hard earned experience. You have cut through the murk and lighted the way...! Thanks, again, ...
The diff is locked. Tire pressures were 26 PSI in Dunlop bias-ply tires. From: alfaracing@yahoogroups.com [mailto:alfaracing@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
Others may disagree but I would suggest that the locked diff is your problem, not the lack of a sway bar. I think you will always get a push in slow corners...
This new OSG gear set is 2.00, 1.45, 1.82, 1.00, .87. Package price $2990, complete gearset with 4 syncros and 2 sleeves....
Paul Spruell
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Feb 5, 2009 11:59 pm
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Paul, those look like great ratios (I'm assuming 3d is 1.22 not 1.82) and the other OS Giken stuff I have seen looked super. Thanks for posting the ratios....
No chatter on this message board so here is something to ponder. My daughter just received her driving permit. I've taken her out driving many times before...
Your idea is much more than just good; it is the obvious, sensible, even vital thing to do. I have always believed - and had it borne out often - that safe ...
Ditto Mike !! The street survivor programs sponsored by SCCA and BMW cca are the best training a young driver could ever get, and do provide at limit control...
Our New England Audi club is very active in this area. They host some excellent car control clinics, summer and winter. Older daughter has gone through both...
... Exactly the same thing you are doing !! Congratualations !! And--by the way--by the time a child reaches 'learner's permit' age, that same child ought to...
If you teach one 5 year twin to swim, but not his twin brother, and for the next fifty years neither of them ever gets back in the water... then they both fall...
When my daughter started driving, many years ago, she had been driving for several months by herself when she signed up for the 1 day Accident Avoidance...
... I had a friend a few decades ago who had five or six kids. As each one hit driver's license age, he made sure that each got a course in driving class 8...
Years ago, I sent my daughter to Buttonwillow for a similar course. She drove my retired Runoffs SSC Neon. After a couple of laps of what she thought was fast,...
Hey, Greg I don't get it. Please explain. Are you suggesting that at age 16 citizens routinely acquire fire arms and proceed to actively use them in the...
At the moment I lean towards your stretching things because of a personal agenda and fire arms infatuation. Show me that you are not one of those cold dead...
... My words were "that same child ought to have thorough familiarity and competence with a variety of firearms !! For exactly the same reasons !!" ... I think...
Brian, I am responding to a previously submitted post. I did not initiate. Target the original poster. D ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Right, then (considering your words below) in what reasonable sense is training in arms use necessary "for the same reasons." Clearly, you are rationalizing a...
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