Recent content by garrettc

If you are interested in replicas, ERA has been showing a MKII Spyder. MK II Spyder Replica by E.R.A. Garrett

OK, Gary, I'll bite, but this might take a while... I used to share a race car with a friend, Jeff, and he had an unusual trailer--a Chinook 5th wheel camper with the back end cut into two big doors. The rear "living room" of the trailer was gutted to make room for a car. We were...

Charles, This is a great thread, thanks for starting it! The GT40 is the last great race car that could be driven on the street. It is, therefore, the end of the road. There simply is nothing beyond. But you can try moving in a different direction, and you have several great...

Hi Guys, I'm not sure if you are aware of this web site: AutoColorLibrary Color Chip Selector You can go out and view scans of the oringial color chips from many, many manufacturers with the original paint codes. You have to love some of the color names from the late 60's--"Bring 'em...

Cliff and Howard, I didn't mean to disparage track days. Track days are a easy/fun way to get a feel for a car at speed, and I actually plan to do some farting around at the odd track day in the GT40. But track days shouldn't be confused with racing. Cliff, SIR (now Pacific Raceways)...

Cliff, If you are looking for a low-key group to race with in the Northwest, I'd recommend the International Conference of Sports Car Clubs (ICSCC, aka "Conference"). Conference puts on races at Seattle, Portland, Spokane, British Columbia, and sometimes other places like Thunderhill. I've...

Hammer, I considered mechanical FI. There is some good infomation at kinsler.com about the relative merits of several different types of injection (as well as an interesting EFI computer comparison.) I have no first hand experience with it, but it sounded like the mechanical systems would...

Chris, My car isn't here yet, but here is what I've decided: 1) I went with a 'local guy' to build the engine. I'm not that familiar with Fords, and this guy has been building Ford engines since before I was born. He's full of advice, and he's a character. The engine build has been a...

sorry to continue the journey off topic... Ron, I second this. There is nothing more fun than beating a high dollar guy with a low dollar car. My best non-racing experience was at a Porsche club track day with my wife's dead stock (Michelen MXV4 tires!!) Prelude. My wife heard one...

Stew, The more power you put through a transaxle, the more power it will consume. I'll try only once more to explain it... Let's take a hypothetical transaxle that consumes 10 hp when connected to a 100 hp engine. The peak power reading on the chassis dyno is then 90 hp. Lets take that...

Mike, Oh, well, it was an easy check at least... I guess I've started talking without posessing any knowledge, so I might as well continue!! I downloaded the demo Calmap Gen 7 software, and in that version, the pulsewidth information is displayed on the main "dashboard" screen with all the...

Mike, I must first admit that I have absolutely zero real world experience with the Accel system. That said, I'm considering using Accel on my car, and I have recently read a lot of fuel injection books. So beware, my information could be worth exactly what you paid for it!!! The advice you...

Howard, Here is what you said: "I guess I have always looked at dyno sheets that say somthing like 400Hp@6000RPM and believed that the motor makes 400hp when the engine is running at 6000RPM. BUT really thr sheet is saying that it took 400HP to get the engine to 6000RPM in a given time @ a...

Pete, The problem is that it is not possible to measure horsepower directly becasue "power" is not a fundamental unit--time, distance, temperature, and mass. Power is simply a useful conglomeration of these fundamental units, and is defined as 550 ft-lbf/sec. (Force (in lbf, pound-force) is...

Hey, guys, This is a very interesting discussion. Let me add a new opinion that I belive is actually a combination of the statements made so far. This was supposed to be short, but I see that that didn't happen. I'll try better next time. Lets start with this statement: Power loss in a...