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Alternatively... The squirrel works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. Come winter, the squirrel is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no means of gathering food so come winter he has no food or shelter. Being very aware...

Trevor, I guess I worded my comment badly. What I meant was that I was in error in thinking that the upper t/arm contributes to additional toe, where if anything it reduces the toe caused by the bottom t/arm. But I chose to ignore the effects of the upper t/arm because my figures are very...

Hi Clayton. Good to see you’re still hard at it and doing some great work. CORRECTION! It dawned on me while I was lying in bed (where else) that my calculations were wrong. The upper trailing arm should not have been taken into account. Its only the lower arm that contributes to the dynamic...

I hope that this question isn’t too dumb, but something just doesn’t quite gel in my mind and I want to understand it before I make the (not insignificant) effort to correct the problem. I’ve performed some very simple (and approximate) calculations to determine what sort of movements are...

Ross, Can I ask you to clarify a few points re your solution? I may have asked this before but can't remember your answer... but it will still be handy info for the forum anyway. :) a) Is the 7deg setting positive? (ie. The top of the upright trails the bottom) b) Which T/arm(s) did you...

AJI, I might be jumping the gun here, but are you using the Mustang steering rack because it’s correct or because it’s available? The critical issue with a steering rack is its contribution to the overall geometry. Geometry is everything for a well handling car, and especially if it’s a track...

Jim, You might be amused to know that a half page article of this car... with pictures... appeared in one of this city’s major newspapers today (Cars section of the Herald-Sun, Melbourne Australia). :) Congrats on building a car that looks great from every angle incidentally.

Excuse my ignorance, but was this Mustang built as mid-engined race car, or is the comment "just prior to it being installed" mean that the transaxle was removed first? I can see how it would have caused an uproar if he'd tried to sneak the car through inspection with the engine behind him :D

The headline in the local paper read “Webber to jump ship”. It reported that Mark Webber was “tantalisingly close” to switching to Renault or McLaren, then in almost the same breath reported that neither of those teams are ready to make any decision at all, and that Webber’s currency had...

Four track days to date. I’ll firstly declare that I had a synchro-ring failure on the first track day out but that was caused by a badly adjusted shift linkage (stopped 3rd from fully engaging… my fault) but other than that, so-far-so-good. I tend to drive the car with some sympathy though...

Tim, I too have had an issue with the “notchiness” of the steering. I discussed it with old-RF on a few occasions and even had them inspect the car twice. In both cases they agreed that it should feel more precise but couldn’t really nail down the cause. The conclusion I made though was that...

Hi Shaun, Welcome aboard. I’m a bit like you in that the Ford Falcon GT HO Phase III was the first performance car to catch my attention. I was in my early teenage years when they were being produced and they were the only car to have back then. Watching Allan Moffat drive one to victory...

reverse snobbery And then of coarse there is the reverse snobbery. That’s those who don’t look down at the car (metaphorically speaking :D), but those who try to make themselves out to be somehow noble for having resisted their desire to have one themselves. Comments such as… ... yes but...

Well done Ross. Almost came to watch you too. I wish I had now. Sounds to me like you have a great wet setup though. Stiffer suspension in the dry maybe? :D

So where does that put those original race cars that were restored without the original tooling? And what of the original components that were externally sourced from suppliers that no longer exists? And although you could say that the tub is original because it’s built to the same design and...

I’ve been an active participant of the classic car scene for quite a while now. I’ve restored classic cars to “original” spec and have even judged a few concourse events where originality was just as much a factor as workmanship. I have even been involved in extended official debates on what...

If the announcement is correct that MS is throwing his weight around at Ferrari to elbow KR out of the possibility of being his team mate next year, then my respect for MS has diminished even further. I don’t think that Senna or Prost would have done anything other than relish the opportunity to...

16 inch rims, row profile tyres, motor not fitted = big-time-ass-in-air :D ... all issues easily solved.

Hmmmmm. Does that mean that the cars would crash for no reason at all and the driver would have to click the "Start" button to switch the engine off? ;)