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General Category => Healey Sports Cars => Topic started by: HealeyRick on June 18, 2017, 01:36:54 PM

Title: Slalom Fun
Post by: HealeyRick on June 18, 2017, 01:36:54 PM
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Title: Re: Slalom Fun
Post by: Jim Stabe on June 19, 2017, 07:53:28 PM
Rick, that looks like a ton of fun. I can't wait to get mine out on an autocross course.
Title: Re: Slalom Fun
Post by: HealeyRick on June 19, 2017, 08:35:50 PM
Lots of fun for $35!  It feels a lot faster than it looks.  We had a real wide-open course when I was in college that the Vettes could hit 85 mph on.  Rotten neighbors shut us down!  You're about the same age as me.  Remember the Honey West tv show with the Cobra?  Here's that same car running the autocross with me:

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Title: Re: Slalom Fun
Post by: Anarchy99 on June 21, 2017, 09:12:09 PM
He definitely wasn't braking any speed records on that run. Didn't hear the first tire squeal.
Title: Re: Slalom Fun
Post by: roverman on June 28, 2017, 02:02:58 PM
Jim S. would you give me a heads-up, when your about to ? I would like to collect the "dropped jaws", of the spectators.....  art.
Title: Re: Slalom Fun
Post by: Jim Stabe on June 30, 2017, 06:12:14 PM
Probably won't be for a while, has a slight mishap earlier this week.

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Title: Re: Slalom Fun
Post by: roverman on July 11, 2017, 07:07:41 PM
That is sad and weird. Hit RF fender and RR wheel appears to have about 6 deg. positive camber ?
Title: Re: Slalom Fun
Post by: Jim Stabe on July 12, 2017, 10:57:48 PM
Optical illusion. The pavement is quite a bit higher than the dirt on the shoulder.. Impact didn't disturb any of the alignment on the car - 1st thing I checked.
Title: Re: Slalom Fun
Post by: roverman on May 30, 2018, 02:05:19 PM
I'm 69' today and I still haven't seen your beast in action.... We're not getting any younger ?   art.
Title: Re: Slalom Fun
Post by: Jim Stabe on May 30, 2018, 03:55:17 PM
Should have been at the Goodguys Delmar in April, I thoroughly embarrassed myself on 18 year old tires. Have replaced them since then so it sticks better now.

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Title: Re: Slalom Fun
Post by: BlownMGB-V8 on June 01, 2018, 03:56:27 PM
I can relate. Been running around on new 10 yr old tires. Not much grip there.

Jim
Title: Re: Slalom Fun
Post by: Jim Stabe on June 01, 2018, 04:53:11 PM
I thought about doing a massive burnout with them before I took them off but with my luck they would have shredded and tore up the bodywork..
Title: Re: Slalom Fun
Post by: roverman on June 05, 2018, 02:53:01 PM
Well, you likely nailed (oldest tires at the event) ?   What's next ?