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Jim,
     RE:     "......So I don't drive like that any more. It's just not safe......."

  So who was that driving your car on the Dragon in 2006?

What, that little grocery run? That was nothing to get excited about, seems like you were doing a fine job of keeping up. Just a stroll in the park really...

Jim
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

My apologies folks.  

Perhaps if I phrased it as---  Have any of you done auto cross with your v8s     what class and what kind of other autos do you run against      What modifications make the biggest improvement to your times.     besides a rev limiter

Mike Moore it may have only been 5000 rpm really!     Mike chastised me when I told him about the rpm  when returning the car.  He has never asked me for new valve springs.

Who am I?    Just a moron that fools with british cars     Best thing     Winner of 2005 Missouri indurance ralley with Mark Shetley

Thanks Jim B

Hi David, congratulations on the Endurance Ralley win. That's a tough one as I've heard from Rob Camblin who's gone over a couple of times to run it.
As far as autocrossing, I don't know which of the guys does this routinely, but it seems that at the yearly British V8 meets it's Carl that usually has the quick car and times so hopefully he'll chime in. You might check out the section in the Pub on this year's meet in Wisconsin. The times for all the cars was posted there and might give you some idea. From what I saw it really seemed to boil down to the basics no matter what the engine was as there was a 4 cylinder MGB that was nearly as fast as Carl in his V8. The best addition seemed to be sticky tires. Carl was running some real soft compound rubber and it showed. I think he almost wore them out on the trip up and back and said in the rain it got a little scary.
For my Midget, I built it with autocross in mind and according to the rules at that time (95). Because of the engine swap I wound up in E Modifed according to SCCA Solo rules and would be running against some very race only type cars. I knew I wouldn't be competitive, but wanted to comply with the safety requirements so I could at least have some fun. I would think that if you had a Rover V8 then you might be able to still run in a stock class, but with a Ford or Chevy or V6 you're definitely in modified. I ran the auto cross at the Spridget 50 this summer at Lake of the Ozarks and was in the same class as a tube frame Mazda rotary powered car with a blower. Needless to say I finished second in class and he finished next to last, some 10 seconds faster than my time. ;-) Still I had fun, didn't hit any cones, and didn't get lost so I was happy.
Hope to see you at one of the regional shows soon. I can't make the St. Louis show, will be on vacation. Are you planning on coming over to KC for the All British on Labor Day weekend?