New steering wheel - 350mm, plus video from UFO on Sunday Options

[Randal]

If you are planning on using a steering quickner then keep your 13.75 or 14 inch steering wheel. I went down to a 12.25 inch and with the quickner it required more torque than the driver could manage in a 4.25 minute (65 corner) session at Medford.

I've found a 350mm (13.75") wheel with exactly the dish I want, so will be installing that shortly. The different size will require 12% more motion, but there will be less load which is my primary objective. Guessing the load will decrease 12%, but correct me if that is fuzzy math.

I do like the quickner for a bunch of reasons.

Here is a video from last Sunday at the UFO event. Tough little course to master in 4 runs. Ended up 4th overall after catching a cone on the last corner of my fastest run.

5 big time mistakes in the video run, but good to watch as you learn from your mistakes, some of which were just basic stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kLIDzBizEA

Yea, and could you believe that weather. The Marina afternoons are typically Alaska weather, but not on Sunday.

BTW Bill Charron won the event in his narrow bodied 914. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/flag.gif)

[grantsfo]

Both Bill and Randals cars are looking great lately! I really like watching contrasting driving styles of Bill and Randal. Randal is aggressive and isnt afraid to wag tail and find limits of his car regardless of style points. Bill is more like a professor in way he drives, very technical That last UFO event was made for Bill's technical style and narrow light car. I was amazed Randal was as fast as he was as the car was spending more time sliding sideways than going forward! If he had cleaned it up I think Bill would have been in trouble.

With all these latest refinements they both will make me work in my big fat Z now. ...Oh wait they already were making me work. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) I have removed forced induction, drop from 478 WHP to 325 WHP, and now Im going with higher reving NA motor, 300 lbs less weight and 335 A6's. Weight distribution is improving and is close to 50/50 now. ....Whats next mod guys? You dont want to be beat by a big ugly rice rocket. Im going to be very interested to see how the Z fairs against Randals car in Ashland Hillclimb. We are fairly close in power to weight. I suspect the 914 has advantage being much lighter and having far lower center of gravity but the Z can be very surprising in how it scoots around corners.

Im going to have to get my act together if I expect to drive a 914 in 2014 Parade. I dont think I can pull it off unless i find a cheap track car. Wonder if Rob still trying to sell my old car?

[Randal]

Both Bill and Randals cars are looking great lately! I really like watching contrasting driving styles of Bill and Randal. Randal is aggressive and isnt afraid to wag tail and find limits of his car regardless of style points. Bill is more like a professor in way he drives, very technical That last UFO event was made for Bill's technical style and narrow light car. I was amazed Randal was as fast as he was as the car was spending more time sliding sideways than going forward! If he had cleaned it up I think Bill would have been in trouble.

With all these latest refinements they both will make me work in my big fat Z now. ...Oh wait they already were making me work. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) I have removed forced induction, drop from 478 WHP to 325 WHP, and now Im going with higher reving NA motor, 300 lbs less weight and 335 A6's. Weight distribution is improving and is close to 50/50 now. ....Whats next mod guys? You dont want to be beat by a big ugly rice rocket. Im going to be very interested to see how the Z fairs against Randals car in Ashland Hillclimb. We are fairly close in power to weight. I suspect the 914 has advantage being much lighter and having far lower center of gravity but the Z can be very surprising in how it scoots around corners.

Im going to have to get my act together if I expect to drive a 914 in 2014 Parade. I dont think I can pull it off unless i find a cheap track car. Wonder if Rob still trying to sell my old car?

Good thing about Cascade Lakes is that you have Ashland as a landing place each night.