[Diy_efi] Silver State Race?

Sun Jul 8 01:49:49 UTC 2007

Well in order :-)

A) you can get press credentials

B) It's a hoot in any case :-)

So

C) If you can make it - very cool :-)

I have been so busy on work stuff I have not been able to spedn any time
on DIY EFI stuff. When time permits that will change.

On the Press credentials thing if you decide to attend let me know - I'm
a life member of SSCC and can pull a bit of strings :-)

Car I will be running this time (have run Mustang and Camaro in the
past) will be a 2007 Nissan 350Z Touring Roadster - with a ton of
mods :-)

Cheers!

On Sat, 2007-07-07 at 18:41 -0700, Adam Wade wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steven P. Donegan" <steve at donegan.org>
> To: <diy_efi at diy-efi.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 2:54 PM
> Subject: [Diy_efi] Silver State Race?
> 
> 
> > Anyone going to go play in Nevada in September? I've done it 8 times -
> > but haven't done it since 200 so will be a re-birth for me.
> 
> Wow, haven't been there in almost 1800 years, huh?  I'll bet things go a
> lot 
> more quickly with internal combustion engines being the standard now and 
> all.  ;)
> 
> Seriously...  I'd love to go and capture some of the personalities that
> will 
> be there...  There must be more than a few "gonzo" folks who might have
> once 
> claimed to be on the Vincent Black Shadow team.  ;)  If there was any 
> motorcycle content, I could reasonably get media credentials and soak up
> the 
> local color.  If I wasn't fairly sure that Automobile Magazine would
> already 
> have someone there, I could try and break into automotive journalism.  ;) 
> More of a market than the motorcycle world, I hear tell...  And I long to
> be 
> allowed to write the sort of stuff Ezra Dyer puts out, and that Jamie
> Kitman 
> used to many moons ago.  I should amend that; I write that sort of stuff 
> quite often, but so far there isn't a media outlet in North America that 
> showcases that sort of writing for the motorcycle world.  Anyone want to 
> start a new magazine with me?  :D  I can have a business proposal
> researched 
> and assembled by the end of the week...
> 
> Seriously, if you're going, I may make the trek out to enjoy the
> experience, 
> and to spend some time talking face-to-face about some of the long-term 
> projects we've been discussing.  I doubt I can fund much more than gas
> there 
> and back out of my own pocket, but I should be able to finagle media 
> credentials, and although my stamina ain't what it used to be, I can still 
> spin a mean wrench (I'm a former AMA Superbike trackside race mechanic). 
> Ping me off-list with details and so forth, and I'll see if I can't work 
> something out.  It sounds like a blast, and I remember reading about it 
> maybe 5, 6 years ago in Automobile.  Wish they'd let me run my motorcycle 
> flat-out with the tall gearing, I've always wanted a straight, long, safe 
> stretch of road to test top speed.  With the major motor mods, the bike
> will 
> pull right past redline in top gear (stock gearing) without much indication
> 
> that you've gone past "the end of the dial".  No bodywork, but with stock 
> gearing, the actual "no compromise" redline hits at about 115-120 mph using
> 
> stock gearing (16T front, 41T rear).  With my taller gearing (17T front,
> 38T 
> rear), the GPS says I've had it up to an honest 125, with plenty more pull 
> to use, but I ran out of straight, smooth road and my paranoia about 
> handcuffs and watching my bike get smashed up hanging from the strap of a 
> tow truck as it travels to impound judiciously relaxed the twist of my
> right 
> wrist.  ;)  Would be a lot of fun to see what I can do for a top speed, as 
> well as finding out if I can raise that even more with another gearing 
> change.  ;)
> 
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