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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,850 Founders Club
    I don’t understand what’s happening
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  • CFetters_Nacho_Lover
    CFetters_Nacho_Lover Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 32,877 Founders Club
    YellowSnow said:

    I don’t understand what’s happening

    #metoo
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  • 1to392831weretaken
    1to392831weretaken Member Posts: 7,696
    I was in the VRI up at Western when Mike Seal (RIP) was still running the show. Fascinating guy who was on a first name basis with Kenichi_Yamamoto, former CEO of Mazda and developer of the Mazda Wankel, and developed under contract the Subaru DOHC 4-valve cylinder heads now cranking out huge HP in rally races and whatnot.

    Dr. Seal liked to quote Colin Chapman (and what car guy doesn't?), although I'm guessing some of the quotes were bastardized by time. My favorite was when he quoted Chapman as saying something to the tune of, "The perfect race car is on that wins the race and then subsequently collapses into its component parts. If if doesn't, it's too heavy."

    I've looked for this quote online, but the closest I've found is, "Any car which holds together for the whole race is too heavy."

    Many believe Chapman's maniacal quest for lightness killed a few of his drivers. Still, I've always been a fan of Lotus' design philosophy. Back when I started track riding at Pacific Raceways (SIR), the 4-wheel school's fleet cars were Elises. I badly wanted to give one a spin. That car was literally glued together!
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