New England Region

Quote from: ChrisFranson on Yesterday at 04:12:29 PMIt's not too late to stick a P on the end of the class letters. Better yet, just buy Mike's car!
Too late! It's going to PA.

It would appear EP is where I'm at. Serious competition but I'll have fun no matter what!

Quote from: AndyYankee17 on Today at 05:04:29 PMyeah those push buttons are weird, so you're going to put your keys in the ignition then move your hand to start the car or something?
That's exactly how Honda's been...

Quote from: AndyYankee17 on Today at 05:04:29 PMyeah those push buttons are weird, so you're going to put your keys in the ignition then move your hand to start the car or something? and I think if my throttle stuck I'd rath...

I still think you may as well pull a fuse, TSC is the same, when it's off it lights up on the dash

didn't find any dicussion of manual transmissions yet, but I did find this which provides some hope:

In certain circumstances, drivers may have legitimate reasons to disengage the
ESC system or limit its ability to intervene, such as when the vehic...

Quote from: AndyYankee17 on Today at 04:23:40 PMdon't a lot of nascar teams use a type of throttle (forget the name) that has like a lever welded to it 90 degrees up so the driver could kick his foot up to try to unstick it?...

yeah those push buttons are weird, so you're going to put your keys in the ignition then move your hand to start the car or something? and I think if my throttle stuck I'd rather blow up the engine and have Toyota replace the engine along with the thro...

Push-button starts require you to press and hold the button to force the car to turn off.  Most people don't know that, so if they press the button and the car doesn't turn off, they are out of ideas.  Lots of people start pumping their brakes, using u...

don't a lot of nascar teams use a type of throttle (forget the name) that has like a lever welded to it 90 degrees up so the driver could kick his foot up to try to unstick it?


and I don't get these accidents with Toyotas with the throttle sticking, ca...

[tongue in cheek]

Bill, you should view this as an opportunity. We could all drive Dragons.

 

[/tongue in cheek]

IIRC, when NASCAR lost two or three drivers due to stuck throttles, Jack Roush started work on a system to disable the engine/igni...

Paul,
Your best bet is to contact Bob Lang. His info can be found here: http://www.ner.org/solo/solo-board

Thanks,
Chris

Hello New England autoxers, my name is Paul and i was wonder how hard it would be with your help to set up an autox event, with your help and permission,at CCRI's Knight Campus in Warwick, RI. I am part of the student government there and would like to...

Some quick googling shows the rule as:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
          49 CFR Parts 571 and 585
      [Docket No. NHTSA–2007­27662]
              RIN: 2127­AJ77

The forum won't let me post links, but the first hit on google...

The letter I wrote did not reference any particular bill or rule. It was a general statement on the amount of digital tinkering our cars do for us and whether the problem should be transferred away from the human and to the machine even more. I asked h...

Can we get a link to the announcement of this rule making or something in the press about it? I'd prefer to reference it clearly rather than saying "this guy on our forum said..." in my letter to congress. Not that I don't trust you, but I'm not sure t...

With no engine work I would say you are in EP.  Now time to look at the rule book/pdf and make sure you are good to go. 

No engine work lol. This is my hillclimb car (hence the cage). Yes it's all welded and stitched in.

I have intake, header and exhaust and that's it. Not looking to be competitive but I don't want to class myself incorrectly and irritate somebody. I was...

What engine work do you have done? You would be EP or XP. 

SM doesn't allow it, or else we'd do it