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Ddaddy
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Here's a video from Nationals with mph etc.
LOL. The passenger's stache and goate look lipstick.
The Autocross, is it different classes for different cars. Could I have done it with my Dart ?
Bill
Looks like maple to me
zkx14
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You guys are really good at this.
lolI'm thinking Anders got it. The American Beech is listed as a common tree here.
Googles some pics and it looks right on the bark and grain.
Magnolia also a possibility , but from what I know not native trees locally. They do grow good, and I have one - but that's a store bought tree that I planted. Will have to look at the bark. The wife might have an issue with me cutting it down to split and check the wood grain.Both are described as 'stringy' to split.Don't think this is it. Not that difficult to split.As I said more that it leaves 'strings' holding the pieces together as it splits. Also I looked up and bark is different. We have one around here that sounds similar. Black Gum. I had no clue about it till maybe 15 years ago. Friends were puting in a pool and knew I burned wood. I told them as long as it wasn't evergreen, I wood remove it. Big mistake! Never saw anything like it. Grain was like twisted and knotted ropes all the way through.
You guys are really good at this.
I'm thinking Anders got it. The American Beech is listed as a common tree here.
Googles some pics and it looks right on the bark and grain. Magnolia also a possibility , but from what I know not native trees locally. They do grow good, and I have one - but that's a store bought tree that I planted. Will have to look at the bark. The wife might have an issue with me cutting it down to split and check the wood grain.
Don't think this is it. Not that difficult to split.As I said more that it leaves 'strings' holding the pieces together as it splits. Also I looked up and bark is different. We have one around here that sounds similar. Black Gum. I had no clue about it till maybe 15 years ago. Friends were puting in a pool and knew I burned wood. I told them as long as it wasn't evergreen, I wood remove it. Big mistake! Never saw anything like it. Grain was like twisted and knotted ropes all the way through.
Some Norwegian tree names. How does that compare to English ?
Bjørk, Osp, Asp, Alm, Eik, Furu, Gran, Einer, Selje, Rogn, Kastanje, Lønn.
Bill
zkx14
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Not like any of the local varieties we have. I have several Maples. I believe most are Norway Maple and one big Silver Maple. Neither looks anything like this. I did cut a small one down in the spring and that was included in the wood I just split. Rougher bark with deep pattern and much smoother looking wood. This tree I am trying to Identify was from neighbors yard.
zkx14
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It doesn't. LOLSome Norwegian tree names. How does that compare to English ?
Bjørk, Osp, Asp, Alm, Eik, Furu, Gran, Einer, Selje, Rogn, Kastanje, Lønn.
Bill
zkx14
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Anyway. I'm thinking it is Beech. Which says it makes good firewood. I think a lot of what I got from neighbors yard was birch. Possibly 'Black' Birch which I found noted to be one of the best to use as firewood. Some was definitely Cherry.... All should be good burning.
Yes.
The largest sanctioning organization in USA is Sports Car Club of America (SCCA). So their autocross classing is by far the most common, but there others.
It used to be I could explain it in a couple sentences. There were 5 catagories of preparation, and within each, there were a half dozen classes for different types of cars. But now there are so many classes, its easier just to mention the typical options.
Assuming its a v8.
F Street (very close to stock, no R-compound tires)
E Street Prepared (Bolt on modifications, some tire width and diameter restrictions)
C Prepared. (More modifications to engine and suspension, interior, and body work)
'New' Classes
Street Modified.
Classic American Muscle - Traditional (must use tires with at least a 200 Treadware rating)
There may be some "Street Tire" classes our cars fit in too.
A straight 6 Dart might be in slower class than F Street, like H Street.
Otherwise its probably all the same classes as the v8 versions.
Corvairs used to be Nationally competitive in C Prepared, and that's a flat 6 as you know.
At local events, the class competitiveness is always skewed to the local situation. Relatively few people prepare their car to take to compete at National events. Perhaps a slightly larger percentage have skills and practice to drive at the level needed to win those events. Those folks usually kick our butts at local events and give us something to work toward. For a while there were so many top level drivers at our Philly events they got their own indexed class. This way other participants would have a better chance to win the local class trophies.
prob more info than you wanted..LOL
“Looks more like a sicamore to me”
(Yogi bear)
"Corvairs used to be Nationally competitive in C Prepared, and that's a flat 6 as you know." I call them run over V6... as in run over by a steam roller.
Bill
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That's really strange. I got an alert for this saying that that you quoted my post. Guess we are going to fast and frying the site's brain. LOL"Corvairs used to be Nationally competitive in C Prepared, and that's a flat 6 as you know." I call them run over V6... as in run over by a steam roller.
Bill
Bjørk, Osp, Asp, Alm, Eik, Furu, Gran, Einer, Selje, Rogn, Kastanje, Lønn.
Bjørk is Birch
Eik is Oak
Furu is Pine
Gran is Spruce
Einer is Juniper
Kastanje I think is Chestnut
Lønn is Maple.
Asp I wonder could be Aspen, isn't that a tree here ? Asp has leaves that shakes very easily in the wind making a little noise. It is a saying in Norway that "he was shaking like an -Asp- leaf".
Bill
The others I am clueless of what they translates into.
LOL, well, I somehow managed to quote two posts in one, and then I posted it, and discovered it and clicked on edit, removed it, saved it, and quoted your post separately.
Bill
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
Matt is older than he looks. He used to Auto-cross at Daytona in the early 1970s!
Ok. Filled the cab with seats.
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
They look comfy!
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
On my property trees I know of ...
Black Walnut
Norway Maple
Chestnut
Spruce
Cedar
Arborvitae
Catalpas 'Johnny Smoker'
Magnolia
Austree (type of willow)
Silver Maple
Pin Cherry
Mulberry
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Pt cruiser seats. Heated. driver’s seat raises and lowers and has adjustable lumbar support.
took a few tries but i got them where i want. A little room between for a console too. Now i have something to sit on while working on dash.
Yes, We have Quaking Aspen on the east coast, and a Big leafed Aspen and some others maybe in the west.
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
Just wait until you try to cut up that mulberry for fire wood one day. There is a reason they call that stuff “iron wood”.
Really easy to split though...just hard to cross cut.
No need to send it got it figured out. What I have WILL work. Thanks!!
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