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build diary January 17, 2007: Lots of snow on the ground, so the Seven is stuck in the garage. The long drought of no-car-time is over. I handed over the final photographs and manuscript of another book, so now it's time to start making things again. I have heard from the owner of another CMC Miata frame who has found extensive cracking in the welds of his rear control arms. This is a car that sees exclusively track use on big slicks, but I'm definitely going to investigate that. The rear end of the car is certainly going to get some close examination. This is just one more reason to amputate the CMC geometry in the rear and replace it with something else. Unfortunately, the trip to California this weekend looks as if it's not going to happen. I think it's going to be postponed for a similar event in Oklahoma in early March. I should know more later this week. Time to get cracking then. entry 1321 of 1439 |