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April 30, 2007: At long last, the Seven meets the FM Westfield.
We took the two cars down to Moab to check out the car show there. It was a sunny, warm day that was perfect for a road trip.

It's really interesting to see the cars together for the first time. We didn't spend a lot of time standing around looking at them, but you can see the differences in scuttle height and placement in this picture. I didn't have the ECU in the Seven set up for high altitude after the trip to Texas, so I was down on power a fair bit - this made the cars fairly evenly matched in a straight line until the Seven could clear its throat at around 5000 rpm.

The biggest difference was in the suspension. The Westfield is much softer than my car and rides incredibly well, but I could see it running out of travel once in a while. I'd brace for the bump and the Seven would just drive right over it without any trouble. Bill turned up the damping a bit to compensate (he was running with two people, as was I) but I haven't heard what sort of difference that made.

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