I planned to do this over several entries, but as always, I got lazy. Imagine that.
The El Paso tour is about 10 days away now. I felt pretty good after the autox this past Sunday, as I wasn't hitting cones all over the place like my last couple events. I thought the time was pretty decent too. Brandon was out there taking pictures, and he got a bunch of good ones of my car. If I can overcome the laziness, perhaps I'll post some of the better ones. Here's a sample of what he took that day. Still have some work that needs to be done before the tour, but that's what next week is for, right?
Went to BJ's the other night. One of their special beers that day was called "Quad", described as a "strong Belgian ale". It was pretty good, I'd definitely have it again.
My brown docs have finally been retired. Served me well for almost 9 years. Money well spent.
Koni has finally started making race-valved, pre-shortened shocks for Civics/Integras/CRXs. Front shocks are 25mm shorter, rears are 15mm shorter. All have the SPSS3 (I think that is) valving, which I guess is how they valve most Yellows for racing these days. Hopefully they'll hit the street at about $1k/set. A tempting product for me, as I would have zero downtime in going to a shortened/revalved setup...wouldn't have to go back to stock shocks for the several weeks my current shocks would be out for service. That valving would let me go to higher spring rates as well....hmm....maybe 600/750 sounds good. :-D
And the most recent thing...we had a power outage at home for a couple hours this morning. I woke up to an occasional beeping noise, which I recognized as the UPS for my computer in the other room. I looked up to check the time....where'd the clock go?? Turned out our entire building was dark, and this was around 5:15. After stumbling around in the dark, I set the alarm on my phone for 6:30 so I could get up for work, still having no idea how I would shower in the dark, or get my car out of the garage. :-P Fortunately the power came back on at about 6:40, and I made it out the door in time. Now I just have to go reset all of the clocks. >:-O
Posted by Ben at February 17, 2005 07:29 AM