Have you investigated a change to your current business model? Add workers and equipment, increase customer base, and step back to more of a supervisory role? As the business settles in, that could potentially free up some time to play with your toys. Yes, there will be different headaches to deal with, but if you take home the same $ or more while freeing up some 'you' time, then the cost/benefit could work. You just need to conduct analysis to decide where the financial breakeven point would be.

As for which way you go with the cars, you always talk about the Zonda. I guess it comes down to whether you have an emotional connection to what you currently have. The Diablo is a pretty darn cool car. Iconic in my book. Would you kick yourself later in life if you let it go? Regrets about getting rid of the NSX? But like you said, you can't drive them all at the same time, so in theory there, you only 'need' one car...but my guess is you 'want' more.

cool video

Thanks guys. Here's one more. Looky at what I was able to go for a ride in...



Danica did well at Texas. Briscoe's car was dialed in. Can't believe the fire incident with Simona. That was as scary as the Conway/RHR crash.

Thanks guys.

OH NO!...mark your calendar....I agree with Dan! LOL!

Back on track...so you really thinking about pulling the trigger on getting the "orange turtle", or are you just poking around to see what's out there?

$8k for a clutch?!?!

I went from this...


...to this for a couple of hundred and that included a new clutch!



And yes, it is back on jackstands waiting for me to change to a larger turbo and make a new downpipe, but it did run after I finished the above work.

I like the orange over the Silver. Lambos should be In-Your-Face, not suttle.



When I lived in ATL, my doctor and one of my jobs was just south of their location. Drove past it once while visiting family in town more recently.

Geeze Mr Clean-Out-The-Condiments-at-McD's...buying your own bottle of ketchup is too high-priced for you. Kinda hard to calibrate that comment. LOL!

Its that time of the year again...The Month of May is here and in full swing.


Helio showed who was who by winning both Pit Position and Pole with blistering speeds during the Shootout.


Will Power

Ryan Hunter-Reay and Michael Andretti

Hideki Mutoh

Scott Dixon and his wife Emma



In the Qualification Cue

Tomas Sheckter

Simona

Can't believe Paul Tracy didn't make the show

Danica Patrick






Final hour was warm and those on Pit Road all found the one spot of shade.


I can now say I've seen Eddie Money play live.




All pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/ZUL8TR83/Indianapolis500PoleDay2...

Sorry, I got nothing on this one.

Nothing available in the aftermarket?

If you have a power drill, you can pic up a chuck and small, felt buffing wheel at Sears, or any other hardware store. I'd guess a $10-12 investment for the parts.

If you have a drill that plugs into the wall, go for that over a battery operated drill since the charge won't last long enough for the job. I tried with my cordless and burned through both batteries in no time. Then pulled out the corded Makita and ran that baby the rest of the day on full power.

Sorry, but this is the best shot of my wheels I have at the moment. Excuse the car, but instead of following Duz's no water wash method, I tried water and well...you see what happened...shrinkage...no guy likes at talk about that.

I did paint the center sections, but the edges are polished.

OK, so I first had to strip off the peeling clearcoat. I'll skip that since you don't need to deal with that step.

So if you are looking for a "mirror" finish, first check for any nicks. You will need to taper those nick edges via small, fine files and fine sand paper. Working through finer and finer grit paper and very fine steel wool will get you a long ways there. Lots of elbow grease.

After you think you are pretty uniform, apply the rubbing compund of your choice. As I mentioned, I prefer Wenol now and it comes in different levels of polish for fine or ultra-fine finish. If you have Brasso already, go for that and see if you get the finish you are happy with. Wear eye protection and wear clothes you don't care about as the drill WILL sling it all over you. The drill works great since you can twist it this and that to hit the bends better than you can a bench-mount.

Wash, rinse, repeat until you have the finish you are looking for. I use Mother's aluminum polish to maintain the shine. I would NOT clearcoat the intercoolers since I am clueless as to whether that would creat any heatsink issues. We need an thermodynamics engineer to answer that one. If they say its OK, you can purchase Duplicolor's Wheel Clearcoat and hit them with that.

As for Brasso, I used that all the time to keep my cymbals looking seriously sharp. That stuff would take out the drumstick marks real well. Use in a ventilated area, or wooooohoooo. I have never tried it on aluminum, only brass cymbals.