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#71
The Lounge / Re: F1 - 2024
Last post by MiniDave - April 12, 2024, 12:27:04 PMI wouldn't be surprised to see Carlos sign with Mercedes now that Alonso has re-signed with Aston - it's really the only top-ish team he can go to right away, but I also wouldn't be surprised to find it's a short term contract, with their Kimi Antonelli waiting in the wings and Wolff wanting to get him behind the wheel of an F1 car ASAP.
Carlos in a 2 year contract, Kimi goes to Williams and replaces Carlos at Mercedes in 26 as he goes to Audi?
I don't think anyone wants to go to Alpine, so those two guys are pretty much stuck if they want to stay on the grid. I had Yuki going to replace Baby Stroller, but I'm just not sure Daddy Bigbux would let that happen, no matter how poorly he does. Made sense to put Yuki in a more high profile Honda team, and I believe Aston (at least in Alonso's hands) will continue to improve - it may wind up dragging Stroll Jr. up the order too, who knows?
I think Perez will get another 1 year contract at Red Bull as long as he drives as well as he has been this year.....so I doubt either Yuki or DannyRickyBobby will be going there next year. So where does that leave both of those guys? Right where they are, except if Danny doesn't really get going, Liam will be replacing him for sure. Danny could be "retired" again.....and this time it will be permanent.
Carlos in a 2 year contract, Kimi goes to Williams and replaces Carlos at Mercedes in 26 as he goes to Audi?
I don't think anyone wants to go to Alpine, so those two guys are pretty much stuck if they want to stay on the grid. I had Yuki going to replace Baby Stroller, but I'm just not sure Daddy Bigbux would let that happen, no matter how poorly he does. Made sense to put Yuki in a more high profile Honda team, and I believe Aston (at least in Alonso's hands) will continue to improve - it may wind up dragging Stroll Jr. up the order too, who knows?
I think Perez will get another 1 year contract at Red Bull as long as he drives as well as he has been this year.....so I doubt either Yuki or DannyRickyBobby will be going there next year. So where does that leave both of those guys? Right where they are, except if Danny doesn't really get going, Liam will be replacing him for sure. Danny could be "retired" again.....and this time it will be permanent.
#72
The Lounge / Re: F1 - 2024
Last post by Brit_in_TX - April 12, 2024, 08:07:00 AMThe only issue for the Andretti buying Alpine, is the deal they have with GM (Cadillac) for engines in the future. The motorsport.com article said that any sale of the "Enstone" team would include a commitment to use Renault engines for a minimum period of time.
Alonso resigning settles one of the seats for next year. I agree that they need to start looking for an alternative for the 2nd seat at Aston. Whilst I could see Yuki going as part of the Honda deal, he looks like he is in the prime spot to take over for the 2nd Red Bull seat. Pretty sure he would prefer to be the second driver at Red Bull than at Aston.
In other Red Bull driver news, Danny Ric's seat is under pressure. Rumor on Reddit is he has been given a timeline to get on par with Yuki, otherwise they are going to replace him with Liam Lawson.
And final Reddit rumor, that Carlos Sainz has signed with Mercedes. The same publication that broke the Hamilton to Ferrari story is saying that it is a done deal and they are working out the best time to announce.
Alonso resigning settles one of the seats for next year. I agree that they need to start looking for an alternative for the 2nd seat at Aston. Whilst I could see Yuki going as part of the Honda deal, he looks like he is in the prime spot to take over for the 2nd Red Bull seat. Pretty sure he would prefer to be the second driver at Red Bull than at Aston.
In other Red Bull driver news, Danny Ric's seat is under pressure. Rumor on Reddit is he has been given a timeline to get on par with Yuki, otherwise they are going to replace him with Liam Lawson.
And final Reddit rumor, that Carlos Sainz has signed with Mercedes. The same publication that broke the Hamilton to Ferrari story is saying that it is a done deal and they are working out the best time to announce.
#73
The Lounge / Re: F1 - 2024
Last post by MiniDave - April 11, 2024, 11:46:37 AMYeah, I'm not buying that......
One thing that I predicted may be coming true - Alpine is taking offers for its F1 team, and the #1 buyer - Andretti. I've said all along that that's the simplest, quickest, easiest way for them to get on the grid, especially since they were planning to use Renault motors.....although Alpine say they're not for sale, the rumors just keep getting stronger that that's exactly what they are.
We'll see what happens.
Another thing that happened today......Alonso resigned with Aston. I wonder what they're going to do with the underperforming Stroll the younger? I read one suggestion that they hire Yuki to pair with Fred, since they're going to be the defacto Honda team next year, and Yuki is sponsored by Honda - seems like a good match all around.
One thing that I predicted may be coming true - Alpine is taking offers for its F1 team, and the #1 buyer - Andretti. I've said all along that that's the simplest, quickest, easiest way for them to get on the grid, especially since they were planning to use Renault motors.....although Alpine say they're not for sale, the rumors just keep getting stronger that that's exactly what they are.
We'll see what happens.
Another thing that happened today......Alonso resigned with Aston. I wonder what they're going to do with the underperforming Stroll the younger? I read one suggestion that they hire Yuki to pair with Fred, since they're going to be the defacto Honda team next year, and Yuki is sponsored by Honda - seems like a good match all around.
#74
The Lounge / Re: What did you do in your sh...
Last post by MiniDave - April 08, 2024, 11:22:51 AMNow you're going to make me go measure it and do math - oh wait I can't, it's the eclipse! 
#75
Daves Garage / Re: Racing Green 89 Mini
Last post by MiniDave - April 08, 2024, 11:21:40 AMYes, you have it right - Seth's car is '91, carbureted.
#76
Daves Garage / Re: Racing Green 89 Mini
Last post by MPlayle - April 08, 2024, 11:08:14 AMI thought MPIs used a coil-pack arrangement and no distributor of any kind. I know the SPI used the "pointless" distributor.
One of my more recent SPI Minis had an issue of dying occasionally and it turned out to be the vacuum elbow at the ECU was split - causing the ECU to misread and stall out. I replaced all the elbows and the car ran fine thereafter.
One of my more recent SPI Minis had an issue of dying occasionally and it turned out to be the vacuum elbow at the ECU was split - causing the ECU to misread and stall out. I replaced all the elbows and the car ran fine thereafter.
#77
Daves Garage / Re: Racing Green 89 Mini
Last post by 94touring - April 08, 2024, 10:44:18 AMI remember his car ran like crap when he had it here. A timing issue or something back then.
#78
Daves Garage / Re: Racing Green 89 Mini
Last post by MiniDave - April 08, 2024, 10:40:15 AMYesterday was our semi-whenever Tour de donut", where we drive all over the state hitting various mom and pop owned donut shops and tour the back roads, usually in Missouri cause the roads aren't a grid pattern like Kansas! The weather was sunny and high 60's to low 70's - perfect for a classic. There were three of us , Seth in his Mini-Sport themed '91, Don in his "69" Pup and me in my Racing Green, plus about 20-23 new MINIs. The only negative to the weather was it was fucking windy! I don't know what the numbers were but it was blowing us little cars all over the roads, both on the trip down and back! I was exhausted - the combination of having to wrestle the steering wheel constantly, the wind noise (windows were down, as it was warm) and the roar from the engine was tiring, even with good ear plugs in. Plus being on the throttle all the way killed my knee.
Our final destination was the new Buc-EEs in Springfield.....I had never been to one of these and it def lived up to it's reputation - not only is it huge and crammed full of all sorts of ....well, crap!....and it was super busy - think of Costco on opening day or something. Since there are about 150 pumps it wasn't too hard to get to one to fill up, and bonus! they had a couple of pumps that sold ethanol free gas. One of the local Springfield Mini members (you can just see his silver MPI in some of the pics) said it's interesting how they price their gas.....during the day when the local Costco and Sams are open they match their price, when those stores close at 8 pm, they raise the prices!
My trip was close to 400 miles total and the Racing Green ran perfectly as did Don's pup. Seth's car was not quite so lucky - it would cut out suddenly and he'd pull over only to have it fire back up. He decided it was loose connections at the coil so we cleaned and tightened the wire connectors, after that he said it only quit one more time before he made it home. I'm thinking a new coil might be a good spare for him to carry on long trips. His engine is like mine in that it runs a points-less distributor.
Some pics from along the way, the mouse is the mascot for the Osceola Cheese factory shops.
Our final destination was the new Buc-EEs in Springfield.....I had never been to one of these and it def lived up to it's reputation - not only is it huge and crammed full of all sorts of ....well, crap!....and it was super busy - think of Costco on opening day or something. Since there are about 150 pumps it wasn't too hard to get to one to fill up, and bonus! they had a couple of pumps that sold ethanol free gas. One of the local Springfield Mini members (you can just see his silver MPI in some of the pics) said it's interesting how they price their gas.....during the day when the local Costco and Sams are open they match their price, when those stores close at 8 pm, they raise the prices!
My trip was close to 400 miles total and the Racing Green ran perfectly as did Don's pup. Seth's car was not quite so lucky - it would cut out suddenly and he'd pull over only to have it fire back up. He decided it was loose connections at the coil so we cleaned and tightened the wire connectors, after that he said it only quit one more time before he made it home. I'm thinking a new coil might be a good spare for him to carry on long trips. His engine is like mine in that it runs a points-less distributor.
Some pics from along the way, the mouse is the mascot for the Osceola Cheese factory shops.
#79
Restorations / Re: My various projects thread...
Last post by 94touring - April 08, 2024, 10:27:50 AMYeah and it dawned on me the other day he's going rod change, so we ordered a new tunnel and associated cross member. The front foot and half / two feet needed cut out regardless.
#80
The Lounge / Re: What did you do in your sh...
Last post by 94touring - April 08, 2024, 10:26:09 AMI know the pump pulley is roughly twice the diameter of the ac motor pulley, which would make sense for what I had read it would have come as new, around 900rpms.