Agreed. the R107 is at the end of that era of Mercedes car design, as well as the end of that technology. The R129 is a much more modern car.

Yes, it does. I’ve tightened mine up a bit too, but it’s still got a lot of play. I may attempted to replace the steering coupler next.

There are a few types of lowering springs that exist for the R107. I’m very tempted to install them on mine with some new shocks to try and get the float under control. The steering is still pretty bad though.

Rally Baby dropped a LS/Small Block into a 450SL for Lemons racing. They said it required a lot of persuading with a sledge hammer.

If you like driving the S2000, you will hate the R107. I would never attempt anything even close to ‘spirited’ driving in mine, the handling and steering are terrible. You’re S2k is also worth about 2 R107's and requires half the maintenance, and has double the red-line.

It’s insane how complex the gas pedal -> throttle connection is.

Not sure why he calls it a SL500. These are from the numbers before letters Mercedes ear.

If a gas powered car is putting out black smoke, something is seriously wrong with it. I do have to pass inspection, but even with a few things broken the guy still passed me. It is a Sunday driver though, so no big deal. I’ll get it fixed before it gets warm again.

Virginia doesn’t require emissions on cars over 25 years old. You can’t speed, but you can belch out all the NoX, CO, and CO2 you want out of your old 80's hoopite.

The bluetooth lets you set temperature and time, but you can do that on the device itself too. For me, the bluetooth is useless. My TV is not near my kitchen, so it loses the connection and doesn’t alert me. There is a more expensive WiFi version though. If there was an option, I would gladly spend less money for a…

The bluetooth lets you set temperature and time, but you can do that on the device itself too. For me, the bluetooth…

It’s not a differential at all. It’s just a fully locked axle. Both tires are locked together.

Yes.

No. Not in AER. You can bring a Ferrari if you want. There are no rules on modifications. The rule book is like 5 pages, 4 of which are about safety.

There are no penalties for going faster. They have adjusted classes in the past if race times aren’t matching up to qualifying times.

There are much faster cars in AER too. SE46, even a 335i, and some very well prepped E36's.

It’s not bracket racing. It’s exactly like Chump, except classes are determined by qualifying time, instead of a weird value calculation.

It’s your fault that I have to add a center restraint net to my car. You owe me $100. :)

Tax write-off. I raced with a guy in Lemons who put his company sticker on the car, and then wrote off his cost of racing as an advertising tax deduction.

LOL. It’s not just the compound, it’s the tread pattern. A tread pattern that works good in snow will be crap in dry pavement and vise versa.

It would be nice if this actually showed numbers. My retirement plan pretty robust, certainly well above most people my age, and it still only says ‘good’.