2. Sec. 317. Seven-year cost recovery period for motorsports racing track facility. .

I bet you weren’t expecting that now were you? This obscure provision allows race track owners to right off the cost of their facilities over a seven year period. Track owners have been getting tax breaks for a while now from cities and states eager to get racers off the street and on the track. The provision will be extended 2 years till the end of 2009 and will cost $100 million. The provision encompasses all facilities including grandstands, parking lots and concession stands.

What’s your take on the video? Has big oil tried to get rid of electric cars? Can an electric car meet your needs?

With it’s supercharged LS9 engine it is putting out about 650 horsepower, making it the most powerful car built by Chevrolet for a long long time, and making the corvette set salivate, waiting with anticipation, chomping at the bit ready for something new, and this is just what the doctor ordered for 1958 corvette replica.

With more then enough power to satisfy the most power hungry corvette freak, and the Euro styling of the new corvette, it will no doubt be a huge seller, and no doubt be unbeatable by any stock muscle car on the market, yes I said any, and that includes the Viper, being as how the corvette can already hold it’s own against the viper.

Chevrolet has dropped the displacement of the engine down to 6.2 liters, and added another 149 horsepower, obviously this will not be a cheap car, it’s not going to be a car for a person that makes $30,000 per year, it will be in the low to mid $100,000 dollar range, making it out of the budget of corvette project for sale.

With all the technology that Chevrolet is throwing at this car, it’s no wonder that it will not be cheap, I have to give them “CUDOS” for building such a cool car, it’s just like that old days, when Chevrolet was the top dog, they are on their way to being the king again.

To put all that power to the ground, in a manor that won’t have you fish tailing all over the road Chevrolet has added Michelin Pilot Sport 285/30ZR19s at the front of this monster, and at the rear the awesome power of this engine is being distributed by way of Michelin Pilot Sport 335/25ZR20s, this car has the stance of a muscle car, but will handle like a sports car making it the only choice for a true American muscle car guy or girl.

The ZO6 corvette had a very stiff suspension, making it difficult to drive quickly on the road, whereas the new corvette ZR1 will use some Euro tech known as magneto-rheological dampers, like the Ferrari 599, the fluid in these units is filled with iron particles and the viscosity can be instantly changed by varying an electric current passing through it, ride sensors in the car take measurements every 0.001 seconds, and translate the information to the dampers every 0.002 seconds, adjusting the firmness of the ride to handle the corners much better then a stock mechanical system would.

With a six speed gear box, and Ferrari disc brakes at all four corners, stopping should be no problem either, as you well know, what speeds up must at one time on another slow down, and the brakes and transmission are just as important as the engine is to your safety, the brake rotors are made for a carbon ceramic composite, the Ferrari Enzo used these brakes on the front wheels, the corvette will use them at all four corners.

The good news is that you can do a few simple preparations yourself to make sure that you reduce the risks to an absolute minimum. You can also make a few simple steps to acclimatize your car to the coming winter weather, and in so doing you’ll make your winter driving a good deal easier and less troublesome.

To begin with make sure you have your servicing done & up to date following the manufacturer’s schedule. Many of the checks we’re going to do ourselves should be carried out during the service, but remember, especially with service intervals increasing, a clean bill of health on the day the car was serviced doesn’t mean things won’t deteriorate to critical levels before the next service.

Tires are one of the most critical safety components of your car, and they are very easy to check. First of all check the tire pressures. Remember that even without leaks, the tire pressure will decrease as the temperatures decrease. This is because the air inside the tire shrinks as it becomes cooler. Next you should check the tire tread depth, while you may get away with wearing your tires right down to the legal limit in summer, you really need the tread in winter in order to give you grip through the rainwater and snow. At the same time, check the tire tread & walls for cracks, cuts and anything that may be piercing them.

Finally, you may want to think about getting a set of extra rims fitted with winter tires, and fitting those at the end of September.  These tires have specially designed tread that pumps away the water, snow and mud, so they really help you even in mild but wet winters such as we often have in the UK.

Next take a look at your car wiper blades. These too are critical for safety and easy to check. Just raise the Car Wiper Blades away from the windscreen, and wipe the blades clean with a soft damp cloth., look for cracks, cuts and tearing, especially on traditional Car Wiper Blades, where the blade is held by the feet of the frame. Also check the joints in the wiper blade frame & make sure they are free, but not loose or worn. If you have flat blade wipers, you won’t have any joints to worry about.

Consider fitting Silicone Windscreen Wipers. These stay flexible right down to -60

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•  Super Hybrid filter
•  Legamax Premium Muffler
•  Twin Power DLI II
•  Super SQV Blow Off Valve Kit

The HKS Super Hybrid Filter is a simple, drop-in, OEM replacement intake panel filter that produced up to 5 RWHP during testing.

The HKS Legamax Premium Muffler for the STI features a fully polished, stainless steel 304 muffler and piping mated to dual 90mm rolled Titanium tips on each side of the dual exit exhaust. Legamax Premium is currently available as a rear muffler section and is designed to bolt-on to the factory mid pipe. Initial testing with the rear section produced 3 RWHP. An optional SUS304 center pipe has completed development and will arrive to the North American market soon. A full 75mm cat-back, race exhaust system is currently under development.

Coming soon are the Hipermax III and Hipermax III Sport Suspension systems, Racing Suction Kit Reloaded, Front Mount Intercooler and Sport Turbo Upgrade.

I’d like to take a moment and just find out what is going on inside YOUR life, what problems and challenges you are trying to overcome and maybe with a little magic and some help from our faculty we can help you accomplish your goals for finishing off the second half of 2008.

No seriously… I really want to hear from you, even if it is not automotive related, believe it or not, we are people too, and we get where you are coming from. You would be surprised at some of the other businesses we run and the many ways we can actually relate to you and possibly even help you, and since we all already know we have one thing in common, a “need for speed” if you will… I bet there are hundreds of other things.

So leave a comment below, you don’t even need to create an account or use your real name or email address. Tell me if there is anything you would like to see from us in the future, any challenges you face in building up your car, or just in your general life.

Maybe you have a certain problem when detailing you car, or something that is limiting your potential to be more successful at your job or in your personal life… Tell us about it.

A common theme that we go by here at Genuine Performance is “We are not in the automotive parts business selling to people, we are in the people business selling auto parts.”

So as a member of the “people business” I want to take this opportunity to hear from you, the people, about what problems and challenges you are facing in your life.

I’m looking forward to hearing from you.

GReddy Racing Ti-C Cat-back Exhausts combine the design, looks and flow of our Full Racing Titanium systems with the durability, deep sound, value and large application list of our other Stainless Steel street systems. This fusion of aggressive styling and practical construction, makes this the logical choice for both Race and Street Enthusiasts. The systems are comprised of a Titanium heat-treated tip, polished stainless steel muffler, unpolished stainless steel piping. It improves high and mid-range performance while still allowing for suitable sound levels when used with the included tuned Tri-mounted Silencer*. *Most applications below 92db, with all under 94db. The large list of applications include 80mm piping for Turbo applications and 50-60-70mm for Normally Aspirated vehicles. (usually 60mm)