[Teutonic Speedra...]

I read somewhere that the Hawker battery can't handle too much heat? Has anybody had problems with battery temperatures when road racing or open tracking? Taking another 17 lbs off the front in addition to the glass hood, gutting, etc would be nice.

[Tony99SS]

funny thing is that even after starting it with it not being started for 30 minutes, the gauges do the full sweep thingy and the odometer resets to zero. does that happen to anyone else?

The above quote tells you that the Hawker is going below the minimum voltage necessary for the odo memory. I have experimented with this and it seems like the trip odometer is the first to go on low voltage. The ECM and radio presets will usually stay until you drop below 8 volts or so. IMHO the Hawker is an decent idea that has not been fully developed yet.

Actually, the 99 cars suffer from some glitch that causes the 'full sweepy thingy' mentioned above. I queried the service dept here and was informed that there is a TSB of some kind on it, and that in my case (out of warranty, and thinking I had damaged something by welding w/o disconnecting the battery) not much could be done.

Tony
it is amazing just how time consuming contracting and building a house can be. I've resolved not to touch the cars until this is through, although I did sit in it the other day (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)