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Re: Noice!
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Let me know when you're ready Nick
I've got a connection for deeply discounted Hoosier racing tires
Todd
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Re: Let me know when you're ready Nick
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I'm not sure whether or not an 'autocross' tire (like Hoosier's A3S03 or 'Autocrosser') is legal to use in a stock class. The rules, as stated by the SCCA, confuse me. I know that certain classes restrict tire type - like STS and STX, but I don't know about stock classes. I don't want to spend $600 on tires only to find out that I'm about to be killed in a street prepared class. But I will absolutely let you know if I can make use of such tires - thanks, Todd.
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Re: Re: Let me know when you're ready Nick
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mr. Pockets
[B] I know that certain classes restrict tire type - like STS and STX, but I don't know about stock classes. I can't claim to know what turns Justys into "barely legal Type R" machines, but Harry Newman runs racing tires on his '97 SVX & stays within in the limits of G stock. Ron (wondering how a Justy would do on four donuts).
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Re: Re: Re: Let me know when you're ready Nick
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ron Mummert
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Well, that's a start. I'm sorry, but sometimes I have a hard time remembering who's who - what's Harry's handle here? I'll ask him about the tires. Thanks! Nick (thinking that, instead of donuts, he should maybe bake some giant Cheerios...)
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Let me know when you're ready Nick
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mr. Pockets
[B] G-Stock has got to be a hard category for the SVX to be competitive in. There were a couple G-Stock cars at the autocross this weekend - a Celica Tubo All-Trac and a new VW GTi. They were fast. I imagine that they were both considerably lighter and also not tied down to an automatic. Well, that's a start. I'm sorry, but sometimes I have a hard time remembering who's who - what's Harry's handle here? I'll ask him about the tires. Thanks! Harry is newsvx. He IS competetive in G stock. In my opinion, an automatic is an advantage in autocross. Miss ONE shift with a manual tranny, & you've lost the race. Ron.
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I forgot to mention one of the best parts of the weekend. I got my drag-racing friend (with whom I also worked at Outrage in MI) to bring his daily-driver Impulse RS. He was very hesitant, and worried he'd break his car. He wavered back and forth until I found the line that convinced him:
'Hey,' I said, 'you're not having a bachelor party, and you're getting married in a week. This is your bachelor party.' 'You know what? You're right - I'll go.' He and I walked the course together Saturday morning. At one point, he said, 'I dont know, man - this looks like it takes skill.' He was definitely worried about hitting stuff and looking like an ass. Standing over a cone, he said sadly, 'poor little guys, <sniff>, they never stood a chance.' He did a fine job and in the end beat me by about a second. He's in G-stock Novice with that Impulse, but we were still comparing times. I knew he had a good time, but I didn't know he was hooked. Yesterday he came to my office and said, 'okay, so next year we're going hard-core. What are we doing to prepare during the off-season?'
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Okay, I added photos from the autocross to my locker. Sorry that they're a little dark - it was a really gloomy day and neither of the two people using the camera knew how to, so I think they took them all with a flash. :rolleye: Ah, well...
The Impulse belongs to the aforementioned friend I brow-beat into going. He now seems to be a converted autocrosser. He'll still drag the Mustang, but I think he'll tweak the Impulse for autocrossing. That's good, because a turbo AWD car shouldn't be confined to a strip, for crying out loud! Edit: All of the cones you see knocked over are pointers. So don't think I knocked 'em over - because I didn't hit a single cone all weekend.
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Too bad my Justy is not in auto-x condition. I need a new engine head (or possibly head gasket) and a new 2nd gear.
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