anyone get their wheels on the track?

ridr4lif · Post by **ridr4lif** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:58 pm

Man...the things you learn about ppl in a random thread!

You had some sweet cars too Joe! I LOVE German cars. 914-6's were (are) quick little cars. Fun as hell. 944 turbo even more so!!!

Even though i am a HUGE BMW fan, trying to decide between a 930 slant nose and an M Coupe is a tough decision. No matter what car you go with, you will be happy.

Please people...post pics of your old skool cars!!!

geolemon · Post by **geolemon** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:58 pm

I wouldn't risk my car on a track... walls scare me. Hell, parking lots scare me, and at least my insurance company would cover me if I got a scratch on the side of my car in a parking lot... the side of my car into a trackside wall... I'm thinking "no".

I did build my car for SCCA autocrossing though, autocrossed for years - haven't in a couple though. That's one reason I bought my Civic, my first new car, back in '95. It was the least expensive, lightest weight car to have a true dual unequal-length A-arm suspension... first mods I did were to the suspension in fact - many, many, many years later I got around to really adding some power to the motor.

You can tell where my priorities are. I'm probably the opposite of a drag racer... all my friends had musclecars, it's just way way too common around here... I had to do something different.

And yes - a Civic was "different" - at least in 1995.
Call me a trendsetter?

But anyway - I autocross my car, and it does really well actually.

ridr4lif · Post by **ridr4lif** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:03 pm

geolemon wrote:first mods I did were to the suspension in fact - many, many, many years later I got around to really adding some power to the motor.
You can tell where my priorities are. I'm probably the opposite of a drag racer... all my friends had musclecars, it's just way way too common around here... I had to do something different.

HAHA...im the same way. WIth me its suspension and brakes before motor mods. Otherwise, you have a ton of power...and no way to stop it or corner well. My BMW's suspension is almost racecar stiff. You can rock the car side to side and only the sidewalls of the tires move (at least it seems that way :happy055: )

geolemon · Post by **geolemon** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:51 pm

I drive on the loosest shock setting for daily driving - and it's significantly firm, people comment to me actually about it. I think it's perfectly comfortable - same as any sports car ride.

But - if I turn the knobs, I swear I could drive over an ant and feel it - it can actually get TOO firm for driving.
Most often, I don't even bother to adjust it for autocrossing, it's significantly firm as is.

OnYrMrk · Post by **OnYrMrk** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:59 pm

Sorry Rider, I don't have any pics of my former cars, tornado took out my storage bin 5 years ago. Pics are long gone from there.

My 914 started out as the 2.0 4cyl, but I had a 6 cyl installed from a '69 911T. It was fast enough. I would really like to find a 914-6 that was real!

Also I haven't turned my back on the little Lotus Elise or Exige. If I wait a year, I should be able to get either one for about 30 grand.

_gonz_ · Post by **_gonz_** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 3:16 am

OnYrMrk wrote:My 914 started out as the 2.0 4cyl, but I had a 6 cyl installed from a '69 911T. It was fast enough. I would really like to find a 914-6 that was real!

Hey, funny you say that. I know a guy here local to me, used to be my landlord, anyways... he converts Porsches into Chevy V8s.

They go fast.

Post by **GlassWolf** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:32 am

and destroy the handling..

anyway I'd have to dig through CDs to find the old 280 pics, and I don't have any of the 510, but this one looks identical to the one I did drive:

OnYrMrk · Post by **OnYrMrk** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 9:10 am

you know Adam Carolli drives and restores old Datsun B210 race cars. Good to hear you have something in common with him.

joeyc · Post by **joeyc** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 9:32 am

why are top fuels stupid ridr4lif???!!! Have you not seen them in person?

ridr4lif · Post by **ridr4lif** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 2:36 pm

joeyc wrote:why are top fuels stupid ridr4lif???!!! Have you not seen them in person?

I have seen them in person...and sure they're cool, but i dont like an engine that needs to be rebuilt after every pass down the track. I just dont like that kind of racing. Im more of a road racing kind of guy.

Dont get me wrong, im sure its a rush goin from 0-300 and 1/4 of a mile in 4 seconds...but i'd rather spend an hour on a track turning left AND right...not just straight or left (nascar).

I have respect for all forms of racing...im just picky