In reply to maschinenbau :
I saw the garage rescue Miata at the cars and coffee but was bummed that I didn't see the Z.
In reply to maschinenbau :
I saw the garage rescue Miata at the cars and coffee but was bummed that I didn't see the Z.
Purple Frog (Forum Supporter) said:Nocones and the LMP360 were the dynamic duo! WOW!
But, let's not forget a lot of folks had a great time in efforts that probably took less hours and accounting skills.
I'm using the Ryals in the '05 GTI Hogtown Special, or the Ortengrens in the Litty Kitties Taurus, and the Weavers in the Proteus Bois Audi TT as examples. These are all folks that from all appearances had a blast, involved the family, and did it under $2k. They are examples to many of us that you don't have to be a wiz designer/fabricator to attend this great event and create a lifetime of memories.
We had a great time and our GTI ran incredibly well. I was shocked at just how well it did in the autocross. 2nd in GTN$ and 7th out of all the budget competitors! It struggled in the drags though - too much HP with not enough traction. Still managed 3rd in GTN$ though.
In reply to maschinenbau :
Yeah, David brought out his Miata project car, but I had to leave the LFX Miata at home because I keep breaking parts. It would have been great to get the 350Z out there, but with so much going on and fewer staff than we'd originally planned on having, I wanted to focus on making the event run smoothly instead of on making my car fast.
In reply to dyintorace :
What PSI we're you running in the front tires at the drags? Try airing down to 24psi or even 22 next time to help with wheel hop and lowering 60ft times.
Glad to hear you killed it on the autocross, imo, that's the fun part.
In reply to Captdownshift (Forum Supporter) :
We started at 30 and worked our way down to ~24 over maybe a dozen passes. My best 60' was 2.4. There were a few things that made a good pass difficult:
In reply to maschinenbau :
I second the dummy fast part. Went off course at The Firm doing trying to go from 100 to 30 in about 75' without ABS or traction control. Got the only black flag of the day. That was a great time. BTW I looked online at Copart auctions and found a quite a few interceptors and challenger police cars with really low bid prices...
maschinenbau said:Just realized there was no award for Most Spectacular Failure"?
Also, no GRM magazine project cars?
Also missing "longest drive" and "spirit of the event" awards I think, but the new award structure I did like overall.
I was bummed not to see the grm projects run, but it sounds like 20 entrants or so joined in the last 2 weeks before the event so I think grm staff was already maxed out just working the event.
rich911s said:In reply to maschinenbau :
BTW I looked online at Copart auctions and found a quite a few interceptors and challenger police cars with really low bid prices...
These are things I do not need to read...
Robbie (Forum Supporter) said:maschinenbau said:Just realized there was no award for Most Spectacular Failure"?
Also, no GRM magazine project cars?
Also missing "longest drive" and "spirit of the event" awards I think, but the new award structure I did like overall.
That's a real shame, those extra awards are probably my favorite part other than seeing the well-earned top trophies.
Sad I missed it, had to pull out the week before. I like being able to compare and contrast the tire classes and over/under budget performances. The posted results let me do some bench racing and the outcome was pretty good. My car would have been competitive for trophies in both the autocross and the drags, assuming I didn't break anything of course. . .
Congrats to everyone who competed. I look forward to hearing the background stories on this year's cars.
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