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Sieg 08-10-2013 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by GregWeld (Post 498112)
We discussed all weekend -- having a spare car....

He (Charley) has a Dale Earnhart Cup car... and that would be fun and different... but then I'm thinking either another Mustang (Vintage racer) or maybe a mid year vintage Vette.... for something different.

I'm struggling with "how different" or -- similar....

What I'd really like is to have a vintage Lola etc.


I like this.....


http://www.motorsportsmarket.com/pag...il.asp?car=202

Nice Vette! Need's Hobaugh's flares though!

I'd seriously consider this for the task:
http://media.gm.com/content/media/us...amaro-z28.html
Turnkey reliable 500 hp, dry-sump, 7K redline, 6 spd w/ 3.91 rear end, trans & diff cooling, 1.05 g cornering, 1.5 g braking................dealer service centers everywhere.

It might even have a warranty and you know the engineer!

GregWeld 08-10-2013 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Sieg (Post 498121)
Nice Vette! Need's Hobaugh's flares though!

I'd seriously consider this for the task:
http://media.gm.com/content/media/us...amaro-z28.html
Turnkey reliable 500 hp, dry-sump, 7K redline, 6 spd w/ 3.91 rear end, trans & diff cooling, 1.05 g cornering, 1.5 g braking................dealer service centers everywhere.

It might even have a warranty and you know the engineer!




New cars just aren't fun... they do everything well and are too easy to drive. They've got huge brakes -- they have ABS -- they have - dare I say it - no soul.


You put 590 hp in a 3000# car --- on skinny 245's.... and you have a hoot on your hands!

Sieg 08-10-2013 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by GregWeld (Post 498129)
New cars just aren't fun... they do everything well and are too easy to drive. They've got huge brakes -- they have ABS -- they have - dare I say it - no soul.


You put 590 hp in a 3000# car --- on skinny 245's.... and you have a hoot on your hands!

Thought we were talking backup car!

Having two broken high maintenance vintage cars sitting in the pits would be less fun than lapping in a Prius.........more embarrassing too! :D

Bet the Z/28 would pass sound even at Laguna.

My primary objective at track days was to get as many laps as I was physically and mentally capable of, what I did it with was secondary it just had to have good brakes, suspension, and be reliable.

This was my best backup bike, it just wouldn't run much over 135 mph, adequate for T-Hill, but not Miller, PIR, etc.:
http://sieg.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/...IMGP5104-M.jpg

GregWeld 08-10-2013 07:07 PM

Oh I agree with your reasoning.... it's just not me. I like the old crap. I like ill mannered - nasty sounding - fun to slide around "hot rods". New cars -- I have plenty of those. Tracking the R8 was about the most boring day I've ever had at a track...

Sieg 08-10-2013 07:15 PM

So Bondurant's Corvettes ain't fun to drive?

If you want to have fun build one of these:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.n...13154755_n.jpg

I don't care who you are......that there's funny!

fleet 08-10-2013 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Sieg (Post 498137)
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.n...13154755_n.jpg

I don't care who you are......that there's funny!

An expensive punchline but I agree, that is funny.

Flash68 08-11-2013 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Sieg (Post 498088)
Take advantage of that trailer and get a backup car for situations like this........like something with a reliable 500 hp LS whatever motor. :welcome3:

:lostmarbles: :badidea:

Quote:

Originally Posted by GregWeld (Post 498135)
Oh I agree with your reasoning.... it's just not me. I like the old crap. I like ill mannered - nasty sounding - fun to slide around "hot rods". New cars -- I have plenty of those. Tracking the R8 was about the most boring day I've ever had at a track...

Amen.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sieg (Post 498137)
So Bondurant's Corvettes ain't fun to drive?

If you want to have fun build one of these:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.n...13154755_n.jpg

I don't care who you are......that there's funny!

:lol: Now that is fantastic.

GregWeld 08-11-2013 07:48 AM

LOOK UNDER THE CAR WHERE THE EXHAUST DUMPS OUT......






http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/a...ats/file-3.jpg

fleet 08-11-2013 07:56 AM

Yeahbutt still the baddest ride on lat-g IMO.

Not an easy task fer a Ferd Muttstang. :D

Sieg 08-11-2013 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by GregWeld (Post 498216)
LOOK UNDER THE CAR WHERE THE EXHAUST DUMPS OUT......

That's right where my eye went............:confused59:

http://www.desmonorthwest.com/forums...lies/smoke.gif


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