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Old 11-06-2009, 02:36 PM
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500 HP not necessary. I ran a 4 dr 4 cyl. Cobalt rental car at Road Atlanta one weekend because the Firebird wasn't ready. I learned a lot about carrying momentum and the importance of being on "the line" to maintain speed. The lessons learned carried over well to my relatively underpowered Firebird. (dyno proven to have less than 275 RWHP! LOL)
I really like Dick Guldstrand's article on Handling Theory: http://www.guldstrand.com/gtheory.asp A very basic all encompassing article.


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Trunk space. As he uses his car for a driver he needs to use the trunk. On my car we only ran the rear bars on my cage to the shock mounts in my Firebird so I'd have a full trunk. I fit three 5 gallon cans of race gas and my other stuff in the trunk if I'm going to drive to and from the track.
I can actually fit 4 race tires (no spare), a 3 drawer craftsman tool box, and a small floor jack in the trunk. Except for E-bodies, Mopar trunks are huge.
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