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Originally Posted by J2SpeedandCustom
I tell all my customers that want this type of car. "You can build a great street car OR a great race car. If you try to build both you end up with a slow race car and an uncomfortable street car! 
You have to make too many compromises to get a "best of both world" setup. Suspension that works in a straight line and is adjustable doesn't like to turn, and one that turns doesn't like to transfer weight / have adjustments for track conditions. Just my $.02 |
Isn't that kind of the point of PT. Have a car capable of doing multiple things reasonably well? I do agree that it makes for a slow race car but not neccesarily an uncomfortable car. It's when you get inot full cages, race belts on the street, no AC or radio, high rate coil springs, solid motor mounts, that is gets uncomfortable. It all comes down to your goals. There has to be a line where it's no longer a PT car. That is one of the downsides I can see with the Optima Challenge and other events. The competitive juices may eventually make some of us lose site of the original finish line. A car just as capable of going out to dinner with the AC on and your favorite tunes blasting as it is on the race track.
I'll give you a perfect example of walking the line between race and pt. If it was race only I could've spent $250 on a new clutch disc. But I want a bullet proof clutch on the race track that won't chatter on the street. Thus $900 later I have a new clutch.