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Originally Posted by 73CPCAMARO
I will chime in here and give you my $.02. The only way an older car will come close to Danny in his borrowed Corvette or anything like it is to build a car like mine, Steilows, or Bad Penny type. Danny is an incredible driver with a well preppared Corvette.
I don't like to give excuses, but, the format for OUSCI and the autocross was stacked against me, Mike Maier, and a everyone else that had to run first. I was one of the first 5 cars out in the morning. About 25 cars were in each group and we were told to run in decending order per our car number. I was number 47 of 52 cars. Danny was #14 and Mary was #15. I believe Danny was the just about the last car to run before Mark Steilow, who went last in the first group. When I ran, the course was still wet in places and very dirty. By the time Danny ran, the course was dry, warmer, and cleaner. I am not saying I would have beat him, but I would have been right there with him.
My car was and still is in the tuning stage. By the end of this summer, my car will be much faster than it was at OUSCI 2011. It already is.
As long as newer cars like the Corvette and Nissan GTR are involved in the same competition, the only way the older cars can compete is to radically change the car towards "race car" IMOP. Lighter, faster, major suspension change.
Brian
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Brian I agree 100%. I hope you take to offense to what I said. I think your car after 1-2 years of testing would be awesome at this event. It almost takes more time to sort them then build them. I love orange 2nd gens and would love to see you take the deal.
I would also say it's going to take more then an assortment of the best Bolt on parts. It's going to take a full on purpose built car with lots if Head scratching problem solving. The bar is getting raised every year and will require a pretty sharp pencil.