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Originally Posted by INTMD8
I was thinking about the various builds detailed here, how much thought, time, effort and money goes into them. This made me curious about what motivates you to build what you are building.
So the question of course is what motivates YOU to build the car you are building?
After doing several cars that had drivetrains and suspensions leaning towards the more racy side of things, I've realized that I personally enjoy a car more when I sacrifice performance capability to comfort.
That being said, is your ultimate goal some type of compromise as well or are you after the highest performing fastest cornering car you can build?
After answering that, have you rode in/driven/experienced in some sort of way the type of car you are trying to build or do just believe the end result of your car will be what you expect based on your component selection?
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Great thread. Nice to see this question posed and the various answers. Some are obvious as heck and others not so much.
Being one of those 3 trillion 1st gen Camaro guys around here I've been trying to take a less traveled path for a variety of reasons. It's full of compromise and shifting more towards one end of the spectrum than most "pro touring" cars, but I always say the proof is in the pudding when it comes to driving your car.
I became really interested in Trans Am vintage after attending the Historics at Laguna Seca a couple years ago. And even though I don't watch NASCAR, I wanted to incorporate some of their tech in my car and especially the engine system. When the engine/head combo became difficult to accommodate a realistic pump gas scenario, I opted to go E85 as I don't see many PT Camaros running that.
The list of trying to be different goes on but you get the idea.
I have rode in and driven a few other very nicely done PT Camaros, but honestly they were too tame for my taste. I want loud, nasty, raw and not a daily driver type of car. Performance has become the clear driving force for me, but yet I will drive it on the street as much as humanly possible for me. I just don't need to do Power Tour with it.
When I go to an open track day (where not many PT cars are present) I want to be able to hang with many of the track cars and late model Vettes there. I like the Optima type events, but I really enjoy the value and track time of a simple open track day of 5 sessions of 20-25 minutes.
I've enlisted enough help and advice from good people so I am pretty confident that the finished product will certainly satisfy my appetite. Heck, it might even scare the begeezus out of me.
