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Originally Posted by GregWeld
I was texting with Ron Sutton about some stuff ---- and I told him --- "I sure wish people could have lined up and driven the car before and after".
You just can't even imagine the improvements he's made to the car. The math doesn't work out - but I think I have TWICE as much brake -- and the difference is that I can go charging up to a corner and then apply the brakes SOFTLY and the car just responds by decreasing speed instantly... and the "dive" (might be the wrong word choice) just plants the front tires for initial turn in... I roll thru the turn and there's no lean... but it's not hard or jouncing around... There are videos on this forum that show cars that are so F'n stiff and they just loose grip instantly and are "twitchy". Trust me -- I don't want to drive ANY cars like that at speed! With Ron's secret sauce springs and shock combo - the car doesn't roll over - but it's compliant at the same time... Roll back into the gas and the car just digs and moves forward -- no drama... no squatting... no torque steer input. Just shoots forward. It's like the Lotus on steroids. The Lotus lacks torque. It CARRIES speed if you let it... and the braking is the best in any car I've ever driven -- until I got the new improved Ron Sauce Mustang.
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At our last autox event last Sunday, a long time autocrosser comes up and we start talking about my car. "Man that thing really looks good out there on the course, what springs are you running?" So I tell him and he looks at me with disbelieve and says "Just imagine how it would run like if you put stiffer front and rear springs in it, man it would really fly"...
The conversation ended pretty quickly after that.
Even after seeing in person how a Ron Sauce setup can make a big car handle an autox, they still can't admit that setup works better than the old go-cart stiff no travel setups that they've used forever.
There are others out there though, that have ridden in the car pre and post Ron Sauce and they listen intently when I'm answering their questions about the car...and I can see the wheels turning in their head as I'm talking.
