WELD/SUTTON DIRT MISSILE build - Page 52 - Lateral-g Forums

jarhead · #**511** 08-06-2018, 05:48 PM

those pictures are sweet, sort of like a Glamour shot for cars

**WSSix** · #**512** 08-06-2018, 07:08 PM

Cars look great, Greg. Really glad to hear the new car is doing well. Enjoy your time out there!

**GregWeld** · #**513** 08-06-2018, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by WSSix

Cars look great, Greg. Really glad to hear the new car is doing well. Enjoy your time out there!

Thanks Trey!!

BTW..... these are NOT good investments - so we won't mention it in 102... LOL

**GregWeld** · #**514** 08-06-2018, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by rustomatic

Boss 429 LS--Love it! I've been wanting to get a blue oval emblem made with "Chevy" in Ford script . . .

This car looks very easy to drive (in the hands of a good driver). It's a stupid question, especially with all the power on tap, but do you fear the ease and precision of the Lotus coming back to haunt (or bore) you?

Did you actually WATCH the video? Is there any way in 7734 that you think it would be boring to ride a rocket? You do have SOUND on your computer?? Turn it up -- watch it again. LOL

Vegas69 · #**515** 08-06-2018, 10:24 PM

If this thing doesn't keep you on your toes behind the wheel, you don't have a pulse.

Ron Sutton · #**516** 08-07-2018, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Vegas69

If this thing doesn't keep you on your toes behind the wheel, you don't have a pulse.

Yup. Actually, even a talented driver like Benny said, "At 10/10ths, this thing is so fast, you have to be 100% focused ahead every second. It's like flying a jet inches off the ground."

Ron Sutton · #**517** 08-07-2018, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Vegas69

I don't care what the speedo is reading, it was pegged out! What a beast..

The BMW he caught & blew by was the second fastest car in that session. LOL

Try2paz · #**518** 08-07-2018, 09:14 AM

Did you guys make it out to Sonoma for the Shelby event? Any pictures / Videos?

**Stuart Adams** · #**519** 08-07-2018, 09:16 AM

After watching that video I had to take a nap. LOL. Pooped.

He made it look easy. The good ones do.

Ron Sutton · #**520** 08-07-2018, 10:23 AM

There were only 9 bets in the pool (chickens ?) & the winner is Chris Tremel ! We ran 1:54:78 & one of Chris' bets was 1:53.5.

Chris, you've won your choice of $45.00 or an all expenses non-paid trip to the vacation destination of your choosing.

If it helps heal any wounds to the others that picked times, we did think we were going to run the 3-mile Thunderhill track the "NORMAL" direction. Depending on who you talk to, the normal direction lap times would be 3 to 6 seconds quicker than the opposite direction. I tend to dismiss the 6 seconds & think it's more like 2 or 3. So "maybe" we would have ran 1:51's to 1:52's.

Going the normal direction, as Benny gets used to the car & we trim it out. (I intentionally set it up "tight") I expect the car to run 1:50's here.

The one thing I am clear on, as is everyone there, this track wasn't designed to be ran clockwise. The run off areas, curbing, blind spots, etc make running this track backwards VERY dangerous in really fast cars. The Porsche racers protested & refused to run it that way, it was so dangerous.