Put up or shut up..... bench racers!

[Mikamaro]

New to the hobby (2 years) and about 75% of the way through my project. I've been reading these forums, started w/ PT.com, for about 3 so thanks for getting me into this great hobby.

As of late, I've noticed there's a lot of b.s. about how this suspensions kicks a** and this one sucks.... unless you're just a street guy blah blah blah. Oh those brakes are ok, if.... etc. I'm interested in who here has really had an opportunity to drive a well tuned version of more than 1 or 2 setups? Seems most buy a car, the suspension is old and worn, buy the new greatest things and their car is the best (as long as everyone on the forum agrees). I bought into this at first, but more I've learned, a lot of it is starting to seem like bench racing to me. Like my girlfriends little ricer brother and his friends. Don't get me wrong, a lot of people here have a wealth of true knowledge, and I appreciate the technical insights I find here that lead me to research different ideas. I just think that because of the expense of this hobby and the limited experiance resulting from not having 20 cars, comparing one setup to another is b.s. unless you have experiance, not just theory to base it on.

So point being, when is the lateral-g, pro-touring group showdown gonna happen? There's a whole lot of you guys fairly close together on the west coast, why don't you guys get together and really see what's what, go out and flog 'em, race 'em, trade 'em for a lap or 2. Sort of like that RSE, Chris Kerr's car was sweet, and my inspiration.... wasn't intentional that my ebay bought car is the same color. Point is he brought it out and exposed his setup, ran it to show what it could do; didn't sit on the net and explain why it was better, or why the other guys is worse.

I know you guys don't rudely bash, however you know when somebody says "no offense but...." it's still an insult.

When/where's the next RSE style get together for the lateral-g crew? When are you guys gonna put some proof behind these millions of posts?