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RE: Race car or street car?

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Subject: RE: Race car or street car?
From: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@attbi.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 20:28:03 -0800
I don't know, I sure could have used an LSD with my 3.70 the other day. I had a
brief drag race at a light with a kid in a 240-SX. Got plenty of rubber in 1st
but still beat him.

Coming out of a corner in 2nd I can get plenty of wheelspin, too, which I hate.
I should really go ahead and put together an LSD for it.

Gordon Glasgow
Renton, WA


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Andrew Murphy
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 10:14 AM
> To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: Race car or street car?
>
>
> Hey All,
>
> I had been asking my tech buddies about LSDs and other performance parts
> when one asked me "Are you building a race car or a street car?" He seemed
> to think that if I am going to spend money on my car that I should put it to
> better use unless I was intending to build a race car.
>
> This got me to thinking. Why can't you have your cake and eat it too with
> these cars? I have driven posi cars with 4.11 diffs and loved the sensation
> of shooting out of a turn but I hate them at high speeds on the freeway.
>
> I also love the improvement of handling in a car with a full comp suspension
> but those cars are "bone shakers".
>
> So I had toyed with the idea of setting up a 3.7 LSD and the reaction I got
> was "What's the point of that?" "There is no positraction at 100 mph and a
> 3.7 diff isn't going to get you out of a hole."
>
> So I guess I am greedy. I want the performance options but toned down for
> street use. Maybe I should come up with a new definition: Street
> Performance.
>
> Sounds good to me.
>
> Andrew Murphy
> SoCalROC
>
>
>
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