Thanx for the feedback everyone. I've honestly wondered why more 240s don't
run. I have a 1991 SE and think it's just delightful (of course, I'm still
VERY new (1/2 season) to the sport). After 6 local events I was beginning to
become competitive locally in STS. Now with an LSD, I'm hoping to improve on
that.
Though that pesky Contour SVT keeps beating me....
Justin
STS 240sx
>From: "Colbert, Raymond J." <Raymond.Colbert@alcoa.com>
>
>Justin,
>
>I drove Larrys car at an event before he sold it. It was very heavy. It
>was
>as light as it could get (no AC but had a sunroof). It had one unfortunate
>misgiving, no Positraction. There were precious few with the factory Posi.
>
>It has great torque but does not rev well. The engine is the 4 cylinder
>from the truck. I did like the handling though but the car felt heavy.
>Stock
>it will not be competitive on a regional let alonne national basis. It
>might win at some local events. ST still not enough to compensate. SM it
>would do real well with a V6 from a Z or a V-8 from a Lexus. SP headers and
>a flow job would help the revs and I donot think the torque would drop
>much.
>Prepared well why bother, you would have to cut away so much to make it
>light enought that chassis stiffness would be compromised. It is a bad
>place
>to be any way, kind of no mans land (not a real racer but no fun on the
>street anymore). Mod well it would simply never be competitive in D mod.
>The
>Honda's are gonna take over no matter what Del and the MAC do. Emod well
>with a big honkin V-8 froma Lexus and $20 K worth of work the car would do
>real well.
>
>This is my synopsis of the 240SX. I really liked the car though. It was
>just my size. What with Lorenzo approaching well XXL, I should have sold
>my
>truck and bought the car for the street.
>
>Ray Colbert
>DM 550 Spyder
>Pittsburgh PA
>
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