I too run in the street prepared class,but the
local SCCA *pro* put me into FSP(because of the
Weber DGV). I've been lucky so far...two races,two
wins!!! Seems nobody in my area is in my class!!!!
I'm not arguing.....
I can't wait till March 31 driving school,April 1
autox.
Dave Gebhard
1977 Spit
----- Original Message -----
From: Graham Stretch
<technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
To: 2000 List <2000-register@autox.team.net>;
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Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 5:00 PM
Subject: Auto x Fairly long.
Hi All
I took my 2000 MKI saloon to our local autox
meeting a couple of weeks ago,
first time ever, for both of us. Did the wrong
route the first run then four
good runs had a blast! (venue limit 5 runs) Helped
a friend load his special
onto a trailer then went home. Got the news letter
this weekend, I should have
stayed to collect first in class! I thought I was
well off the pace.
Other cars were
Toyota (with 2 different drivers)
Vauxhall Cavalier New type FWD (2different drivers)
Mitsubishi? Colt
Ford Capri
Fiat Saloon (lada shape)
I also placed 13 over all out of 29. So all in all
a very surprising weekend
with a mainly standard 1968 saloon car.
Modifications are 3.45:1 diff instead of 4.11:1
Fitted when I was using the
car for continental touring to keep the revs down.
(doesn't do much for the
acceleration.)
A stainless sports exhaust, Cheaper than the
standard one (do I need a better
excuse).
MKII rear suspension, a couple of inches wider than
the original. Original was
shot and I had the MKII in my shed.
Poly bushes as the 30 YO originals were
understandably shot.
These are all the mods. I entered the standard
class safe in the knowledge I
was in a very uncompetitive car and had no chance
to win, oops! This is a
point and squirt event relying on acceleration. The
question to those in the
know, should I have been in the modified class with
the 4.1 litre V8 grass
track specials based on the list of mods above. If
so I will hand back the
class win and re-register in the other class.
Thanks for your time.
Graham.
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