[Shotimes] Re: SHO RESPONSES ONLY PLEASE

[George Fourchy]

On Thu, 28 Nov 2002 00:32:16 -0500, Mark Nunnally wrote:

>You learn to make your car an extension of you, after you get a feel
>for it and know it's limits on it's tires, you can push it to the limit to
>avoid something and not eat a pine tree.

That's exactly right.  Especially now that I have put the two wheelskins on the
Lowrider's steering wheel to make it fatter and seem smaller, the car feels like it
is about 10 feet long and weighs 100 pounds.....totally nimble and quick on its
feet.  Driving the other cars here, with their original (shot) suspensions (and
skinny steering wheels), I feel like I am in danger the instant I start out from a
green light.  It's a complete combination of components...tires, struts, steering
wheel, brakes, clutch....they are all balanced.  

Then, learning to take corners without having to attract attention is the icing on
the cake.  (or maybe the cat's meow!)  It's totally amazing to see and feel how much
improvement there is in my laps at a convention track event from the first one to
the last one.   And then, to be able to use that capability every day (within legal
limits, natch!) on a busy freeway with sleeping commuters, or on an empty winding
mountain road ..... amazing.

What a GREAT car a SHO is.  I've been trying to make a car feel the way this one
does since I had my yellow '65 Mustang.  The Boss came close, after I completely
redid its suspension, but then again, it has a live rear axle.

George