[Shotimes] Re: 300 hp

[Kirk Doucette]

The use the same as the cobra 13" but im not sure of the width. I always
could go out side and measure mine if you want. But I think because the car
is so fast they are having trouble stopping. Sort of like at Summit Point
last year, you had no problem but Josh changed the color of his calipers
from to much heat, and the fluid was DEAD. He was doing what 130-140 on the
front stretch? :)

Kirk J Doucette
NESHOC President
Stormtrooper-97 White

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Mark Nunnally
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 1:36 AM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re: 300 hp

> Maybe not a "couple of laps", but that still seems to be an issue that the
> Corvette has had for ages. Yes, you can then spend bucks to modify them,
but
> you can do that to any car.

I'll have to talk to the Z06 bunch at the next time trail.  The front rotors
on the Z06 I helped the guy change tires with were huge.  So if they are
having thermal problems, it's gotta be with the stock type pads fading or
calipers cooking the fluid (although I doubt that).  Those rotors have to
have a huge thermal capacity (13x1.25"?)  Very thick.

>To me, the M5 is "IT". Depends on what you
> are looking for.

Exactly.  If I was buying a performance car it would be to track it.  And
for all out track work, I wouldn't put the M5 as "it".  The one I ran
against last weekend had race rubber and was 2.5 secs slower than my POS 89.
(3.5 secs behind the Z06).

For a car to drive to work everyday, sure I'd drive an M5.  Most of the
performance of a Z06 with 4 doors and all the little luxo do-dads.  Too
heavy to be an all out track car though.

mark
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