'77 Audi Fox Turbo

[Iain Mannix]

Grab a rulebook sometime - you'd be surprised how little you can 
do in many classes.  Not trying to be rude/inflammatory, just the 
truth; it is surprising the things the rules mandate - IME, you 
have to get into some pretty modification-friendly classes 
before you can start switching rotors and calipers around.  

There are some pretty fast cars out there that wind up 
using stock brakes.  By the time you can start using 
aftermarket calipers, with most SCCA classes(all I can think of 
in Club racing), you've got minimum weights to deal with.  

Do some track days sometime, take a school; you'll be surprised.  
Let's say, umm, stock Neon VS Audi 80 with big brakes.  I'd put 
my money on the neon.  If you go to a track school, or better 
yet, an SCCA time trial, you'll be surprised what goes faster than 
other cars.  Or, go to your local track, get some laptimes, then 
compare your times to track records - look at SS, IT, maybe Touring 
(anyone know if T1/T2 cars are allowed brake swaps?  I don't 
think so), some pretty impressive numbers can be wrung out 
of some pretty unimpressive stock cars(Mazda Protoge comes to 
mind). 

Good luck.  Start competing; it is awakening.  


Iain



On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Alexander van Gerbig wrote:

>     Yes, but we were talking about having Porsche brakes on street driven
> vehicles.  I can get going 100mph just like a faster car, but it may take
> mine longer.  When I go to stop from 100mph I want just as much braking
> force as that car with a faster engine.  Sure it makes sense for a *track*
> car to keep stock brakes if the car is slow as a turtle, but a fast car may
> require better braking because it does much faster speeds, as you nicely
> described.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Alexander van Gerbig -- '88 80
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