Fwd: Re: '77 Audi Fox Turbo

[Chris Dyer]

I'll 2nd that. At the few autocrosses I've attended, the winners were all 
tiny cars (miatas, vw gtis, mg's, healeys, etc.) that were light and nimble; 
not necessarily fast in a straight line.


>From: Iain Mannix <mannix at privatei.com>
>To: Alexander van Gerbig <Audi_80 at email.msn.com>
>CC: Per Lindgren <lindgre at online.no>, quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: '77 Audi Fox Turbo
>Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 22:01:11 -0700 (MST)
>
>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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>

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