[s-cars] UrS as a Purpose Built Track Car?

[Taka Mizutani]

The Audi factory cars were very, very well prepped. I'm sure that the
Trans-Am 200s had a lot of stuff done to them that make it quite different
from a street 200. Granted they are very forgiving cars to drive, but for
the dollars invested, is it worth it?

Good as a track car relative to what, though? Newer cars are so much faster
in general that it's hard to beat them with old tech.

Given a choice, I'd rather drive a Porsche GT3, though. :-)

Taka


On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 6:08 PM, <qshipq at aol.com> wrote:

>
>  Well, I appreciate the confidence Taka.  I'm competitive in motorsports,
> and I know a type 44 can be a good track car, cuz I handed the keys to the
> one I built to Probst for his evaluation.  It was not only driven damn fast
> by a damn fast driver, it's the ease of doing so that *makes* the type
> 44/D2/C4 chassis good track cars.  Even Rohrl is on record as enjoying the
> type 44 race cars for that exact reason.  The downside to the 44/D2/C4
> chassis is the front suspension triangulated swaybar setup, but some fine
> tuning of the geometry, and a almost perfectly designed rear suspension
> makes up for the front, btdt.
>
> I have a few type 85, 2 D2's, and have owned and built several type 44's.
> I find t44 to be excellent track cars, mostly do to the wheelbase and rear
> suspension being very forgiving to the wrong front inputs.  And, like the
> ride I had with Probst, what makes you laugh about the type 44, is how
> relaxed you are compared to other drivers in your speed-pack.  So
> satisfying, that you end up laughing at the absurdity of it all.  Somewhere
> I have a pic of Probst just post-ride at Brainerd, and the s*#t eating grin
> on his face can not be mistaken for anything but pure enjoyment of that
> chassis in full race regalia.
>
> Then again, if you haven't had the opportunity, it's hard to fathom.  Me,
> I've tweeked several C4's and type44's over the years for high speed auto-x,
> as well as, solid track cars.  Right now, I'm up to my eyeballs in type 85
> work, but I really think a 5 speed v8 track car would be the ultimate
> sleeper, and one that makes all the right sounds...  I'm in the process of
> doing finish work on a running v8 with 5 speed ina C4 chassis wagon, and the
> memories of the LT1Q come to mind, as do those familiar smiles....
>
> Cheers
>
> Scott J
>
>
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
> To: qshipq at aol.com
> Cc: iduff at comcast.net; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Sent: Mon, Nov 15, 2010 3:31 pm
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] UrS as a Purpose Built Track Car?
>
>  All that means is that you are pretty damn fast, Scott. That doesn't make
> a type 44 a good track car.
>
> Taka
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 10:09 AM, <qshipq at aol.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>  Those that remember this beast I built years ago can relate...  At a
>> M-track day several years ago at Gingermann Raceway MI, my urq wasn't
>> ready...  So, I grabbed this from the wife, took out the kiddie seat, and
>> passed fully stripped track prepped E30 M3's.  Many came over to 'look under
>> the hood', which was dirty and filled with sand from a trip to the beach.
>>  One guy looked in the back seat and said "Hey it must be these french fries
>> from the kiddie meal back here!"
>> http://forums.audiworld.com/album.php?albumid=37342&pictureid=75920
>>
>> Rule #1, no matter how fast you are, there's always gonna be some nutball
>> that built a sleeper, that will just bury the ego.
>>
>> SJ
>>
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