[96SEChick]

Originally posted by Jsquared
i have driven stock F-bodies, both LT1s and LS1s, and know people who track them (turns, not strip). anyone who thinks an F-body can handle with a mildly-suspension-modded S13/S14 either can't drive or doesn't know what handling is. say what you will about me or my biases but it's fact whether you like it or not.

I realize that this thread is turning into a flame-war, but I have to say my piece on this statement. I know I'll probably get a few more flames, but I don't care. This is my experience w/ the TA and my S14. Granted my S14 is 4 years older than the WS6, but this is the experience with our two cars.

Chris drove my car during an auto-x. He is very used to my car The reason for this statement is because I know some of you are going to come back w/ the "But he doesn't drive your car as much as he drives his, so he's more used to his car." Well, he DOES drive my S14 more than he drives his TA--he has a daily driver, so the TA stays in the garage except for once or twice a month. My car is VERY well-maintained (100% perfect mechanical and suspension condition), has very new tires (although they're cheap), and I feel it handles wonderfully. His car was raced on the same track--the same day, and with crappy tires (hard as rocks, 2 of the 4 were almost bald & the other two were worn unevenly), heavy-ass 16" rims from an LT1 Z28 (the salad-shooters). This was a VERY tight track--3 slaloms and many hairpins--1 decent straightaway. He drove his car 7 seconds faster than mine--and he drove the piss out of mine perfectly (beating the other 9 people in my class). He beat my time by 8 seconds.

Now, you tell me why the best driver in F-stock can beat everybody in F-Stock and G-Stock and E-stock (my old class before they changed classifications for the 240SX), with crappy tires, when everybody else had suspension mods & race tires--since you think that F-bodies don't handle or grip-turn-race as well as a 240SX! Your statement is not 100% fact. Or maybe neither Chris nor I know what handling really means.