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Old 07-16-2002, 07:25 AM   #8
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<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/blush.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':blush:'> &nbsp;Oops. &nbsp;So many tracks, so little time!

I should be there for that. &nbsp;I'd rather do full, but north is the better of the two. &nbsp;You don't get the infamous "uphill esses" or Oak Tree, but you do get Hog Pen which is a great turn for RWD folks - and a scary one for the fwd crowd. &nbsp;Basically, if you lift you go off and if you understeer you go off!

My only hang up is having a car that soon. &nbsp;I'm pulling the 240 from track service this fall... I just hope I'm not too poor from my next project to make it. &nbsp;I'm sure uuninja will be there and hopefully a few more "s" cars can make it.

BTW: suspension is so much less important that brakes and an LSD. &nbsp;I'd recommend a z32 swap w/ an SR. &nbsp;I have some of the best pads for the factory brakes and they work great... but having driven Brian's SR - I would want a LOT of brakes!! &nbsp;I still have my 125K mi. stock suspension and only recently have I used the limits - so I wouldn't worry as much about it as you might imagine. &nbsp;

Brakes, tires, and LSD - in that order. &nbsp;Those are the most important things for going to a track day. &nbsp;The other thing is that as a novice - you don't really want a car with a razor sharp "edge" (i.e., the point between control and no control) for your first time out. &nbsp;Street tires are forgiving - as is a softer suspension. &nbsp;If you go out there w/ a race car, you will try to drive like it which really isn't the best way.
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