scca stock class becoming street class!
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Incidentally... how is retrofit sport chrono turned on? Do most people retrofit the button(s)?
And no, I didn't get a response... because I haven't actually written the PASM letter yet.
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Incidentally... how is sport chrono turned on? Do most people retrofit the button(s)?
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Back to the original subject: SCCA Board of Directors Approves Street Category Proposal For Solo Program.
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If it's any consolation, some of us aren't sure your car was ever super competitive. ![Smilie](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
No one really knows how the Street classes will shake out yet. I know really smart, fast guys who are convinced that the Corvettes are doomed even in their new, slower classes. I also know really smart, fast guys who are convinced the Corvettes are going to kill their new, slower classes. The best advice I've seen has been to just show up in whatever you've got and give it a shot, adding to the pool of data in the process. The SAC has twelve months to move things around if it turns out they got it completely wrong, but if people bail before even trying, the SAC may not get the data it needs.
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No one really knows how the Street classes will shake out yet. I know really smart, fast guys who are convinced that the Corvettes are doomed even in their new, slower classes. I also know really smart, fast guys who are convinced the Corvettes are going to kill their new, slower classes. The best advice I've seen has been to just show up in whatever you've got and give it a shot, adding to the pool of data in the process. The SAC has twelve months to move things around if it turns out they got it completely wrong, but if people bail before even trying, the SAC may not get the data it needs.
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Yeah; I felt outgunned even by the base model cars so I don't think there's any hope against a z06. Even if you employ the "putting power down" argument, a z06 putting down half its power and torque is still going to be more than a 996 putting down all of its power and torque for the RPM range the 996 uses during autocross.
And yeah, it was in the ballpark before at least but now it seems hopeless.
And yeah, it was in the ballpark before at least but now it seems hopeless.
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There is no doubt in my mind that the C5Z/C6 will struggle to put down power where the 996 really dont on street tires, I've driven both and know what you get with both. Does that mean the C5Z can't get it done? It has decent sized wheels but all the torque is a bit hard to manage with the shorter gearing compared to a base C5. The 911 puts down power relatively easy and doesn't have as much understeer on street tires compared to race tires, you just have to be very willing to experiment with rear toe and front sway bars.
So, no but I don't agree with the doom and gloom of either side at this point.
So, no but I don't agree with the doom and gloom of either side at this point.
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You may be correct about a 911's chances against a C5Z/C6 on street tires, but what about those of us with Caymans and Boxsters, which make up the bulk of the Porsches competing in AS? I've done some casual comparisons of my 2006 CS against a friend's Z06, both on street tires, and his car didn't seem to suffer all that much...