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Unlikely I will beat you to it in reality. I'm going to quiz Simon on the approach to being competitive. There's a reason many of the cars are passed on. Jason won Class C with Simon's old 944. Right now I don't know enough about this. Kev is adamant that road legal limits the set up. Anyway, plenty of time and I'm happy to hang back and learn from the others experience.
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Unlikely I will beat you to it in reality. I'm going to quiz Simon on the approach to being competitive. There's a reason many of the cars are passed on. Jason won Class C with Simon's old 944. Right now I don't know enough about this. Kev is adamant that road legal limits the set up. Anyway, plenty of time and I'm happy to hang back and learn from the others experience.
And you have to remember that a road legal car is a $10k saving in trailer, plus the storage space equation and in reality you'll probably drive it a lot more to track days & event simply because its easier. Which means more seat time.
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That's probably true re the compromise being road legal - however it's only part of the equation. There's a whole lot more to competitiveness; engine, suspension, weight, trans.... driver. And cars being passed on is also just part of a natural progression - even with the best car in the field a novice driver is unlikely to be competitive straight out of the box. You don't want a piece of junk but any of the well sorted 944's that has been proven is probably OK for a starter.
And you have to remember that a road legal car is a $10k saving in trailer, plus the storage space equation and in reality you'll probably drive it a lot more to track days & event simply because its easier. Which means more seat time.
And you have to remember that a road legal car is a $10k saving in trailer, plus the storage space equation and in reality you'll probably drive it a lot more to track days & event simply because its easier. Which means more seat time.
Paul, any idea?
I think Steve has a couple of 968s in storage doesn't he? Why are 944s preferred over them?
Found some photos of Pete in action. Tony in the foreground of the first shot. Not sure who took these, looks like they must've had the appropriate hi-vis vest and media pass, as they were shooting from privileged locations.
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Sean. I think you may find many of those RHD "rich mans toys" back in the day were turned back into road cars and later sold after the first owners had had their fun. I know it was the case with a few of the genuine NZ 964RS that competed.
Ive always wondered same re 968. Scarcity of manual examples and 3,000 capacity may have been issues.
Interestingly there are SFA 993s racing even in the mid 90s when they were new. The 964s dominate the field - seems few 993s were turned into race cars from new or even used.
EMD gave me the stats somewhere on 964 and 993 imports some years back. 125 NZ new x 993 in all guises with around 52 via used import. The 964 numbers were around the same new but the import numbers were far greater (over 125!). The Asian economic crisis pushed plenty to our shores in the early 90s. That was mostly over by the late 90s. It really affected 968 sales in the region also
Ive always wondered same re 968. Scarcity of manual examples and 3,000 capacity may have been issues.
Interestingly there are SFA 993s racing even in the mid 90s when they were new. The 964s dominate the field - seems few 993s were turned into race cars from new or even used.
EMD gave me the stats somewhere on 964 and 993 imports some years back. 125 NZ new x 993 in all guises with around 52 via used import. The 964 numbers were around the same new but the import numbers were far greater (over 125!). The Asian economic crisis pushed plenty to our shores in the early 90s. That was mostly over by the late 90s. It really affected 968 sales in the region also
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All set for the Sprints. I've fitted the track wheels to make sure there's no rubbing. Seems ok. Not sure how people people get the fronts as low as they do and keep the wheels off the guards.
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Negative camber John. At minus two and a half degrees front and rear I dont think youll be having an issue with rubbing...
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Paul, did you run the AIM Solo and see where you made up the time?
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that is very thoughtful of you john to remove all surplus things from your car to protect them.
There was a post I put on here about 500 pages back that showed lots of small things you could do to remove weight from a 964. You need to find it. It's amazing how the little things add up.
You need to look at an RS carpet kit and removing sound deadening. Also decide on whether you use heating in the car and there are around 10kgs sitting behind the dash.
The thing is to remove the electric sunroof and replace with a CF panel - I understand there is 16kg here from IB threads I read in the past??
If you have a lazy $2K, go buy some 214's - I have never driven them back to back with 221's, (both feel good to me), but I think Chris B said they are 0.5 - 1.0 sec quicker. Maybe he can confirm?
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John. Its not all about height as Paul demonstrated this weekend. Its mostly about suspension and geo. You now have the car IMO set up how you shoudl have all along. I have absolutely no doubt you will break 1.20 this time and not look back.
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Sean. I think you may find many of those RHD "rich mans toys" back in the day were turned back into road cars and later sold after the first owners had had their fun. I know it was the case with a few of the genuine NZ 964RS that competed. Ive always wondered same re 968. Scarcity of manual examples and 3,000 capacity may have been issues. Interestingly there are SFA 993s racing even in the mid 90s when they were new. The 964s dominate the field - seems few 993s were turned into race cars from new or even used. EMD gave me the stats somewhere on 964 and 993 imports some years back. 125 NZ new x 993 in all guises with around 52 via used import. The 964 numbers were around the same new but the import numbers were far greater (over 125!). The Asian economic crisis pushed plenty to our shores in the early 90s. That was mostly over by the late 90s. It really affected 968 sales in the region also