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06-24-2004, 03:30 PM
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Anyone find it wierd that no pushrods, flat sixes or 10 cylinders(or more) were allowed into this. Lets see, no Z06s, Vipers, 911's, or high end V10/V12 exotics. They should just make a base price requirement and leave it at that. The current eligibility requirements are *lame*.
06-27-2004, 05:57 PM
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Originally posted by Mr Payne
Anyone find it wierd that no pushrods, flat sixes or 10 cylinders(or more) were allowed into this. Lets see, no Z06s, Vipers, 911's, or high end V10/V12 exotics. They should just make a base price requirement and leave it at that. The current eligibility requirements are *lame*.
Anyone find it wierd that no pushrods, flat sixes or 10 cylinders(or more) were allowed into this. Lets see, no Z06s, Vipers, 911's, or high end V10/V12 exotics. They should just make a base price requirement and leave it at that. The current eligibility requirements are *lame*.
Unfortunately, a failed wastegate diaphragm ended our day before it began in earnest.
Anyway, these events have to start somewhere. Once the general caliber of cars and format have been established, I'm sure we'll see previously prohibited classes of cars participating as well.
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08-03-2004, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Tech2Drew,Jun 22 2004, 03:33 PM
Hey guys, I ended up missing a shift 4th to 3rd instead of 4th to fifth and killed the rings in my S2K on a test day 1 day before the time attack took place. My engine had minimal compression because of it. I ended up taking it to the event even though I had no chance at that point. I just took it to get the exposure in Sport Compact Car. I will do a full post on the article in the gallery section soon.
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08-03-2004, 01:59 PM
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No flat 6's alowed -- so 996 turbo and GT2's can't come in and dominate.
No pushrods allowed -- so no Z06's can come in and dominate.
All in all a stupid set of rules set up to prove nothing worthwhile.
No pushrods allowed -- so no Z06's can come in and dominate.
All in all a stupid set of rules set up to prove nothing worthwhile.
08-03-2004, 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by steve c,Aug 3 2004, 01:59 PM
No flat 6's alowed -- so 996 turbo and GT2's can't come in and dominate.
No pushrods allowed -- so no Z06's can come in and dominate.
All in all a stupid set of rules set up to prove nothing worthwhile.
No pushrods allowed -- so no Z06's can come in and dominate.
All in all a stupid set of rules set up to prove nothing worthwhile.
08-03-2004, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by geekd,Aug 3 2004, 04:12 PM
I agree it's stupid, but it IS "Sport Compact Car" magazine, and the excluded cars are not "sport compacts"
The rules were simply created so they could get an a majority import presence within the test. Hopefully someone will bring a Ford GT into it next year though.
08-04-2004, 07:18 AM
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The P cars are excluded for the same reason R&T doesn't include 600 HP Skylines in their comparisons- their readers don't want to read about those cars. The rice set doesn't want to read about P cars or Corvettes, they see those cars as old people cars.
The NSX/Supra/Skyline are popular with the ricer set, so they're in.
Unless I'm thinking of the wrong car, the 360 belongs to the guy that owns Axis Wheels- he always brings some crazy rice rocket to their tests and they let him run his Ferrari as well, it usually wins, probably because the faster cars usually blow up during testing.
The point of the test is to sell magazines, that article was a little silly but judging from the advertising in that magazine (at least 60% of the pages seem to be ads) SCC is doing quite nicely.
The NSX/Supra/Skyline are popular with the ricer set, so they're in.
Unless I'm thinking of the wrong car, the 360 belongs to the guy that owns Axis Wheels- he always brings some crazy rice rocket to their tests and they let him run his Ferrari as well, it usually wins, probably because the faster cars usually blow up during testing.
The point of the test is to sell magazines, that article was a little silly but judging from the advertising in that magazine (at least 60% of the pages seem to be ads) SCC is doing quite nicely.
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