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85k for a slowish toy...hmm...no thanks.
JonBoy is absolutely right. If you are going to try and make a track beast and spend your hard earned cash a 930 911 is a great choice. Low entry price point and a ton of performance parts. This lotus makes no sense to me.
JonBoy is absolutely right. If you are going to try and make a track beast and spend your hard earned cash a 930 911 is a great choice. Low entry price point and a ton of performance parts. This lotus makes no sense to me.
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Originally Posted by mr.B,Feb 12 2007, 09:49 PM
You don't know what your talking about..... Do you?
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Originally Posted by basscase,Feb 13 2007, 08:34 AM
That much downforce (enough to make 1900 lbs x 250HP = only 155MPH top speed) means it will be much, much faster in the corners than 99% of high-end street cars. I'm sure that thing would be phenomenal.
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With respect, the ultimate demonstration of competition / track inexperience is pointing to random videos of random people of random talent driving random cars at random levels of prep at random levels of aggression as proof of anything. There are way too many variables to draw conclusions from random web video -- I see good drivers in stock Minis beat drivers in Corvettes and other fast cars all the time.
There is no way an Exige, even a supercharged one, will keep up with an equivalently-driven C5 or C6 Corvette on a track with any meaningful straightaways. There's no need to "prove" this -- it's self-evident to anyone with track experience.
Preserve what's left of your credibility and drop this line of argument. No one's saying that the Exige S isn't an amazingly cool car; they're just disputing your ill-informed assertion that it can keep up with really fast cars like the Z06 or GT3.
There is no way an Exige, even a supercharged one, will keep up with an equivalently-driven C5 or C6 Corvette on a track with any meaningful straightaways. There's no need to "prove" this -- it's self-evident to anyone with track experience.
Preserve what's left of your credibility and drop this line of argument. No one's saying that the Exige S isn't an amazingly cool car; they're just disputing your ill-informed assertion that it can keep up with really fast cars like the Z06 or GT3.
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Originally Posted by PedalFaster,Feb 13 2007, 12:39 PM
With respect, the ultimate demonstration of competition / track inexperience is pointing to random videos of random people of random talent driving random cars at random levels of prep at random levels of aggression as proof of anything. There are way too many variables to draw conclusions from random web video -- I see good drivers in stock Minis beat drivers in Corvettes and other fast cars all the time.
There is no way an Exige, even a supercharged one, will keep up with an equivalently-driven C5 or C6 Corvette on a track with any meaningful straightaways. There's no need to "prove" this -- it's self-evident to anyone with track experience.
Preserve what's left of your credibility and drop this line of argument. No one's saying that the Exige S isn't an amazingly cool car; they're just disputing your ill-informed assertion that it can keep up with really fast cars like the Z06 or GT3.
There is no way an Exige, even a supercharged one, will keep up with an equivalently-driven C5 or C6 Corvette on a track with any meaningful straightaways. There's no need to "prove" this -- it's self-evident to anyone with track experience.
Preserve what's left of your credibility and drop this line of argument. No one's saying that the Exige S isn't an amazingly cool car; they're just disputing your ill-informed assertion that it can keep up with really fast cars like the Z06 or GT3.
Meaningful straightaways meaning a drag strip? I never argued anything about a cup car vs a Z06 to have to 'preserve my credibility'. Maybe you're referring to someone else? I only posted specs of the cup car and commented that I see no need to modify it. You obviously have something to prove.
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Originally Posted by PedalFaster,Feb 13 2007, 12:51 PM
Ok, I'll stop arguing with your pronouncements of track wisdom.
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Brennon, have you ever raced? I mean, RACED! Not auto-x, not street racing, but lap after lap of racing on a circuit longer than a mile, with other cars in the way and speeds of over 100mph?
If not, you're probably best just backing off. You're arguing with people that own(ed) and race(d) cars and know what you can and can't do and what you do and don't need on a race car.
The point is, you see no need to modify because you've never owned a dedicated race car (apparently) or else had limitless resources to fund said dedicated race car.
If not, you're probably best just backing off. You're arguing with people that own(ed) and race(d) cars and know what you can and can't do and what you do and don't need on a race car.
The point is, you see no need to modify because you've never owned a dedicated race car (apparently) or else had limitless resources to fund said dedicated race car.
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Originally Posted by JonBoy,Feb 13 2007, 01:09 PM
Brennon, have you ever raced? I mean, RACED! Not auto-x, not street racing, but lap after lap of racing on a circuit longer than a mile, with other cars in the way and speeds of over 100mph?
If not, you're probably best just backing off. You're arguing with people that own(ed) and race(d) cars and know what you can and can't do and what you do and don't need on a race car.
The point is, you see no need to modify because you've never owned a dedicated race car (apparently) or else had limitless resources to fund said dedicated race car.
If not, you're probably best just backing off. You're arguing with people that own(ed) and race(d) cars and know what you can and can't do and what you do and don't need on a race car.
The point is, you see no need to modify because you've never owned a dedicated race car (apparently) or else had limitless resources to fund said dedicated race car.
Seriously, get real. I have no desire to fight with you.