I gots me a FNF exhuast on the way
10-17-2003, 06:36 AM
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Originally posted by BioBanker
Funny how the people who drive their car all year are the ones with the stock exhaust....
Id be afraid it'd rust out before the end of Dec.
Funny how the people who drive their car all year are the ones with the stock exhaust....
Id be afraid it'd rust out before the end of Dec.
And the real hardcore owners will swap back to stock for the winter. Hint, hint.
10-17-2003, 06:58 AM
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Originally posted by S2kRob
No, if you really want to drive fast, you need to practice.
R-compounds are a crutch just like a supercharger, bigger brakes, lower gears, etc.
BUT if you do know how to drive, then by all means, R-compounds are an awesome mod.
Personally, I know my car still had more to go, it was the driver who wasn't fast enough at Shannonville.
No, if you really want to drive fast, you need to practice.
R-compounds are a crutch just like a supercharger, bigger brakes, lower gears, etc.
BUT if you do know how to drive, then by all means, R-compounds are an awesome mod.
Personally, I know my car still had more to go, it was the driver who wasn't fast enough at Shannonville.
Most performance mods for pure performance reasons fall under that reasoning, like that megabuck Amuse you have there. A full benefit analysis is required to really justify mods. I.E. over-simplified example, driver extracts 80% of car capability. Does increasing driver ability by 5% more worthwhile than increasing car capability by 10% with the driver still at 80%? I think most of us know that we aren't driving to the car, that's why we're at Shannonville. Looking back at it, personally I could of carried more entry speed, got on the throttle earlier on coner exit and probably could of dropped down an extra gear in most corners and been braver on the two high speed sweepers. Did learn to modulate the throttle and improve my line that day. An autocross last Sunday I was amazed how much more grip those R-compounds gave me. Spent all day pushing it a little more to find the limit, but ran out of runs before traction!
10-17-2003, 08:12 AM
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The driver is the weak link not the tires. I know I can go faster still with the stock tires, and I wasn't passed by one car in my run group last week.
My instructor said I was at about 80% of the car's ability.
BUT the modder in me can't stop. Currently I'm looking into new seats, 4.57 gears and maybe the 6 pot wilwoods.
But the R-compounds I will leave out until maybe the last half of next year.
My instructor said I was at about 80% of the car's ability.
BUT the modder in me can't stop. Currently I'm looking into new seats, 4.57 gears and maybe the 6 pot wilwoods.
But the R-compounds I will leave out until maybe the last half of next year.
10-17-2003, 08:13 AM
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Originally posted by Fongu
The funny thing is that for me at least, the next best mod would probably be a racing seat.
The funny thing is that for me at least, the next best mod would probably be a racing seat.