Fair wrote:
evojim wrote:
You decided to track a newer V8 Mustang GT. A car that has a large performance potential. Guess what, it aint cheap and most of the people in the class(es) it is eligible for are hardcore and their cars are too. The Vorshlag SN197 Stang won the Nola TT3 last weekend, and that is not a street car.
Why does everyone think our Mustang is not a street car? 
Just because we take it to race tracks inside an enclosed trailer doesn't make it a race-only car. Far from it.
Our "TT3" 2011 Mustang GT still has the stock: chassis, glass, bodywork (we have not even rolled the fenders), full interior (with Sparco seats/siders), bone stock engine (with headers + cold air), emissions legal everything (cats w/ quiet exhaust to the rear bumper), cooling system, clutch/pp/transmission, radio, touch screen NAV system, driveshaft, brakes (except for pads and ducting, up front), crossmember, etc. It is registered, insured, emissions legal and daily driven by my wife; after most races we swap tires/wheels and the trunk (de-wing it) in about 45 minutes.
Whenever we get a couple months off of racing (end of the season) we spend an extra couple of hours and swap in the factory front power leather seats, pull the graphics (refreshed about once a season), swap in softer springs, and then it really looks and rides like stock (above).
About the raciest part on the whole car that we just added before the TWS event is the 4-point roll bar that was bolted in. It was like pulling teeth to get her to let us drill holes to mount it. This 63 pounds of tubing only added to the already curb-crushing 3770 pound minimum weight we have to run (it weighed 3820 pounds last time we checked, with me in it). We had too many AI racers coming by and telling us to either slow down or get some real safety gear in this thing... and I appreciated their candor, as their arguments helped me convince her. 
When or if she lets us "cut or gut" the car, it can finally become more of a proper TT3 race car. This Mustang desperately needs real aero, wider tires, a better power tune (with a flatter horsepower curve), and a serious diet/ballast re-balance. I think it is a fluke that it has set 4 consecutive TT3 track records this year in Texas. Come June, with the twistiness of Hallett on the schedule, I think I'm in trouble.
For TT3 I'd much rather be in a proper sports car (C5 Coupe or C5 Z06 is still the ringer for TT3, in my book) with independent suspension at all 4 corners and a slippery body shape than in a front heavy, 3800+ pound, unaerodymanic brick with a stick axle and McStrut suspension. Or maybe in an AWD boost buggy, where you can "dial-a-boost" your way into TT1, TT2 or TT3... we just have to trust the word of the driver on which map he is running. 
Hehehe.... Kevin @ Evo-D knows this old, running joke.
Well I admit I am a bit speechless. I still think stinger was talking about keeping the car something you drive to and from events. And you do go through a changeover and then trailer to events. But I am doubly impressed with the times you put down at NOLA now. Especially at that weight. It's got to be tough on rubber running that pace at that weight. Given your noticeable livery, I would assume however that the suspension is well dialed in.
Dial a boost, You are talking to the guy in the Evo who couldn't pull away from the S2k's at NOLA. Believe me, I would have loved dial-a-anything with my ECU flashing knock sensor madness and the car falling flat on it's face.
Statistics: Posted by evojim — Mon May 13, 2013 5:16 pm