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03-19-2009, 01:51 AM
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3rd Annual Goodguys - Meguiar's OC Get-together
March 14, 2009
Pics will come eventually.
Featuring 79TA's 79 TA.
One Lap Camaro
Very stock Z06
Very fast Mary Pozzi in her Camaro
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03-19-2009, 02:15 AM
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03-19-2009, 03:44 AM
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Looks like it was a hell of a lot of fun.
Hopefully this will send the folks that dont think old F-Bodies can stop and turn a-packing 
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03-19-2009, 04:04 AM
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For reference, John Marconi ran his Duratec powered Caterham. In addition to weighing nothing, the car had 20 treadwear tires, no typo. It ran a 28.6, but probably could have shaved some time had he been smoother. The next quickest car there was a bone stock C5 Z06 with a 28.9 second run, barely edging out the DSE second gen and the Mary Pozzi Camaro. The DSE cars wore BF Goodrich KDW 2's which are 300 treadwear tires. The DSE second gen was likely the quickest car there and would have greatly benefitted from slightly more aggressive tires.
Mary Pozzi's Camaro was notable in that it was only lightly modified in the suspension department. She ran stiffer coil springs along with Hotchkis leaf springs just like my car. She had some better bracing (subframe connectors and "g bars") than my TA does along with upper A-arms that allowed her to dial in some more caster. Of course, her hotchkis sway bars, were thicker than my stock WS4's. Our cars were even had near identical weights. The biggest difference, other than her champion autocross driving skills, was that she was running 180 treadwear Kumho Ecsta tires.
My Trans Am was limited by its tires, but I was still impressed by how well they held on. I just wish I had video of my better runs from the second day. Ugh, now I really want a second set of wheels for more aggressive tires.
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03-19-2009, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by RC45
Looks like it was a hell of a lot of fun.
Hopefully this will send the folks that dont think old F-Bodies can stop and turn a-packing |
You kown what some of those older f body's in the video have better handling than most modern sportscars/supercars.
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03-19-2009, 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by pagani
You kown what some of those older f body's in the video have better handling than most modern sportscars/supercars.
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Sure - as long as they are bone stock. Just look at what a stock C5 Z did to that little cone course.
Put some slicks, $20 Bilsteins, T1 sways and kick the camber out on that C5 Z and retake the test hehe.
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03-19-2009, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by RC45
Sure - as long as they are bone stock. Just look at what a stock C5 Z did to that little cone course.
Put some slicks, $20 Bilsteins, T1 sways and kick the camber out on that C5 Z and retake the test hehe.
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I could the same to a f body
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03-19-2009, 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by pagani
I could the same to a f body
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No - you miss the point entirely.
A stock modern supercar is faster than a very expensive modded older car. Thats just the way it is.
It takes many thousand dollars to take a mid 70's car and make it out handle a bone stock modern supercar.
At that point the supercar could then spend a bit more money and crush the modded old car - and still retain full amenities.
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03-19-2009, 04:09 AM
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^^ I want to get a old F-Body now 
Looks like a ton of fun...
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03-19-2009, 11:40 AM
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Hell yeah! That looked like good fun. Nice to see one of our own out there.
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03-19-2009, 01:38 PM
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Well done 79TA !!! Looks like you had a blast
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04-11-2009, 05:45 AM
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found a video of my car by some random youtube poster who unfortunately mistook the mini-autocross for drifting:
I think this run was a 33.7. It was one of the last runs, at which point I found it was more fun to kick the tail out through the finish line.
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04-11-2009, 02:24 PM
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Nice... I like thi YouTubers answer...
jackkrap (22 minutes ago)
Yeah. This is autocrossing, not drifting. Although some cars, did indeed drift.
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I guess some people are of the opinion if your rear tyres pass a certain point then your entire run becomes "a drift" hehe
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04-11-2009, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by RC45
Nice... I like thi YouTubers answer...
I guess some people are of the opinion if your rear tyres pass a certain point then your entire run becomes "a drift" hehe |
There was this one truck. It just couldn't turn because it understeered horribly. The only way it could go around the autocross effectively was to powerslide every turn. 
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