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rrax-mustang@yahoogro...
Mar 1, 2003 12:08 pm
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Has anyone bought anything from them? I am mainly interested in what people know of their coilover kits? If they are as good as they are claiming, they have...
Hi all, I bought my first mustang last summer while i was still 16. I turned 17 in October and drag raced a few times to get the feel of the car flat out....
I'd start with an open track event at a track like watkins glen to get your feet wet. ... __ Tom Stangler, Va Beach, VA Track Car: 300HP '86 5.0 Mustang, "5.0...
Tom Stangler
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Mar 1, 2003 4:30 pm
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California Speedway- March 7-9th, 2003 NASA is hosting a 3 day event on the 2.8 mile Grand Am configuration. * Friday will be Test and Tune for race cars and...
I would recommend a few autocross events to get you used to handling the car at its limits at a slower speed. Gene Beaird 86 2R SVO, G Stock Pearland, Texas ...
Gene Beaird
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Mar 1, 2003 5:41 pm
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I knew the Trans Am cars weren't really Mustang bodied cars. But I guess I can see how there's about as much Mustang in TA as there is Taurus in a Winston Cup...
Well, there is the local Pacific Northwest classes in the International Conference of Sports Car Clubs (www.icscc.com). They have most of the same classes as...
... Also NASA-CMC (Camaro/Mustang Challange.) ... Well there's a lot of opportunities in the SCCA. Trans AM is sanctioned by the SCCA, however, a Trans Am...
Like what everyone else has said, the best place to spend money for road racing is on the driver. Gain experience. Slow autocrosses are great for learning...
George, According to a set of "real" race-car scales (4-pad), my '89 Convertable weighs 3566 lbs. That's with: me, a full tank of gas, and nothing else....
Well EMRA, which runs out of the New England area and races as far south as Summit Point, WV, has classes that somewhat resemble solo I classes and ...
Well unless you have your compression up to 10:1 or higher or your timing is advanced a bunch, a nearly stock NA motor, even a 5.0 Cobra, 100 octane gas is...
I'm not up on what the multiplication factor is when comparing the same car on the same dyno with essentially the same setup when there is a 20 degree ...
Here's another - www.comscc.org/ Don P ... From: "Theodore Chen" <tedebearp@...> To: <rrax-mustang@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 7:53...
Donald Pierce
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Mar 3, 2003 12:27 pm
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Greetings all, Beg, borrow, or steal time. I need a stock driveshift from a Fox, as well as an additional yoke for the tranny end (the onset of weird project ...
I have one so long as you don't need the tranny yake. Where in AZ? I'm in Phx. Please PM me. ... __________________________________________________ Do you...
Alan, Thanks for the info but I was looking for published data. I would like nothing better than to take my car on a scale and give them those numbers but I...
George Kokolakis
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Mar 3, 2003 3:15 pm
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the big brown truck dropped this off a couple weeks ago, and i'd swear it looks powdercoated. is that the norm now? brock IMPORTANT - THIS MESSAGE (INCLUDING...
Brock Ivers
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Mar 3, 2003 4:58 pm
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Kent, Of course, that's why I noted in my post that I run the timing "jacked", that means, "advanced a bunch". Alan ... timing is ... octane gas ... Max ... ...
SOLO I* is pretty big in the NE, SE and West Coast. SouthEast has a Hillclimb in Sparta NC this spring. *Roadrace speeds with no one to hit (or hit you)... ...
$2000? tires, wheels, brake pads. AutoX is cheap (relatively) way to start. Tim Clark <oktavius8292@...> wrote:Like what everyone else has said, the best...
... Forget all of that. Autocrosses usually very inexpensive (like $15-20 for local events) and you can take your car as it is (assuming is will pass a typical...
I agree. My point was, if you had $2000 to spend, start with tires, and wheels to put them on. (Diamond makes a steel wheel cheap, or get used alloy), and...
... Agreed. I just didn't want someone scared away by the $2000 (or even $500, or even $100) startup cost. My point is that to go to your first autocross, all...
Uhhh... I take my bone stock Mustang to the track every now and then. I also know lots of folks who show up with bone stock rental cars and have a blast at...
Im getting ready to put my motor together for my 89 Mustang. It's a 331 with Trick Flow High Ports(new design). Has any one used shorties with these heads....
... I agree Carlo! I know the video games sounds silly, but I really feel like I good practice on some VERY important techniques, like looking ahead and...
