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Originally posted by Cheese Cheese wrote:

There was only really a single main straight where there was a significant difference...

Oh, I don't know if I completely agree with that comment Colby, but I know what you're getting at.

I guess I just miss the power and the instant neck-snapping throttle response and the wonderful SOUND  that I had years ago with my various high performance V8 Chevys.

Perhaps I'm going through a mid-life crisis.

 
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427 cubes of fun are waiting for you Patty... Drop it in the back of your Fiero.

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Originally posted by Patrick Patrick wrote:

Originally posted by Cheese Cheese wrote:

There was only really a single main straight where there was a significant difference...

Oh, I don't know if I completely agree with that comment Colby, but I know what you're getting at.

I guess I just miss the power and the instant neck-snapping throttle response and the wonderful SOUND  that I had years ago with my various high performance V8 Chevys.

Perhaps I'm going through a mid-life crisis.

 


By the way, mid-life crisis? You intend to live until you're 196?
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Originally posted by Romeo Romeo wrote:

By the way, mid-life crisis? You intend to live until you're 196?

"196"...

For a 98 year old geezer, my duke and I didn't do too bad against you and Gretchin at the autocross.

 
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Still lost.
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Originally posted by Romeo Romeo wrote:

Still lost.

Yes, you most certainly appear to be. It's those power drinks you consume. They're over-revving your brain cells and causing temporal oscillations.

 
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Originally posted by Patrick Patrick wrote:

Originally posted by Romeo Romeo wrote:

Still lost.

Yes, you most certainly appear to be. It's those power drinks you consume. They're over-revving your brain cells and causing temporal oscillations.

 


Oh, my mistake. I mistook you for that Patrick in the Gold Fiero located below Tristan in the black Fiero on the time chart.
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Yep, you whipped the old geezer in a 4-banger by 65/100ths of a second!

 
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Yes I did.

Damn, I'm livin' the dream.

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Ok you guys - back to your corners

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I PLAY FOR KEEPS KEVIN. FOR KEEPS.

Nah, it's ok. Patty loves me just the same.

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Originally posted by Romeo Romeo wrote:

Nah, it's ok. Patty loves me just the same.

As I've said before, Tristan is the little brother I never had.

And I just love scaring the bejesus out of him on the track with my 4-lung duke.

 
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Originally posted by Patrick Patrick wrote:

Originally posted by Romeo Romeo wrote:

Nah, it's ok. Patty loves me just the same.

As I've said before, Tristan is the little brother I never had.

And I just love scaring the bejesus out of him on the track with my 4-lung duke.

 


Scaring me... Pfft...

Back to topic for half a moment, more related to springs than shocks, but I forgot to mention what a drastic effect spring stiffness has. Doubling the spring rate (Alot, I know) allows one to drop the camber down to -0.5 front -0.8 rear. Huge difference, keeps the tires significantly flatter (More than twice as flat on the rear) during straight line.
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