Geez, they even try to pinch pennies on the "high end" cars eh? Do it
right the first time and avoid all those costly warranty repairs when folks
do get playful with their expensive toys.
And I'd wager that far more of those types of cars would participate in
"lapping day" type of events at real road courses versus showing up at the
local parking lot to mash cones. Oiling is far more of a concern for the
sustained loads imposed by a road course than the very quick and short lived
transitional movements of an autocross.
Eric Linnhoff in KC
#69 STS TLS #13
'98 Neon R/T (4 door)
<eric10mm@qni.com>
ICQ# 101282513
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>I have a friend who is a development engineer for GM who is working on the
>latest GM Grand Touring vehicle still under development. Sadly, I must
remain
>a bit cagey on the details....but this car, which debuted last year as a
>concept vehicle, will compete with the high end Mercedes 2 seater abnd the
>Jag convertible. His dilemna is presently an oiling question....ie. how
much
>protection should be designed into the oil pickup system to allow the car
to
>compete in an autocross environment.
>In order to justify the expense of certain designs, he needs to know if the
>Mercedes 2 seater or the Jag convertible have been competing in
autocrossing.
>If even a few people are willing to expose their $70-80 thousand dollar
cars
>to the high G-forces imposed by autocross or high speed driver's ed.
events,
>then he can justify to the bean counters the extra expense of baffling the
>oil pan.
>
>Has anyone out there seen one of these specific models at an autocross or
>driver's ed. event?
>
>Thanks
>
>John Hartsock
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