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Re: New Car Classing

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Subject: Re: New Car Classing
From: AnalogMike@aol.com
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 19:58:59 EST
Howdy, 

> >BTW, I'm curious: what you do to a Stock class car that consumes 10 
> thousand
>  > >dollars in prep costs?
>  >
>  >The numbers add up surprisingly quickly for a nationally competitive car:
>  >
>  >Shocks - $3000
>  >Wheels - $3000 (2 extra sets lightweight)
>  >Exhaust - $1500 (titanium)
>  >Swaybar - $600 (custom)
>  
>  OR, you can do it for under $1000...  :-)  Not all things are that 
>  expensive.  A Camaro:  I've got $600 in shocks, $200 in wheels, $140 in a 
>  bar....  Exhaust isn't necessary, but I have one (hey, gotta hear a V-8!).
  
There has been some talk about running in the "old days" (tires, etc).
Here is some fun info on stock prep in the old days:

1985
$8500 '72 911S Targa (bought in '84)
$500 or less Yoko A001R 195/60/15 (my 1st set of R tires)
$0 wheels (stock Fuchs)
$500 or less Bilstein sport shocks
$50 front sway bar (from my 914/1.7, from a junkyard)
home alignment (still do it at home, you have to if you are serious)

Got 1985 fastest stock time at nationals, 2nd in AS class was a CRX Si.
I hear they don't do so well in AS anymore :-)

(if Scott Stone can come back so can I!).

Regards, mike piera  AnalogMike@aol.com  '73 911RS Clone

my racing pages - http://www.analogman.com/911

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