Congratulations on your autox results. Not too surprising to hear that the
S2000 is quick around a tight course - with the hight R's, they can probably
spend a lot of time in 1st gear.
'massive power' - perhaps you can tune my 2L for 'massive power'. See you
at Shasta.
-John Friederich
'69 2L Solex
>Hello,
>
>Just got back from a great day tearing up the asphalt with my racing club
at
>a local Fairgrounds parking lot in Petaluma, north of San Francisco. It
was
>the first time I auto-x'd since my '66 1600. I almost forgot how much fun
it
>was. But I was reminded pretty quickly once I got the green flag.
>
>There were many different types of cars present from the exotic to the high
>performance sedan to the classic Roadster. After the first round of
running
>the quickest cars were the Honda S2000's and the Turbo Miatas. Otherwise
>everything else seemed to be a few seconds slower.
>
>By the end of my fourth session only a few of the cars were faster then my
>2000. Of the faster ones they were the Turbo Miatas and the S2000's. It
is
>unbelievable how fast those Hondas are in stock form. They sounded
wonderful
>screaming around the course like a hyper-sewing machine. Same with the
turbo
>powered Miatas. They were soooo fast. Very impressive.
>
>The cars that ran .25 to .50 +/- of me were the modifed M3's and the
Ferrari
>355 (? I think that was the model) and the Viper. Otherwise all of the
>others were slower that the Roadster. Those would include the M5, M-Z3,
>'Benz SLK, Integras, Mustangs and a few others I cannot remember. There
was
>also a race Pantera there but that thing was just too over powered for this
>type of racing. He was lucky to get within two seconds of me.
>
>I found that the 2000 was wonderful on the Auto-x course. Lots of good
power
>for the straights and easy to "heel-toe" back into first for the tight
>sections. Unfortunaltely the weak part of the 2000 was its massive power
>making the tail section mighty happy. But of course this would be cured
with
>an LSD. I wasn't able to put the proper power to the ground even though I
>was runnning with Yokohama A023 R's. It took the tires alittle time to
heat
>up but by then the session was over.
>
>I left early so I dont know the final results but I think that I may have
won
>my class, GT-U. I will find out later this week.
>
>See you guys in Shasta!
>
>Michael "Calspeed" Carion
>67.5 SRL311-000248 Solex
>
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