- 61. Stock ACR, non-stock M3 LTW...? (score: 1)
- Author: "Justin Hughes" <ka1ult@channel1.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 10:24:36 -0400
- to this local Kind of like the BMW M3 Lightweight. It's available (admittedly in limited numbers), and it's a stripped down car very much like the Neon ACR. In fact you might think of the ACR as a "
- /html/autox/1999-08/msg01024.html (8,800 bytes)
- 62. Re: Stock ACR, non-stock M3 LTW...? (score: 1)
- Author: "Justin Hughes" <ka1ult@channel1.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 10:49:42 -0400
- I wanted an M3, but I settled for an '83 320i. Due to mechanical trouble, I ran my new daily driver, a '95 Saturn SC2, at yesterday's autox. It was the first time I've ever autoxed it, and I've only
- /html/autox/1999-08/msg01031.html (7,826 bytes)
- 63. Re: Stock ACR, non-stock M3 LTW...? (score: 1)
- Author: "Justin Hughes" <ka1ult@channel1.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 12:05:43 -0400
- A perfectly good question. I'll ask another one: If it's easy to get a Neon that is factory prepared the same way as an M3 LTW, why shouldn't THEY be barred from stock? I personally have no opinion
- /html/autox/1999-08/msg01040.html (8,602 bytes)
- 64. Re: non-stock M3 LTW...? (score: 1)
- Author: "Justin Hughes" <ka1ult@channel1.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 14:25:21 -0400
- adjustable As crossbrace. were stiffer special Arguably, so is the Neon ACR. OK, so Dodge doesn't hand pick each engine. But they do many of the same things that BMW does to the LTW. Before the Neon
- /html/autox/1999-08/msg01050.html (9,891 bytes)
- 65. Re: non-stock M3 LTW...? (score: 1)
- Author: "Justin Hughes" <ka1ult@channel1.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 16:40:03 -0400
- No, I'm a real live human being whose sole purpose in life is to irritate you. :) Cool - so now we have "shopping lists" for both the souped up Neon and M3. Oh, you wouldn't call a Neon's spoiler an
- /html/autox/1999-08/msg01061.html (9,982 bytes)
- 66. M3s and Neons and Type Rs, oh my! (score: 1)
- Author: "Justin Hughes" <ka1ult@channel1.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 14:46:16 -0400
- Well, this has been most educational... I'll spare you all from a ton of replies and quotes and make a few comments back. :) I stand (well, actually sit) corrected on my statement that the ACR got a
- /html/autox/1999-08/msg01172.html (7,443 bytes)
- 67. Bushings in stock? (score: 1)
- Author: "Justin Hughes" <ka1ult@channel1.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 15:00:40 -0400
- And now for something completely different, that doesn't involve BMWs, Neons, or Integras! :) OK, so after my 95 Saturn SC2 daily driver completely blew away my previous best times set in my BMW 320i
- /html/autox/1999-08/msg01173.html (7,595 bytes)
- 68. Re: Bushings in stock? (score: 1)
- Author: "Justin Hughes" <ka1ult@channel1.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 16:03:52 -0400
- Knew about the swaybar, didn't know if that applied to bushings too. Thanks for the save (same to everyone else who has told me so!) Doh - did I say springs??? :) At least Stock is relatively cheap
- /html/autox/1999-08/msg01176.html (7,285 bytes)
- 69. Re: M3 LTW...? (score: 1)
- Author: "Justin Hughes" <ka1ult@channel1.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 17:22:25 -0400
- Yes. I saw it happen with my own eyes while running timing on Sunday. Both drivers have held the course FTD at various points this year (same course all year). Each run was faster than the other car
- /html/autox/1999-08/msg01191.html (7,485 bytes)
- 70. Re: Reduced class structure (score: 1)
- Author: "Justin Hughes" <ka1ult@channel1.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 09:48:49 -0400
- The makeup is similar, but under the skin the cars are often rather different. I'll cite 3 examples I have personal experience with: ES: BMW 2002. HS: BMW 320i. Both are small, sporty 4 cyl BMWs. In
- /html/autox/1999-08/msg01468.html (9,463 bytes)
- 71. Re: Reduced class structure (score: 1)
- Author: "Justin Hughes" <ka1ult@channel1.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 10:49:58 -0400
- Alan suggested to me that I take a look at some of the results in both HS and ES and see how they compare, which I intend to do. While I'm at it, I'll compare SS times and see what kind of differenc
- /html/autox/1999-08/msg01475.html (8,824 bytes)
- 72. Re: Reduced class structure (score: 1)
- Author: "Justin Hughes" <ka1ult@channel1.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 12:56:25 -0400
- OK, so I've checked out some results as Alan suggested. The evidence before me absolutely supports what he's saying. I looked at the 1999 event results in the New England Region (www.ner.org). Consi
- /html/autox/1999-08/msg01481.html (8,270 bytes)
- 73. Re: Reduced class structure: now CSP/DSP Civic question (score: 1)
- Author: "Justin Hughes" <ka1ult@channel1.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 15:46:07 -0400
- Thanks for saying it for me. :) Though I'm also not fluent in Civics or SP rules (haven't ventured there yet), for the most part it's possible to take the best parts from any Civic, plus other SP le
- /html/autox/1999-08/msg01490.html (8,776 bytes)
- 74. Re: Reduced class structure: now CSP/DSP Civic question (score: 1)
- Author: "Justin Hughes" <ka1ult@channel1.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 16:17:05 -0400
- It handles great right out of the box, but SP mods let others catch up to it, evening the ground a bit. Yep - all that, and more. system. Maybe, maybe not. However, this would explain why the 2002 a
- /html/autox/1999-08/msg01494.html (8,813 bytes)
- 75. Re: 15 entries in Street Touring for Nationals...we need 5 more! (score: 1)
- Author: "Justin Hughes" <ka1ult@channel1.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 18:24:21 -0400
- Way to go, Loren! Show them at Nats that Saturns are a force to be reckoned with... :) - Justin 95 SC2
- /html/autox/1999-08/msg01511.html (8,267 bytes)
- 76. Re: 15 entries in Street Touring for Nationals...we need 5 more! (score: 1)
- Author: "Justin Hughes" <ka1ult@channel1.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 18:48:24 -0400
- True, but this way people will know the CAR is good, and not JUST the driver (though he's quite good, too, I'm sure) ;) Good point - I'd be doing the same. LOL - good idea, you may need them! :) - J
- /html/autox/1999-08/msg01513.html (8,618 bytes)
- 77. Re: M-Neon World Debut! (score: 1)
- Author: "Justin Hughes" <ka1ult@channel1.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 10:34:28 -0400
- Yup - it becomes a REAL car. >:) *runs away from the battalion of angry hungry Neons chasing after him" - Justin '83 BMW 320i ST
- /html/autox/1999-06/msg00060.html (6,957 bytes)
- 78. Re: Traction control and ABS in S/P (score: 1)
- Author: "Justin Hughes" <ka1ult@channel1.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 12:00:43 -0400
- ABS and TC enable the average driver to brake, turn, and accelerate much faster than they would normally be able to. I think everyone would agree that, as autocrossers, none of us are average driver
- /html/autox/1999-06/msg00067.html (9,177 bytes)
- 79. Re: hypothetical ? (score: 1)
- Author: "Justin Hughes" <ka1ult@channel1.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 12:19:49 -0400
- Wow, I'm just full of thoughts today... :) I'm looking at a course map of our local BMW CCA autocross course. This year, we gave every cone an alphanumeric designation based on its location on the c
- /html/autox/1999-06/msg00069.html (8,570 bytes)
- 80. Re: Traction control and ABS in S/P (score: 1)
- Author: "Justin Hughes" <ka1ult@channel1.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 12:24:34 -0400
- Precisely my point. A Vette pilot, or you in your old Probe, may wish to leave ABS on, whereas the Cavalier driver may want to shut it off if they can do better themselves, like my friend in his Jet
- /html/autox/1999-06/msg00071.html (8,561 bytes)
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