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Old Sep 19, 2011 | 04:21 PM
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Ok Chris,

How the heck do we watch these? I want to see this in 3d!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdPsk..._order&list=UL
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Old Sep 19, 2011 | 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by christoc
I don't think it is intended, but this thread sure looks to have turned catty towards Scott
Yeah so what are you sayin? I'm just pulling his chain now that he is running with the big boys. As Dennis would say " I'm sure he's cheating". Lol!

To Scott,

Dude you'll learn with me that I'm a kidder. You don't need to move from SSM or SM2. You're fine. unless someone uptight in your class complains. That likelihood goes up as you beat people.

Let your sponsors know all is ok! Lol!

Great driving past couple events! You are attracting attention to the Z and that's good! Someone was saying to me who would think Z's would be fast AX cars. Then he said I have to look into one!

I gave a Porsche Boxster owner a ride. He said wow this car sticks! Now that's a complement!

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Old Sep 19, 2011 | 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by SE5spd
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Read the Street Prepared rules. It's all pretty straight forward. Only one that tweaks me is the bushing rule. ...and well the spring placement rule. Everything else makes sense to me.

At UFO events and probably local SCCA events you likely won't run into any problems with ode mods. Don't sweat it. But if you were going 100% legal you wouldn't meet class rules

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Old Sep 19, 2011 | 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Shamu Z
Read the Street Prepared rules. It's all pretty straight forward. Only one that tweaks me is the bushing rule. ...and well the spring placement rule. Everything else makes sense to me.

At UFO events and probably local SCCA events you likely won't run into any problems with ode mods. Don't sweat it. But if you were going 100% legal you wouldn't meet class rules
I just go for fun, or atleast I use too. I havent raced at a autox since may 2010
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Old Sep 19, 2011 | 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by SE5spd
I just go for fun, or atleast I use too. I havent raced at a autox since may 2010
Yeah, what happened to showing up yesterday?
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Old Sep 19, 2011 | 10:22 PM
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To watch my 3d videos you need those silly 3d glasses.

Otherwise when watching the videos on youtube click on the 3D in the bottom (near full screen) to turn it off.
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Old Sep 20, 2011 | 03:56 AM
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Originally Posted by christoc
Yeah, what happened to showing up yesterday?
All my friends bailed
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Old Sep 20, 2011 | 05:30 AM
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^Why does that have any bearing on you?
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Old Sep 20, 2011 | 07:00 AM
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Originally Posted by 03threefiftyz
^Why does that have any bearing on you?
Cause I don't wanna drive 2hours alone and track days w/o friends is boring.
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Old Sep 20, 2011 | 07:10 AM
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Found my lost horsepower last night.....

Cracked #5 plug. Car is running like a bear again. Now to put the tomei's on, get some injectors/pump, convert to E85, and retune it for next year. I want 285/270 out the car. We'll see. The car has been running reasonable well, 1.0-1.3s off strano in pax, while only making 245-250whp and being overweight.

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Old Sep 20, 2011 | 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by SE5spd
Cause I don't wanna drive 2hours alone and track days w/o friends is boring.
Autocross!=track days
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Old Sep 20, 2011 | 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by christoc
Autocross!=track days
thats what I said. lol.
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Old Sep 20, 2011 | 02:10 PM
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Wow results complete! Nice showing for us Z car guys! Man that DSP Subi must have been flying! That DSP car only has a little 2.5 NA flat 4 motor.

http://www.norcalufo.org/main/attach...o8_results.pdf
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Old Sep 20, 2011 | 03:21 PM
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Need some advice guys. Getting a "performance oriented" alignment tomorrow, guy asked me if I want toe at 0 or out slightly (I guess for better handling) and do I want my caster touched?

Any input?
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saw this on gdriver.

http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/...5/IMG_3160.jpg

extreme braking scott lol
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Old Sep 21, 2011 | 05:18 AM
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Scott looks like he could use a bit more spring rate....
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Old Sep 21, 2011 | 07:44 AM
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Originally Posted by SE5spd
Need some advice guys. Getting a "performance oriented" alignment tomorrow, guy asked me if I want toe at 0 or out slightly (I guess for better handling) and do I want my caster touched?

Any input?
At your experience level and the few events you drive at, I would honestly keep within factory specs, including as-close-to-zero toe all around. Work on your driving first - you won't notice if you have 0 toe versus .04 toe for awhile.

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saw this on gdriver.

http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/...5/IMG_3160.jpg

extreme braking scott lol
Link to thread?

Yeah, that looks like the stopping point from the Annual Dual at Deanza. There isn't much room to stop, so it's threshold braking from 45/50mph.

http://youtu.be/AZdbIcyCKSg

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Scott looks like he could use a bit more spring rate....
Maybe it's time!

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What are you current rates?
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Old Sep 21, 2011 | 08:20 AM
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Originally Posted by 03threefiftyz
What are you current rates?
Pretty soft, but I'll have to look in my folder at home for specifics. I'll PM you.
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http://g35driver.com/forums/northern...ross-pics.html

There you go, bunch of pictures of your car.
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