What Drives You?

[Shiro666]

[montessaj]

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I'm with this guy.

[ArtosDracon]

Except for the last minute, right?

[Shiro666]

^Ya.

That goes for "Dirty Mary Crazy Larry" as well.

[James21]

Track days are fun. But i like tearing up the back roads more. I used to drag all the time, but after doing a track day ill never go back. I need to do some suspension upgrades before I go back though.....

[DarkBuddha]

Uh, where are your helmets?

[LSx_88_Ciera]

What no choice for top/high speed events like the Silver State Classic or similar. There is no adrenalin quite like going just past the traction limit and recovering at triple the speed limit. Not recovering sucks though other than you have a story and you feel blessed to have made it out alive.

I must be blind I see it now guess that is what happens when you only get 1.5 hrs of sleep.

[PT Sportwagon]

I like to do a little of everything. I want a all around car. that can handle the twistys( so everything from open road to autocross) to drag to street cruising.

Will it ever happen god only knows but I will have fun building it.

Tim

[Taman]

I just switched from 1/4 mile car to an autocross car. I would like to do a road coarse but, do not have the top end. I can still go fast in a straight line but , now I can also go just as fast around corners, Way more fun.

[rosslord]

For me, it's not so much the end goal as the process. I like working on things with my hands (I have a job in software, so most of what I do professionally is ephemeral). I like solving problems. I like making a plan to increase speed/handling/drivability/style/etc., executing it, and enjoying the results.

Learning and doing, whatever the goal may be, is a reward in and of itself.

[James21]

Uh, where are your helmets?

It was opening day so any car was allowed on the track. We were going "highway speeds"

[DarkBuddha]

It was opening day so any car was allowed on the track. We were going "highway speeds"

Given the angle on the thing hanging from the rearview mirror and the lift on the inside front tire, it appears you're "highway speeds" are helmet worthy.

[Ripped]

Little bit of history Jim Morrison in his GT500

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdjg3QtLd6Q


A better one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA5v-...eature=related

[DynoDon]

I had to vote "Other" as my first love would be to retrun to WRC type rally events that I did for 10 years in the 70's - 80's

[king427]

I voted Road Course Solo. I'm looking forward to hitting some of these events like Flatland shootout next year;)

[showa]

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[showa]

I had to vote "Other" as my first love would be to retrun to WRC type rally events that I did for 10 years in the 70's - 80's

I think it'd be a blast in a Falcon or Corvair...

[DynoDon]

I think it'd be a blast in a Falcon or Corvair...

Falcon maybe (especially considering the history of the factory cars at the Monte Carlo and East African Safari), Corvair ? never!
Believe it or not if funds allowed I would build a 5.0 powered Ford Ranger set up similar to a CORR or the old Micky Thompson type Stadium trucks, only street legal(ish) and for two people for Rally.
After I went from Rally Racing to Off Road, we ran my Class 7 Ranger in a couple of rally's for fun and did quite well, and with a bunch more motor than my old 2.8 litre Esslinger 4 banger I think it would be quite competitive and a lot of fun!

[6'9"Witha69]

Falcon maybe (especially considering the history of the factory cars at the Monte Carlo and East African Safari), Corvair ? never!
Believe it or not if funds allowed I would build a 5.0 powered Ford Ranger set up similar to a CORR or the old Micky Thompson type Stadium trucks, only street legal(ish) and for two people for Rally.
After I went from Rally Racing to Off Road, we ran my Class 7 Ranger in a couple of rally's for fun and did quite well, and with a bunch more motor than my old 2.8 litre Esslinger 4 banger I think it would be quite competitive and a lot of fun!

Ha. I was reading the start of your post and thought of Esslinger. I went to church with them back in the 80's and 90's. Wicked engines. My youth opastor had them modify the 2.8T in his '85 SVO mustang and it was a 5.0 killer for sure!

And yes, the MT stadium trucks were awesome. Ivan Stewart was great!

[DynoDon]

Ha. I was reading the start of your post and thought of Esslinger. I went to church with them back in the 80's and 90's. Wicked engines. My youth pastor had them modify the 2.8T in his '85 SVO mustang and it was a 5.0 killer for sure!

And yes, the MT stadium trucks were awesome. Ivan Stewart was great!

We ran that series and my Ranger actually beat the Factory Toyota's (and everyone else) at Pomona the one time the series raced there. We flat out horse-powered them with a Special Esslinger Motor for that race and this was with out Desert Truck.
Danny Esslinger is a great guy and no one makes more horsepower out of a Pinto motor! Try 300 HP out of a naturally aspirated 3.0L