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Old Aug 2, 2005 | 03:02 AM
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Sweet, love those "in the air" pics!
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Old Aug 2, 2005 | 06:19 AM
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I've got about 150 laps on the ring with this car
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Old Aug 2, 2005 | 08:40 AM
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I've got about 150 laps on the ring with this car



Errr, not that I'm envious or anything.....


What kind of times are you running? And with what kinds of mods?
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Old Aug 2, 2005 | 11:26 PM
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Started out at about 10min stock
and moved down to 9mins.

Now with a LG coilover setup and Porsche brakes its around 8min 30 .
But that is as fast as I want to take it .
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Any vids? That is sweet!!!
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GM should release a video of that lap.
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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by roy
Started out at about 10min stock
and moved down to 9mins.

Now with a LG coilover setup and Porsche brakes its around 8min 30 .
But that is as fast as I want to take it .
What kind of shocks did you get with the coil overs and what spring rate/ride height?

What kind of speeds did you see, and how did it feel at them?


Sorry for the 20 questions, it's just that this is the first I've heard of an f-Body on the 'ring. Too cool.
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"first I've heard of an f-Body on the 'ring. Too cool.
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"first I've heard of an f-Body on the 'ring. Too cool.
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Old Aug 4, 2005 | 02:02 AM
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Ditto!!! quoting what I said above and it posted, wtf.
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Old Aug 5, 2005 | 10:31 AM
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Any vids? That is sweet!!!
Check the link below. i believe this was my second outing on the track . It was damp in some places and wet in others. I just took a leisure drive around.



Click here to see Video

What kind of shocks did you get with the coil overs and what spring rate/ride height?
Its a Bilstein shock with Hyperco springs. The car sits about a 1.5 inches lower now.

What kind of speeds did you see, and how did it feel at them?
Peak speeds sometimes hit about 140-145 0n the stretches.
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Nice!

So you never really pushed it when stock? It should run under 9 minutes bone stock.
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Old Aug 5, 2005 | 11:33 PM
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Nice!

So you never really pushed it when stock? It should run under 9 minutes bone stock.
In the hands of a skilled ring driver anything is possible. The best i got was 9:10 stock on a drytrack.
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Nice , i must come down to Germany to test the ring (and the beer!!) ....AFTER !
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Originally Posted by roy
In the hands of a skilled ring driver anything is possible. The best i got was 9:10 stock on a drytrack.
Thats still very good for a non-professional driver. Its so cool to hear about F-bodies in europe...
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Old Aug 6, 2005 | 11:41 AM
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THANKS FOR THE VIDEO!!!

Any vid of a dry track?
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Very cool. You are one lucky man to own an f-body in Germany, autobahn+nurburgring=heaven. Nice vid, and times.

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Yeah, 8.5 is good 911 territory.
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