Any Tractor Guys Into Sports Cars Too?

[xtn]

You mean you drove by a chevy dealership?? :laughing:

Lol. That's cute. I mean on a road course where I frequently run my car.

 

[N80]

Well, I took my car to the road course at Carolina Motorsports Park this weekend with NASA Southeast. What a blast. If you have a car, any car, you should do a track day event. It is so much harder than it looks but once you start to figure it out it is a riot.

I went with a friend who has a 65 Mustang he's modified for road course driving.

As for my "sports" car, it did pretty well. Even as heavy as it is it had more power than I could use. I put track brake pads, new rotors and ATE brake fluid and braking was never an issue. Well there was no brake fade or overheating but more braking would certainly be even better. The brakes would literally be smoking after 20 minutes on the track. It was not until the second day before I was good enough to have any idea about the car's shortcomings as a track car. Even with the "sport suspension" there was too much body roll and in hard cornering and the inside rear tire would break traction even with the limited slip. Then traction control would kick in and ruin everything.

With my driving skills (or lack thereof) understeer was more of a problem than oversteer, but usually because I braked too late and turned in too early. At times, when I listened to my instructor I got some power oversteer on corner exit.

All in all, its no race car but for a daily driver it makes a decent track day car. I think with beefier anti-sway bars, maybe stiffer springs, strut braces, better tires and better restraints it will probably be a better track car than I am a track driver for a long time.

 

[Egon]

understeer was more of a problem than oversteer, but usually because I braked too late and turned in too early. At times, when I listened to my instructor I got some power oversteer on corner exit./QUOTE]


You should have grown up driving gravel or icy roads [before the days of salt] in a two wheel P/U with an empty box!:thumbsup::thumbsup::laughing:

 

[N80]

I think the is a picture of a pick-up truck by the definition of oversteer in the dictionary.

 

[jonyyuma]

I did learn in the Pu on gravel? Without power steering? but I agree on the definition too.

 

[Cliff_Johns]

No sports car, just a muscle car like DodgeMan.

2009 Challenger R/T.

Cliff

 

[toppop52]

No 2 seaters,just these...

 

[ihuntbear]

this is my baby 67 chevelle big block 4 speed

 

[dodge man]

Love the Challenger Cliff Johns:thumbsup:

 

[jwnge]

Would a Devin body on a 51 Henry J chasis count as a sports car? I had one I traded a Honda 125 on/off road bike for. It was a fun car to drive and pretty peppy at the time. I had to reach inside the door to pull a cable to open the door. The top was all hand operated. It did have soft zip in side curtains but no heater so it was a warm weather car. 3 speed on the floor, skinny tires plain wheels with no hubcaps. It had only a few thousand on the entire car but when it was built the starter was moved to opposite because of no room so it would sometimes not engage properly and I would just stick my leg out the door ans push it enough to turn the engine over a little and then it would state very well.It was once driven at a track in Wisconsin, Elkhart I think, not by me, but not fast enough to do much. We would mainly use it for fun drives in the country and to a few outdoor movies at times. Somewhere around here I have pics but 5 moves since owning it no telling where they are. John