2010 Bench Racer's League

Swifty1638 · 01-11-2010

Drag..well, that's about all I can touch. The car is just too much for a road course, auto x or anything else. If I wanted on those, I would have built the car differently.

Scheides, see ya springtime

Matt D. · 01-11-2010

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Originally Posted by Swifty1638

The car is just too much for a road course

Whaaaaaaat? Is it too much for a straight line, too?

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Originally Posted by Swifty1638

auto x or anything else.

I will agree with you there, autocross and turbo lag are like oil and water.

**mlomker** · 01-11-2010

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Originally Posted by Matt D.

Whaaaaaaat? Is it too much for a straight line, too?

He has coilovers so I assume the car can turn. At the HPDE that I went to there were a couple club racers hauling ass but I was handily in the top 1/3rd speed-wise and it was my first time on the track...with a bone stock X.

A lot of the turns are 2nd gear but I generally drove the whole course at 4k+ rpm so spool might not be such a big deal. With E85 and a tune I probably won't even need to shift.

slowbubblecar · 01-13-2010

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He has coilovers so I assume the car can turn. At the HPDE that I went to there were a couple club racers hauling ass but I was handily in the top 1/3rd speed-wise and it was my first time on the track...with a bone stock X.

A lot of the turns are 2nd gear but I generally drove the whole course at 4k+ rpm so spool might not be such a big deal. With E85 and a tune I probably won't even need to shift.

Seems like there are always a few purpose built race cars there. Most people do not have much experience and are just there to have fun. In the few times I have gone, I haven't seen anybody really trying to compete with anyone else. People are just there to have fun. There will always be faster cars and slower cars.

Were you there the day someone brought a 60s mustang there and was "cruising" around the track?

**mlomker** · 01-13-2010

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Were you there the day someone brought a 60s mustang there and was "cruising" around the track?

Yeah, that was the day that I went. I understand it was a woman driving her husbands 'baby' so she was driving about half the speed that everyone else was...