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Posted by: rhodyguy Mar 21 2004, 08:10 AM

interesting car... not very practical for bremerton though.

kevin

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Posted by: DNHunt Mar 21 2004, 11:10 AM

Ya Kevin he never got his tires warmed up. It must have been frustrating as hell for the guy to just sit there waiting for his turn knowing his tires are getting slick.

I wish I could blame my performance on slippery tires. No need to worry about that until the driver gets a clue. I found lots of different ways around that course and none of them were right. Lots of fun.

Dave

Posted by: rhodyguy Mar 21 2004, 11:27 AM

i was right next to him on the line up grid. then he rolled forward to wipe the pebbles off his tires. holding the rotary at a high rpm as not to foul his plugs, spewing massive ammounts of unburnt fuel made me . him trying to get his car rolling at SOME speed, yes- TRYING, before the first set of cones was a little slipping the clutch for 50 feet or so will make short work of it. our street tires leave a bit to be desired trying to matchup against very experienced drivers with WIDE STICKY victors and what not, leaves us .

kevin

Posted by: DNHunt Mar 21 2004, 11:36 AM

I know my tires are not that great but my driving was awful. Still I learned a few things and got better as the day went on. The way I see it right now, no sense wasting good tires on a lousy driver. I'm gonna hang onto the streets, play with the car and see if I can drive better.

Dave

Posted by: rhodyguy Mar 21 2004, 11:38 AM

ditto.

kevin

Posted by: red914 Mar 21 2004, 01:15 PM

speaking as a short term spectator, i need to get my car smoothed out (new wheel, stuff like that ) so that i can go out and learn a few things also. watching you guys drive is inspiring, whether you think you did well or not.

interesting performance by the front wheel drive crowd; i've never seen that before.

Posted by: DNHunt Mar 21 2004, 01:59 PM

Red

You might appreciate this. The guy next to me on the grid was in a 1.7. Nice guy. He was taking turns with his wife. After the 2nd run he asks how it's going and I tell him I'm having fun but I can't find my way around the course. He laughs and says he can't either. So the next time I want a clean run and just slow down. I get my best time and I'm about 3 seconds up on him and he keeps playing with his tire pressure. At this point I'm thinking things are right in the universe, I got a 2.0l and he's got a 1.7, I should be faster. I'm glad I didn't say anything. He's up before me and he beats my time by about 4 seconds. So, I think I'll just have to go faster. I'm all over the place even more than before. Anyway he kicked my butt.

So for the fun run I let some air out of the front cause an old timer suggested it because I was pushing so much and I did a lot better but, I still couldn't beat that guy's time.

Got a lot to learn

Dave

Posted by: red914 Mar 21 2004, 03:11 PM

that is just the sort of fun i would like. fun, and educational to boot! on top of that, i get to see just what is possible with a 914. i still want to drive it daily, but it would be fun to, over the years, make it more (and i really like this phrase i saw in a different thread), "street obnoxious."

time to start saving my pennies...