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Originally Posted by TRacer
One of the members on the TBs.com board (turbofish38) gained noteriety being the 1997 Nebraska Region SCCA Street Tire Class Champion and the SCCA Street Tire Class runner up in 1996, 1998 & 1999. His "weapon of choice" for SCCA use was an '87 GN with 36 lb. injectors, stock intercooler, stock live axle with OEM 3.42 rear gear and a TA-49 turbo that ran 11.80s at 115 in a straight line when called upon. He never did reveal his entire combo other than to say that he used Camaro parts and spent a lot of time getting the shock & spring combo right. With enough time, patience and $$$ anything is possible! ![Wink](images/smilies/wink.gif)
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Well a couple points:
I'll agree that with enough time money and patience, you can go very far, but at some point you're also no where near the original car. Did turbofish38 strip it down, move weight around (fuel cell location), convert from auto-> manual, etc., etc.?
Exactly which street tire class? I'm guessing the one limiting size to 225. If so, he wasn't running against the Vettes, Vipers, Porsches, etc. of the world.
And if he was running a vaguely stock GN against vaguely stock sports cars (in a competitive region), and beating them, it doesn't tell me the GN is a great sports car platform, it tells me he is a
truly gifted driver.
Are any of the TB guys out here into AutoX, Road Racing? If so, we should crash a Porsche or Ferrari Track day sometime. That'd be a hoot.