[Vettezuki]

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!

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.

[enkeivette]

Now accepting challenges.

[enkeivette]

By the way, my friend Justin's Miata is probably the best handling car I've ever been in.

Granted I'm not a fat guy and I was basically too big to fit in the racing seat, much less get out of the car with the steering wheel installed, plus my head stuck up past the highest point of the roll bar. And the coil overs will rattle your teeth out, but damn can that 2100lb car handle.

[SeanPlunk]

Originally Posted by enkeivette

By the way, my friend Justin's Miata is probably the best handling car I've ever been in.

Granted I'm not a fat guy and I was basically too big to fit in the racing seat, much less get out of the car with the steering wheel installed, plus my head stuck up past the highest point of the roll bar. And the oil overs will rattle your teeth out, but damn can that 2100lb car handle.

Unfortunately, Miata = I like MX-5's though

[Vettezuki]

Originally Posted by SeanPlunk

Unfortunately, Miata = I like MX-5's though

My wife's MX-5 is the best handling car I've driven yet.