03-07-2003, 07:08 PM
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Cal,
Those little Neons can be quite impressive! I'm not much up on what all the 240Z guys do but I know a little about the car that beat me a lot!
He use's a bigger motor than what came with the car. Side dfraft Mikuni carbs (weber look a likes). Interior is totally gutted. Tires are "race slicks". Shock tower cross brace front and rear. Extreme camber on the front. I heard a comment about it "darting" if driven in a straight line at speed. "Fancy" shocks and springs. Low rear end ratio with torsen/gleason(?) style 3rd member.
It has "enough" power to break the back end loose easily on corner exit, but I never saw him "spin out". He competes NATIONALLY and, so you know he is a "serious" driver. He said the car is built "right to" the limits allowed by the class, and I think that is a big factor for ANY class. He makes the rest of the "Z"'s a mere "also ran". I could take them with the Excal.
Ernie
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