I watched this race that had vipers, corvettes, civics, tiburon, Lexus GS400's and firebirds..... You name it they had it.

The Gs400 won the class that it was in. Are those cars better than a 5 speed max. I was kind of disappointed to see that there were no nissan cars there.

Pretty cool racing....it was neat to see somewhat stock cars on a tough course.

 

I watched their coverage of the summer slam at Etown last night. I was almost embarassed to be an import performance fan. They showed the riciest of the ricey. That host guys didnt Seem to know $hit about $hit either. It was very sad...

 

That was a Motorola Cup series race, a development of the old IMSA Firehawk series. They run four classes which is why there is such a variety of cars. The cars are heavily equalized within their classes but not modofied much more than SCCA IT cars. For example - the Lexi run against Integra type R's - so how does a V8 compete with a 4? The Lexi have to weigh about 3200 lb and have to use the auto trans they came with - the Integras weigh about 2300 and have an alternate final drive ratio. A y2k Maxima joined the series about halfway through the season, also in that same class (ST), at about 2700lb, so far it is still undergoing development both in the car and in the rule allowances it needs to be competitive.

Dave

 

What did they do to shave off 500lbs? I can't imagine the performance of a 2K Maxima with only 2700lbs!

 

Seats, AC, stereo, spare, no extra options, strip out some of the interior and sound deadening material - I figure that might be a few hundred right there.

 

Ya, i saw those motorola cup series a few times....it's interesting to see so many different type of cars running on the same course. i was surprised to see a Civic Si and a Miata running among Corvetts and Vipers. very interesting race

 

I was watching speedvision late the other night. They were comparing all the tightest European sedans. They had an Audi S4, MB CLK turbo diesel, an M5, and a Saab. Man, those were some sweet cars. Especially the M5 and the S4. It just made me want to get an M5 even more

 

2700lbs is the legal minimum - I suspect that the team is still working on getting the car that light - don't forget - they have to add a full cage. The rules also now allow them a brake upgrade from Nissan - not sure what that is. They will probably become competitive this season - the other guys have at least 1 year r&d time on them.

Dave

 

when do they air this speedvision stuff? and on what channel?

 

Speedvision is a channel by itself......24 hrs a day motor related stuff. It's on cable, so if you don't have it, I guess you can call your cable provider....

 

ok thanks... i guess i just have to flip through the chanels and look for it... anyone in brooklyn with cablevision know what chanel its on?