SCCA STR 370z Progress Thread.... It can be done!

[sixpax]

Originally Posted by MIKE_STR

For the record, I know just about nothing and everything I say should be taken with a grain of salt. I'm also not a "badass". I just got humbled so bad in El Toro... Went home with my tail between my legs. I have this problem where I try cars that no one has before.. Over and over. This leads to virtually no success at a national level. I like spending money that I don't have and bitching about getting pounded ... Yet, I keep coming back for more.

If your primary testing ground is Packwood, that might explain why fuel starve hasn't happened. I've been to the Packwood tours twice. Not grippy asphalt at all if I recall. Awesome site though. Very beautiful.

Is your car ASP? Would love to talk shop. I just test fit some 18x11" +20 wheels square yesterday. They fit great. Should be able to stuff 295's front and maybe as much as 315 rear without any fender modification. Are you offering a co-drive for the tour? I'd be flattered.... But I ain't running the car with half a tank. I'll get too pissed when WE do fuel stave.

Btw, if you guys are still compelled to argue please do it somewhere else. I still plan on tooling my car for STR.... For the time being. Just messing around with other stuff as well.

As long as you have fun, or enjoy it to some degree, or find it challenging ... it's all good. Only person that matters is, well, you.

I am slower than dirt on the track, but the thrill I get and the fun I have overcomes worrying about what anybody else thinks.

Going to have a go at some SCCA Solo this year, and have been reading your thread off and on, as well as many others. Sadly I will be classed SSM, I am too lazy to uninstall SPL suspension parts just to do autocross so SSM it is.

I feel that autocross can do nothing but good things for me at learning how to drive the car that would translate well to the track.

Best of luck on your STR project. I'll still be following, though it is a pain to wade through pages of ******** just to get to the stuff I came to read.