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Old Feb 10, 2008 | 12:38 PM
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driving lessons you say? ive probably made a few hundred passes down the 1/4 in the past few years. i bet a large sum of cash no street tired rwd/fwd car on this forum can do better than 2.3 at temple raceway. the large group of evos and stis are getting 2.1s at best. the people that have been here awhile say they dropped .75 to 1 second from a theyre back home track.
Ennis? Where are you located?
Old Feb 10, 2008 | 12:46 PM
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Well if hes near thundervally, hes probly up in the tennisee mountains or somewhere around there. And that would explain the altitude.
Old Feb 10, 2008 | 12:58 PM
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If he was up high he would not be trapping like that, if it is temple in texas you da was like +1200
Old Feb 10, 2008 | 02:21 PM
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A. You're probably using the wrong tires. I have 2.73 gears and a stock converter and race at a world-class NHRA strip and I can't hook up with rain tires. Get drag tires. I woulda thought that this was common sense.[&:]
B. You'd better do some work to that '01 Mustang GT before you try to wave any timeslips in the faces of Evolution and STI drivers.
Old Feb 10, 2008 | 02:25 PM
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A. You're probably using the wrong tires. I have 2.73 gears and a stock converter and race at a world-class NHRA strip and I can't hook up with rain tires. Get drag tires. I woulda thought that this was common sense.[&:]
B. You'd better do some work to that '01 Mustang GT before you try to wave any timeslips in the faces of Evolution and STI drivers.
My man says he's made a few hundred passes. You'd think he'd know all this by now.
Old Feb 10, 2008 | 06:38 PM
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man... a 2.5 is high even for a crappy track... i pulled off a few 2.0's with street tires and 4.10's... my track isn't the best either... try NOT dumpign it and feathering a bit...
Old Feb 10, 2008 | 07:41 PM
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im in killeen texas. ft. hood to be more precise. im not in the mountains, and the track in oklahoma is called thundervalley raceway. one of many thundervalleys. i did not have time to put on my dr's, so i rolled on my 255/40 17 champiro street tires, with around street pressure at the track. yeah i know, big no no. i honestly was expecting around 2 flat cuz my 03 with 4.10s barely busted into the 1s. i also was aware of how ****ty temple is, but the pastseveral weeks it has rained, so i guess it just got worse without anyone running on it. and bluebeast, no sarcasm needed. i was not racing the evos and stis, i was going to prove that a near stock gt could break into the 13s.
seriously, is there anyone else here whos ran at temple. i would wager its in the top 5 most ****ty tracks nationwide. i know its the worst ive ever been on.
Old Feb 11, 2008 | 06:07 AM
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im in killeen texas. ft. hood to be more precise. im not in the mountains, and the track in oklahoma is called thundervalley raceway. one of many thundervalleys. i did not have time to put on my dr's, so i rolled on my 255/40 17 champiro street tires, with around street pressure at the track. yeah i know, big no no. i honestly was expecting around 2 flat cuz my 03 with 4.10s barely busted into the 1s. i also was aware of how ****ty temple is, but the pastseveral weeks it has rained, so i guess it just got worse without anyone running on it. and bluebeast, no sarcasm needed. i was not racing the evos and stis, i was going to prove that a near stock gt could break into the 13s.
seriously, is there anyone else here whos ran at temple. i would wager its in the top 5 most ****ty tracks nationwide. i know its the worst ive ever been on.
Oh come on now I just have a little fun at your expense.And your right a GT witha good driver, At a good track like Atco can do 13s.
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