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Originally posted by Jack Olsen
Don, in your shoes I wouldn't worry about a race class.
Let's say you spend three years doing time trials and open tracking. The Toyo Cup car you buy today is probably not going to be the hot Toyo Cup setup on that eventual date. I'd buy a solid car now that's been set up for the track, preferably one that you can sell for nearly the same price when/if you do choose to go and race in a particular series.
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Originally posted by Don Plumley
To restate my goals from this thread, I need a car for DE's and TT's so I can build seat time over the next couple of years. No specific plans to race, so class, etc. not important at this time.
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That's the direction I was headed. Two or three years of TT and DE. IF, (and a big IF knowing me) I decide that W2W is where I want to go, then I'd buy a no compromises car for that spec and trailer it. The 100% track-prepped cars are compelling (man are they great looking), but many don't have heat, a few require 95+ octane (eliminates filling up on I-5), etc.
Given my objective of driving the car to and from the track, I'm willing to accept certain compromises to make that feasible. For example, in a C2 the A/C is not a huge weight penalty, but will make a drive down to Buttonwillow liveable.
So the C2 - either ready to roll or minor build - sounds more and more like the right thing to do for me today, in my state of development and interest.
Todd - let me find the link for an RS clone that is some sort of POC spec - that has weights mounted in the passenger floorpan and is street legal.