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Originally posted by BRM9148
Chris,
When are you going to show up for a track event that we attend ? I'll put you in a completely reliable 2.0 factory injected car that spanks most of the 911SC's and spins 5400 all day (never lift)
What happened to learning to drive ?? I thought I beat that into everybody.
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Hey, I'd love to meet up with some Bay Area guys for a track event sometime. It is kinda tough for me to make it all the way to Laguna or Thunderhill though -- would have to plan pretty far in advance for a road trip like that. Buttonwillow is more do-able on short notice.
I am a true believer in learning how to drive down in the 'low-powered'/stock classes. I've had a blast so far.
One thing that didn't go as I hoped though is that the local POC events here get almost zero 914/4's, and only a couple 914/6's regularly. At some events I'm the only 914 period. And PCA in So Cal has almost zero track events, I think a couple time trials a year and one club race, at most. Mostly autox stuff. It seems like you guys up north have a way more active 914 community in terms of track events.
Running the stock 2.0 is huge fun, but it does gets pretty frustrating sometimes to be the lowest HP guy on the track by almost half...and a lot of the guys running POC down here have 200-400HP cars. I can hang with or beat some of them in tight corners but they pull me by 30 mph on the big sweepers and straights. Arm gets tired from waving so much...
Since neither of my current cars is a good base for more of a pure track machine (too CW-ish to cut up or wreck) I still plan to most likely sell one or both and get something else...undecided if it will be a race-prepped 914/4, 914/6 or still possible it could be an early 911 of some form like an R/RS/RSR clone (boo, hiss, sacrilege, traitor...yeah I know).
In the meantime the trusty Ravenna car will be my steed to keep racking up seat time and learning the skills & reflexes. I just hope I don't roll her into a ball or munch the engine in the meantime. That would really suck!
