Jeff Winchell wrote:
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> Jeff Winchell wrote:
> > I've posted what Dave Shotz's car is like. (see http://PonyCar.Net/ESP).
> ..list of stock suspension stuff...
> Perhaps the factory ones are the best for this particular car. Ask Dave.
Just seems suspiciously close to FS car with a race seat and upgraded diff.
(Add slicks and SFC and it might be competitive in CP, but that's another
thread :)
>
> >In the engine compartment, It has Stock exhaust manifold & Thottle
> >body. Intake & exhaust is what you can change in SP! He put in plugs,
> >wires and a cat-back ?!
> > What about headers & individual throttle injection ?
>
> When you have 370 lb ft of torque in ESP, how is adding any more better?
> Marcus Meredith's car has similar torque and I believe I heard that Howard
> Duncan (after driving it to 4th at Nats last year) said it had too much
> torque. Of course opinions can vary.
Too much torque == not enough tire. Doesn't it ? Or maybe wrong gearing ?
You can't "too much torque," and use 315 tires when 335 is available. (At
least for "full prep. "true, you have to go to Hoosier instead of K.. But we've
all seen NHRA races, and those guys don't have "too much torque". They do
have a lot of tire... We are talking about Pro-solo especially
aren't we... (Was ... peru musing ?)
>
>...
> Maybe in ASP where you drive, the suspension and weight distribution can
> handle more than 370 lb ft of torque (do the ASP cars have that much?), but
> perhaps it's a case where the same types of mods in ASP don't apply to some
> of the top ESP ponycars.
Of course the ASP cars don't have this much. The Porsche/RX-7 TT are around 2/3
of that, the Elan even less. But we don't use 315 wide tires either. BSP
Corvettes would be the one to do a real comparasion. (I don't know much about
them.)
Or even CP. Obviously they have more torque, with more tire too.
Robert Larson (ASP911)
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