Yeah, and my 1987 Z51 4+3 is for sale too!
>From: "Isley, Jason C." <JIsley@cell1.com>
>Reply-To: "Isley, Jason C." <JIsley@cell1.com>
>To: "'mab'" <mti@concentric.net>, autox@autox.team.net
>Subject: RE: Best C4 Vette for Autox?
>Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 11:09:41 -0700
>
> BZZZZZ wrong. Pull up the results from Natls, tours and Prosolo the
>last five or so years and see how many of those cars have taken home
>trophies or won. Try an 89' 6spd Z51 or FX3, an 86' auto or 4spd Z51. A 91
>Z07 is not bad but the 89' has better gears. ZR1 is way ugly when it come
>to
>weight, nothing like carrying an extra two hundred pounds on the front of
>your car to go with the way high tq curve. Lt4 has some potential but is
>course dependent due to high tq curve. Get the L98, you'll be glad you did.
>You buy the L98 you have $10,000.00 left to spend on shocks and wheels. :)
>
>Jason "RX7 KLR" Isley
>jason.isley@alltel.com
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: mab [mailto:mti@concentric.net]
>Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 11:11 AM
>To: autox@autox.team.net
>Subject: Best C4 Vette for Autox?
>
>
>In evaluating considerations for my next autox car, a C4 Vette is
>rapidly nearing the top of the list. It seems that the logical
>candidates are:
>
>a) 96 LT4 with Z51
>b) most any year ZR-1
>c) 91 L98 with Z07
>(all of the above would have 6 speed transmissions, which is what I'd
>prefer anyway)
>
>or would it be something else entirely?
>
>I'd be interested in knowing what the Vette owners think makes a great
>car that would run in Stock class. I've seen some comments on the list
>that indicate that the ZR-1 is not a great autox car but I do not
>understand why if that's true.
>
>I'll admit that right now I'm partial to the 96 LT4. I don't care for
>the blue Grand Sport paint job, so I'd likely try to find a regular
>production LT4 when the time comes.
>
>So.. let me have your opinions and rationale.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Miles Beam
>91 Trans Am 305, 5 speed
>
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