John, the car does indeed feel fast. And it also really likes hanging the
tail out! I think I could get used to driving one, though...
Scot
----- Original Message -----
From: "John J. Stimson-III" <john@idsfa.net>
To: "Kelly, Katie" <kkelly@spss.com>
Cc: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: Proof that cars can talk
> How much do those SP people invest? I don't know what Rick has done
> to his car, but I investigated turning my Integra into a Street
> Touring machine like Mark Allen's car (there was an article in
> _Grassroots Motorsports_), and the total came to around $4000 for
> shocks, threaded collars, springs, rear sway, intake, header, and
> exhaust. Out of curiousity, I looked at the same parts for Miatas and
> they were cheaper across the board.
>
> What else can you add in CSP? Tuning an engine management system
> could add up to a significant amount of money spent on the dyno...
>
> Speaking of the S2000, Peter Thana gave me a wild ride yesterday in
> Eric's car. Somebody please talk me out of taking the Mazda buyback
> offer and buying an S2000!
>
> Maybe it was the Kumhos, maybe it was Peter's driving, but that car
> seemed unnaturally fast...Maybe a ride with Craig or Scot would change
> my impression. Yesterday was my first time riding at an autocross,
> and my first time in a car on race tires (except at Malibu and
> Speedring :-)
>
> --
>
> john@idsfa.net John Stimson
> http://www.idsfa.net/~john/ HMC Physics '94
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