1982 was the dark dark days, and the X11 rated at 135 HP was a big deal. i
was 18 when he got it and the wheel hop and torque steer scared the hell out
of my passengers on the (very) few occasions i drove it. mild until you
floored it, then it was like a turbo as all the emissions systems turned off
and the intake velocity got high enough for the cam and valves.
my dad did tell me he knows the X11 will lock the rears before the fronts.
i will tell him about the pad issue, thanks. IIRC, the brake system was
different on the X11 than the pedestrian versions of the chassis, which had
some serious brake engineering problems.
my dad also almost bought a cosworth vega... i remember seeing one parked at
his work. gold at first, but soon turned to rust. :P we got a chevette
instead (1976), but the rally version with a 4:11 rear end- redlined in top
gear at 85 MPH. :)
heres a pic from sunday: http://www.klio.net/cobra/x11race.jpg
-james
----- Original Message -----
From: Donald R McKenna <donbarbmckenna@earthlink.net>
To: James Creasy <black94pgt@pacbell.net>; <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 8:24 AM
Subject: Re: x11/nationals archive results
> James wrote:
>
> >hi all,
> >
> >my father, after autoxing for the first time with me at this year's round
3
> >(the tempest bowl), went to his second autox last weekend in the Glen
region
> >season opener driving his 1982 citation X11. now i have talked him into
> >getting kumhos for it. :)
> >
> >i thought i read somewhere that this car won g-stock in the early
eighties,
> >but cant find it now. anyone have a link?
>
> I can't speak for that, but in '91 Mal Kooiman won H Stock in a 70s
Cosworth
> Vega, which in its day got a lot more attention than the X11 did, later.
> Sorta close but, look in the rule book, some Pontiacs, probably with
similar
> chassis, show up in the 80s in G and H Stock.
>
> >
> >its kind of a cool car as it came with 7" wide wheels, which in 1982 was
> >crazy wide, a cowl hood, and no 'citation' badging =)
>
> In '82 cars were still so anemic, the X11 really was an improvement. And a
> whole 125 HP V6 in place of the 4-banger, sometimes know as the "Iron
Duke"
> (in Pontiacs).
>
> That chassis was more famous for its "bad" back brakes. Actually, I think
> the braking problem was that the front disk pads (early disk application
for
> economy GM cars) were prone to fading and in some panic stop situations
the
> rears still worked, would begin to lock , putting the un-informed (about
car
> control) driver into a spin, leading to guess what, all kinds of crazy
> crashes. Saw this happen, going down the freeway one day, but the guy
didn't
> hit or get hit by anybody.
>
> The fix for the "back" brakes was to put on metalic pads to clamp the
> undersized front rotors.
>
> This is my story and I'm sticking to it --- until someone corrects me with
> the "real" story.
>
> Don
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