Straight Line vs Twisted Mountain Roads was: Fiberglass Hoods

[tberk@mindspring.com (T Berk)]

Dave Ewing wrote:
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> 
> Traction?  Well, my car weighs 1850lbs and I always get posi (kinda makes me
> wonder about this tranny!!) and I don't run slicks on the street so I
> couldn't see taking anymore weight from the front of my car.  Plus, I would
> bet that most of us are barbaric inline weenie racers. 

Not Meeeee!

>  I don't hear too
> much about how someone raced a CRX on a twisty winding road, but I do hear
> ALOT about taking on some Acura or Mustang at a streetlight.

There are (at least) three different types of go fast guys on this list:

1. Straight Line "I beat a Honda/Mustang/etc at the street light'
2. Fast Turns @ Ridgemont High  'I won in my class @ the Autocross last
week'
3. Windey Mountain Road Sidewinders 

Not everybody fits in any one category, and there are enough ways to
describe things for everybody to have a label of there own BUT- I doubt
you will ever hear me talk of racing a WRX, I couldn't care less whether
I ran him into the ditches, in my case I drive for the fun of it, not
against other drivers. That's me. In the interest of furthering this I
upgrade my motor and brakes, increase the chassis stiffness, and enhance
the creature comforts a bit too.

(Hey Shawn, no offense about the cone magic you perform, just being
witty.)

> I tend to look at things from the "common sense" point of view (and my
> finacial situation may be part of it!!) and I would have a hard time
> reccomending a CF hood for a street car. 

Here we agree.

>  Hey, I do think they are kinda cool, but just can't justify it! 
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> Dave

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> > The quarter mile guys will keep the weight up front, but that's because
> > they're barbaric straight line weenies who know nothing about real racing.
> > ;^) (Just kidding!) As always, optimize your car for a particular venue
> > and have fun thrashing. :^)
> > --
> > Scott F. Williams