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Detroit, 2:28 AM
Mon Nov 30
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Falken Tires: When too much traction is a nuisance.
07/20/09
Falken makes (made?) one of the best street tire class race tires on the market, and made it for half what any of the other manufacturers charged.
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Part of me is in awe of the skill and driving that is done by these drivers and cars. Hell, I did a drift burnout this weekend at 25mph and got a bunch of thumbs up. I was even surprised I got the car to snap loose at speed and slid it sideways for as far as I did.
But then there is the other part of me that thinks this isn't a sport at all but a form of just showing off and I am hating that these cars are going around the courses slower then they actually could.
AAAAGGGGHHH, my left side of my brain is fighting with the right side but my lower middle brain is telling me "just go with it"
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http://www.ppihc.com/contentx.aspx?tabid=14&xsltfilename=PPIHCRaceDay&xmlfilename=~/Results/PPIHCResultsRaceDay&contentid=258
Now if I could just figure out how to get links to work...
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@r0ver: If they did have spoilers, it's just something they have to pay to replace later.
Although, they have been sighted in the past:
07/20/09
Wings have always been hit or miss in dorifto fashion, but at the speeds these pros hit, there is definitely an aero effect. It then comes down to driver preference.
I do know that the rear suspension geometry on both US generations of 240sx, especially in the S14, is prone to snap oversteer, especially when rolling on and off the throttle and in and out of boost on a larger turbo car. Having extra wing would probably nice to keep the rear end planted and stabilized, especially with excessive slip angles.
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1) The Mustang felt itself to be so ugly that it could not stand to live, and attempted to destroy itself so that it would not have to live with the pain and suffering.
2) The Mustang made a show of being jealous of all the light weight Japanese cars, but when you look further down, it was really just depressed and wanted to die.
3) The Mustang is really Australian, and that concrete wall is as close as it comes to a windshield for the Mustang's face.
4) The Mustang has two left rear tires/feet.
5) The Mustang thought it was at a dance club, and tried to do a new move it learned, not realizing that it was in no shape to do so, thus losing its balance and face planting on the floor.
6) The Mustang was set up by Roush.
7) The Mustang was really only doing its job trying to make a new Special Edition Formula Drift Mustang featuring New Lifelike Crash Damaged Bodywork!
8) The Mustang is so heavy that it distorted the pavement such that the corner changed instantly, sending it into the wall.
9) The Mustang saw a mare, and blindly tried to go hump it.
10) The Mustang can only turn for so long before it needs to go straight again.
11) The Mustang was tired of this drifting shit, and put an end to it the only way it knew how... WITH ITS FACE.
Now, there is the possibility that this is neither Gittin's or the Mustang's fault. These theories are presented below in no particular order.
1) Invisible NASCAR.
2) Invisible Yuki Takahashi.
3) Taken over by the spirit of Aryton Senna's car.
4) Dale Earnhardt
5) Invisible police chase.
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@Skunky: But those never actually worked...
It's like premature ejaculation. There's a lot of effort, but it doesn't really do anything except make the guy look bad.
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FUG's ?
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Jeeves! JEEVES! You're going to meet the Beefeaters.
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He'll also be asking the Rolls service guy why the rear tires are only lasting 2,000 miles.