Not saying it doesn't but for me to handle a multiple lap race going balls to the wall the whole way will require alot more skill than once quick run down the strip. Maybe boring was too harsh of a word. Since the import craze I have lost interest in drag racing. Last three times I went to BMS all I got to hear was weed wackers. And yes I have taken my slow ass car out there for shits and giggles.

 

I know, you keep driving in circles doing the same thing again and again.

 

Circles?



More circles?



3.7 miles > 1/4 mile

I always forget how ignorant alot of you guys are when it comes to other cars. God forbid we all not have a rear wheel drive V8 powered mullet mobile!!!

 

i have a stock 6 cylinder rear wheel drive car that will beat alot of stuff... of course im supercharged...

 

i have a stock 6 cylinder rear wheel drive car that will beat alot of stuff... of course im supercharged.....

 

I don't think anyone was talking shit about FWD or you having a 4cyl. I could care less what someone drives. Fast is fast. And just because you have mulitple turns it's not going to require more skill than the hardest turn on the track. Yes you will require much more ENDURANCE however saying it takes more skill to turn a 400whp than keeping a 1400hp car straight is arguable. Watch some of the NHRA drag events (as I'm sure you have at some point) and watch someone point the car straight into a wall at 100 feet @120 and somehow by the grace of god manage to straighten it back out and save the car (keep in mind only 4 seconds have elapsed). Skill is skill, the amount of someones skill is not exactly measurable.

To each his own man.

And those tracks look like a blast to drive

 

jacka$$ i haven't been on this forum very much so I didn't know what all the rules about spelling out here. plus, I'm a lady, and some of us have respect. If you think your car is so much better than mine, then you should drive your happy a$$ over to SunShine one friday night and put your money where your mouth is. I bet not only that my focus will beat (whatever you want to drive) at time, but I will go on futher and say that this LADY will beat you off the tree! Now, should I say more.

 

I had at one time a Ferrio, and man did I love that little car. (she gave up her life for mine, tell story later) I like 5 speeds that are small but have different body styles. I'm tired of all the Honda's and etc. I want something that when I drive down the street it will make head turns. You don't see many Focus FX5 driving around, even less with them body kitted out. I like to be different and yet quite. I can't stand the bubble-bee $hit that most of these kids have. I like my car to be quite and yet deadly. You shouldn't be able to see nor hear your car when you are going fast. Thats what I like.

I would still be driving my Ferrio, if I didn't wreak it. An old man break checked the $hit out of me while it was raining. Man oh man, I got thrown into 2 guard rails and if it wasn't for where the motor was sitting I wouldn't be here today. I hit just perfect enough towards the back that the car didn't flip over and down the guard rail and shoulder (30ft drop) i loved that little car.

 

Its zx5 not FX5

Also a body kit does absolutely nothing for performance especially the one you linked.

Also unless you have a fully built block and a big ass turbo LSD and lots more ........ Its slow

 

You know, I've crashed at both those tracks, Daytona also, then there was Savanah...
AnywayI've done both drag racing and road racing, IMO the difference is that in drag racing the intensity is wadded up into a 10 second blast, any screw up, miscue or wahtever bites you in the azz instantly, road racing on the other hand is jsut as intense, it's just spread out over more laps. Really, I've always felt a racedriver could drive anything, it's in the genes.
The bad thing about the drags is that they don't last long enough, the good thing is, they're a lot easier on the body work. Road racing is just the opposite, it lasts longer but is harder on the sheetmetal. As for drivelines, they all break sooner or later. The key is to find either drag racing or road racing that you can be competitive with on a specific budget. If you don't get all goo goo over the exotic stuff you can find it in both venues.