Ah, autocross and road racing are a different animal. I still manage to have a lot of fun on back roads even in my POS, and I'm sure I'll have even more fun when I get it track-worthy and take it out to autocross events. To some extent you don't really need power for racing with corners, look at the old NA RX-7s and little FWD shitboxes running at Sebring SCCA races and Miatas dominating auto-x. I'm just talking about raw straight-line power, acceleration, speed.

 

yeah, my car is too slow for straight line, but seeing the mustang guys i hang out with, no, its never enough, its always, "this is it, i'm done" and then i hear about a great deal on a part or something, and then it becomes, like you said, unstreetable, and they want to buy a daily and leave it 100% stock...and that doesn't last long

i don't think there can ever really be enough, but there can certainly be too little

 

See signature - and going fast in a straight line is one element, then there is turning, and then there is braking - put em all together and you might have something.... You want straight line speed - be a carrier pilot.

 

I think a car is to fast if it scares you to put the pedal down.

 

Naaa,you'll get use to it.I will never be happy,I will be content for a while,but never fully satisfied.

 

Isnt the point of racing Progression? For the people who dont actuly build their cars themselves but instead send them to a shop to do all the work, i would think it might not be as fun, because you dont get as much enjoyment out of being able to go fast in something you built yourself.

But i can see how after awhile straigt lines can get a little boring unless your in a Competition and its down to tenths of a second to win.

 

Forget speed guys, neon lights are where its at