Originally Posted by Ostrich
Don't hate on the drifters and call them morons because they are setting the car up to not have traction. it's the exact opposite of what most other motorsports are doing.
I don't hate on you guys.
Matt,
Shocks DO matter regardless of how short your suspension travel is and regardless of whether your ultimate goal is grip or lack there of. Anyone who is willing to give a quote to a national magazine saying otherwise IS a moron.
As far as hating goes, I'll be the first to say that I can't fucking stand drifters who come to an autocross. The point of autocross is to leave as many cones standing as possible. As long as everyone has that intent, nobody working the course is going to have to pickup an unfair number of cones. (I understand that that's relative and sometimes we get a bad section of course or a troublesome newb, but it all averages out in the long run.) Enter the drifter. They don't care about how many cones they knock because cones don't matter for 'style'. Everyone else has to bust ass to clean up after them. That's not fair. In fact, the only person who doesn't get overworked is the one creating all the work.
Originally Posted by Ostrich
For the record, in my personal experiences with MX's (I'm sponsored by them, I get over 400 tires this year alone), I've found they run large.
The fact that you're sponsored makes you an authority how??? Dale Jr. is sponsored by budweiser, but somehow I don't think he can tell me how to brew beer. I think I'd give you more credibility if you'd stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
"LOOK AT ME!!! I'M A SPONSORED ATTENTION WHORE!!!!
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