Ice Racing C4
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Ice Racing C4
Stock 85 with 209k on it. IIRA opened up time trials to street cars. They have a Menard spec stud for wheel to wheel racing. We had more & longer studs. Still impressive the old winter beater ran 14 Seconds a lap faster than fastest Subaru AWD on spec studs. They were laughing at us when we got there saying "wrong wheel drive" wont work. Black Beater got the last laugh.
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I'm to broken for snowmobiles & our winters are long. Some people get all bent out of shape seeing me do this to a vette. Reality is this thing was going to be parts car. I gave it a new life & it likes it. My shop is on a lake. I Have a talon turbo AWD they suck at limit. I have had more fun in this POS winter car in last 2 years than my 427 Z06 in summer. The snow non studded tires only come out for fresh snow falls. They still look new. I would have burned $78789 worth of Hoosiers to have as much at or past limit driving fun.
Last edited by John B; 02-18-2014 at 12:34 PM. Reason: video
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You can compare the times it just isn't a fair fight. We just thought it was funny as nobody thought I would make a full lap. Ran all weekend without incident. Hoping to go back with Z06 ex road race car & spec tires. Issue is their rules & tire molds where designed around 80s cars 13,14,15 in fitment. The spec is in linear footage without considering width of tire or weight of car. Clean Ice & equal foot print I think I will surprise some people. Seems some Subi owners love going to track days & bragging about beating up on less skilled corvette drivers. Would be funny to turn the tables. Granted from a dig awd will win. Give me a track that flows where handling is more an issue & ...
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You are my idol. Me and a buddy have wanted to do this with a c4 for a few years now just haven't pulled the trigger yet. Winter is long here and it sucks not being able to drive a vette. You have figured it out. Make a snow vette.
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John,
The two fastest ice race cars in the 2000s have been the spidlebug (TR6 with a RX7 engine) and that 240 with big power.
On a open track they are rocket fast. But in traffic they kind of hold back a bit. Edge to edge at full lock seems to work well for them
Randy
The two fastest ice race cars in the 2000s have been the spidlebug (TR6 with a RX7 engine) and that 240 with big power.
On a open track they are rocket fast. But in traffic they kind of hold back a bit. Edge to edge at full lock seems to work well for them
Randy
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Great videos, thanks for posting.