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Old Apr 20, 2008 | 10:59 AM
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I have a small slide show from an auto x I went to sat.... I had never been before and had a great time. Couldnt keep the car straight but I had fun.... I was trying to hard toget around the track the fastest i could and would wind up spun around on every turn...LOL
But man was it fun.... The 1 run I did that I didnt spin out I hita 40.152 all the hot cars were running a 30.00-35.00 best time was 39.002 I think. was a lot of fun , but the next time im going to actually try to make it around the track a little better.....LOL

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Old Apr 20, 2008 | 11:26 AM
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That's what it's all about George...fun. Glad you had a good time.
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The best part of the day was the ride alongs.. I must have driven in atleast 10 other peoples cars..... I was in this on Z06 that was way to powerful for the course.. over 700 hp...LOL

But i also drove in another Z06 that just had a cam and a tune and it was one of the fastes cars on the course. Way too much fun....



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Originally Posted by ptroxx
I have a small slide show from an auto x I went to sat.... I had never been before and had a great time. Couldnt keep the car straight but I had fun.... I was trying to hard toget around the track the fastest i could and would wind up spun around on every turn...LOL
Not supposed to be going straight!

The more you run the track the better you get. I always try to better my time with each run. I try to remember the line I took and how I can get a better line and faster exit. Last year I was able to trim about 4 seconds off my 1st to last run. I was running at what the best stock C5 and C6 cars were running. The guys with the sticky tires will blow you away on stock tires. I just go to have fun and try to better my times. As I said in another post, if you don't spin once in a while you are not trying hard enough.
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Yeah I sure had a good time. next time im going to try a little slower so i can make it through the course.
Id like to have the front end rebuilt before i do anymore things like this....
its all the original suspension so id like to upgrade. my next project.


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Not supposed to be going straight!

The more you run the track the better you get. I always try to better my time with each run. I try to remember the line I took and how I can get a better line and faster exit. Last year I was able to trim about 4 seconds off my 1st to last run. I was running at what the best stock C5 and C6 cars were running. The guys with the sticky tires will blow you away on stock tires. I just go to have fun and try to better my times. As I said in another post, if you don't spin once in a while you are not trying hard enough.
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Originally Posted by ptroxx
Yeah I sure had a good time. next time im going to try a little slower so i can make it through the course.
Id like to have the front end rebuilt before i do anymore things like this....
its all the original suspension so id like to upgrade. my next project.
I just rebuilt another forums members suspension on his 71. He was surprised at how much tighter it felt. I would highly recomend this for better results on the autoX.

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Old Apr 20, 2008 | 04:25 PM
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Those c3's are badass have any more pics of them?

Can you post all the modified c3 pics?


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I found these too

Bad *** cars

http://www.americanauto-x.com/gallery/bspv.asp

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