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Old Nov 23, 2014 | 07:37 PM
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Looks like fun!
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Old Nov 23, 2014 | 07:48 PM
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Two awesome cars and drivers. AutoX is very fun. These cars are very serious though. Not your average street autoX cars. They have been setup up extremely well.
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That they have. What *is* surprising though is just how "stock" in some ways Danny Popp's C3 is. No steeroids, no 5- or 6-bar rear, no aftermarket frame.
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That they have. What *is* surprising though is just how "stock" in some ways Danny Popp's C3 is. No steeroids, no 5- or 6-bar rear, no aftermarket frame.
VS coil overs on all 4 corners. LS power under the hood. Yes I agree it is somewhat stock but the spring rates he runs are insane for the street. Plus he is a lunatic behind the wheel on the course
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That he is...

That car has quite a few subtle modifications that greatly improve on the suspension anyway. Those spring rates would shake your fillings out too. Still, it's a damned competitive car for a stock frame.
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Danny Popp is a great driver! He just won the Optima Challenge again with a C5 Z06.
This car is a real LT1 and has recently had an LS motor swapped into it. There is a feature story on the car in Chevy High Performance before the LS conversion and as Gordonm and Bad Bird said the spring rates are insane.
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