Does anybody HPDE their C3?
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Racer
Joined: May 2010
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From: Crownsville Maryland
Thanks for all the replies C3ers.
This is my first full year doing HPDE with my C6. I add alot of fun and meet alot of great people doing it. I'm not looking to race but have a track dedicated car. Had my first full off track thrill ride with my DD. So now I'm rethinking should my DD realy be a HPDE toy?
This is my first full year doing HPDE with my C6. I add alot of fun and meet alot of great people doing it. I'm not looking to race but have a track dedicated car. Had my first full off track thrill ride with my DD. So now I'm rethinking should my DD realy be a HPDE toy?
Drifting
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From: Bushkill Twp. PA
St. Jude Donor '17
I've been combing CL looking for an old miata for HPDE. I'm trying to keep it under $5k total and this seems to be a way to do it. Car plus, roll cage, seat, suspension, tires, and some maintenance items comes in around five thousand. In doing some research on these type of track cars people say "don't spend money on a car your not willing to trash or sell for parts".
This will let me see if I want to get more into it or not, with minimal $$$ spent. And my 71 doesn't take a beating........
This will let me see if I want to get more into it or not, with minimal $$$ spent. And my 71 doesn't take a beating........
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From: Some days your the dog and some days your the hydrant.
Royal Canadian Navy
I guess this guy failed his HPDE. No need to call the insurance company either. Yep, it can get expensive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1RohRau9Hg
Conversation with insurance company:
"Hi! I would like to make an insurance claim. I totaled my car and another one to boot. It happened at the race track."
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1RohRau9Hg
Conversation with insurance company:
"Hi! I would like to make an insurance claim. I totaled my car and another one to boot. It happened at the race track."
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Last edited by resdoggie; Oct 20, 2012 at 01:25 PM.
Racer
Joined: Sep 2003
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From: Memphis TN
I HPDE my 74 big block coupe at Memphis International Raceway in NASA events (level 1). It has a VBP front and rear monospring conversion, steroids, VBP offset upper A-arm mounts, 17 inch wheels with Nitto tires, and a few other mods.
It's a blast and I'm totally hooked. You really get the feeling on a road course that you're doing with the C3 what it was made to do. But what other posters have said is 100% true.
You will probably not keep up with most C4/5/6's in the turns. But I can keep up with my buddies stock C6 in the straights because I have a healthy big block. I have been black flagged for spilling fuel in the turns. And my C3 has had to be limped home from the track before (burned up the power steering pump, thrown alternator belts), so this year I bought a Featherlight trailer.
And yes, I'm usually the only C3 out there. But EVERYBODY likes and comes to check out my car! I say go for it. And if you make it down to our track, look me up.
Yellow fever
It's a blast and I'm totally hooked. You really get the feeling on a road course that you're doing with the C3 what it was made to do. But what other posters have said is 100% true.
You will probably not keep up with most C4/5/6's in the turns. But I can keep up with my buddies stock C6 in the straights because I have a healthy big block. I have been black flagged for spilling fuel in the turns. And my C3 has had to be limped home from the track before (burned up the power steering pump, thrown alternator belts), so this year I bought a Featherlight trailer.
And yes, I'm usually the only C3 out there. But EVERYBODY likes and comes to check out my car! I say go for it. And if you make it down to our track, look me up.
Yellow fever
