One can always dream...just let me know when you think I'm worthy...

 

Interesting twist in the Hui 968 legacy.... Carl did buy the car from James but as it turns out he has a co-owner, McWho bought in with him.

 

Any further context on why James sold the car in the first place?

I'm telling you guys: just wait for them to put the clutch-type diff in the car (James didn't want to do so for some reason) and it's all over. Although I imagine the car would be moved to AS shortly thereafter.

 

McWho is a cheap bastard, like me, he wont spend a dime he does not have to. I think a clutch diff will just make it push. Guess we may never know.

 

the RX-8 was going through it's development, time and time again we've seen a car that didn't do as well to start as it did a year or two later on; 93 RX7TT, S2000 etc., the RX-8 is no different

not that the 968 shouldn't be sent to AS anyways do to its age and very limited availability, and shortly = end of the year since the SEB chose not to consider the full implications when put before them two years ago, meanwhile the BMW E30 M3 stays planted in BS using the same logic not being considered for the 968, what a joke

 

Is that rumor still around...

I have not touched the car, as far as setup changes, since Aug 2005. For anyone that thinks I have revalved shocks I would be happy to extend this offer: Send me one brand new set of Konis in the box and I will send you my "custom" shocks.

I do think our car has gotten faster over time, but for no other reason than the driver figured out how to live without TQ.

 

Well I will be making a mod before the SD tour.... I will be replacing the stock brake pads that have 26k miles on them. Watch out.

 

unfortunately we can't really discuss why your point is once again wrong as usual without starting a defensive p-ssing match, not going there so believe what you want

 

are you J Winchell's protoge'?

a + b does not necessarily equal c

there is no point, but just a wild *** swag ....

 

as usual, I don't have a clue what you're rambling on about

 

Is it really fastmike posting, or is it...




Regardless, gives us a clue...is it one of those Tornado things for the intake?

 

lol, may the farce be with you



just j/k ing , but I seem to recall the same commentary made about the RX-8, still waiting to see all those great theories put to work ... he still claims the RX-8 won't go through a turn without rear toe-out

as far as the Solstice goes, there's probably a pretty good argument to be made that it's underclassed and should be in BS rather than CS, better yet maybe it should go to AS under best of breed with it's turbo brethren just like the Z4 2.5 being stuck in there with the 3.0

 

solstice??? we are talking about a ******* solstice? lead weights they drive like. why?

 

OK so it turns out I had some bad info. Scott McWho is not a co-owner on the ex-HUI 968. Carl does have a co-owner on the car it is Pierre Mauier, local STU ex-M3 driver, they both ran it this weekend in San Diego. Carl also got to meet Ron so he should have been able to get some setup info from him to compare with what James has done.

Who is going to drive it at the tour and maybe the pro is still up in the air. Sounds like the new owners want to see some fast guys run it so they can see if they wasted their money or not.

 

ok, I wasn't joking ...

 

Why don't you take a few runs in it?

 

I tend not to ask to drive other peoples cars as I feel obligated to reciprocate. For some reason Jennifer gets pissed when I let other people drive her car without asking. If they were to ask me I would be happy to give it a try.

 

Does that mean that my co-drive of your car for Nationals is off?

Is the 968 a pretty user friendly car, Steve? I wonder if McWho will adapt quickly, after driving the C4 for so long. Of course, he's an awesome driver, so it probably doesn't really matter what he's driving. JGW, on the other hand, should be right at home in the Porch.

 

You have to get the OK of the car owner like the rest of the guys did.... Well except Coulson, his car had a mechanical and it was the right thing to do.

 

It's easy to drive once you get used to it, but it's not an easy car to jump into and drive. It has very slow steering and titanic body roll with the stock front bar, which means the car turns in much more slowly than you'd expect coming out of pretty much any other modern car.

Then again, McHugh's a vastly better driver than I am, so maybe he'll adapt quickly. Ron sure did.

 

looks like my other hired gun, GH, had to bail from SD ...

IMO the reason it rolls so much is because everyone lowers them excessively and gets the roll center working too much against the OE spring rate, a bigger front bar with some suspension tuning to back it up would IMHTO resolve several issues ... not that I'd want an AS car winning in BS

 

Looks like there are now three drivers signed up to run a certain red 968 at SD...I wonder who ends up driving.

Won't matter to me, I'm just going to warm tires

 

based on Jason's post sounds like James is out with the new car owner and mchoohoo driving it

 

I think McWho will end up in AS. At this point the only one I would say is in the car for sure is Carl.

 

I think Carl & James will drive it... at least that's what I thought after a confusing 10 sec conversation with Carl at the Sat practice.