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Old Dec 10, 2013 | 01:00 PM
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Long Beach Grand Prix is April 13, Tudor United Sportscar runs Saturday and I am busy. Maybe before that?
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Old Dec 10, 2013 | 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Jedi54
ya, just a few off us still carrying the torch
. . . . . We should do a run in the early spring to see if your 'lil Z can keep up with me in the twisties.
. . . .
I think a spring meet up would be cool.
I bet I can keep up in the twisties

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Old Dec 10, 2013 | 05:22 PM
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I drive my car quite often. I try to switch every two weeks are so.
I wanted to put the turbo back on, but there's no good place to run it hard for tuning.
So now I'm thinking of just leaving it NA, or until I win the lotto and just buy a lambo.. LoL
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Old Dec 10, 2013 | 05:40 PM
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Good to hear Michael. When you say lottery I mean powerball and when you say lambo I say zonda (or konessigg)!
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Old Dec 10, 2013 | 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by rglbegl
I think a spring meet up would be cool.
I bet I can keep up in the twisties
bring it on smalls

Originally Posted by scremn8
I drive my car quite often. I try to switch every two weeks are so.
I wanted to put the turbo back on, but there's no good place to run it hard for tuning.
So now I'm thinking of just leaving it NA, or until I win the lotto and just buy a lambo.. LoL
turbo!
I'm working on a new tuning option for us. you might like it.

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Old Dec 10, 2013 | 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Jedi54
bring it on smalls
Oh, it's being brought . ... or whatever.
Do we need to compare car stats before we do this?
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Old Dec 10, 2013 | 09:47 PM
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Jake are you driving the Corvette on Saturday?
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Old Dec 10, 2013 | 11:24 PM
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I haven't owned a Corvette in almost 20 years
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Old Dec 11, 2013 | 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by rglbegl
Oh, it's being brought . ... or whatever.
Do we need to compare car stats before we do this?
nope, but you better get used to the sight of my taillights .
Originally Posted by lesper4
Jake are you driving the Corvette on Saturday?
I think you mean Porsche
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Old Dec 11, 2013 | 12:32 PM
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There is this this coming Saturday morning:

https://www.rx8club.com/west-rx-8-fo...d-meet-249901/
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Old Dec 11, 2013 | 12:34 PM
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I can't believe Jedi is offering up a street race.
Oh well, lets go with it

I could smoke you in Steph's car (The Toyota, not the Lexus)
And you would have no chance if I was in my car.





Side note, Will Lespers Volks fit the Z?
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Old Dec 11, 2013 | 12:35 PM
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looks like fun but my RX8 is down for repairs and out of commission (needs smog) till I get this cast off.
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Old Dec 11, 2013 | 01:36 PM
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Yes they do but when I have 9" in the front and 10" in the back why would I want to go to 8.5" all around, besides for the look. The "Will it fit?" thread - Page 20 - Nissan 370Z Forum
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Old Dec 11, 2013 | 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by rglbegl
I haven't owned a Corvette in almost 20 years
OK I saw your post, guessing it was in jest.
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Old Dec 11, 2013 | 01:48 PM
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rgl: I'm just messin' with ya

loren: easier to rotate / handling is hy you'd want that but 8.5 is too small anyways. stick with your staggered setup.

do you know the specs on your Z's wheels?
9 x ___? offset? tire size?
10 x ___? offset? tire size?

just wondering how similar they are to mine
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Old Dec 11, 2013 | 02:13 PM
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Original Equipment Front: 245/40-19 19x9 +47
Original Equipment Rear: 275/35-19 19x10 +30
I think, what are yours?
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Old Dec 11, 2013 | 03:03 PM
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Front: 19x8.5 + 38 on 245/35
Rear: 19x10 +42 on 275/30

z's definitely run lower offsets on the rears. Seems like you're also running slightly meatier tires.
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Old Dec 11, 2013 | 03:06 PM
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I am in fear of when I need new tires.
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Old Dec 11, 2013 | 03:17 PM
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So I am slightly wider and you are slightly lower profile? One could teach a college class just on wheel and tire sizes for cars.
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Old Dec 11, 2013 | 03:43 PM
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ya, Porsches have big *** tires. Those wont be cheap.
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Old Dec 11, 2013 | 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by lesper4
Original Equipment Front: 245/40-19 19x9 +47
Original Equipment Rear: 275/35-19 19x10 +30
Originally Posted by Jedi54
Front: 19x8.5 + 38 on 245/35
Rear: 19x10 +42 on 275/30
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So I am slightly wider and you are slightly lower profile? One could teach a college class just on wheel and tire sizes for cars.
Your front wheel is wider (by .5 inches) but since we both have 245 wide tires that wont be very noticeable because of my lower offset. Your 40 vs my 35 means your tire is 'taller' in relation to mine but not by much.

as for the rears: wheel / tires are almost the same, you just have a much lower offset.

basically you could run my setup but I'd probably need to tweak my rear camber to accomodate that +30

ya, this crap gets complicated after a while.
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Old Dec 11, 2013 | 04:04 PM
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Great calculator if you ever want to see what differences are made where

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Old Dec 11, 2013 | 04:51 PM
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that offset you speak off is the position of the center hub of the wheel with regards to the inside and outside of the rim edge (how deep a wheel is basically)?
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Old Dec 11, 2013 | 05:08 PM
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yup
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Old Dec 11, 2013 | 05:17 PM
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OK so since we are talking about wheels (I wont be getting new ones anytime soon) but what is your opinion of the Volk GT-S Black spokes with either a silver lip or white lip vs. Vossen VVSCV3 in grey or silver?
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