Recent content by Dropspeed

Let's recap: You call the Z/28 a dud, I poke at your 79 pinto, I mean "stang" you get sore and whip out your E/T to impress a bunch I guys talking about road racing. So at this point I will take you bet that on a road course your car is not faster than mine.....I will even lock in a $1000 on...

Says the guy that has a 1979 Mustang! :p

If your experience is in the auto industry then you are already aware production vehicles need to be consumer friendly (I mean dummy proofed) so I will speak to your fans! :) Making a "track car" for the street, sold to the public and with a warranty is a balancing act. The vehicles (Mustang...

Do you have a background in Aerodynamics and Thermodynamics?

At Grattan the TP was a tad slower than the Z/28 in the hands of the Ford drivers. It is hard to beat the Multimatic DSSV dampers purposely build for the track and slightly detuned for street driving. The Magnaride is a better all-purpose set-up, but remember it was introduced on Cadillac's...

I have been on track with a handful of Boss 302 and never had an issue with any of them. I had the pleasure of driving one and if felt lighter and more "flickable", but it did not feel as planted as my 1LE and did not have the torque down low. Now, the 302 on a good set of tires and wheel is...

More clarification time... straight from Ford: There were only a GT350TP and GT350R at the track. all of my reference to the GT350 was actually a GT350TP. “…Last week brought out our GT350R and our GT350 Track Pack here at Grattan to do fair, back-to-back same day, same driver comparison. The...

You are killing me thePill! :) I could not sign up fast enough.. Grattan was repaved in 2010 and the track was waayyyy faster in 2010/11. My NASA TTS record was smashed by over 3 seconds.....with the same rules in 2010 by a friend. Lap times during that time cannot be compared to pre repave...