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Originally Posted by miatatude
For the upcoming season, the plan is to run it in G-Stock but work towards building the car towards STX and then in a few years possibly into DSP. But deffinetly not planning to keep it in G-Stock since its an older car and it seems that older cars are not competitive in stock categories and need a little "help" from an intake and exhaust sytem. The main purpose is to be a local racer, traveling to adjacent regions, I don't think we're even ready to think about competing at a national level. As far as money to invest, its hard to say, we've got about a grand to play with now, but like I said want to keep it in G-Stock for atleast this season.
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If the car is to be locally competitive then it just has to be "competitive enough".
You mentioned not keeping the car in G-stock for long because the car is not competitive. 2 thoughts on this... Its been a while since the 2nd gen MX6 has been nationally campaigned. Ryans car notwithstanding, I have yet to see a G-stock build for a 2nd gen using modern technologies/build theory(I have some ideas about this). There may be quite a bit of life left in the old chassis yet...enough to beat the class leading Mini Cooper S? Probably not, but itll be a fair sight better equipped than a G-stock 1st gen which I
have campaigned locally
and at national tours(And yes..locally I have taken the fight to the Minis and on occasion won in a straight fight).
STX is tricky but dependent on the new crop of tires coming down the pike the car has potential in this class. The car is light(for the class), good starting dynamics, good power and torque. The car needs a wide, short (under 24" diameter) tire to really come alive. Ryan has most of the legwork done for this already.
DSP...I have ideas, there is a lot of money to spend here. I have just finished a lengthy (and somewhat costly) buildup of my 91 GT for DSP. Theres a lot of cars to contend with here that have the same or better suspension, and more power/torque available. Locally the car would be great, but Im not sure if the dollars and sense works out for the cost expenditure to just run locally. Nationally, it gets even harsher.
Gavin