How about a 'Drag Racing' forum?

[quick]

Check the Kill Stories section -- it might be nice to have a drag racing forum for those that are into it...

[BillyM]

...if those silly straight-liners get one, I want an autox forum

=)

Viva La Autocross!
--BillyM

[quick]

Sounds good to me.
Drag Racing and AutoX/Road Racing

[Junkie]

I'd like to see both 8)

[ITSUKI Drifter]

Check the Kill Stories section -- it might be nice to have a drag racing forum for those that are into it...

Yeah A drag Racing Forum is a good on as well a AUTOX section so that for the fanatics of straight line (including me) :multi: and going side ways (also me) :D

[SilverMk2]

What about just a single "Competition" Forum, thats all inclusive for drag, road, autoX etc. I don't think there would be enough Mk2 traffic to regularly fill a single forum for each.

[Malloy]

Yea, we can rename this forum to:
'Racing' Street, Drag, Autox etc. talk about it here.

Whatta ya think?

[quick]

That sounds fine to me. VROOM!

;)

[BillyM]

I dont want to share a sexy Track/Autox section with those smelly straight-liners.

Dragracers? Booooooo!

--BillyM (aka G-stock driftking)

[Speed Racer]

I dont want to share a sexy Track/Autox section with those smelly straight-liners.

Dragracers? Booooooo!

--BillyM (aka G-stock driftking)

Ummmm...

Perhaps we could talk them into bathing, or something?

*wondering if 1/4 mile racing really does promote B.O.*

[BillyM]

I bet it does...

Its probably from the time wasted at the stage wondering if their uber-skill-less ass will shift correctly or not this time (because, thats really the hardest part *down shift up*)... :roll:

VIVA LA AUTOCROSS!
--BillyM

[quick]

To be honest I think the hardest part is the launch. The line between bog and spin can be a narrow one.

[Malloy]

drag racing a 14-17sec car isnt anything special. Drag racing a fast car is in fact quite challenging, since consistency is the name of the game. Look at the Pro Stock NHRA class, they all run 6 sec 1/4 miles and are 100th of a second within each other....the competition is just phenominal.

Really, have you ever driven a 1000+hp car on a strip? Thats a narrow lane, and accelerating that fast s quite challenging to control....


I bet it does...

Its probably from the time wasted at the stage wondering if their uber-skill-less ass will shift correctly or not this time (because, thats really the hardest part *down shift up*)... :roll:

VIVA LA AUTOCROSS!
--BillyM

[BillyM]

As compared to autox'ing one of those 1,000hp cars, ever done that?

Rev, rev, rev, "Car On The Course", *SCREEEEE- "DNF" -EEEEEECH*

Fact of the matter is: Dragracing... BOOOOO!, Autox... YAY!


Viva la AutoX!

--BillyM

Seriously though, I think the topics are farther apart than "7m" and "1-2jz", and they get their own repsectively.

[quick]

Have you ever heard of the pyramid of speed?
http://www.nsxfiles.com/Pyramid_of_speed.htm

Autocrossers
Next, we have the autocrossers, a special breed among themselves. They frown on the illegal freeway and street racers as wreckless morons. They laugh at the 1/4 mile Drag Racers, as those goons can only go fast in a straight line. Hell, you can probably get a monkey or an 90 year old grandmother than can stomp on the gas and make three shifts in 12 seconds without crashing. Reaction speed of drag racers on the start? Shit....reaction speed to autocrossers is learning a 15 turn autocross course the first time by driving out there and not hitting any freaking cones, and making some dramatic left-right-left turns without spinning out (despite the fact that they are going at a blazing 35 mph!)

Favorite type of woman: A female who has the whole day to burn, and can stand a safety cone upright, as they sucker them into being cone-corner workers.

Favorite magazine: The SCCA's SportsCar magazine and the SCCA FastTrack, so they can obey the Rule Nazi's and read and interpret drivel such as this. These guys actually like reading a book of rules about how to go around cones at 35 mph!

[Supra Bob]

Ya know... its times like this that we had an Owned Smiley... :lol:

[quick]

There's plenty of room to mock the typical MkIV owners (highway racers). :) I usually race from a dig, so... ;)

[Supra Bob]

Kinda off the topic a bit Quick... but that kinda leads to something that I have wanted explained to me for a bit...

Why is it that the 6 speeds are more sought after, when the people who want them ineveitably only turn them to a drag car... when an Automatic with a moderate stall speed and brake boosting is MUCH more suited to racing from a dig...

[Supra Bob]

BTW Quick... That Link is HYSTERICAL!!

"Autocross is racing, but racing Taliban-style"..

LMFAO!!

[quick]

Kinda off the topic a bit Quick... but that kinda leads to something that I have wanted explained to me for a bit...

Why is it that the 6 speeds are more sought after, when the people who want them ineveitably only turn them to a drag car... when an Automatic with a moderate stall speed and brake boosting is MUCH more suited to racing from a dig...

Well -- you're overgeneralizing IMO.

The 6spd is rarer and of course more performance-oriented.
...but not everyone with a 6spd goes the drag racing route...

I just don't understand why people drag race Supras -- they're GT's or GT-S's. Drag racing is pretty boring as well in comparison to road racing... to each his own I guess.

[Supra Bob]

I was generalizing...yes, but it seems to be the case more often than not...