February 2012 Fastrack

[Ron Earp]

Classing anything that old just pushes us further towards ancient status. Should not even be considered.

So....we should eliminate those pesky Z cars as they too are ancient (wow, they are as much as 12 years older than El Mullet!) and spoiling ITS?

Whoa, the El Mullet even has vented front discs, a technological improvement over the Z cars. I suspect the car is lighter than most of the folks on this forum would estimate. US "muscle cars" are not as heavy as the average racing enthusiast thinks.

Oh, Mythbusters didn't like the tailgate down configuration for fuel efficiency. It was the worst of the configurations tested out of no tailgate, tailgate up, bed cover, mesh, and nothing at all. Not sure how that might affect the El Mullet IT racer.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3aqHbD-O9E[/ame]

[Bill Miller]

Dr. Samuel Johnson's right about Olson Johnson being right.

Oh, and the hp thing makes sense too.

LOL @ Blazing Saddles reference.

[JeffYoung]

Kevin, thanks. Just saw this and sent you a PM.

Appreciate any help you can offer.

Jeff

Jeff,
The shop I do my tuning at also does ~90% of the prep work on a very nice 240sx. I know the owner of the shop and the car very well, and I bet I could find out about anything I wanted on it. If there's any info you're looking for, I could do some asking. It's a really nice car, but yeah, the feeling I've always got was "too heavy".

[Andy Bettencourt]

Only on modern trucks. Me thinks the El-Ranch-a-mino is a different story.

So....we should eliminate those pesky Z cars as they too are ancient (wow, they are as much as 12 years older than El Mullet!) and spoiling ITS?

Whoa, the El Mullet even has vented front discs, a technological improvement over the Z cars. I suspect the car is lighter than most of the folks on this forum would estimate. US "muscle cars" are not as heavy as the average racing enthusiast thinks.

Oh, Mythbusters didn't like the tailgate down configuration for fuel efficiency. It was the worst of the configurations tested out of no tailgate, tailgate up, bed cover, mesh, and nothing at all. Not sure how that might affect the El Mullet IT racer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3aqHbD-O9E

[iambhooper]

... you guys do realize that you have essentially had a 4 page thread on including a '70's redneck "truck" in IT, right?

[dickita15]

... you guys do realize that you have essentially had a 4 page thread on including a '70's redneck "truck" in IT, right?

it is winter

[iambhooper]

it is winter

true, but if you guys are all bored, your more than welcome to come to GSO and help me pound out the MeeOtter

[seckerich]

Damn Hoop, I was just getting specs together for my sierra classic in ITR.

[iambhooper]

Steve, have you been visiting my Jackson County kinfolk? (I know, the truck in the pic is to shiny to be from JC, but it's the best I could find)

[ShelbyRacer]

Su-weet! It's got rains and everything!

Not to take away from the trucklet discussion, but can anyone on ITAC or otherwise weigh in on my other question about the 84 Whore-vette? Will the O/D need to be locked? Removed? Left in place and operational? It certainly both a potential performance issue, as well as a real concern for longevity if it must stay. I know- warts and all- but I was still wondering if anyone even considered the issue...

[JeffYoung]

Matt it was not considered but I don't see any allowance in the rules for anything other than the stock 4+3 box and the requirement that it be used in stock form.

[Greg Amy]

Feb 2012 Fastrack and GCR are up:

http://www.scca.com/assets/12-fastrack-feb.pdf
http://www.scca.com/assets/2012GCR-updatedFebruary.pdf