Thanks guys, I will be back, I just need to build my confidence in the car and my prep.
FWIW, I really have no idea on the diff ratio. The spare locker is a 3.54 IIRC, and it is a guess that I have a 3.70 or 3.90 installed. The tires were brand new, full depth Toyo's and they felt pretty good even with the tread squirm I started feeling. The bottom line was I was just didn't trust myself or the car as much as I needed to last weekend. With some more seat time and better car prep I think that will change.
I have written a fairly long story about my experiences for the regions newsletter. I will post it here in the near future and you can better understand what happened to me. I am sure that I am not alone with what I went through. I didn't expect to be fast but I also didn't expect to wind up feeling the way I did. I was surprised when It happened to me.
I really do appreciate the kind words and like I said before, I plan on going back but when I do I will be both mentally prepared as well as having a better prepped car. And as much as I hate to say it, and I sure wouldn't like it, the real reason I bought this car was to have something to play with that I actually could afford to write off and not have to think like Tom going through 12 at RA (too funny about second mortage).
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Paul Ballance
Tennessee Valley Region (yeah it's in Alabama)
ITS '72
1972 240Z
"Experience is what you get when you're expecting something else." unknown
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