Quote Originally Posted by JeffYoung View Post
...I just don't see how the ITR and the Celica GT-S will be able to compete in R.
Hmmm, I wonder...

Fastest ITR time at the ARRC was 1:39.108, Taylor Robertson. Fastest ITA Integra time was Kevin Ruck's 1:43.021 (fastest ITA time was Bob Moser in the CRX, 1:42.388).

Take that ITA car, drop 85 pounds, and add probably 75 horsepower (~+50%!) and bigger brakes...you don't think that car can drop up to three seconds off its lap times...? Granted, ITR will probably continue to get faster, but how much so? Best ITS time was 1:39.5, and they *just now* surpassed the lap records of the E36 in the "old" ITS trim (which is now in ITR...)

At the IT Fest '07, compare Huffmaster's best Sunday time of 1:43.067 to Joe Moser's 1:43.077! What do you think an uncorked E36 would do there...?

Food for thought.