ITB noob...

[shwah]

Brooke welcome to ITB.

You will fit right in with most of us in CenDiv ITB. I think there is one enclosed trailer, but the rest of us do it the old fashioned way.

Plenty of B vws for sure, including one other Scirocco (we lost one to HP last year).

I will be in the white #20 Golf. Feel free to come by and ask for help/advice/a beer when we see you at the track.

[Hoof Hearted]

Brooke welcome to ITB.

You will fit right in with most of us in CenDiv ITB. I think there is one enclosed trailer, but the rest of us do it the old fashioned way.

Plenty of B vws for sure, including one other Scirocco (we lost one to HP last year).

I will be in the white #20 Golf. Feel free to come by and ask for help/advice/a beer when we see you at the track.

Chris,

I saw you race (and win!) at BHF for the Fall Sprints in September (I'm sure it was tough to get heat into the snow tires... ...it was COLD:eek. I was there with my brother-in-law Steve Thomson; he and Ron Boltik were running their Z-tech FC cars (to maintain their comp license). It will be a little different set-up when I race: No triple axle trailer w/ canopy, generator, pit cart, pit bike, radios, scales, laptops with data acquisition, video, crew, hotel, ten sets of tires, spares galore, driver skill...

[shwah]

Yeah the brake ducts were full of snow from an off in the Saturday morning session.

I ended up racing on Sunday with a pair of blown left side shocks. It was an exercise in adaptive driving style for sure!

[John McFarland]

Congrats on the Roc!

I ran an ITB Roc and then converted it to G Prod a while back. Unfortunately had to part with it a year or so ago. Just remember, there is a load of knowledge to be had with the prod guys too.

You could ask me too, but there are high and mightier people out there that can help you move up front!

Best of luck!

[Hoof Hearted]

Congrats on the Roc!

I ran an ITB Roc and then converted it to G Prod a while back. Unfortunately had to part with it a year or so ago. Just remember, there is a load of knowledge to be had with the prod guys too.

You could ask me too, but there are high and mightier people out there that can help you move up front!

Best of luck!

Thanks John...

Since you brought it up, I do have a noob question (first of many, I'm sure): The car has 5 speed close ratio 3.6 with a Quaife... ...I plan to run at Road America, Blackhawk and the new 2.5 mile Brainerd course. A 3.6 R&P seems long; should I get several different R&P (or gear boxes) or pick one that is a compromise for these different tracks, and if so, what ratio would be the least compromising?

Thanks again!

Brooke

[John McFarland]

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[shwah]

Lots of people will tell you that you need a 4.25

I ran a 3.94 with the stock height tires, and the 3.67 with the short 13s. The only outlier is Blackhawk - I prefer the 3.94 with short tires there, and the 3.67 with short tires everywhere else.

My advice - don't invest in a 4.x final drive. Invest in races and seat time, and use stock 3.94 final drives with 14" wheels.