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Originally posted by ctmystique:
What I don't understand is this, I've been reading all these posts and threads about a whole bunch of mods and speed enhancements that everybody does to their cars, but to what end? So they can drive to work faster? Maybe I'm just weird but I'd really like to push it to the limit. Even if it's just stock for now. Find out what it has got, find out what I've got and just have fun.
No, you're not weird, I'm the same way. (Or maybe we're BOTH weird!  ) I'm staying in GS for the time being... mostly because there's nothing in my budget for any mods that would take me out of GS. I got a cheap set of stock SE rims and mounted some used Kumho V710's for a grand total of $58. Granted, it's not the ideal setup, but I'm not going to Nats, I'm just going to have fun and see what I can do with what I've got.
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There's absolutely nothing wrong with staying stock! Driving a car with an understeer imbalance on race rubber (or even street tires) with make you a VERY good driver because you have to keep the front end under such exquisite control all the time, and not jerk it around at all. It also forces you to take a slighly exaggerated line, so "getting early" on the course becomes second nature. It can be frustrating to know that you're not using the potential of the chassis, but if that doesn't bother you: by all means, save your money!
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My advice would be to watch camber wear on the outside edges of the tires and flip them BEFORE they start showing signs of cording.
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Originally posted by ctmystique:
What I don't understand is this, I've been reading all these posts and threads about a whole bunch of mods and speed enhancements that everybody does to their cars, but to what end? So they can drive to work faster?
You're right. I'm selling my car and getting a moped. Then I can drive it to the limit every time I go to work. 
There are different kinds of car sickness, just like there are different flu viruses every year.
Modding is its own pursuit. Some people mod for the fun of tinkering.
Speed is its own sickness. Some people buy cars that are fast in the first place, and then never track them.
Some people have the mod-bug and the speed-bug at the same time. Watch out for these guys. They're really dangerous.
Then there's those of us who are stark raving motorsports crazy. We'll sit around reading and discussing rulebooks for hours, and then try to figure out which motor oil is going to give us that extra .01 hp, because we don't want to leave any advantage on the table.
Function before fashion.
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Originally posted by RogerB:
Then there's those of us who are stark raving motorsports crazy. We'll sit around reading and discussing rulebooks for hours, and then try to figure out which motor oil is going to give us that extra .01 hp, because we don't want to leave any advantage on the table.
Ummm no I swear I am not mad... Just because I keep a copy of the rulebook on every computer and have a good idea of the rules for Stock, ST, and working on learning SP, and SM.
BTW it must be Castrol Syntec since that is what Auto-X Fil is using to "Unlock the power" 
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Originally posted by RogerB:
Modding is its own pursuit. Some people mod for the fun of tinkering.
Yes I can understand that. I do understand that some people get a kick out of modding/tinkering with their cars and I suppose some are just to scared or worried about damaging the car but, come on. It's like "I'm all big and bad just look at my car..." Try and get them to use that power and their like "no way man.. too rough on the car."
I guess they will never know what fun they're missing.
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I mod my cars the way I like them and use those mods when I can.
Try not to on the local roads to much, but I'll admit I do occasionally.
Go to autox once a month. Travel to the mountains whenever I can to have fun up there. If I had more money/free time, I'd do it even more.
I know the kinda guys you're talking about that don't really use what they've done to their cars, but don't really know any personally. Everyone I know autoxs or drag races almost religiously.
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Originally posted by weargle:
Then welcome to Streed Mod.
I was just looking at the rules about that. So an otherwise STS car (mine) would be in SM after the SFCs? That kinda blows
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98.5 SVT
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Originally posted by KingpinSVT:
I was just looking at the rules about that. So an otherwise STS car (mine) would be in SM after the SFCs? That kinda blows
Sometimes one mod can take you straight from Stock to SM. The problem is not with your car it is what other people would be able to add to their car if you could just do this one little thing to my car in STS.
Originally posted by SVTfrog:
Just don't tell anyone.
Not a good idea. If you still want to run that class just talk to the other people in your class about them and see if they care.
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