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Old Feb 22, 2006 | 03:31 PM
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Your questions didn't make sense, how does a supercharger change the diff ratio?

Best ratio depends on what track, how long the street race is, how straight, grip, suspension etc etc etc.
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Old Feb 23, 2006 | 12:53 AM
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Im gonna do a wide body on the car, and my total ground clearence is gonna be abour 3.5" in the front. Im also gonna be running fully finctional spoiler's. Im gonna drop in the Turbo II motor, and upgrade it quite a bit, so Im not too worried about power, just gearing at this point. Thanks for all the input guy's!
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Old Feb 23, 2006 | 01:54 AM
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i meant if the supercharger would help with big gears aaahhh n.m
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Old Feb 23, 2006 | 02:50 AM
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^^^^ he will have a turbocharger.

how about finding the 3.62 rear from an old 626 and putting on a set of 17" wheels with a beast tire. should level you out enough with the highway gearing.
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Old Feb 23, 2006 | 04:40 AM
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FBII has the best idea yet. When I went from stock tires and wheels to my 15" Epsilons, my tire diameter increased almost 10% with the 245/50/15's. I need a set of 4.44 gears just to correct the speedometer error.

If you are going widebody, ISC racing has probably the best Cd of any of the wide front ends I know mine has a lot of drag just due to the shape of it, but i does stick better than the stock front end. Haven't had it past 100 mph yet, but near there steering feels much better than stock.

Fwiw, the Cd on the 3rd gen is .29, but if you have an R1 with the front spoiler, the Cd goes up to .30 or .31, go figure.

If you want to get carried away and really stick to the pavement, pan the underneath of the car. I do hope you are putting a full 10-12 point cage to run at those speeds.
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Old Feb 23, 2006 | 06:17 AM
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Originally Posted by rotarygod
The 24 hours of LeMans race course known as Sarthe is actually a track that is nothing more than several public roads in the country that are blocked off to form the course. They just have grandstands next to some of ther roads in areas. Road racing has been around for as long as there has been auto racing. It is not a new term.
The grandstands at LeMans are actually part of the racetrack also located there.

Circuit Bugatti au Mans
http://www.racingcircuits.net/archives/LeMans/map.gif

I was there in 2004 and will be there too this year.
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Old Feb 23, 2006 | 06:47 AM
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r u going to have it ready for this next run coming up
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Old Feb 23, 2006 | 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by riceburner1r2001
r u going to have it ready for this next run coming up

Hoping to, Im gonna be dealing with a few cage builder's shortly (so possible late june mid july). I am still hunting for a T-II with a tranny. Just look for 2 toned car with a copper/ orange on the bottom, and white on the top, with a AZ flag on the roof.

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Old Feb 23, 2006 | 11:38 PM
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You da man, good luck, I have been looking into this type of event myself, I recommend a second pumpkin and change it for the speed events, then go back to something more fun for other events.
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Old Feb 24, 2006 | 06:25 AM
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i want to go to this i have never been to 1 and it sounds exciting and i always miss them. and to also root on the fellow rotary and hope he wins
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