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Old Apr 8, 2003 | 12:55 PM
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Old Apr 8, 2003 | 01:37 PM
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vids vids! nice!
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Old Apr 8, 2003 | 04:57 PM
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that looks like fun Paul. Racing for 20 minute sessions vs. 10 seconds at a time has finally struck me as being more fun.

Time to get started on a hell machine roadrace FC/FD.

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Old Apr 8, 2003 | 07:09 PM
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Thanks once again Silkworm.

You keep making the videos, I'll find the harddrive space for them.
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Old Apr 8, 2003 | 09:39 PM
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IF you would have let me have a shot at that NSX I would have blown his doors off

Back to reality, nice vid
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Old Apr 8, 2003 | 11:55 PM
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<silkworm and his videos

btw, i don't remember seeing an nsx in the video. oh well.
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Old Apr 9, 2003 | 09:34 AM
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NICE JOB PAUL....................................
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Old Apr 9, 2003 | 09:08 PM
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Originally posted by 3isacharm
btw, i don't remember seeing an nsx in the video. oh well.

My eyes have deceved me
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Old Apr 9, 2003 | 11:15 PM
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MORE VIDS!!!!
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Old Apr 10, 2003 | 10:02 PM
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nice driving paul. i noticed how you pushed it harder throughout the video.

darn tootin' good time.

you coming down to buttonwillow Oct 18-19 NASA? It's a norcal/socal crossover event and i should be there too. hpde 3 or 4

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Old Apr 11, 2003 | 08:24 AM
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was that an integra passing you?
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Old Apr 11, 2003 | 12:43 PM
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Brad,

More than likely, yeah. There's an event at SPIR the next weekend, so if I can only afford one, I'll do SPIR..

Skunks,

Yep, that's an Integra..
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Old Apr 11, 2003 | 01:23 PM
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integras can be faster than you'd think, especially the ITR flavour. LOTS of go-fast parts for them and they handle well too.

I know how the $$ goes Paul, hope to see you down here.

Brad
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Old Apr 11, 2003 | 04:34 PM
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Very, very nice video! Loved the fight between yourself and the Integra. The Corvette may have blown by you off the straight but he didn't appear to be pulling away much in the curves.....

Nice!
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Old Apr 13, 2003 | 03:05 PM
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Looks like you are carrying good speed throughout the run. Is there a way for me to post my HI 8 video? I've still got two months of work to go on my seven before it hits the track again. Carl
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Old Apr 14, 2003 | 12:50 AM
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It takes a very modern, late model Integra to even come close to competing with a 15+ year old RX-7. I have one of each of roughly the 88 model year (FC is an 87) and there is just no comparison. The FC is three times the car . . . Let's see a S7 do battle with an ITR . . . wait, then there is the issue of only one having the advantage of a turbo . . .
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Old Apr 14, 2003 | 12:42 PM
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Hey Carl,

Yeah, it took most of the weekend to start shaking out the cobwebs, hadn't been out on track since December, but the competition between the 3 ITS cars out in Group 4 really helped push us all to get our times down.

88Teg..

heh, yeah, there is just a minor problem of a turbo OTOH, driver does count for a lot here as well.

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Old Apr 14, 2003 | 12:46 PM
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Originally posted by 88IntegraLS
Let's see a S7 do battle with an ITR . . . wait, then there is the issue of only one having the advantage of a turbo . . .
there is a video floating around of a s6or7 rx7 racing with a new type r. they were pretty damned close.
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Old Apr 14, 2003 | 11:12 PM
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Hey Paul, you didn't answer my question, is there a way to post an analog 8mm tape? I have some nice in car footage of me passing and then walking away from a 2002 996TT, and a 2002 ZO6 at thunder hill last fall. Thanks, Carl
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Old Apr 15, 2003 | 12:07 AM
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oh, sorry. You need a capture card to do it. I use an All In Wonder ATI card..
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Old Apr 16, 2003 | 11:17 AM
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what hardware is required? thanks, Carl
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Old Apr 16, 2003 | 11:58 AM
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Just the AIW video card, your camcorder, and the composite (Yellow/Red/White) cables.

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Old Apr 16, 2003 | 08:12 PM
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Originally posted by 3isacharm
there is a video floating around of a s6or7 rx7 racing with a new type r. they were pretty damned close.
That is really weird. Last autox I was at, TWO ITR's got beaten easily by an FD. I don't know the drivers so I can't say who was more skilled. Yes, they were real Type R's and the FD was not modded very much. I do know that my Integra has tons of understeer! I am going to go insane if I don't get my FC back together soon.
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Old Aug 15, 2003 | 02:57 PM
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Good lines at Thunder Hill. I think you are the guy I met at Reno NASA right? Any how a little more rotation will get you higher entrance and corner speed. Oh I noticed you were lifting less with the instructor going through turn 5. Need to gusto through turn 5 with out lifting, but you have to be lined up right for 6 though. Looks like you could deep brake a little more , but I could be wrong since it was a video.
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Old Aug 15, 2003 | 03:00 PM
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GNX boy

Originally posted by gnx7
that looks like fun Paul. Racing for 20 minute sessions vs. 10 seconds at a time has finally struck me as being more fun.

Time to get started on a hell machine roadrace FC/FD.

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