Bang for your buck in a track car

[Darren]

I've tried to take street/track cars to the track for years and this is my opinion -- I won't do it anymore.

My 996 was too low -- it would scrape the front splitter on even a modest incline.  The suspension spherical joints were constantly failing after only a few thousand miles.  It's loud, entirely too loud for the street.  The alignment would tear up rear tires in a short time and it would hunt all over the road, especially at high speeds or in the wind.  It had a roll bar rendering the back seats useless.  The seats were fixed position, very tiring on long rides.  I couldn't use the factory sub-woofer because of the roll bar, etc etc....

On the track the springs, front springs in particular, were entirely too soft.  I would get so much compression on the front outside wheel that it would push really badly.  I also want a full cage on the track.  Going the speeds I was going without a cage is silly.

The new version of the car is track-only, not streetable with 1400/1600 in lb springs, full lexan, cup ride height, etc.