Corvettes in a Porsche club? :)

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Darren wrote:
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Don't fool yourself into thinking the consumables will be cheaper. It's more a question of speed than make of car. If you go fast in a Vette you're going to eat up brakes and tires MORE than a similarly priced Porsche because you get a lot more car for the money
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By "more" car I assume you are referring to weight or just really the difference in speed between the two cars? The 84 911 weighs in roughly 2800 lbs compared to a C5 Corvette of 3250 lbs. I would think the 911 would be more friendly on consumables being lighter and less powerful, but from what I am reading on the 911's the calipers have a pretty small pad surface area and eat up pads fairly quickly. My buddy has an 81 with big wilwoods up front and I believe c2 Carreras in the rear (overkill) and he barely shows any wear on the pads after 4 DE's and they are mild street pads. Granted we are both still running in Green and not generating serious temps. Over hearing some of the vette guys they say they can get oem rotors for about 50 bucks a pop.

Going back to my original intent of the question, which would be the better platform to learn on? (keeping small 27 year old budget in mind )