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Old Nov 2, 2016 | 06:17 AM
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The Firm isn't a real track. And it's got some serious safety issues.

Sebring is $200 a day with NASA. $300 a day with PDG, but you get more track time. I'm running with PDG at Sebring on the 12th.
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I need to make it out to sebring. Hard to justify so much $ but i guess its not an every week thing.

There is an FCRC on the 12th should you be interested in seeing how you stack up to the ole NA 1.6 NA
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Originally Posted by sixshooter
The Firm isn't a real track. And it's got some serious safety issues.

Sebring is $200 a day with NASA. $300 a day with PDG, but you get more track time. I'm running with PDG at Sebring on the 12th.

All I can find for NASA at sebring is $475
Old Nov 4, 2016 | 08:55 AM
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I'll be at Sebring on the 12th.

It used to be $400 for two days at Sebring and $200ish for one. It must have gone up recently. They changed the rules last year that beginners couldn't do a single day. I didn't wee a single day option for anyone now.

Performance Driving Group is who I am with on the 12th. I don't pay for track days on the days I instruct, so the cost varies for me.
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Originally Posted by sixshooter
I don't pay for track days on the days I instruct, so the cost varies for me.
nice one!
Old Nov 4, 2016 | 06:21 PM
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nice one!
Working your way through the system is truly worth it.
Old Nov 27, 2017 | 07:21 PM
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This is how it sits today; was around 250 whp at 15psi
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Originally Posted by shuiend
You vastly underestimate how much it will take to turbo your car and not have it explode.
This.

Besides rule #1 with any automotive project is that it will take longer and be more expensive than you originally plan no matter what.
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Originally Posted by Goingnowherefast
This.

Besides rule #1 with any automotive project is that it will take longer and be more expensive than you originally plan no matter what.

Wow such a great and relevant point. I'm guessing you saw page 1
Old Jan 14, 2018 | 02:38 PM
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You fellers like chrome?
Old Mar 14, 2018 | 09:25 AM
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So they say the 1.6 vlsd barely handles stock power?

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Old Mar 14, 2018 | 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by mr steve
So they say the 1.6 vlsd barely handles stock power?
It depends. I have seen them die at stock power, I have seen them in boosted cars for reasonable amounts of time. Overall they tend to fail, so replacing early is good preventative maintenance.
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There was a vid of me smoking an 03 cobra from dig, but was asked to take down
Old May 17, 2018 | 09:06 AM
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Zoom Zoom

270 whp for 60+ autox runs (all with drag launch) and still alive. I think the 1.6 vlsd is pretty capable or I have a magic diff in my casing.

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Too much roll i'm thinking. 700/400 springs needed
Old May 19, 2018 | 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by mr steve
Zoom Zoom

270 whp for 60+ autox runs (all with drag launch) and still alive. I think the 1.6 vlsd is pretty capable or I have a magic diff in my casing.
it's simply a matter of time. it's not capable.
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Originally Posted by Braineack
it's simply a matter of time. it's not capable.
Well, everything is that.

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My friend's stock diff died when he left a stoplight going slightly uphill.

My old car had a stock diff for 180k+ miles supercharged, turbocharged and autocrossed for years.

Sometimes you get lucky, but that doesn't mean you get to be a snide smart ***.
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Old May 20, 2018 | 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by viperormiata
Sometimes you get lucky, but that doesn't mean you get to be a snide smart ***.
Well I guess that is something a Millennial would say.
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Old May 21, 2018 | 10:44 AM
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Maybe I should have said it differently but I don't think it came off as intended.

Brain is right though, the vlsd maybe survives or w/e, but it doesn't perform like a Torsen.



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