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I was just kidding about the ford vs Chevy thing....the corvettes are indeed a fine piece of engineering.You don't have to be kidding. Racing W2W is crazy competitive, and you should have a chip on your shoulder. The times you are putting down with 16 year old architecture and beautifully cobbled together parts is impressive. Much more impressive than the buy it and track it crowd. The same goes for the majority of people on this site. Making a Mustang turn is not simple.
Definitely an easier time making it track ready. If I was going to build a track car at this point and I had a choice, I would not have chosen an s197. But, it's what I had and I love the body style so it is what it is and I make it work.
For me, the fun is in the details, obsessing over every possibility and constantly optimizing everything I can and then re shuffling the deck and trying different approaches to see what pays better dividends. I just wish we had more time on track to do this. We typically get 2) 15 min qualifiers and 2) 20-25 min races and no practice once a month. When I was racing oval track I might be on track 8 times a day, every weekend. Bigger races are 3 days of of racing, add that up. Lots of opportunity to test and tweak things to perfection. The current racing discipline just means everything takes a lot longer to get right. BUT, I am making progress, so there's that.
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