road racing, hittin the hills

[chavez408]

you guys ever hit up your local twiesties? here in california we have a tons, highway 9, calaveras road, highway 25 and so on. So i was wondering how our 1g's DSM handle on them? With their AWD and all. You guys ever been up on those roads and break em loose?

 

[The_EE]

with Four and a half years left to pay on my car and too much $$ invested in it, last thing I am going to do is mountain road race the damned thing.

 

[Greg Collier]

Not to smart if someone is coming the other way on the twisty-ez...

 

[Zero Bar]

One day I'd love to take a trip on some of the california roads, I get so jealous everytime I hear about or see people on t.v. driving on them.
If I lived out there I would be piss broke from spending all my money on fuel driving around there.

 

[Ludachris]

I used to live in your area and actually organized an annual Mt. Hamilton drive. We didn't really "road race" but it was a nice spirited drive from San Jose to the observatory, then up to Livermore. We did have a couple incidents where people were going faster than they should have been and went into ditches. Nobody was hurt though. I started trying to get the local DSMers to go to road courses with me and my friends... too many broke DSMers out there who didn't want to spend the cash to drive fast in a controlled environment. Hopefully that will change.

Just be careful out on the roads. I wouldn't advise testing the limits of your suspension (and your own capabilities) on twisty roads with other cars around. I never broke my tires loose up there.

 

[chavez408]

haha i know their awsome. Oh no we never go TOO fast to hurt other around us. I'm just trying to say if our AWD cars can handle these roads because i might inviest in one of them as a project for these kind of adventures in the hills, so yeah =)

 

[Ludachris]

Any car can handle mountain roads once you upgrade it, the 1G will do fine. It's the driver that needs to have enough skills to not crash the car and to know their limits and that of the car. Buy a car for the track not for "adventures in the hills". You'll have more fun with it and will learn its limits without putting others in danger.

 

[Greg Collier]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7895870121884924185

 

[Zero Bar]

WOW!! Cool video, my arms hurt just from watching that.

 

[Greg Collier]

Since Chris was talking about a driver with skills I thought I'd show one...

 

[eclipsegsx1736]

here in california we have a tons, highway 9, calaveras road, highway 25 and so on.

California also has tons of legal road courses! Such as Willow Springs, Thunderhill, Buttonwillow, Laguna Seca and more.

 

[acebrooks44]

that video was insane!!!!!! I would never ever want to attempt that or even be in a car while they were doing ir!!! Guy can drive though. Unreal!!!

 

[chavez408]

California also has tons of legal road courses! Such as Willow Springs, Thunderhill, Buttonwillow, Laguna Seca and more.

yes those are in my mind aswell. That is why im wondering if the 1g AWD is a good profit to invest on for these kind of roads.

 

[Slow old poop]

I've seen that video before. Pretty tame stuff in the daytime. Try that at night, in the winter, in the forest, on boilerplate ice, when it's snowing so hard you can't see 50 ft in front of the car at 100+. We spectated on the POR, and watched Yurpean WRC factory team drivers do just that. I could not believe we heard them hit 5th gear whilst driving smack into a blinding snowstorm at night.

Back to the Pikes Peak video: I always wondered how they got the windshield so clean after he got the mud/bird or whatever all over the left side. You don't think (gasp!) they did a little clever editing do you? Seems like there was a lot less through-the windshield stuff after the mud/bird, and more helicopter shots.

 

[Zero Bar]

yes those are in my mind aswell. That is why im wondering if the 1g AWD is a good profit to invest on for these kind of roads.

I could make due with almost any car with all those courses around me.
A 1g car wether fwd or awd could satisfy you on any road, they're cheap with an abundancy of parts and lots of cheap mods and can be quite fast without a ton of money. you can't go wrong!!

 

[Ludachris]

yes those are in my mind aswell. That is why im wondering if the 1g AWD is a good profit to invest on for these kind of roads.

After reading all of the road racing threads in this forum I'd have thought you wouldn't have to even ask a question like this. It just sounds strange that you'd ask about building up a car for driving in twisty roads instead of building it for the track - this is the "Track Talk" forum

The answer to your question is yes, the 1G AWD platform would be good for road courses and some canyon carving. Just do us all a favor and take it to the road courses more than the mountains - it's safer.

 

[chavez408]

Thanks guys, dont worry I wont put nobody's life in danger, we just like to have fun =)

 

[griffsfsr]

A month ago at the rally in P.A. I serviced for a 1G AWD. During the lunch break I got to talk to a co-driver who ran pikes peak. He ranked it above sky diving for the things you have to do in life. He had some wild stories. If you are on the street keep it in your lane at all times. I was on the Dragon this spring and had a great time.
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