I am thinking maybe a rig like this. It should be solid enough to be considered a part of the car during transit, yet quickly detachable at the track.
And mounted atop a late model Vette.
My reasoning is that if you sedate and stash your Stig in the comfy cozy travel nest, you still have room for two drivers to share the road segments. A daisy fresh Stig has got to be worth some time around the tracks.
You can still haul a trailer around with the race car bits.
I'm ok with the bus but pulling over and throwing open the doors every so often kills lap times.
NOHOME wrote:
Justin Bieber's Prius?
Great, if something happens to me the last thing I Googled were Justin Bieber pics.
I ran it in 2011 with Tom Drewer. Our weapon of choice was a 87 944 with an LS-1. We won Vintage Foreign and finished around 20th overall after a bad autocross. I highly recommend doing the event!!!! No food or sleep for a week but what a car holiday!!!
After watching the guys run at NOLA today, I can confirm that for a win you'd be looking for something along the lines of an 800+Hp GT-R as there was at least two of those. Also, the CRX was deceptively fast. It was in the same run group as a Z06 and Viper so it looked outclassed, but you would lose it down the straight because of all the unexpected speed. I think I would have to join the M3 crowd and shoot for a class win while still being slightly comfortable. I'd stick with the V8 model simply because of the glorious noise they make with an aftermarket exhaust.
BiTurbo..... what could go wrong?
For shock value? A B6T/Escort Gt trans swapped Festiva. Can you tow a trailer with an Ultima GTR?
Appleseed wrote: For shock value? A B6T/Escort Gt trans swapped Festiva. Can you tow a trailer with an Ultima GTR?
Serious question, would something like an Ultima actually be faster than a worked over GT-R over the course of One Lap? It's not like people aren't trying cars other than the GT-R, but they seem to keep rising to the top.
mazdeuce wrote:Appleseed wrote: For shock value? A B6T/Escort Gt trans swapped Festiva. Can you tow a trailer with an Ultima GTR?Serious question, would something like an Ultima actually be faster than a worked over GT-R over the course of One Lap? It's not like people aren't trying cars other than the GT-R, but they seem to keep rising to the top.
I spoke to Will Taylor's codriver last year about this. The reason that the GT-R rises to the top is because it has a couple of things going for it.
The car is fast out of the box. Really fast.
Minor modifications made it go plaid.(1500 HP in drag trim, 800+ in RR trim)
AWD loves the standing starts
The car eats up highway miles like a Cadillac.
The electronic nannies make even the fumbliest driver get 99.5% out of the car. ie, the difference between a crappy driver and a REALLY GOOD driver because very very small, unlike say a Ultima, or a corvette. Since you're already working and driving tired, every little bit helps out.
I take back all my comments, it would be the polestar wagon:
I've always wanted to run the One Lap. I started to make a roof for my Speedster to run it. The roof is hinged to the roll bars and flips up to get in and out. I have a trailer hitch mounted to the frame that is accessed by removing the license plate.
I built this car. It has an aluminum chassis (painted black) with a modified LS6 and C5 corvette suspension. The motor is set back by 23 inches to achieve 54% rear weight. It uses the Vettes 6 speed transaxle. I shortened the torque tube to fit. It has 2 fuel tanks. A saddle tank that mounts into the bottom of the large trans tunnel. The second tank is on top of the rear cradle. The idea is to have the top tank empty on the track. The car gets over 30mpg. It holds 24 gallons so the range is good. The car is under 1980lbs with 6 gallons of fuel.
I wouldn't win the One Lap but it would be fun. I haven't ever been able to make the event. I am still hoping to but I've had 2 heart attacks this year. I'm not sure when I'ld be able to do it. Still hoping.
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NOHOME wrote:
Start with a Viggen. Add copious amounts of boost. Annihilate Economy class.
Or SPG flavor.
tpwalsh wrote:mazdeuce wrote:I spoke to Will Taylor's codriver last year about this. The reason that the GT-R rises to the top is because it has a couple of things going for it. 1. The car is fast out of the box. Really fast. 2. Minor modifications made it go plaid.(1500 HP in drag trim, 800+ in RR trim) 3. AWD loves the standing starts 4. The car eats up highway miles like a Cadillac. 5. The electronic nannies make even the fumbliest driver get 99.5% out of the car. ie, the difference between a crappy driver and a REALLY GOOD driver because very very small, unlike say a Ultima, or a corvette. Since you're already working and driving tired, every little bit helps out.Appleseed wrote: For shock value? A B6T/Escort Gt trans swapped Festiva. Can you tow a trailer with an Ultima GTR?Serious question, would something like an Ultima actually be faster than a worked over GT-R over the course of One Lap? It's not like people aren't trying cars other than the GT-R, but they seem to keep rising to the top.
Along with the standing starts, the High HP RWD only cars (Vette's/Vipers) just can't get the power down out of the slow corners.
Watching the GTR's at Hallett pull themselves out of "The Bitch" was seriously impressive.
Eeh, I'd run the Maliboo and be happy if I completed the whole thing and was not in the bottom 10%.
In fact give me two years and after that a year they run both vir and njmp and I'm in.
Bobzilla wrote: But you're still stuck with the cramped confines of a C4 for 4k miles in 7 days. While I could think of a few punishments that would suck worse.... it's not many.
Maybe I'm weird, but I found the C4 driving position to be just about perfect for long trips. That was the main reason it came to mind.
In reply to MadScientistMatt:
I have really wide feet. With 3 pedals, there is no place to rest the left foot when driving. That and it gets HOT in there. I'd pull the carpet and put some heat reflecting material on that tunnel and firewall or you'd cook down south on the road for long periods of time.
tpwalsh wrote:mazdeuce wrote:I spoke to Will Taylor's codriver last year about this. The reason that the GT-R rises to the top is because it has a couple of things going for it. 1. The car is fast out of the box. Really fast. 2. Minor modifications made it go plaid.(1500 HP in drag trim, 800+ in RR trim) 3. AWD loves the standing starts 4. The car eats up highway miles like a Cadillac. 5. The electronic nannies make even the fumbliest driver get 99.5% out of the car. ie, the difference between a crappy driver and a REALLY GOOD driver because very very small, unlike say a Ultima, or a corvette. Since you're already working and driving tired, every little bit helps out.Appleseed wrote: For shock value? A B6T/Escort Gt trans swapped Festiva. Can you tow a trailer with an Ultima GTR?Serious question, would something like an Ultima actually be faster than a worked over GT-R over the course of One Lap? It's not like people aren't trying cars other than the GT-R, but they seem to keep rising to the top.
Also being Japanese it can stand up to the abuse.
I mean you could probably make one of the AWD Lambos as fast with a good driver but I doubt it would last the event. RWD just can't put do the power that is needed to win. And a car that is light enough you don't need huge power for would be too uncomfortable.
The sad thing is to beat the GTRs you need something very much like a GTR. It has to be AWD and full of electronics that save the tires (so no Corvettes or Ultimas). It has to have not only a very good power-to-weight ratio, but plenty of power for a high top speed, or you'll lose too much time on the straights. It needs to have good cornering. And it helps if it's comfy on the street. It would be easy to reach the 6-figures building something like this.
So in OLOA you need to become the enemy to beat the enemy...the big-tech big-power big-dollar cars are here to stay at the top.
What would I run? In my dream world, a resto-modded General Lee. Just because. ...although I'd really frown on having to plaster the car with all of those additional stickers.
A more realistic possibility - a resto-modded Volvo 1800ES.
z31maniac wrote:tpwalsh wrote:Along with the standing starts, the High HP RWD only cars (Vette's/Vipers) just can't get the power down out of the slow corners. Watching the GTR's at Hallett pull themselves out of "The Bitch" was seriously impressive.mazdeuce wrote:I spoke to Will Taylor's codriver last year about this. The reason that the GT-R rises to the top is because it has a couple of things going for it. 1. The car is fast out of the box. Really fast. 2. Minor modifications made it go plaid.(1500 HP in drag trim, 800+ in RR trim) 3. AWD loves the standing starts 4. The car eats up highway miles like a Cadillac. 5. The electronic nannies make even the fumbliest driver get 99.5% out of the car. ie, the difference between a crappy driver and a REALLY GOOD driver because very very small, unlike say a Ultima, or a corvette. Since you're already working and driving tired, every little bit helps out.Appleseed wrote: For shock value? A B6T/Escort Gt trans swapped Festiva. Can you tow a trailer with an Ultima GTR?Serious question, would something like an Ultima actually be faster than a worked over GT-R over the course of One Lap? It's not like people aren't trying cars other than the GT-R, but they seem to keep rising to the top.
I have a friend that is in the highest placed Z06, and it is far from stock. Around 700hp if I remember correctly. It has a huge problem putting down it's power. Another friend that is in one of the top GTRs also tested the Corvette, and basically said you can only use part throttle. I think they went with softer springing this year to help, but there is only so much hp it can handle and still be usable.
By contrast, the GTR can use all of its horsepower. If you want to go fast, there are not many better choices.
A turbocharged Maxima would be fun. Random, plus room for stuff for the trip. Obviously wouldn't win it all, but I like random and underdog. An '02-03 6-spd would be the starting point.
But if I was rich and wanted to actually win it would be a GTR for sure. 
No matter what you offered me I just couldn't bring myself to own or drive a GTR, even if it came with a one night stand with Kiera knightly and a no find out clause for SWMBO, I'd still turn it down.
If you don't think the Lambo would work out with it's German, opps sorry I mean Italian engineering what about a blown R8 V10?
Sticking with RWD, seriously, what about a road legal Riley track day car as I suggested on page one?
I'd never have picked an old CRX to be in contention, but Andy did well again today at AMP and is still in 6th place overall.
Adrian_Thompson wrote: Sticking with RWD, seriously, what about a road legal Riley track day car as I suggested on page one?
A Riley is designed around a massive radial slick and uses aero to stick them to the road. You can't just put a set of DOT tires on it and go. You would have to re-engineer all the geometry. In a real race environment they are awesome - but a standing start on street tires would not be it's wheelhouse.
The truth is that any car that can lay waste to these cars on a race track is not something you can drive there with or carry two people in for any length of time or drag race away from a line in.
I really don't get why OLoA is attractive to anyone.
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