teamipr

iTrader: (1)

Cliff Notes: I was there, I saw, and I think Peter's fast...but I'm faster!!!

Haha, it's funny this is still being talked about. I was there at the event. I raced with all of them in the time trial. Just for the record I have a "non-modded" STi. I changed my wing to the WRX wing and had the pads changed, worn out the original set because of too much "spirited driving".

I have to say, the main character Peter, is pretty fast in his Mini. Though his car was gutted and race-prep with slicks, coilovers, some engine mods, and stuff. The STi guy Mike, had modded suspension, race tires, intake, headers, exhaust, and chip. He puts out about 320 to the wheels, according to his tuner's estimates.

Peter was doing about 1:40.xx on Saturday and Mike 1:46.xx. But when crunch time came on Sunday, Peter could only turn a 1:42.7 and Mike improved to a 1:42.3. A close race. I thought Peter would have won because of his proclaimed "28+" years of track experience where Mike had none... Peter claimed his Khumo tires were crap. But with a 320 whp moster vs a 170 whp gokart, I think Peter drove better than Mike to make it this close. Anyway, a win is a win and a good race none the less.

BTW, my time was 1:40.8. I lost to 2 brothers from Vivid Racing. One with a WRX and one with an EVO, both heavily modded.

Will

gdogg

iTrader: (38)

steering is stocK? modded cooper s's(sp.?) ?? or were there the older ones too? just exactly where is thunder hill? any pics/satellite maps?

Kevin M

iTrader: (12)

Thunder Hill is in Willows, CA about an hour north of Sacramento. There's a track map on the website. The Minis I was running with in my group (2 of them) had coilovers and some other mods, don't think there was much in the way of engine mods (which left them with more power than my car still). And my car handles like a stock STi if you were to put a slightly bigger rear sway bar on one.

gdogg

iTrader: (38)

thunderhill. . . aww the benefit of living on the mainland. hawaii sucks sometimes. . .