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05-07-03, 11:05 AM
| | Cadillac Owners Member  | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: NNJ | | | Hey now...
I'm new to the Caddy world. My dad just bought a MY00 Deville DTS.
I drive a MY00 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS.
I'm very much into motorsports. Mostly into rally racing. In fact, this weekend I will be at the Sawmill Club Rally in PA.
I'm also into Le Mans, Forumula, etc. I participate in rally events and autocross events.
Hello All!  |
05-07-03, 12:17 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alexandria, VA Age: 27 | | Welcome to the forum.
Is your sub modifed?
I love running in autocross events. I think i'm going to get a nice little sedan and tune the hell out of it just for autocross. |
05-07-03, 12:40 PM
|  | Cadillac Owners Master | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Newtown, PA Age: 50 | | | Welcome, how bad are you druling over the new STi? |
05-07-03, 01:58 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Member | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: NNJ | | Devil,
My Scooby is moderately modified. Mostly suspension work. A little bit of motor work. Nothing too extensive though. She's quick, but not super fast. Although, she handles amazingly. 
What kind of car are you looking to get for autox? I think the best car to autox is a Miata. They are so much fun.
Katshot,
Haha! My mouth is sooooooooooooooooo dry! 
My friend Billy works for A&M (the press company that handles all the cars that are in Car & Driver, etc). He's been driving the STi around for a few weeks now, and I got to check it out.
In a word, the car is INSANE!!!
The Lancer Evo stands no ground w/ it. Check it out when it's available. It'll absolutely blow your mind! Thanks for the welcome, guys. |
05-07-03, 02:03 PM
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Maybe we could do a link exchange if you'd be interested. Is djforums.com yours? |
05-07-03, 02:11 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Member | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: NNJ | | Sal,
Super sorry. My bad for not reading the user agreement as closely as I should have.
Thanks for the welcome.
Yes, djforums.com is my site. I'll check w/ my co-owners to see if they are cool w/ a automotive related link. |
05-07-03, 02:53 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alexandria, VA Age: 27 | | | I'm thinking of getting a gutted out e36 m3, preferrably 95 since they come with obdi. |
05-07-03, 03:08 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Member | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: NNJ | | Awesome. Those are very fun to autox.
I'm actually ridden in a touring spec turbocharged M3. It was bought off of the Touring Car Circuit.
The car is completely gutted out, full roll cage, racing seats, harnasses, carbon fibre everything. Motor is modified to I don't know how much power. R-compounds all around.
After my ride, I smiled non stop for about a week and a half.
SOOOOOOOOOOOO NICE! |
05-07-03, 03:19 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alexandria, VA Age: 27 | | | My plans if i do get a e36 m3
Replace seats with sports buckets with racing harness
remove back seats
4+point rollcage bar
Lighter but little bit bigger wheels with high performance rubber
Replace hood with carbon fiber (painted of course).
bigger rotors and bigger brakes all around
M suspension is good but not enough. So i may actually look into upgrading that as well
.... (AA turbo work done for some more inline power). |
05-07-03, 03:38 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Member | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: NNJ | | Sounds like a great plan!
Glad you're not a fan of naked carbon fibre. I can't stand the c/f hood look. Colour match it, damnit!
So when are you getting the car? |
05-07-03, 03:42 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alexandria, VA Age: 27 | | | prolly this summer.
I have 3 choices m3, lightning or the new gtp.
New gtp and lightning are both sweet, both forced fed from factory but neither is offered with manual.
If it's possible i would like to get a lot of euro m3 parts and swap it in. |
05-07-03, 03:46 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Member | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: NNJ | | | Well, the M3 would be your best bet for autox and track days.
The lightning is nice and all (I assume you're talking about the SVT), but it's just too heavy. And yes, of course the inavailability of an MT. My friend Dan has an SVT Lightning. It's seriously modified, and he autox's it. But he always gets so frustrated because he has trouble competing w/ the other cars in his class. It's just so heavy and has a lot of power. Even w/ his R-compounds, he has trouble keeping the tires planted.
Same goes for the GTP. Yes, a nice car, but very heavy and no MT. Plus, you'll have to contend w/ the fact that it's a FWD. So you're going to have a lot of issues w/ understeer. |
05-07-03, 10:31 PM
|  | Cadillac Owners Enthusiast Cadillac(s): 94 Fleetwood Brougham | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Nashville...but in my head, Jersey. Age: 38 | | Welcome!  |
05-07-03, 11:33 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Member | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: NNJ | | Quote: |
Nashville...but in my head, Jersey.
| Hahaha! |
05-08-03, 01:57 AM
|  | Cadillac Owners 10000+ Posts Cadillac(s): Cadillac | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada | | | Welcome from up here in the arctic, eh? PS We finally got a Mitsubishi dealer in town and I guess the Evo's are comming. | | Cadillac Discussion Tools | | | 
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