- junglejustice
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So, Hypothetically Speaking;
(...and don't shoot me here now, OK! Go easy on me....)
- Just asking because I really DON'T know and yes this does not concern the rest of the planet, only NA and - enough disclaimers now?
Hypothetically speaking:
If I wanted to take my 3.7 NA modified Milano racing here in the US - What catagory could I possibly get tossed in? What would I be competing against?
Not looking for scorn, just honest answers. Curious...
- Just asking because I really DON'T know and yes this does not concern the rest of the planet, only NA and - enough disclaimers now?
Hypothetically speaking:
If I wanted to take my 3.7 NA modified Milano racing here in the US - What catagory could I possibly get tossed in? What would I be competing against?
Not looking for scorn, just honest answers. Curious...
Last edited by junglejustice on Mon Jan 10, 2005 9:58 pm, edited 1 time in total.
...to Alfa, or not to Alfa? That is the question...
- SydneyJules
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There ARE no classes for your car in any organized series I can think of, nothing where you would be "competitively" grouped with other cars.
Best you could do is some of the lapping events/days and see what times others are running to satisfy your need to compare yourself to others.
Go do a year in Skip Barber jj, you will be the better for it in more ways than you know.
-Brian
Best you could do is some of the lapping events/days and see what times others are running to satisfy your need to compare yourself to others.
Go do a year in Skip Barber jj, you will be the better for it in more ways than you know.
-Brian
- Hit an Apex
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Re: So, Hypothetically Speaking;
I think there is one series that your car would be perfect for... The One Lap!junglejustice wrote:Not looking for scorn, just honest answers. Curious...
Joe
- junglejustice
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Uuh.... Uhm... Uuhhh, Oh forget it....Brian wrote:There ARE no classes for your car ...
go do track events ...satisfy your need to compare yourself to others???
Go do a year in Skip Barber jj, you will be the better for it in more ways than you know.
-Brian
Hey Jes! - Heard the one about the guy who convinced Michael Schumi to visit a local AR track event...?
After much begging, he agrees to take one of the Alistis' Milano for a spin on the track... Schumi comes back and says: "...Man! For a 17 year old street car, this thing is sweet, but it needs brakes! The shifting sucks and the nose ploughs like a pig...!"
The proud Alsiti looks at him and says: "Hey, go take some driving lessons, the car's fine..."
Thanks for the productive feedback. I will be an SCCA member soon when I do my SOVREN license. I was just curious about what's out there...
One Lap sounds like a blast! Just worried about the reliabiliy factor of driving a non-race car, (but "merely a fast street car") that hard...
...to Alfa, or not to Alfa? That is the question...
Alsiti? whats an alsiti?
alfisti?
and on that note, whats the relevance of the schumi remark?
are you somehow intimating that someone suggesting you take a driving class is just as incredulous as someone telling "schumi" to do likewise?
honestly, i know you feel like a targeted species here, but you do dig your own holes...
out of interest, is there anything you do like about the alfa?
there are plenty of "sweet cars" that have huge brakes, a slick and direct gear change, and dont pitch at all... they're called japanese.
maybe the only thing you'll be happy with is a SMG, go german perhaps?
alfisti?
and on that note, whats the relevance of the schumi remark?
are you somehow intimating that someone suggesting you take a driving class is just as incredulous as someone telling "schumi" to do likewise?
honestly, i know you feel like a targeted species here, but you do dig your own holes...
out of interest, is there anything you do like about the alfa?
there are plenty of "sweet cars" that have huge brakes, a slick and direct gear change, and dont pitch at all... they're called japanese.
maybe the only thing you'll be happy with is a SMG, go german perhaps?
- junglejustice
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NAahhhh
Naahhh,
Just joking around a bit... Wanted to see who still hates me? (Had one taker so far...) I'm past all of that stuff. We are all on the same side here and I hope that the Brian/Jim/Barry/Andrew et al camps have it out of their systems too....
Somewhat bored though, you're right! I wanna work on the cars... Put those engines in...
BTW "Alsiti" - its that new brand of Alfisti who drives Alfas but secretly hates them...
I have a 300ZX by-the-by... I like driving it from time to time, but it's just not an Alfa.... (Hate owning it - it never breaks and I don't get to work on it...)
Since the guy who started this thread is a "good friend of mine", let's hijack it! What other non-Alfa cars do others here own (that they will admit to?)
Just joking around a bit... Wanted to see who still hates me? (Had one taker so far...) I'm past all of that stuff. We are all on the same side here and I hope that the Brian/Jim/Barry/Andrew et al camps have it out of their systems too....
Somewhat bored though, you're right! I wanna work on the cars... Put those engines in...
BTW "Alsiti" - its that new brand of Alfisti who drives Alfas but secretly hates them...
I have a 300ZX by-the-by... I like driving it from time to time, but it's just not an Alfa.... (Hate owning it - it never breaks and I don't get to work on it...)
Since the guy who started this thread is a "good friend of mine", let's hijack it! What other non-Alfa cars do others here own (that they will admit to?)
...to Alfa, or not to Alfa? That is the question...
eh, jj you must realise a few things for peaceful co-habitation...
alfa owners, just like their cars, are fickle and temperamental things and more to the point, you insult one and you insult the other!
as for the alfa itself - be kind, she's old - if you're so against the gearshift, why not get the box rebuilt? in the other thread you mention you have a crunching 2nd gear - so obviously its seen better days with at least 100,000km on it since rebuild/new, so i think its rather unfair to judge it in this condition. Its true, other manufacturers have boxes that age more gracefully - call it charm !
Since we are hi-jacked, i too drive a nissan as my other car. Its a bluebird (altima in the states). It is "reliable", does the job, but i can't say the alfa gave me more trouble, although i owned it for far less time, she is much older so i call it in favor of the alfa !
alfa owners, just like their cars, are fickle and temperamental things and more to the point, you insult one and you insult the other!
as for the alfa itself - be kind, she's old - if you're so against the gearshift, why not get the box rebuilt? in the other thread you mention you have a crunching 2nd gear - so obviously its seen better days with at least 100,000km on it since rebuild/new, so i think its rather unfair to judge it in this condition. Its true, other manufacturers have boxes that age more gracefully - call it charm !
Since we are hi-jacked, i too drive a nissan as my other car. Its a bluebird (altima in the states). It is "reliable", does the job, but i can't say the alfa gave me more trouble, although i owned it for far less time, she is much older so i call it in favor of the alfa !
Saab, Saab, Saab, Saab, Saab, Saab ...
Knew you were fishing...
Yeah, can't wait to get my fingers on it again, either.
BTW, the gearboxes _are_ being rebuilt, gears lightened, shift linkage rebuilt...
Jes
Knew you were fishing...
Yeah, can't wait to get my fingers on it again, either.
BTW, the gearboxes _are_ being rebuilt, gears lightened, shift linkage rebuilt...
Jes
87 Milano Verde - daily driver - Juliet
87 Milano 3.0 Motronic - budget race car - Roxanne
87 Milano 3.7 24v - race car
(Repeat or do as I say at your own risk - be critical)
87 Milano 3.0 Motronic - budget race car - Roxanne
87 Milano 3.7 24v - race car
(Repeat or do as I say at your own risk - be critical)