and i will be just another damn kid driving one of them damn hondas.

The loan for the car was approved today, i will probably pick it up next week sometime. Look to have it on track for the level 1 instructor clinic in february, ECHC in 2004.

 

Nice car...that isn't Vince Bly's old Prelude, is it?

 

It's like there's a bunch of us sitting in the Vice Principals office waiting to have our justice dispensed, and as we here the door open we look up...."Hi RJ!".....

Scott, who seamlessly shifts from zone/coma to concious incoherence with undetectable frequency......

 

It is. Good luck with the car, Ryan.

AJ Nealey

 

Yup.

The question of the day... how are you going to drive it with only one hand?

 

Vince's old car I see. He definitely had a lot of nice parts on it.

Are you going to track or SoloII it? If solo, I have some suggestions for the suspension setup, because that car would do weird things on the corners. The shocks are very trick, but the coilover setup...well...you'll see once you try it.


[Modified by Todd00, 5:42 PM 12/23/2002]

 

Indeed... he has quite a bit of $$$ invested in those shox *and* a set of GC advance designs collecting dust on a shelf....

Both.... probably STX though

like what? Odd characteristics i mean - it looked rather normal except the "bling bling" echoing off the penske remote reservoirs....

 

Congrats, RJ. And welcome to the dark side. So, when ya gonna get a West Wings body kit for that baby?!!

Casey, who reminds RJ it's not too late to ask Santa to bring you some Altezzas as well... <snicker>

 

i wanted that color for mine but instead i had to take red cause i got such a good deal. good luck fellow luder@!

 

Oooh - I was waiting to see some ebay beater! That's a whole other animal right there

H_? 1? Nice pull regardless!

...and you know, along w/ that body kit and tezzas, maybe Evan can point our a suitable ironing boar.... err... downforce enhancing wing

 

And off it. He's throwing in a lot of goodies that he won't be needing anymore. RJ got an amazing deal.

 

I just don't agree with helper springs on a Solo2 car. I have driven a car with them and it returns a weird feeling slalom and in mid-corner--it almost upsets the car because solo turns are so abrupt.

Also, hypercoils? Good springs for an Indy car or a rally car. But do they work ok for a Solo car?

Oh, and shave about 500lbs from the car if you can

 

Why wouldn't they if the size and rate is correct? They make a superior product and I wouldn't buy anything else.

 

That's a heck of a deal you got there if you got all that stuff for $9800 or less! The suspension must have cost him big $$$! How many miles on it? The 1993 Prelude VTEC was the lightest VTEC Prelude sold in the US. At least 50 lbs. lighter than the 94-96 models.

Andrew

 

Congrats, now I have to stop giving you so much ****.

Nice car too. F plastic cars.

 

But we were just starting to have fun

Indeed.

And fwiw, the springs are 350/375 lbs/in front/rear, IIRC. He has two setup notebooks (probably locked in a vault) and was*still* intentionally vague on some suspension questions i had when i looked at the car. Very interesting individual, he is - and a wealth of knowedge at the same time. Vince gets a

 

 

LMAO! Vince has his moments. I remember when I went out to Peru, IN for a Tour event, his paddock was right next to mine. After the first day, he was yelling "Does anybody want to buy a Prelude."

He was really frustrated that he wasn't doing well. The car is pretty much prepped for STS and can be extremely competitive when in the right hands. Eric Kriemelmeyer (sp?) co drove it a couple of times and proved to others that it's capable.

Good luck,

AJ Nealey

 

93 VTEC. Big bore y0!!!

 

when i saw the title of this post I was thinking you were going turbo... isn't that what all the FI guys say over in the FI forum? something about the dark side? i rarely venture over there...

congrats, it's no ThYPE-R y0, but at least it's a honda - and the honda-tech mod needs a honda, not a saturn! heh

 

Nice you might even be fast now

 

Don't try to be me to fast.. See you in H2 in a couple years, its a very fast car, be careful..

 

after Summit Point in november there is a different perspective/outlook/goals/focus coming with me to the track next year. One of the big ones being that HPDE's arent about skirting the limits of the car around the track all the time (which i was starting to do).

 

I can identify with this.

What are you using for a beater?

 

Try harder, baldy.