MG_Midget_74 said:
I am a bit of a purest and am not looking for the most power, I have something else for that(think 408HP on the dyno, with 402ft/#'s torque, did that 1/4 mile really go by in 12.25?). However, I am interested, I run the OEM filters and was looking for stakes that would fit in that setup thoughts? I actually like the look of originality.
I definately hear you, and thats maybe the best thing about the stack is, user friendly, you can remove the air filter in seconds.
You'll enjoy this story, I have a good friend I SCCA raced with for years, he had two race cars, a H Production 948 Bugeye, and GT1 Camaro, for sure a wide swing in two race cars, I asked him one time what was the difference, fiquiring he say the the Sprite is alot slower, which it is, he commonet was, they are about the same, they both fell quick sitting behind the wheel.
I have another group of buddies that vintage race, and one of these guys races a 1966 Corvette A Production car, quite a piece of work, wins the Walter Mitty at Road Atlanta every year in his class, drive the wheels off it, he also is the second driver on the 1275 Spridget vintage car in the enduro races, he says the Midget is alot more fun to drive, I can beleive that. When I first starting going to the vintage races, I always loved the Shelby Mustangs until I saw them on the track, and saw how badly they handled, a good MGB or Elva will smoke a good Shelby 350 on the track, hard to believe but true.
The thing about a Spridget when it comes to road race car is to achieve the amount of corner G forces that a Spridget can do ( a good SCCA FP car on slicks can do 1.8 Gs in a corner) you need a $500,000 prototype, makes a Spridget for the money look real good, when it comes right down to it, the corner speed is why we do this.