I ran my lowered 89 automatic pulsar in a couple of autocrosses...got a good
result too...came 3rd or 4th (I didnt find out because I didnt stay the
whole day)...the front sway bar (hollow type) snapped a few weeks later.
Guess it couldn't handle the rough track and being thrown sideways. I
learned how to make good time on the autocross track...I kept the wheel spin
down to almost zero...which meant 1st gear was a no-no...1st to take off
then 2nd for the rest of the course. The viscous LSD on the front of the
pulsar probably gave me an advantage too I guess. It was quite a fun day
out.
I have grown to HATE lowered cars. I find absolutely no enjoyment in good
handling through surfaced roads, and most of the surfaced roads these days
are too rough to even drive normally with a lowered car. Everytime my car
hits the tinniest bump it thuds like you've just jumped it 10 feet in the
air and the A pillars are starting to make cracking/creeking noises now.
I saw a brand new lowered Honda Civic the other night driving through
surfers and there was a bump right across the road and this guy in the Civic
had to slow down to a stop almost and take the dip in the road on an angle
going into the other lane, so he wouldnt tear the body kit off.
I probably notice the bumps a lot more since I'm fairly tall, and they give
me sore back/neck. I saw a guy in a corolla the other night in my rear view
and his sunglasses were at the same level as the steering wheel, so I'm not
sure how he saw where he was going. When I drive I am looking OVER the rear
vision mirror and to use it I look DOWN at it. (Very hard to see oncoming
traffic incase you are wondering.)
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Clough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 11:21 PM
Subject: Re: Doing it in the Dirt
> I'm one for the standard hight suspension, not necessarily with standard
> shocks or springs. You are too limited as to where you can take a lowered
> car, and Datto's are fantastic for dirt driving. You just cant do dirt
> roads in a seriously lowered car, your likely to pull the sump off on a
> cattle grid or hole it with a loose rock.
>
> Speaking of dirt driving, I took a work colleague, a new arrival from the
> UK, down the Dargo High Plains Road on our way home from a job at
> Cassillis/Omeo last week. He couldn't believe a stock VT Commodore could
> handle rough roads at speed. He hasn't stopped talking about how tough
> Australian built cars are since the trip. He says a current British built
> car would have shaken apart on the this road and he thought only 4WD's
could
> have used this road. (Emphasised by a few 4WD drivers who looked very
> surprised as we passed them on this trip). The VT hasn't got one rattle
or
> creak in it, despite this trip and plenty of previous gravel roads and
creek
> crossings.
>
> Despite having an enjoyable trip, which my colleague videoed for his folks
> back home, (he filmed some quick driving in the tight stuff, cattle
looming
> up rapidly, and a lyrebird) he says the folks in the UK will never
believe
> this was a work day - but he didn't drive the 750 ks. as well as do the
job.
>
> I explained to him how the same trip in a Datto would be far more
memorable,
> with fair dinkum tail out slides through the bends and lots of engine
noise
> due to the engine running up to 6 grand, for hours - very different to the
> almost lounge room silence of the auto VT, even when punching it along.
> The silence was interrupted only by the ALB's banging when pushed hard
into
> the tighter bends, and the swish when hitting pools of water - it was
> seriously wet.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul W. J. Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, 5 May 2001 0:36 AM
> Subject: Re: front end (long)
>
>
> > Anyone on the list like me and just leave the Datsun "sitting up like a
> > spider"?
> > Well I guess 1600s shouldnt really be hammered over speed humps like
> > 120Y/180B/200Bs
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