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"Despite the Cobras, Lotus and the Lamborghini Diablo, there were two cars that really grabbed my attention. The first was Catesby Jones’ 1995 318ti. As some of you already know, we have a 318ti in our family and it is one of my favorite cars to drive (my 2002 wins by the smallest of margins) and so I am a little partial to tis. But this was no ordinary ti. Catesby had replaced the stock 4-cylinder engine and shoehorned an M3 engine. And just for good measure, he turbo charged it (see www.activeautowerke.com for turbo info), bringing the horsepower up to 430hp! As Pirelli likes to say “Power is nothing without control” so the suspension was also upgraded. The results were incredible. The little ti was set to run with one of the faster groups, which included two Corvettes and a Rennsport Mercedes-Benz. The Corvettes were waved off before the ti and had a good lead. Coming on to the straightaway you could see and hear the second of the Corvettes giving it everything it had and just behind was the little hatchback. At first I thought Catesby was just a better driver and was able to catch the Corvette in the back curves but then I saw him accelerate, catch up with the Corvette and drag race him into turn one! The whole crowd went wild as the little 318ti blew right by the Vette and beat it to turn one (see above for the action).

It was impressive enough to see Catesby catch the second Corvette that started but the first one? Well, he caught the second one, too, as they came back in from the new section and beat this Corvette into the turn. The little ti had caught and passed the two mega dollar, mega horsepower Corvettes within three laps. This car was definitely a crowd favorite. Catesby’s rebadged 318ti (now known as a 330ti) finished in 5th place on its 2.9 mile run at TWS (behind a Mosler Raptor, Mallet Corvette, 911 Carrera and a Diablo) and in 3rd place overall."

Ég held að málið væri að smíða sér track bíl eins og menn hafa verið að tala um sem væri ekkert götu tæki og vera ekkert að eyða alltof miklum pening. Afturhjóladrif, sæmilegt afl, veltigrind og vel sorteruð fjöðrun er uppskrift af miklu fjöri og almennilegum wheel-to-wheel kappakstri.

Svo væri náttúrulega mikið stuð að hafa track days þar sem enginn kappakstur er í gangi heldur bara menn að skemmta sér og öðrum á götubílum.

En nú er ég pínu utan við allt er búið að taka ákvörðun varðandi þessa braut og samþykkja hana og bara all systems go ???

árið 2010 ætla ég að vera það ríkur að m-roadster verður bara vasapeningur

en þetta fer náttúrlega mikið eftir flokkum líka, en e36 coupe (318is) berstrípaður með læsingu, körfustólum, búri, stífaður í botn og e.t.v. turbo setup væri minn efsti "budget" kostur