This thing showed up to autocross today, and the owner asked me to take a run in it “to see what a good driver could do in it” (I have no illusions of actually being a good driver).
What I was told:
-Started life as a 1985 C4 Corvette
-Iron block truck LS
-automatic with a high stall converter
-some halfway decent Toyo tires on the front
-10 ply truck tires on the rear (zero grip)
-a general air of sketchiness (car was missing several lugnuts when it arrived, had to borrow some to pass tech)
-actually had 4 point harnesses though
I’ve never driven a vehicle before where its reaction to literally any input (throttle, braking, turn in, lift-off) was oversteer. Add to that the high stall converter turning every throttle input into a “wait then stab” and I spent all but about 5 seconds sideways.
Deathkart and my friend Jay’s Miata.
Results:
Owner’s best run - 74.000 seconds
My best run - 65.413 seconds
My best run in my Miata - 57.643 seconds