View Single Post
  #90  
Old 06-04-2008, 08:10 PM
2ndclasscitizen's Avatar
2ndclasscitizen 2ndclasscitizen is offline
.....
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 8,063
I come from a land down under, Where beer does flow and men chunder
Quote:
Originally Posted by LeonOfTheDead View Post
Nissan used Dunlop SP Sport 600 DSST tires instead of the standard Bridgestone Potenza RE070R
Those Dunlops don't look as though they'd be a massive amount more grippier than the Bridgies.

Quote:
Originally Posted by LeonOfTheDead View Post
I believe both the Caparo and the Radical aren't considered for the same contest as they both can't take speed bumpers. Despite they street legal nature of a car, usually the speed bumpers are used as a method to decide if a car is to be considered a only-track-day car or a standard car. the sound emissions are also a parameter in some tracks, as the 'ring IIRC.
Do the Caparo or Radical come with height-adjustable suspension? But speed bumps are a piss-poor reason to say it's not a road car, especially when you consider the giant list of other problems the 2 cars have on the road.
__________________
Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death...
– Hunter Thompson
Reply With Quote