Full blown race cars have NOTHING to do with production models, there is nothing in those cars that confine to what you can get from Nissan themselves, so any relation to actual race cars is terribly moot. Those cars have 20 hour motors and drastically altered suspension geometry, the only thing they have in common with what you get from the factory is the name.Hijacker wrote:I'm still trying to wrap my head around how people consider the S-chassis' suspension design to be poorly made...the fronts are budget minded, yes. But that's pretty standard for entry level Japanese cars. Even Mitsu used McPherson for the Evo. It's not as radically awesome as a wishbone setup, but it's not exactly the worst design ever made. Nissan did err on the side of ride comfort when the engineers were selecting bushings. The rear suspension is the exact same as a Z32 or a Skyline, so I'm kind of dumbfounded how those cars could be considered poorly designed too when that design was created to win AJGTC races. heck, the S13 replaced the R32 in AJGTC when the R32 was regulated out, and it still took podiums.
Your competition sucked horribly, plain and simple. I beat up on local chumps in my Corolla all the time, even went to Philly and beat up on them, but in national level competitions the car was always several seconds off the pace. We have garbage cars winning local crap almost every week, it doesn't mean the cars are good, it just means the people they're facing are that bad.And I come from an autocross background as well. My only regret with my S13 in autocross is that a a turbo car wasn't an ideal choice for my old region's track setup. But every S-chassis I tracked in autocross were competitive in street mod, and while I wasn't the best driver, my racing partner would consistently take 1st in class with the same car. All we did for the suspension was stronger springs and T/C bushings. Power wise, we had a stock SR20 with the turbo pushing 12 psi. Not exactly a powerhouse.
Look, for getting to work or 7-11 the car is fine. For anyone looking for a competent vehicle in motorsports, its anything other than such.
