So, now having it's own thread by jumping the shark w/ regards to the topic (P1), any mods to the Abarths? (ie. bolt'ons, reflash/retune, up the boost, etc)
I have an MR2-Spider for some occasional fun-in-the-sun & uninvolved spirited fun on the lake-side backroads. It's a sublime handler, but the SMG is painfully latent (I had assumed it'd be more F1-like than Tiptronic-like). I'll either grab a 6spd or look into an Elise, sooner or later. Though, the Cayman looks damn fetching for such.
Osiris, Harris Hill is a tight little track that would be perfect for small cars, but probably not a huge amount of fun in a Mac. I ran my FGT there and its a second gear kind of circuit. The Texas Cobra Club rented it last week for our Rally, but I didn't have the nuts to run my 427 on it - I can't believe that men raced those thing at 10/10th for hours, they are evil monsters at speed!
Great insight, as always! I've been there quite a few times, and I've concluded as much (good for honing skills & killing hours w/ something small/fun/safe). I've gotten cabin-fever couped up inside at the workplace, and I'm not that much of a golfer or cyclist (both being the default outdoor activities of CenTex). I was thinking of just joining to pass the time, have an excuse to wrench a little, perhaps hone my skills for 12C and/or P13 ownership (which will ideally involve tracking).
They had a Runnin' of the Bulls Rally the other week, I noted. Valentino Balboni was there!
Now that we have thoroughly hijacked this topic... I generally agree with mongrel's points about Harris Hill. I was a member there for a couple years, but gave it up a year or two ago because the scheduling never seemed to work out - track was rented out almost every weekend I wanted to go run. Great people though, and I understand they have made big improvements in the track surface since I left which would help considerably. Would be a great track for an Elise or Abarth in any case. PM sent regarding other stuff.
I have a friend who is a member there, he also instructs. He's got a few MX-5 Miatas & NSX, very actively involved there'bouts.
I know the track-surface was a major issue, good to know it's been addressed & prioritized. It's been a year or so since I've been there.
Definitely it would be fun/leisure time, I'm more
Gentleman Racer than
Club-Sport. A fun high-revving 4'banger in a lightweight'ish package would be more than adequate for my "outlet" activity. And especially something that I don't have to trailer to & fro'.
Fortunately, I'm about 45mins or so away (sans traffic) from the facility. I can play hooky, and drop'in casually on weekdays (assuming it's "open" for members" and/or applicable weekends w/o too much advance planning.
Though, it might be worthwhile looking into how many days/weekends in a given month are available for "members"...
