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Hi, the name is Mitch and as you all know i am new here. I live in Charlotte, NC and attend UNCC. I have a 1997 Trans Am and could give 2 shits less about the drag strip. Will still go a couple more times simply because its only $15 but i could care less how i do. I love back roads and road racing (well im sure i would if i could make it to the track). The car is a cam only LT1 with full exhaust, LCA's, Adj. Panhard, and 21mm sway bar in the rear. I have a 32mm bar up front with Penske 7500 Coilovers all the way around. Car rides rough as shit but i don't really care, it sticks to the fucking road hard, harder then i'd care to push it on public roads. I hope to learn a lot from this forum, again road racing is truly my only desire for this car but unfortunately a college budget can't really spare the $200+ price tag for a road race event. Car under steers a little bit so im going to put a 24mm rear bar on it from a 3rd gen and see how i like it, i can get it cheap so it's worth a shot. Hopefully will have all tubular k-member and control arms up front as well as a torque arm within the next year but again, college budget. Here are a few pics of the car...

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No longer have any of the A/C stuff
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LTBlackBird View Member Profile	May 13 2008, 03:45 AM Post #1
newbie Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 11-May 08 Member No.: 2,196	Hi, the name is Mitch and as you all know i am new here. I live in Charlotte, NC and attend UNCC. I have a 1997 Trans Am and could give 2 shits less about the drag strip. Will still go a couple more times simply because its only $15 but i could care less how i do. I love back roads and road racing (well im sure i would if i could make it to the track). The car is a cam only LT1 with full exhaust, LCA's, Adj. Panhard, and 21mm sway bar in the rear. I have a 32mm bar up front with Penske 7500 Coilovers all the way around. Car rides rough as shit but i don't really care, it sticks to the fucking road hard, harder then i'd care to push it on public roads. I hope to learn a lot from this forum, again road racing is truly my only desire for this car but unfortunately a college budget can't really spare the $200+ price tag for a road race event. Car under steers a little bit so im going to put a 24mm rear bar on it from a 3rd gen and see how i like it, i can get it cheap so it's worth a shot. Hopefully will have all tubular k-member and control arms up front as well as a torque arm within the next year but again, college budget. Here are a few pics of the car... (IMG:http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c105/LTBlackBird/DSCN8774.jpg) (IMG:http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c105/LTBlackBird/DSCN8777.jpg) (IMG:http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c105/LTBlackBird/DSCN8780.jpg) (IMG:http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c105/LTBlackBird/F-Body%20Beach%20Week%202007/DSCN8803.jpg) No longer have any of the A/C stuff (IMG:http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c105/LTBlackBird/Spring%20Auto%20Fair%202007/IMGP0434-1.jpg)

ws6transam View Member Profile	May 13 2008, 06:17 PM Post #2
Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 221 Joined: 2-December 05 From: Haslett, MI Member No.: 997	Autocross, Mitch, is where it's at. Truly and verily I say unto you: Kill a cone instead of a guardrail and only your ego will be damaged. I dig Autocross a lot because it's so fast-paced. All of your mistakes are magnified when the course gets shrunk. It'll teach you braking, shifting, apexing, and your presence in terms of where your wheels are located, better than anything. Once you can put your tire onto the very edge of each cone in slalom without knocking it out of the box, then you'll be going fast. Nice car, by the way. Great color job. It looks like it's speeding just standing still.