[mitchntx]

After this weekend's carnage with my F-Buds, I am giving serious consideration to just quitting.

It seems most are caught up in FTD and willing to spend what it takes to get internet bragging rights. I just can't do that.

The costs associated with it, the time required to create it and the effort put forth into it is so great that it appears daunting ... and especially no fun.

When I first began doing this with Chuck, it was a blast. We hung out, laughed, joked, did a little maintenance ... it was fun.

Now, we all seem to work so hard at keeping these damn cars running, that the fun part is gone.

Don't misunderstand ... I cherish my friendship with all those I run with. But looking back at the last few times we have run together ... we always seem to be thrashing on someone's car.

If I were racing, then the expectation set would be differnet. But this is just OT. There is no prize for first.

I guess it's time for me to decide on what my priorities are.

[94bird]

Mitch, the decision you're coming up against now is one I faced the year before last. I decided to make the car into a race car and take it off the street. That way at least I was driving the car hard for something. OT days just didn't do much for me. I found myself letting up some laps to wait for someone else on track to be close to me so I could try and lose them, if noone was in front of me. However, going AI or worse yet AIX does take a HUGE amount of preparation time. Since my work schedule is picking up more this year and my son is taking up more of my time I'm finding it very hard to keep up.

I'd let it sit for a little while and then truly evaluate your options. If your time is limited I'd strongly consider CMC. I don't think LS1 engines are allowed in CMC, so you'd have to sell your car and either get a LT1 or 3rd gen, but it's low budget racing. There's always Spec Miata but I just don't ever see myself road racing something that low on power.