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I almost went the Ecotec /stick route myself..They are everywhere.. Then I found the Escort , thankfully..I really didn't want to go that fast in the eliminator ;-) We're going in circles now ..Still want to see the evidence that automatic FWD's are more consistent.
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Perhaps if you compare to the other 14.00 and slower stockers, you could make that case for FWD vs RWD in that context. I know for sure that my Ranger is FAR from "consistent" most of the time...but it is at least fairly predictable for the most part. |
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Of all of the combos that I have played with over the years, this stupid little car is, hands down the most consistent thing that I have driven and that INCLUDES my Bracket cars! When I can keep from going red, I have never in my life won or lost (mostly lost) more races by .00 something. What ever my weather station says it will go, it usually will and it is no where as affected by the wind as my other stuff even though it doesn't make as much power. The biggest problem that I have (other than fouling) is trusting the numbers and NOT holding a bit. Old habits die hard.
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I certainly agree that the majority of those cars are likely to be more consistent in the class these days. |
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How many FWD stockers are running these days ?
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Last year in Nitro Joes stat's, I think there were 5 or 6. Those are running in either National or Divisional event's. There's Billy's Cavalier, Yac's Escort, My Escort, Polhill's early Escort, The Underdog early Escort, then who knows how many others built but sitting or being built. I may have doubled up on some of those.
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The guy in Co. went a few rounds this year. Polhill has been locked down, but has gone deep at Indy several times. Bill Drevo won a Divisional, and don't forget the biggest FWD winner yet. All of this means bupkis ..I know what I see, watching races with all the info right in front of me. You're not going to convince me stick cars are less consistent. I've been winning races with them for almost 50 years. Maybe you can convince Chris Knudsen or Brad Zaskowski ;-)
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With all due respect to your win and Bill Drevos, they were back in the '80's or '90's right? Only Steve Polhills car has been an ambassador for the manual trannies this past decade, or this one.
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