New to the area
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 6:17 pm
So I sort of introduced myself already in the other thread, but thought I'd do something a bit more official. I'm new to the area, moving down from Raleigh, NC where I've lived the past 15 years. I'm a software engineer with Oracle by trade to support my automotive addiction. Currently living in an apartment on a month to month lease in Clearwater waiting for what will hopefully be an eventual short sale approval on a house in Belleair Bluffs I've been under contract on for the past 2 1/2 months.
I've been autocrossing since 1997 and been a car nut all my life. I've had quite a few different cars over the years and have sampled most every engine/drive-train configuration. I've gradually evolved from the guy who got his kicks killing Mustang V8s with FWD 4 cylinder imports at the 1/8th mile drag strip to being a lover of Mustangs, domestic V8s and RWD.
My current stable of vehciles includes:
2008 MX-5 - (daily driver duty) picked this up about a year ago and have put over 15K miles on it including a trip down to Key West in September. This car replaced my long lived '96 Miata that I put nearly 100K miles on, 3 years of which it had an intercooled supercharger setup and 215whp. I love this thing, really nice improvement as a daily driver/road car over the old one while retaining what makes a Miata great. This is my backup autocrosser for when my old domestics are bustified, which happens often.
1992 Corvette - (autocross beast) - affectionately known as the "banana beast" I've had this car for 5 years and have dumped way too much money in suspension and engine to make it almost as fast as a stock C6 Z06. It has a 383 stroker with 11.8:1 compression ratio and forged internals etc. Built this engine myself and proud to say it made 413 whp and 390 wtq. When its not broken it sounds glorious and is an absolute hoot to drive. I love and hate this car at the same time.
1994 Mustang Cobra - (track rat) - I've only had this one about 6 months, mostly stock 5.0, purchased with the intentions of beating the snot out of on track. Because its old and a domestic, it hasn't made a track event yet.
2000 Navigator - (tow beast) because if you have old domestic cars, you gotta have a tow rig.
I've not only autocrossed for a long time but I've also been an event chair many times and spent several years as a club officer with the Tarheel Sports Car Club. Looking to get involved more with the local club and help out when/where I can. I've told myself with the move and house buying that I'm gonna take the year off from motorsport for the most part, but we'll see how that plays out. Do you guys meet socially at all? Are there club meetings beyond the events?
Hopefully no one knows me or of me, I'm trying to escape that reputation and leave that behind me, I've turned a new leaf, I swear...
I've been autocrossing since 1997 and been a car nut all my life. I've had quite a few different cars over the years and have sampled most every engine/drive-train configuration. I've gradually evolved from the guy who got his kicks killing Mustang V8s with FWD 4 cylinder imports at the 1/8th mile drag strip to being a lover of Mustangs, domestic V8s and RWD.
My current stable of vehciles includes:
2008 MX-5 - (daily driver duty) picked this up about a year ago and have put over 15K miles on it including a trip down to Key West in September. This car replaced my long lived '96 Miata that I put nearly 100K miles on, 3 years of which it had an intercooled supercharger setup and 215whp. I love this thing, really nice improvement as a daily driver/road car over the old one while retaining what makes a Miata great. This is my backup autocrosser for when my old domestics are bustified, which happens often.
1992 Corvette - (autocross beast) - affectionately known as the "banana beast" I've had this car for 5 years and have dumped way too much money in suspension and engine to make it almost as fast as a stock C6 Z06. It has a 383 stroker with 11.8:1 compression ratio and forged internals etc. Built this engine myself and proud to say it made 413 whp and 390 wtq. When its not broken it sounds glorious and is an absolute hoot to drive. I love and hate this car at the same time.
1994 Mustang Cobra - (track rat) - I've only had this one about 6 months, mostly stock 5.0, purchased with the intentions of beating the snot out of on track. Because its old and a domestic, it hasn't made a track event yet.
2000 Navigator - (tow beast) because if you have old domestic cars, you gotta have a tow rig.
I've not only autocrossed for a long time but I've also been an event chair many times and spent several years as a club officer with the Tarheel Sports Car Club. Looking to get involved more with the local club and help out when/where I can. I've told myself with the move and house buying that I'm gonna take the year off from motorsport for the most part, but we'll see how that plays out.
Do you guys meet socially at all? Are there club meetings beyond the events?Hopefully no one knows me or of me, I'm trying to escape that reputation and leave that behind me, I've turned a new leaf, I swear...
Though I'm actually gonna be back in NC the next couple of Mondays.