Mine is a 95 with H&R coilover kit, Motorsports adjustable sways, Motorsports chassis braces, and a 6 pound blower. It's not bad for a daily driver, I loaned it to someone to run Onelap with this year as well. It's not a racecar by any means, it's just supposed to be something fun to take to work everyday that I'm not on the bike.
The Caliber that came to Nationals was stock, down to the huge tires. Erich Heuschele was driving it, not quite Mario Andretti, but a hell of a lot better than I am.
There are tons of excuses why I wasn't faster, some are more humorous than others (the heat exhaustion had me puking after every session for example), but not of that really mattered on the track. I don't like the tires that are on the M, Goodyear F1, but that's what was put on it for Onelap. I prefer the Pilot PS2's, and would have had more confidence in them, but I was pushing hard enough to loop the car in Grants Tomb.
Assuming the Caliber launches better than the M3, it's probably a 13.4 second car at 106mph, based on how it held it's gap from me from 45 mph to 125+. It transitioned into the corners really well, the OEM suspension really suprised me. Body roll was less than the SRT-4, something I didn't expect.
I was killing it under braking, but couldn't stay with it in the "m's", a set of tight slalom-like corners. I curse the tires (Goodyears) for that, that and Erich's consistancy.
Quote: Originally Posted by gamman3
Dale, what type of M3 do you have? Not that it matters, as they all are pretty good track cars out of the box, and for a caliber to come close to an M3 (let alone a supercharged one), is fantastic news. I know you are a good driver, so that must mean that Caliber was one heck of a car. Was it a "company" car (ie: tricked out a lot - or Mario Andretti at the wheel)?
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