[333pg333]

Without giving any trade secrets away, any project involving Michael Mount deserves some coverage on the motor??? <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/ninja.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

So you got the car under that projected weight. I would have thought by quite a lot. Stripped 944/968s seem to get closer to the 2500-2600lb mark.

Nice looking build. More pics and some video please.

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[Cloud9...68]

Yes, I'd love to see more pictures, too. When I thumb through Grassroots Motorsports magazine, the pages are full of Miata, Corvette, and BMW 3 Series racers, so it's sure nice to see something unique like a 968 mixing it up, especially when it gives these supposedly faster cars a run for their money, which is so often the case.

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[rlips]

Ran this weekend. Car is healthy, no issues and we started to work on chassis set up.

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[Cloud9...68]

More pictures, please...

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[MB968]

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So that's your Ferrari? Looks like a 430, judging by the manettino. I didn't know they paid EE's so much better than Chem E's (UC Berkeley, class of '81) <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/biggrin.png" class="smilie" alt="" />

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Wow, guess I took the did the wrong major too. ME, UC class of '71 (that's Cincinnati, not Cal.)

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[rlips]

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Wow, guess I took the did the wrong major too. ME, UC class of '71 (that's Cincinnati, not Cal.)

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Funny thing is I actually do more mechanical than electrical design. All the same stuff, the equations look alike, just the variables are named differently. Took me 24 years of designing, marketing and basically building the business to get that 430....

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[Cloud9...68]

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Took me 24 years of designing, marketing and basically building the business to get that 430....

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Yes, it's funny how easy it is to be envious of peoples' posessions without considering all the blood and sweat that the individual had to go through to obtain them.



I suspect your 968 race car is in its own way every bit as gorgeous as the 430, from the glimpse you've given us so far.

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I find that effort is not recognized, and risk taken is also often dismissed when people are judging others' rewards. You could risk everything, and get lucky and have your investments pan out, only to have won the derision of all those too lazy to put in the effort or too scared to take the risk.



Damnit, where's my other velvet slipper?!

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[MB968]

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Took me 24 years of designing, marketing and basically building the business to get that 430....

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Congrats. Sounds like you've more than paid your dues to get there.

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[rlips]

[quote name='tamathumper' timestamp='1332288970' post='123646']I find that effort is not recognized, and risk taken is also often dismissed when people are judging others' rewards. You could risk everything, and get lucky and have your investments pan out, only to have won the derision of all those too lazy to put in the effort or too scared to take the risk.



Damnit, where's my other velvet slipper?![/quote]





Actually, I remember signing up for a second mortgage with two kids under 4 years old and then traveling three weeks out of the month to build our rep network while my wife essentially was a single mom. I would make sales calls all day then go back to the hotel and design new product on my lap top. Funny thing, I didn't think it was a big deal, but looking back at it, it was insane.



I'm not going to be able to post any more info about the 968, sorry. I am under strict instructions from my "crew chief.". The only thing I can tell you is that I run with schattenbaum pca, car 414, come see it at one of our events. First race this year will be the zone one clash at Watkins glen.



Cheers,



Ron

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[333pg333]

Still love to see/hear more detail on the car that you can show. Pics of the motor for example. That won't be giving anything away that the rule makers or competitors won't have access to.

Nevertheless, good luck on your pursuits.

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[Rap]

Those who have gained a measure of success will always have those that haven't throw rocks at them. It's easier to throw the rocks than work hard and take risk to be successful. That's why we have income disparities. Rock throwers or workers. I also understand time, luck, and opportunities play a factor.tama the other slipper is on your foot where it belongs! Lol

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[flash]

lol - yup - got pretty much my own quarry here now



rlips - i was always one to try to push the envelope when it comes to rules and the setup, but secrecy about setup is a double-edged sword. while it might reduce the chance of somebody complaining out something they can't afford to do or didn't think of, purely because they don't know about it, it also opens you up to scrutiny and tear-down when somebody wants to find out why you won and he didn't, and at your expense if they find something outside the rules. i found it is better to disclose everything up front BEFORE the race, rather than have to explain things in a tear-down. something to think about.

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[Cloud9...68]

rlips,



I certainly request your "crew chief's" wishes. I was just thinking more from the aesthetic, as opposed to the technical standpoint. As nice as your cars looks on the inside, I'm curious as to how it looks on the outside. But if there's stuff you guys don't want the world to see, I understand. Best of luck on the track!



And now to lurch into the off-topic realm of controversy - the thing that irritates me about the "occupy" crowd is their obsession with income disparity. Why is it a bad thing for people who have worked hard, made sacrifices, and taken great risks, to have more money, even a lot more, than those who haven't? And even more to the point, even if one concedes that income disparity is a bad thing, what exactly are we supposed to do about it? Take money (and possessions?) from wealthy people, and give it, gratis, to those with less? Who decides who has "too much"? Or whether person A earned their money in a more or less "noble" fashion than person B?



The only mechanism I've heard that's geared toward "leveling the field" is to tax wealthy people at a higher rate than they are today, but while that may reduce the deficit, it only transfers money from wealthy people to the government, not to poorer people, at least not directly.



Here's a hypothetical: Let's say someone offered you a deal that your income will triple overnight. And that somehow, magically (this is a hypothetical, after all), prices and interest rates remain unchanged, so your standard of living will in fact dramatically improve. There's only one small catch - at the same time, the income of every "one-percenter" in the country will go up ten-fold. So, you're much better off, but the fat cats are now WAY better off, and the degree of income disparity becomes astronimical. Would you take that deal? I'd take it in a nanosecond.

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[333pg333]

Someone still has to clean up the crap, work in the sewers, at the dump etc....There will always be haves and have nots. Unless you had some society that everyone time shared various jobs so that the dirty work was spread around...of course there's always communism. Last time I looked that worked out just dandy.

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[flash]

ooof - now we're spinning off topic for sure. must be tax time.

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[Cloud9...68]

Yeah - when rlips said he was not able to post any more info on his car, I saw an opening...

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[rlips]

[quote name='flash' timestamp='1332339949' post='123685']

lol - yup - got pretty much my own quarry here now



rlips - i was always one to try to push the envelope when it comes to rules and the setup, but secrecy about setup is a double-edged sword. while it might reduce the chance of somebody complaining out something they can't afford to do or didn't think of, purely because they don't know about it, it also opens you up to scrutiny and tear-down when somebody wants to find out why you won and he didn't, and at your expense if they find something outside the rules. i found it is better to disclose everything up front BEFORE the race, rather than have to explain things in a tear-down. something to think about.

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well, I certainly understand what you are saying. We built this car to race within the rules, but are doing every little thing we can within the rules to win. So, I am not too worried. Besides, as a rookie, I seriously doubt anyone will have much to worry about me and the car...at least this season!







Regarding all the controvery about th 1% etc, I am not really smart enough to offer any solutuions. All I know is I have to get up early and work late every day, and I don't worry about what other people are doing. I know that the 30 families of the people I employ rely on me to do my job correctly and keep our company on the right track. That's what I can do, I am not in a position to fix much else.



Cheers,



Ron

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[Cloud9...68]

Again, best of luck in the season. You join a distinguished group of 968 racers. Out of curiosity, how long had you been doing things like DEs, time trials, and other forms of non-competitive forms of track driving before deciding to take the plunge into competitive, door-to-door racing?

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[rlips]

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Again, best of luck in the season. You join a distinguished group of 968 racers. Out of curiosity, how long had you been doing things like DEs, time trials, and other forms of non-competitive forms of track driving before deciding to take the plunge into competitive, door-to-door racing?

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I've been at this three years, but I've been doing close to 50 days a year, so I have compressed it. I have been working with a pro coach for the last year. Started out in an '08 997 C2S, last year was a 997.2 GT3, and now back to the future with the 968. If I could do it over, I would have started with a Miata, the high hp cars actually slowed my learning curve.

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