Okay, fine I was wrong. I still like saying shenanigans though.

But my name is Cody, not to be confused with Cory. You can call me White Cody if it helps. :lol:

I did not know that. OMG that is a sexy beast.

Consider that our STi will be wearing a widebody kit to fit over the 275/35 tires and 18"x10" wheels. I'm hoping that "sexy beast" will apply to our STi as well :)

Gary
Sheehan Motor Racing
www.teamSMR.com

TTIWWOP! :D

I haven't even seen pictures yet, but widebody + STi + 275/35 on 18"x10" == sexy beast no matter what.

I wonder if that means I'm gonna fail in my attempt to put 255/40/17's on my 17x8" wheels under a non-wide body set of fenders. :(

On your pre '05 suspension, Yes.

Sweet ass!!! You bet it will:D Even more exciting because it is a Subaru! I can't wait to see the car with the wide body, course I'll have to excuse myself once I do ;)

What's the '05 suspension have to do w/ it? I've got camber adjustable top mounts, coilovers, and camber bolts, so I've already got tons more room than the '05 suspension provides. Plus, I've got rolled fenders, something you *can't* do on an '05 in the rear.

I was under the impression that the new geometry allowed for more strut to fender clearance and inner fender wall/liner clearance, stock or coilover. I could be wrong though. Thus Alon's 275s was it on his '05. Feel free to split this discussion into another thread.

You mean more backspacing Dean?

If you mean wheel offset, no. I was under the impression that the hub/spindle, lower arm, and even attachment points had changed in '05.

Wow, 18x10 and 275s is amazing. So you must mean wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide body STi. Mmmm, that's gonna be so hot.

TPWBWWTBKIPBP!!!















(Those Pictures Will Be Worthless Withouth The Body Kit Installed. Please Be Patient)

Gary
Sheehan Motor Racing
www.teamSMR.com

I dunno how stupid of a question this is but are you guys using the Sti that you raced in the 24 hour race? Or do you have another one? I dunno how these things work. Seems to me if you are in Speed GT then starting from scratch with another car would be the best choice, but I'm not a racer (wish I was).

Backspacing does not mean offset. It's 1/2 width plus offset- the distance from the mounting surface back towards the strut that the wheel goes. I was under the impression that the new suspension had more backspacing, meaning a given width wheel could be run with a higher numerical offset, giving more fender clearance.

Patience=a virutue. Cody!=virtuous.

OK, here are some pics of a car with the APR Performance body kit that is going on our car...

http://www.teamsmr.com/images/SSGT_IMG_5916.jpg

http://www.teamsmr.com/images/SSGT_IMG_5929.jpg

Gary
Sheehan Motor Racing
www.teamSMR.com

So new car? That's hot (Paris Hilton voice)

Really? What is it about the 25 Hour car that you think would be bad for World Challenge GT?

There was nothing done to the 25 Hour car that would make a fresh car a better choice. The cage that was in the 25 hour car is amazing, it already has the a ton of work in it that is completely appropriate for WCGT (fuel cell, suspension, seat, plexi windows, etc.)

The car is getting an entirely new body, aero, wheels and tires as well as other safety mods. Starting with a fresh chassis would just give us lots of additional work without any advantages. The 25 Hour car was built with World Challenge GT in mind ;)

Gary
Sheehan Motor Racing
www.teamSMR.com

Holy Hot! I was thinking it would be a new STI. Glad to see you guys will be using a Peanut Eye.

See I told you I didn't know what I was talking about.

Right. I just wanted to ruthlessly drive the point home :)

Now, starting next week, when the car is out of our hands and back in Socal, I'll focus on kicking your ass in GT4 :p


BTW...anyone know a good driving sim with Long Beach in the tracks?


Gary
Sheehan Motor Racing
www.teamSMR.com

Long Beach was in the original Papyrus Indycar and Indycar II... but that game is so old it's from before the Champ/IRL split. :lol: But that's the last time I remember driving LB in a game.

http://www.technofile.com/images/indycar2-2.jpg

I don't think there's a game out there right now w/ LB, however, there are mods that add it to other games. Grand Prix 3 has a champcar mod that includes that track, and I think you can drive it w/ the Celicas from the Celebrity race.

There's a mod to EA's F1 Challenge game that add champ cars and tracks, including LB: http://idt.rscsites.org/ Hopefully those same guys will add that track to rFactor soon (the hands-down best driving simulator on the PC, IMO).

Does Forza have it by any chance? I played Forza for about 10 minutes before going back to GT4.