Rita's AS Corvette

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Gary Thomason
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Rita's AS Corvette

Post by Gary Thomason »

Posting this up for Rita:

1989 Corvette. Ready to go for Nationals. AS winner. Well maintained.
118K original miles, complete rebuild at 95K. Z51, 6 sp, 3:54 gears,
roll bar, new Koni single adjustable shocks, brakes, rotors, Rare paint
color, Pearl White (one of 27 ) One of the best handling cars you’ll
ever drive. $10,500 with stock tires and wheels. Race wheels and tires
available. (951)204-5670

Sorry to see this go :cry:
GT
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Bob Pl
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Re: Rita's AS Corvette

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I was lucky enough to snag a couple of rides on course in this car with Rita at the wheel on the west lot. It is ready to get the job done if the new owner is up to the task.

:)
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Tom Berry
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I have driven this car on several occasions. Very easy to drive and very capable of winning AS!
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Ken Motonishi
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Re: Rita's AS Corvette

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You can win AS in this car on Toyo 275/40-17 R1Rs pretty easily since we all know the Toyo is really an R compound street tire that grips better than a Hoosier ever could. The L98 has the torque of 2 S2000 engines and a Civic together. :mrgreen:
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Steve Ekstrand
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Re: Rita's AS Corvette

Post by Steve Ekstrand »

KMo>>> :lol:


This isn't a car, its a legend. It has a soul and a beating heart. Just get in, sitdown, and shutup. Once she sees concrete, she'll know just what to do. 8-)
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George Schilling
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Re: Rita's AS Corvette

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Ken Motonishi wrote:You can win AS in this car on Toyo 275/40-17 R1Rs pretty easily since we all know the Toyo is really an R compound street tire that grips better than a Hoosier ever could. The L98 has the torque of 2 S2000 engines and a Civic together. :mrgreen:
Torque..........highly overrated as in who needs it. Although the S2000 has plenty. There was this one time I put a number 2 lead pencil between the serpentine belt and the pulley of a running S2000 engine. Sheared the pencil in two without skipping a beat. :thumbup:

With regard to the torque of a civic.............at least the torque of an S2000 is a positive number. :mrgreen:

Now to Rita's car.......definitely been beat by that car and driver more times than I'd like to admit. :mrt:
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Robert Puertas
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hmmmm...
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Katy Nicholls
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Post by Katy Nicholls »

I hope someone in one of our regions snatches this up! It would be sad to see such a cool and capable car have to go play somewhere else.

K
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Mako Koiwai
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Re: Rita's AS Corvette

Post by Mako Koiwai »

Wow ... can you imagine Katy in this car!!! ... a worthy successor
Scott McHugh
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Post by Scott McHugh »

This is a great car! I'd buy it again if I wasn't driving with Tom McDaniel ;) Rita had multiple championships, Gary won with it and the one year I owned and campaigned it 2002, it was unbeaten at Pros, Tours and won both solo2 and pro titles.

Really a spectacular car :thumbup:

Hell, I sold it because I was never autocrossing again...that lasted about 6 months :lol:
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Jeff Cawthorne
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Re: Rita's AS Corvette

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Awesome car, the car for AS for sure.

Its new owner should be the one posting it for sale.
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Re: Rita's AS Corvette

Post by Mako Koiwai »

Rita gets her new hip today ... we should all wish her the best. She's always been the Hippest in my Book! :thumbup:

Her Vette at the San Diego Tour earlier this year:

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... thanks for the order Rita ...
Ira Cruz
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It has a single adjustable Konis ever since? Or did it have a different one?
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Post by Gary Thomason »

As far as I know the car has always had yellow Koni singles on it. When it is working like this car does, you don't mess with success!
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Re: Rita's AS Corvette

Post by Scott McHugh »

Ira,

It has always had yellow Konis, part of what makes this car special, it doesn't need the expensive remote resivoir shocks to win. It's ready to rock now :)

Scott
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