The Classic Muscle Hustle - M-inc C-class Challange *CLOSED*

[BarbecuePete]

Yep... Its Classic Muscle time again and this time we'll be breaking out the old Muscle in C-class and heading off to Monterey, California and Laguna Seca... We'll have plenty of time to take in the spectacular views too as we're going to be running in the C-class Enduro Career Race...

Don't worry though if you haven't got time for the Enduro, there's also a hot-lap and Livery side challange as well... so you should all come along, enjoy some sun and take in some muscle car action... 

Muscle Inc. C Class Specs

Class C - 550 PI Max
Y Rated tires with a minimum width of 215 mm. (The GTO is allowed to run 205 mm)
All adjustable Platform/Handling parts are required.
Rear Wing is required.

Both of the Corvettes and the Chevelle are excluded.


The Challange

Career C-class Endurance Race @ Laguna Seca - Hustle your Muscle for 30 laps of this legendary road course
(and earn lots of $$$   )

Please run the race with Simulation fuel and tyres so you have to make a pitstop...


Side Challanges

Laguna Seca Hot lap - How fast can you get round the track?
 
Classic Muscle Livery Comp - Post up your car's paint job



So there we have it my first ever challange... good luck out there and have fun.


Edit- couple of rule clarifications

[BarbecuePete]

Endurance Race Leaderboard

Name	CAR	TIME
Kev	Dodge Charger	48:23.951
Spiny	Dodge Challanger	48:31.819
Reno	Pontiac GTO	48:41.128
Reno	Barracuda	48:43.283
BarbecuePete	Shelby Mustang	48:51.149
BarbecuePete	Camaro Z/28	48:55.108
BarbecuePete	Barracuda	48:57.488
Snyder	Dodge Charger	48:58.396
Fndr	Dodge Charger	49:03.382
Blooze	Camaro Z/28	49:40.981

[BarbecuePete]

Hot-Lap Leaderboard

Name	CAR	TIME
Reno	Pontiac GTO	95.095
Kev	Dodge Charger	95.103
Spiny	Dodge Challanger	95.392
Reno	Barracuda	95.444
BarbecuePete	Shelby Stang	95.598
Top Boost	Camaro Z/28	95.709
BarbecuePete	Camaro Z/28	95.852
Fndr	Dodge Charger	95.877
BarbecuePete	Barracuda	96.018
BarbecuePete	Dodge Charger	96.167
Blooze	Camaro Z/28	96.282
Hoplee	Dodge Charger	96.751

[TopBoost]

Whoo-Hoo!!   

Me = Stoked

This is going to be awesome!

[Hoplee]

Smokey, you almost made me break my vow...

I vowed NEVER to play the single player version of Forza 2, and I haven't, EVER! I made all my money and ranking nonsense racing online against real people...

But I don't think that'll stop me, I can always just set up a 40 lapper online...

anyone free tonight? 

[Hoplee]

1st build

1969 Camaro SS
379 hp
419 lb-ft
3472 lbs

The weight can go lower by dropping the only engine upgrade and optimizing the wheel selection. I have to admit that part of the reason I chose american racing wheels and a street fuel system was that I wanted to pretend I was actually swapping a race carb and some wheels/tires on an old vintage racing Camaro for the Monterey Historics '09. Of course, to be accurate I should've used a small block, but hey.

[fndrbndr]

Actually, you can't set up a 40-lapper online.  You can set up a 25-lapper or 50-lapper.  We're having an issue with this in putting together the enduro series, too.

As an aside, I know we don't usually require certain settings, but shouldn't we require simulation race and fuel for this?  Seems pretty common-sense to me, but wanted to make sure.

And by the way, the C-classers fit well with the saloon cars that populate the top of C-class.   Davis's Caddy is going down like Paris Hilton at...well, anywhere, really. 

[Hoplee]

!THE SHAMELESSLY DERIVATIVE CAMARO!

[Hoplee]

HOTLAP   hoplee   1969 Dodge Charger   96.751

Charger = F U N !

EDIT: I'm running width upgrades on the tires. Strange thing, PI goes up by ten points or so by DOWNGRADING from Yokohama Y rated tires to Nitto. The responsiveness rating is the difference, and the game considers lower responsiveness an advantage for the Charger.

[RenoWrench]

Hurray for me first post!!

Endurance
EXORenoWrench         1968 Barracuda S       48:43.283

Hotlap
EXORenoWrench         1968 Barracuda S       95.444


paint (without the stupid COT wings)

[Spiny Anteater]

Just to clarify, the C-Class Enduro is a 30-lapper. Still long enough when you're struggling to stay awake though so the lap times in the second half of my first stint were highly variable to say the least (there's at least 10 seconds in the enduro time if I'd been running similar lap times to the beginning and end.

For pits, my strategy was simple - stop after 15 laps. The front tyres were just starting to go yellow so it seemed a good idea to split the race in two. I also got lucky with the traffic - I managed to lap all the cars except Jim Davis while they were either in the pits or just exiting it. Which is a good thing because Davis was terrible to get past - he's quicker than me on the straights. I ended up going around the outside of him in the hairpin to get past.

As for the paint - I went for a KISS (Keep it Stupid Simpleton ) paint scheme:



Before the race I had a redesign of the Challenger so it went from bright yellow to black, but the previous scheme was quite literally a 5 minute job to get some numbers and sponsors on for the race night we did in February so I didn't mind losing it.

In the end it's really close between me and Renowrench (welcome by the way) - I have the faster race time but he's edged me on the lap...

Endurance
Spiny         1970 Challenger       48:40.394

Hotlap
Spiny         1970 Challenger       95.582

[BarbecuePete]

Good to see you all along guys, nice paints too... Welcome also to Reno... I'll let you win this if you let me win your challange over at Exodus, deal?? 

I had a quick run out in my Ghostbusters Charger last night before I had to give the new CoD a go...

I took it out for a run as it was first and then slightly updated the tune on it and managed to knock about a second off the lap for a...

BarbecuePete          '69 Charger               96.167

I'm gonna give the enduro a run in a few cars today and see what I can do..


@ Hop.... If you want to give the enudro a go at least you won't have to run all the other races first, if you're over level 35 (I think) it should be unocked.. just think of it as an extended test with traffic.. 

@ Fndr... I've put up that race should be run with sim fuel and tyres so that a pitstop is required... it is an enduro after all..

@ Spiny.. Yeah I noticed it was only 30 laps, thats wahat I get for posting up without checking first.. its now been changed in the first post

[TopBoost]

So I went with the old T/A style look for this challenge...



TopBoost '69 Camaro Z28 95.709

I'll have to devote some time to the Endurance race later today or this evening.

[RenoWrench]

Ran the enduro in the GTO today was on pace for a low 48:30 then I got brake checked by lapped traffic on lap 23

Damage?
28% body
6% brakes
20% gearbox
29% clutch
28% steering

really fun for the last 7 laps lost probably about 2.5s per lap.

Enduro
EXORenoWrench        1968 Pontiac GTO           48:41.128

Hotlap
EXORenoWrench         1968 Pontiac GTO          95.095



after the incident with Mr. Mercedes 

[fndrbndr]

Yeah, the charger is a strange beast where PI is concerned.  I hear that it can also go down by adding hp in extreme cases. 

Edit: picture taken down til I can get on to take one with the right paintjob