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Old 05-11-2013, 10:25 PM   #52
Emig5m
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Originally Posted by Dr. Evil View Post
Just a bit of perspective here from an autox and occasional track day veteran.
Tires and wheels make all the difference in the world. No other mod on a car makes as much impact as tires and wheels in that order.
If I were serious about tracking a car I'd have a set of Hoosiers on it. Hoosiers on a stock SS would walk a stock 1LE on a road course. Just my opinion but if I've seen 6 second improvements on an autox course with hoosiers vs street tires it would (and has been my experience) that the gains would be much greater on a road course.
That said, I'd love to have a 1LE but am happy with my 13SS. I may look into a 14 or 15 1LE at some point but not yet.
Lastly, there were some suspension updates on the SS from 10' to 13 also. My 13' feels much better than my 11' did. It also gets the same EPS as the 1LE and all the 13' model LS3 have been, according to reports on this forum, putting down a bit more power in stock form than years past. Just food for thought.
^Good input.
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