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Re: I like Bernard's answer better than my own!! 200 1978

posted by  someone claiming to be Cris on  Mon Jan 4 12:36 CST 1999 [RELATED]

I'm sorry but I feel a need to disagree on a couple points. I cannot

feel much difference in my 242GT being noseheavy since doing the Converse

conversion. My car does have Konis & IPD springs. At very high (racing) speeds it will understeer more, or push if you will, going into corners. Also I feel my car is much more valuable to a larger audience

than before. Only a select few want to drive an anemic underpowered

car on a daily basis. The swap has made the car a ball to drive & has

gained respect with several vintage racing types that got eaten up alive

at a race weekend this summer. It's so nice to beat someone who's car has

cost 25 to 30 thou. more than yours. In closing, I'd recommend taking

a look at the CONVERSEENGINEERING webpage and read the car & driver reprint (April'97). The gent who did the swap on my car before I bought

it had the same kind of misgivings regarding butchering a 1st year GT.

But he was very glad he did & so am I.






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