Matty P on PINKS??
 

Some of you may know I work for GPC now and NAPA is the main sponsor of PINKS on SPEED. PINKS will be filming 9 episodes here at Steele Raceway in october/november. I'm in the process of working with our upper management about some sort of cross-promotional thing where we can advertise NAPA on the show by actually getting a few cars on the track.

Seeing as how this is several months away I'm contemplating buying an old mazda beater and racing another sales manager on the show for "pinks". If I am allowed to do this then I'll be sure to use the appropriate logos and give "props" where deserved!

Anyone have any leads on great potential beaters for CHEAP...I mean dirt cheap...like someone want to give me a chasis or something?? protege? mx3, mx6, rx7??

I've got too much in my FC to put it on the line right now. Another FC/FB would be perfect though as I could gut it down to nothing and spray the piss out of it. Not have more than $2k in it.

Any ideas? anyone help me?

sweet, i'll keep an eye out :bt:

found several good candidates in the ATL region...

96 MX6 V6 5spd
88 MX6 GT turbo
90 MX5 gutted race chasis

all of these are under $2k. Anything I buy will be gutted down to the bare metal, stripped as clean as it can get and abused as much as it will withstand.

anyone interested in starting a fundraiser to help with this? I'm sure I can talk Barry into donating some vinyl.

hm... not sure 'bout donating, but.. can probably work @ cost :O) or close

sweet shit man, can I be in your pit crew? maybe you negotiator?j/k seriously though.

I've got a driver lined up for sure....I'mpretty sure I'll be the negotiator since it is "my" car....


however if we were to get some sizeable donations then I'm sure we could work this out like a democracy!

anyone wanna sponsor a race car?!?

dude... that's awesome! i'll come show support... and if you snag a protege... the head i have sitting in my garage is yours!

i'll race you whatever you build vs. my evo for slips... how about it?

Uhhh .. you sure you wanna put your EVO on the line?

i bet he wins ... darn bucket trucks... j/k!

I'm biased but it's still a fact..the 88 GT is the biggest sleeper and the fastest car...also probably the cheapest to make fast....

well, according to what I've found in my homework it would actually be the slowest of the bunch (stock of course).

96 MX6 = 17.1lbs / hp
88 mx6 = 19.3lbs / hp

thats a lot of weight to overcome...not to mention how it would gut down.

Tyler, I hope you're mid 12's or so I'm aiming for high 12's with either of these.

God forbid if I find another $750 SHO... I'll be in the 11's on spray.

I got killed by one of those the other day .. by far the ultimate sleeper car cuz I don't think too many people expect a Taurus to rape you like that.

yeah, the SHO I sold to my buddy came real close to handing my MS6 my own ass on the interstate....and I'm modded.

That 3.0L Yamaha V6 is one of the best engines ever made IMO. Not to mention what happens when you swap the bottom end from the automatic 3.2L SHO's into the MTX car....mmm, extra 25whp-25wtq for less than $200.

^ You plan on gutting it though, right?

Here's the difference...the 88 stock #'s are proven to be at the wheel..they dyno at 145hp and 190lb-ft of torque at the wheels bone stock

the 96 are at the crank...

1st gen MX6 gt's are faster than 2nd gens, PERIOD.