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Originally Posted by dmh

NYC--Where else in the country do you have access to more tracks within an 8-hour radius than we do? Hell, Englishtown is $350 for the day!
Who cares what an intercooler does on the street as there are laws to abide by. It is only about racing on a closed course of some sort that matters.
(Lightning, Thunderbolt, Englishtown, Pocono, Monticello, Lime Rock, Watkins Glen, Summit Point, VIR, Mid Ohio, Nelson Ledges, Mosport, Mt. Tremblant, Calabogie, Shannonville, New Hampshire, Beaver Run,...did I miss any?)

My Lotus is in San Diego... but I get your point, there are plenty of tracks within 300-500 miles...

Originally Posted by dmh

...or here! But it still will not replicate the track. That is why race teams test on a track.
I am still lost on the entire street thing. So I best let it go.

Obviously race teams never drive their car on the street, so street performance is meaningless to them. But not to me. They also usually have significant logistics support when at the track (spares, tools, etc.)

I don't disagree with the desirability of testing on a closed track... but street testing can be a useful, convenient, and economic alternative.