Ed,
FWIW, you have to keep the hairpin in the layout, it's my only reason for switching to the DN 5 speed!!!
That hairpin has really pissed me off in the past because my gearing has kept me from launching out of the turn.....I'm hoping that better gearing with the new trans will give me better times!!
Now I find out I'm gonna need race rubber just to keep up with Ruble......oh the humanity.....where does it all end???
Seriously though, I love the rush of going WOT into that turn and then mashing on the brakes at the last second......
Mike