Steve's DSP X1/9 is without a doubt the best autocross car I've ever driven, and that includes Porsches, Vipers, Corvettes, open wheelers, you name it. You could do absolutely anything with it, and the turn-in and sheer grip were unbelievable. It also had awesome mid range torque, and could use every bit of power it made. I've never driven a 914 that even came close.
I've also driven his MR2, and although it's faster, it does it with hp and lot less weight. There's no comparison about which drives better, and Steve would agree, it's the X hands down. It's a scalpel compared to a sledge hammer. Where the X does everything with precision, the MR2 is simply violent.
I like violent. I like sledge-hammers.....
Yep, driven a x1/9 that belongs to a friend at a track event we do. He plans to do an uno swap as well. Had that thing had 30 more ponies it would be a perfect car, so long as you fit in it.
Interesting thoughts abot the X-19 as an autocross car. Don't know how the wife would react to me using it though since its supposed to be her car.
My brother is planning on autocrossing his Lotus Europa once he gets the weber head engine modified. It would be interesting to see how a 170 hp Europa would do against the other mod engined cars. I won't challenge with the TR8 unless its at the drag strip.
Raze wrote:
In reply to Curmudgeon:
the J-H would look SOOOOOO much nicer w/o the horrid bumper brick, block, bar, as would/do all 70s/80s American bumper-ed European cars. That's literally the reason I went with an earlier chrome bumper Fiat 124, at least it 'looks' good rusting out...
A magazine of the period said it 'looked like a codfish eating a candy bar'. 
Oh great, now I have found what looks like a later model X19 fairly locally.
