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IOwnCalculus posted:Autocross the engineless shell of the 323 with someone pushing if you have to. Answer is always yes. I have the rear floor pan cut out, so I could get two people back there to run while under the hatch. Probably be lumped in a mod class since I've got two power sources.
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At the last slalom I watched a 70 year old man who has to walk with a cane drive a honda fit automatic as hard as anyone else the entire day. There really isn't an excuse for not doing it unless you have something that is disallowed.
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May 17, 2012 01:50
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Even if you have a crappy car half the fun of autox is getting a ride in someones really good car.
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May 17, 2012 03:04
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TrueChaos posted:How not to enter the stop box: As someone who actually had his brakes fail during a run (sawed through the brake stainless steel lines during a run) i'd be hosed! Crazy layout! Conelrad fucked around with this message at 14:36 on May 17, 2012 |
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May 17, 2012 05:08
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TrueChaos posted:How not to enter the stop box: Man, your entire course location scares me. All of those curbs and yellow signs!
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May 17, 2012 07:18
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Yeah, the stop box sucked, but the yellow posts aren't so bad. You've gotta be way off course to hit one, though an MGB managed to take one out that day. The curbs are actually pretty far, and you'd have to be trying to hit one. Except the stop box one, which was weird.
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May 17, 2012 15:40
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Brigdh posted:Star Specs will handle the cold better I just bought these, I am in love. They have that same heft of kart slicks where you know there is just a massive amount of grip left over.
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May 20, 2012 03:53
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TrueChaos posted:Yeah, the stop box sucked, but the yellow posts aren't so bad. You've gotta be way off course to hit one, though an MGB managed to take one out that day. The curbs are actually pretty far, and you'd have to be trying to hit one. Except the stop box one, which was weird.
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May 20, 2012 04:30
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nm posted:That wasn't an SCCA event was it? No, I believe it was a CASC event. I'm honestly not sure what PITL is sanctioned by though. I know CASC just uses SCCA rules though.
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May 20, 2012 13:17
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I've got a full set of 205/40/17 Falken 512s to burn up on Saturday. They may not be the best rubber, but it means I don't have to feel bad if I get a bit sideways on them. Still reasonably worried about those curbs and poles 
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May 20, 2012 13:26
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Just got back from the SASCA Autocross outside San Antonio and it was fuckinf EPIC! I only did some ride alongs but I learned a ton and am so loving ready for my first drive on June 3rd.
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May 20, 2012 21:57
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Who says you don't get seat time? I'm about to get 3hrs of seat time just to get to this Scion FR-S day. 
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May 26, 2012 08:49
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Sockington posted:Who says you don't get seat time? I'm about to get 3hrs of seat time just to get to this Scion FR-S day. 8 hundredths of a second.  nicely done. I don't think I've seen someone ebrake turn a miata while slamming (and I mean that in the literal sense of the word, do you hate your transmission?) it into first like that before.
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May 27, 2012 01:45
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Bah, you should have seen the poo poo I gave the FR-S tranny. :b:
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May 27, 2012 02:32
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I would also like to say I even set the record that day for most style involved in beating your run. Ziploc has the video of my drift run being faster than your normal racing.
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May 27, 2012 02:35
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Yeah I'm still not sure how you did that. All my miata runs were before 1:30, and the course was definitely warming up as the day went on. Honestly I kinda wish they'd have let me trade my fr-s run for a late day miata run. Oh well!
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May 27, 2012 02:50
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Tire rack had (maybe still has) RS3s in stock. I bought a set of 4 225/45/15s, should be in Wednesday. This Monday im going to be running some mostly bald 225/45/15 R1Rs I got out of a friends back yard. We will see how that goes.
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May 27, 2012 03:35
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Rabble posted:Just got back from the SASCA Autocross outside San Antonio and it was fuckinf EPIC! I only did some ride alongs but I learned a ton and am so loving ready for my first drive on June 3rd. I used to run with this group and still know a few active members. Good people, though I haven't talked to them in years. I think one of my buddies is running one of those club spec s2000's. He was always a good driver, get a ride if you can.
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May 27, 2012 03:40
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TrueChaos posted:Yeah, yeah. drifterboy. "Chris J" and "Val D" certainly beat a lot of other Miatas.   To be fair though, I doubt many left their house this early for AutoX. 
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May 27, 2012 14:11
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Hahah you almost beat all the A mod cars.  EDIT: Wait, that's a Run #5 list. Not a fastest by class list. So we'll have to wait to see how you actually did against A mod. I did though.  I ended up 14th out of 103 entrants. Which isn't bad for a stock Miata with a 2% street tire bonus. Ziploc fucked around with this message at 15:53 on May 27, 2012 |
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May 27, 2012 15:17
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TrueChaos posted:I don't think I've seen someone ebrake turn a miata while slamming it into first like that before. I slowed before the turns, rev matched into first, slipped on the ebrake for a second, then slide the rear end end out with first. (but still ground the gears) Had this been a more open (second gear) course, I don't think the car would have had the power to slide into overdriftlike that. Sockington fucked around with this message at 21:43 on May 27, 2012 |
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May 27, 2012 15:19
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May 27, 2012 15:52
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Call me Ken Gushi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YZi-cOxvtw These tires are great, I have maybe 3-400 miles on them so I can't tell if dropping the pressures or the autocross wear was making them better but they seemed to be making more grip all day. My fastest run was 4 seconds off the lead car. Also beat an '09 GTR. Muffinpox fucked around with this message at 18:42 on May 27, 2012 |
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May 27, 2012 18:06
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Muffinpox posted:Call me Ken Gushi Nice catch. Few weeks ago an old civic hatchback lose the rear before a sweeper, he caught the drift and held it perfectly through 2 gates. I was working the corner so I just watched him slide around me, it was awesome. Is HDhero2 the standard camera to capture autoX stuff? I'd like to start recording slalom and lapping days this year, from inside the car.
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May 27, 2012 19:20
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The GoPros are the goto camera; good support, cheap, good video quality. The only issue with them is finding a good mounting position and good mounting hardware. (yay broken plastic bits)
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May 27, 2012 19:46
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Yea, people at our autox pretty much run an iPhone or Hero. I use an iphone since I have a good mount spot and I can review a run and find spots to work on immediately afterwards. GoPros are a lot smaller and can be mounted in more places, also I wouldn't worry about a Hero2 beig mounted externally like I would with an iPhone. There's a guy who mounts his hero2 at eye level on the right side of his helmet which makes some really cool footage.
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May 27, 2012 20:17
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Muffinpox posted:There's a guy who mounts his hero2 at eye level on the right side of his helmet which makes some really cool footage. I've done it on a friends helmet. It's a great angle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCKGf4gHiAQ
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May 27, 2012 20:27
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Ziploc posted:I've done it on a friends helmet. It's a great angle. That I like. Should make do until I can construct a passenger headrest mount.
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May 27, 2012 20:32
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Sockington posted:Just to clarify, did you hear a grind though? I rev-matched the poo poo out of it at the same time while slowing into the hairpins. On the fast run? You ground first twice that I heard. I was marshaling and as you went around the light post all I could hear was the grinding, then it caught and you were away. Then a bit later I heard gears again, and you were the closest car. Not that that's important, because you beat me regardless of grinding or style or technique... What you did was faster. Ziploc posted:Hahah you almost beat all the A mod cars. Based on the FTD list you posted sock and I were both faster than 3/4 people in A-mod. 
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May 27, 2012 20:55
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TrueChaos posted:On the fast run? You ground first twice that I heard. I was marshaling and as you went around the light post all I could hear was the grinding, then it caught and you were away. Then a bit later I heard gears again, and you were the closest car. drat. Oh well, I don't do the whole "no holds barred" style stuff at all, so it's not going to come up again. Eek 
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May 27, 2012 21:37
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Holy poo poo I hit a cone hard enough to break my muffler completely off the exhaust piping.  I saw some cone paint on the tires but I guess the exhaust ate the brunt of a cone at 60mph. Muffinpox fucked around with this message at 01:14 on May 28, 2012 |
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May 28, 2012 00:45
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Phone posted:The GoPros are the goto camera; good support, cheap, good video quality. A lot of folks here have switched to (or also use) the Contour HD's. They are smaller than a GoPro, and narrower field of view. They are better for a helmet mount due to size and weight, but I doubt they would survive an 'off the car experience' like I've seen many GoPro's survive due to their tough case. I have both, but haven't actually used the Contour yet (got it on sale and keep forgetting to take it with me).
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May 28, 2012 02:40
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Muffinpox posted:Call me Ken Gushi I'm waiting for Ziploc to upload my "Ken Gushi" clip from Saturday. Mind you, I was trying to drive like an rear end.
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May 28, 2012 11:51
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Sockington posted:I'm waiting for Ziploc to upload my "Ken Gushi" clip from Saturday. Driving like an rear end is the best part! I had some poo poo old tires on my Miata that couldn't get grip if they tried, and that was one of the best auto-xs I've ever been to.
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May 28, 2012 12:32
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Sockington posted:I'm waiting for Ziploc to upload my "Ken Gushi" clip from Saturday. Ziploc uploaded the raw video, but still needs to tag it/etc. Still, was a fun day (this was the "fastest" run of the day  )
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May 28, 2012 17:20
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Waiting on mine... D:
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May 29, 2012 02:54
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Here's footage from our last course, the pinch at 1:09 is evil and a ton of cars got a 4 cone call in on it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5u2R3hTTZE That's my exhaust you hear banging around in that video.
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May 29, 2012 04:33
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I don't like how there's only one layout at the place -- a 3 legged slalom.
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Well I was told I over drove my last few autocrosses and spending some time on the track smoothed me out. Unfortunately I think I may have gone the other extreme. Also my tires were bald R1Rs that were in a friends back yard for about 2 years. Was a big event, little over 200 people. This was my fast run. They still have yet to post times so I have no idea how well I did but I dont think it was well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BcZPCVzwEE Wet run was fun, almost lost it going through one of the last gates. Was impressed I didnt spin. I decided not to zip up the roof before rolling out, then it really started coming down. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_nkEK6NNkI The rain caught some one else out. They called the event after this. Took about a half hour to pull the car out. Ended up on rocks in a drainage ditch. Car was ok over all, a brace got destroyed but the car drove home. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaJczs7Y8b8
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TrueChaos posted:The answer is always this. My sunfire was hilarious last year, understeered like a pig until you lifted and then weeee snap oversteer! Also every suspension component was in need of replacing, and the amount of flex in the chassis was hilarious. I usually tried to find the heaviest person I could for the passenger seat cause it kept the body roll down a bit. It wasn't competitive at all, but was hilariously fun. Muffinpox posted:Call me Ken Gushi Sudden Infant Def Syndrome posted:Driving like an rear end is the best part! I had some poo poo old tires on my Miata that couldn't get grip if they tried, and that was one of the best auto-xs I've ever been to. Also, tires. My current tires are all-seasons apparently designed for endurance on long smooth highways, hence they have no grip and I'm probably melting them all over the parking lot. When they inevitably fail, I'll be looking for something that I suspect might be impossible. - decent grip (not spectacular, just not terrible) for auto-X - all-weather capability (I have winter tires for winter, but anything from rain to early-winter sloppy wet snowfall) - not going to get shredded on a gravel road. That's an impossible combination, isn't it?
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