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Phone posted:I rode in a J-body yesterday and it was so hilariously bad. I'm not sure what rolled more: the body or the tires.  I know. I think mine is still on the original suspension (shocks springs struts etc) with ~220km on them. I did put decent tires on it at least (general exclaim UHP's) and what a difference that made on spirited drives.I guess I've got no excuse not to try it out this summer. Anyone know of ones in the Toronto area? I've found http://solo2.casc.on.ca/index.php but it doesn't have anything listed for this year yet.
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Mar 22, 2011 02:26
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Ziploc posted:Brampton better not be to far from you. About a half hour, depending on the 401. How are they for loaner helmets / welcoming to new people? I'll def be there. leaning more towards the PITL ones as they're 30$ vs $45.
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Mar 22, 2011 02:40
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IOwnCalculus posted:To be fair, there's one really easy way to take all of that insanity out of it - just drive to have fun. I was hilariously not competitive on Sunday but I had a loving riot doing it. I don't care what class I end up in, I don't care what position I end up in (as long as it's not "in the wall" or "on my roof"), as long as I had fun and my last run was faster than my first, I'm happy. This is my plan, I'm going to my first one on May 14th. I can't wait.
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Apr 21, 2011 17:17
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Zuiko-Digital posted:I'm probably gonna be coming out to the HADA next weekend. You guys gonna be there? I don't wanna be a helpless newbie. Going to be driving my Acura 1.6 EL I might, that or/and the PITL one the week after. I'll be the slow guy in a pontiac sunfire.  Ziploc, I'd love to use your camera/mount for a run if you're there.
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Apr 27, 2011 22:06
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Ziploc posted:Take a look at my YouTube channel and then tell me if you think I'll say no. I get to pick my number?? 15 if I can get it.
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Apr 28, 2011 01:35
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Ziploc posted:I should be there. Green Miata with fancyish looking stickers very likely #102. Hit me up to use my camera and mount for an onboard run. Okay, so I can't wait. Here's what I've got on my list of stuff to bring so far... Food Chair Painters Tape Tools? I have no idea what I should bring here... I don't have a powered pump, but I could bring a bicycle one I guess. Saturday is supposed to be 18C and sunny 
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May 6, 2011 02:25
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Ziploc posted:If I remember right, Saturday's lunch is included! Pizza and Samosas Though water/sunscreen is a good idea. Ooo Really? That's awesome! I'll probably bring some food anyway, just in case. I'd completely forgotten about water/sunscreen, and I'll definitely bring a camera. E: Ziploc, how long do the events usually last? Like 4pm? 5? 7?
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May 6, 2011 03:26
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Okay, that was awesome. Hopefully I'll be able to come out next weekend as well. Ziploc, any chance you could post the run of mine you video'd? I'd love to see it. I placed last, though I wasn't too far behind people in my class. Everyone else there had significantly better vehicles than I did, and it was just a hole tonne of fun. Definitely recommend it to anyone on the fence, if only because of the chance to really just make the tires scream and see how your car performs at the edge.
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May 8, 2011 00:19
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Phone posted:Wrong. You're a poo poo driver. Get over it. I had fun, you're just being an rear end. 
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May 8, 2011 03:02
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Phone posted:Having fun is the biggest aspect of it, but please don't blame your car for the reason why you're slow. I wasn't, I meant that as a comment on the kinds of cars that showed up, not as an excuse. It was my first time, I expected to be last/almost last. There were a few people within a half second of me, and my first few times were in the 50-51sec time. I wanted to get into the 47's, and I managed one clean run in the 47's closer to the end of the day. I'm sure I'll do better at the next one!
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May 8, 2011 03:46
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Ziploc posted:Hey GTA Ontario goons! Autocross in Brampton on Saturday! If I'm not in brockville looking for an apartment I'll be there.
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May 13, 2011 04:26
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Ziploc posted:Did you make it out? Na, was in brockville. I'll be at the one on the 24th if I don't have something needing to get done. I'm moving as of june 1st for work, so I'll be going to the ottawa ones after then XD
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May 16, 2011 03:43
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Ziploc posted:HADA is being a lazy bitch about results, so here's your off course untagged video. :P Awesome, thanks! It was tonnes of fun. I should be at PITL next weekend
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May 23, 2011 03:26
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Was autoxing yesterday, this time in the miata rather than the old sunfire. What a difference! I improved by 7 seconds from my first to last runs, but man do I need new tires. I was running them at ~23 PSI in the front, 25 in the rear, because anything higher and the fronts wouldn't turn in. I'm pretty sure the sidewalls are the only part of those tires left with any grip... Star Spec's next summer. If anyones in the ottawa area and hasn't heard of motorsports club of ottawa, https://www.mco.org I suggest checking them out. Great group of people, tonnes of events from atuox to lapping at calabogie at pretty good prices overall. They also set me up with one of the guys who instructs for their lap days to help me out, which was awesome. I let him do a run in the miata so I could feel what is should be like; and I managed to get within ~1.5 seconds of his time. Fun day all around, can't wait for the next one
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Aug 14, 2011 17:47
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Ziploc posted:What, is everyone's season already over? Nope, I'm going to an event in Ottawa in a week. Can we fast forward a week please?
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leyton house posted:Anybody know of any AutoX's in winter in Ontario? Ottawa has some Snow-X and ice racing, but generally you're going to want a team with a lovely beater and good winter tires for that. I don't know of any that actually do winter auto-x though. (http://www.mco.org/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=15&sid=28d70159cf0392e3bc386ba70e621c9f) Speaking of Ontario - where the heck can I find a helmet? Anyone know anyplace either in Toronto or Ottawa where I could actually try some on? Not something I'd buy without trying it on first.
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Nov 23, 2011 08:08
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So, those of you in southern ontario/toronto area, PITL dates are up. http://www.wiredmotorsports.com/pitl/seriesinfo.html I'm bringing my dad to either the first or 2nd one as a birthday present. He's got a few stories of road rallying his old spitfire back in the day, so this should be a great time. And the electrical stuff won't catch fire/release all its magic just 'cause Lucas asked for it back.
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Mar 22, 2012 23:57
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NinjaTech posted:Well I took my Miata out for it's first autocross on sunday. I did the worst I've ever done. It started out snowing, then freezing rain, then it stopped for awhile, but then when the line started drying out a little during my runs it started pouring again. So the combination of really wet and cold track, and the POS Zexius tires that came with the car, I didn't get a single good run. I could barely use any throttle or else I would break traction. I at least got some fun drifts in at the turn arounds. This was me on my first event on my old tires in the miata. Don't worry, next event I had a better idea of where my traction limits were, and got in half decent times. Ziploc posted:Great! Rematch time! Hmm? He's never autox'd, and I already know you're going to beat me
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Mar 23, 2012 04:02
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So, southern ontario goons - first PITL autox next Saturday, who's coming? I'm also definitely going to be there on the 26th - Scion + PITL posted:Saturday, May 26 (PITL Event # 2) will be the Official Scion FR-S test drive day. http://www.wiredmotorsports.com/pitl/
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Apr 28, 2012 17:19
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Sockington posted:I think I might be able to go, but don't really have tires to burn. Are the ones on the miata almost dead, or just not good for auto-x? 'Cause if the answer is just not good for auto-x, come out anyway, just means you'll slide around a bit more than the rest of us.
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Apr 30, 2012 02:57
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Sockington posted:Update: I've been given the go ahead by the wife, so Ontario-AI goon meet? For the may 26th one? I'm definitely going to be there, and I'd bet Ziploc will too.
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Apr 30, 2012 22:47
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First autox of the year, wooo! First in my class, only cause Ziploc wasn't competing today. E: did significantly better after being reminded my options were braking or turning, pick one. Do both at once and plow... TrueChaos fucked around with this message at 23:20 on May 5, 2012 |
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May 5, 2012 23:15
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How not to enter the stop box: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhjNbLMb4is I can't count the number of people that blew the box though, they had it on a really weird angle. I did that twice before saying gently caress it and braking well beyond the weird angle and juuust managing to stop before the last cone. Thanks to ziploc for the video!
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May 8, 2012 22:30
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Seat Safety Switch posted:That stop box scares the poo poo out of me, though it's more because of that curb than the sharp approach angle. I'd probably have started braking well in advance and just pussied the car around the corner and into the stopbox on the right side. I didn't think so, but people were doing it and not getting penalized. No reversing on course, so I have no idea. And a few people just about hit the curb, one guy was sideways within inches of it. Really wasn't a fan of the stop box, but oh well.
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May 8, 2012 23:11
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IOwnCalculus posted:Autocross the engineless shell of the 323 with someone pushing if you have to. Answer is always yes. 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.
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May 17, 2012 01:10
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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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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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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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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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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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Waiting on mine... D:
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May 29, 2012 02:54
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiYBCdz4qCE&feature=plcp My 2nd fastest run from Saturday, anyone have any tips from the video?
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May 31, 2012 02:45
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Muffinpox posted:The only way there should be that much room between you and an apex cone is if you're dancing with it during the high school prom.  which ones specifically?
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Muffinpox posted:It's a bit hard to tell from your onboard cam being on one side since a lot of which cone to stay tight on is dependent on the next cones coming up and I can't see the right side of your car. Pretty much in any corner there is one cone that will be the last one that affects your turn so you want to make that the cone you get tight in on. You also want to be looking a good corner or two ahead all the time. Thanks for the breakdown - I see a bit more what you mean now. I know I was definitely focusing on clean runs that day, as we only got 4 runs in our own car and 1 in the fr-s, but I need to be closer. FatCow posted:It also sounds like you do a ton of coasting. Definitely more than I should, I'm attempting to grow my balls as well as get used to the difference in the grip I have available with the star specs compared to 9 year old Chinese all seasons that would snap oversteer at the hint of anything aggressive.
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Had a great day today up in Ottawa, first time AutoX'ing in the pouring rain. Tonnes of fun, learned a lot, and things started clicking near the end of the day. Things I learned: 1) Don't fight the car. 2) Don't fight the car means when it starts to push, don't crank the wheel even more, idiot. If you straighten up slightly and give it a touch of gas it'll grab and the back will rotate around nicely. 3) I'm amazed by the amount of grip start specs have in the wet. 4) It's entirely possible to drive home in the pouring rain with the top down and not get wet.
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Jun 4, 2012 00:38
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The group in Toronto does a 2sec penalty for stop box cones, but if you hit the last cone in the box it's a DNF. Ottawa club does a slow down box rather than a stop box, but so much as nudge any of the stop box cones and it's a DNF. I prefer this way honestly.
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Beach Bum posted:I ride Hawk HP+ daily, but I am completely unperturbed by their squealing and the dust. They're great for AutoX, I just need to get more tire at this point. Do you drive them in freezing temperatures? I'm tempted to get a set for the miata, but I daily drive it all year round and would like to be able to brake in the winter.
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Yeah the pads I have now are junk. They'll fade after 15-20 minutes of spirited driving, and it basically has to be wet out if I want to get the abs to engage with star specs. I could get it on all the time with the old all season tires but yeah... Either HP+ or HPS it is. If I have to get a set of pads for winter drivel be it.
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