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I've only done it a handful of times, but it is a ton of fun. I'm hoping to finally get over being intimidated about wrecking my car. Some of the rules to get pushed into SM are a little stupid; camber plates are apparently allowed in STX but an anti-lift kit/control arm relocation kit will get you in SM. I've got a pair of bolts that slot into factory holes on the car as well that also shove me into SM. If I were more into competition than just getting more seat time, I'd probably have to remove these. It's also pretty neat to get home, wait a few days and then find out what goofy face you were making while racing. I found out that I get my pinky out when taking a particularly aggressive corner. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 06:06 on Mar 13, 2011 |
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Sockington posted:Two bolts? Where do these go? Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 07:32 on Mar 13, 2011 |
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Mar 13, 2011 07:29
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Raluek posted:I guess I'll stick to not going to auto-x events then!
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Mar 21, 2011 16:27
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Beach Bum posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-YCbF15FI4 WALB came out and did a short segment on us at our site in Moultrie The local Cantonese news did some coverage of a rallycross event I went to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFRJMuHzL1g
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blargle posted:So I just found out there's a bunch of autocross events by my house. I've got a 3rd gen WRX that looks completely stock, but has bilsteins/springs, an ALK, swaybars, about a dozen other suspension bushings upgraded, and about 300 whp. Can I land in D Stock or will they shove me into some ridiculous class? I'm in no way a competitive driver, so I'd rather sneak into the slowest class possible. Almost nobody cares, and the people who do care respected that I read the rulebook. You are in SM because of the ALK; otherwise you would probably be in one of the SP groups because of changing your boost levels.
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May 25, 2011 02:35
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c355n4 posted:When you walk the course. Try to walk your line or what you think the line will be. I pretended to be in my car and walk where I would be driving the car. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 04:07 on Jul 5, 2011 |
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Jul 5, 2011 04:04
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One of the faster autox guys here bombed the slalom heading up to the stop box on Saturday, grabbed a cone under the front lip of his car and fired it at the timing gear, knocking it over. It was actually really impressive to watch. At the same event, I discovered the Hankook Mileage Plus II tires that came with my Outback Sport basically give you no indication of when they're going to give up traction because they never stop squealing and only the shoulder and sidewall ever get warm. I've never had tires squeal at half throttle before. I should've swapped on the RS3s from the WRX I usually run with. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 16:12 on Aug 23, 2011 |
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Aug 23, 2011 16:09
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Mine is. I went out rallycrossing instead.
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Sep 9, 2011 17:40
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That Volvo looks familiar... has he run it in Edmonton?
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Sep 16, 2011 03:20
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ExecuDork posted:Pretty sure he's from Edmonton. About half of the people at SSIS were from out of town - Calgary, Edmonton, and Regina.
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Sep 19, 2011 21:44
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They explain this to us in the drivers' meeting and I'm pretty sure it's an SCCA thing and not just local boogeyman speak, but if you wreck at the event, push the corpse out onto the street, claim insurance and the event organizers find out the locals have stated that you will be banned from North American events/reported to your insurance company and it has happened in the past. Many clubs have loaner helmets available for use, though you might have to fight for or adopt a strange run schedule as a result of sharing those helmets with other people. If you end up liking it, a compliant helmet is very inexpensive. I use a closed-face Snell SA2010 but each club may choose to grandfather in significantly older helmets that are still reasonably safe. Crashing is very rare, though I've seen it happen (first time in 10+ years apparently). Follow the organizers' guidelines and listen to the marshals and you'll be fine and have a fun day. Do it, it's a hoot. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 05:59 on Sep 29, 2011 |
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Sep 29, 2011 05:56
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TSDs are pretty hardcore. I'm not confident enough yet in either my driving or navigation/calculation skills to put myself in either front seat of a TSD car, though.  Kudos on doing it in a Saab. Do they divide your TSDs into multiple classes depending on calculation method? If so, where did you end up with a GPS? Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 05:44 on Oct 11, 2011 |
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Oct 11, 2011 05:42
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I wish I had better pictures of our rallycross cones exploding in -20'C weather. We lost so many last year that a lot of them are just orange mudflap material folded into a cone and ziptied to a shattered cone's intact base. We have a lot of autocross cones with burned scars in them from being dragged under hot exhaust or along the asphalt as well. Stupid bastards just can't figure out how to stay out of the way.
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Nov 14, 2011 23:58
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Ziploc posted:I've seen course designers who could make their course more readable. A few leaners/cone walls go a long way in preventing lost cattle.
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Dec 12, 2011 19:26
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Depending on the venue, we already have cones there (it's in the boonies, no one will steal them) or we bring them in a pickup truck or the timing van.
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Dec 20, 2011 02:13
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You did pretty well. If you had stayed you probably would have won one of the prizes for "most consistent!" Feel free to come back anytime for autocross or ice autocross, which we like to call "July."
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Jan 12, 2012 05:06
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whiskas posted:Guess there's nothing left but to autocross on parking lots until one of the many rumors of a nearby track materializes. At the first rallycross event this year they were dismantling the floodlights and timing board as we were competing. About halfway through one of the maintenance workers tried to run the quarter in his work truck, which was hilarious. I'm surprised more people didn't come out to say goodbye to Race City. Here's my car turning its back on it:  I guess there's always Stratotech if I feel like a track day or two. There's also a handful of podunk drag strips around Southern Alberta that I'm surprised nobody has approached about being converted to a full course, since surely they've already done all the work of cleaning up NIMBYism.
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Jan 12, 2012 16:05
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I would imagine you could at least go and do ride-alongs and some volunteering if you want. I learn more on ride-alongs than actually driving my own car.
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Feb 22, 2012 15:06
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Our local rallycross events no longer allow you to run with a motorcycle helmet either. It has to be SA. Might not be the case with your local events, but it's possible.
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Feb 28, 2012 06:40
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CatBus posted:Is there anything else you would suggest (aside from tires, since I'm not going to spring for those)? As Sock said, it's worthwhile throwing some bushings at the car. If you have the right tools and werewithal, replacing the trailing arm bushings is frequently recommended for Z32 300ZXes. It doesn't matter what you replace the bushings with, but availability might be a big problem - often older Japanese cars don't have kits for a specific application, in which case you'll want to measure the existing bushings and then use something like the Whiteline "find by size" tool to find an interchangeable bushing from another car's kit. Weight reduction will always make the car more entertaining; road noise and discomfort will increase but it doesn't go along with keeping the car stock. Even a stock car benefits from having the spare tire, tools, etc removed before an event, however, though usually I just drive there and then take everything out and dump it in a pile. Obviously the most important thing is to make sure you pass your local events' safety inspection. If your series allows self-tech, you should still do it to make sure everything is legit. You'd be surprised at how fast a badly torqued wheel or slightly wonky wheel bearing can go wrong. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 16:32 on Mar 5, 2012 |
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Mar 5, 2012 04:27
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I really like that they changed the stock rules this year to allow rear sway bars. If we hadn't just lost our only local autocross venue I'd have given some serious consideration to running my beater in H-stock.
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Mar 28, 2012 20:38
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Subframe lock bolts kick you to SM at the very least, and the anti-lift kit kicks you further out. I haven't looked too closely at the rulebook locally as I've only gotten to run one event with the ALK. You're probably in some kind of prepared class.
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Apr 6, 2012 17:26
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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. Then again... does your club let you use reverse gear in the stopbox?
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May 8, 2012 22:50
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Star Specs are definitely not all weather tires.  I can't suggest an all-season tire from experience. Hankook apparently makes a few all-season Ventuses though. I took a Hankook low-rolling-resistance "fuel max" tire out on autocross a few times and it basically just screams the entire time while making sad looking grease spots on the tarmac. My OEM RE92s fared a little better but also gave up pretty early into the day. edit: Whoops, saw "all-season" and forgot you actually do have separate winter tires. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 14:13 on May 30, 2012 |
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May 30, 2012 14:08
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I order my tires from Tire Rack and have them shipped to the Montana Shipping Outlet warehouse to hold them until I can boogie down to the border and bring them across. It's not that bad of a drive from Southern Alberta and it saves a lot of money even after the gas & time (especially considering UPS charges bullshit brokerage fees). While I'm there I also get to read Ronald Reagan quotes and check out posters about how great Montana is. Not sure if there's a similar service along your border but I wouldn't be surprised. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 02:35 on May 31, 2012 |
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May 31, 2012 02:28
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ExecuDork posted:The timing light boxes are notorious for causing damage to cars that hit them, not for getting damaged. One says "I love RX-7" on it because a couple of years ago an RX-7 cracked the radiator missing the stop box and dumped all of its coolant. The timing light was fine. We not only disallow reverse gear but we also get upset if any part of your car breaks the invisible line between cones forming the box (as guys have tried 300-point turns to get out after ending copiously backwards in the box). Usually we also have an unsuspecting volunteer manning the "exit" cone, who removes it once they're convinced you've stopped and tells you your time. The explanation is that autocross is about precision driving, and it doesn't matter how fast you are if you can't keep the car under control. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 07:19 on Jun 5, 2012 |
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Jun 5, 2012 07:16
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mattdizzleZ28 posted:Is that why they clap that board in front of the camera on movie sets? To sync cameras? The things AI teaches you (that aren't about the extreme ability of humans to withstand endless projects).
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Oct 18, 2012 05:10
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G-Mach posted:My clubs last autocross of the season is this weekend and then after that is rally-x season until the ice forms. Our rally-x's are usually done with $300 beater cars, but sadly craigslist has been pretty barren of those lately. Windows.
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Oct 20, 2012 04:33
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Yeah, I scrubbed the shoulder off a set of tires on one side by neglecting to put the air pressure up before a run. It's even more important if you have a heavier car like me or steer too much also like me.
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Jan 19, 2013 19:12
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Camber adjustment is pretty huge for Subarus as well, as are rear swaybars (which were only allowed in stock very recently).
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Mar 21, 2013 22:49
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What pressure were you running that tire at? It sounds like when I cooked the outside edges of both my front RS3s running too low of a pressure on a hot day.
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Mar 26, 2013 17:08
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User Error posted:Cripes, I run a 225 on a 7.5" wheel and it fits just about right. I'd say that's a part of your problem. Yeah, my 225 RS3s flap around like a used condom on a 17x7 wheel. So I went out and bought a car that has 225 RS3s on a 15x9 wheel. Jesus, I have some hosed up priorities tire-wise.
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Mar 27, 2013 05:29
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He's right, you know. Exciting angle though, sounds great.
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Apr 7, 2013 02:43
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G-Mach posted:Apparently the new Rivals are having thread splice issues already. On what cars? I really think the Rival would be a good upgrade path from my RS3s when my vaporization of them is complete.
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Apr 9, 2013 14:34
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I would honestly chip into a Kickstarter to find out what a Mazda 2 looks like with 15x10 949 6ULs on it.
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Jul 1, 2013 04:52
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si posted:$500/cone? Wow, the SCCA would suddenly be rich and/or corner workers would be very, very bored. Even clocking our timing gear is only a $100 hit.
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Dec 19, 2013 03:18
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Our event insurance specifically excludes drifting so if you make it look like a drift event they'll probably demand to choke the life out of you. That said, a healthy bit of slip angle is never something that we raise an eyebrow at - seen some young bucks seriously overdrive their cars and people didn't freak out even after they had slid over a curb and into a fence.
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shoophobo posted:Also I took a look at the Attendee List, which featured Miatas, Porsches, Nissan Z's, GT-R's and BMWs. Is this typical for a Novice event? I don't really care about wining or anything, just want some weekend fun, but I was expecting Civics and Camrys, not GT-R's and Porsches. People with Camries and Civics are probably unlikely to self-select themselves for an event with their car that's more stimulating than "drool on myself while texting."
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Ziploc posted:This poo poo is why I stay in stock. Rust puts you in XP as non-factory chassis weight reduction. As a fellow Street class Miata owner, I protest.
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