the manual says shift before 3.5k RPMS for best fuel economy.. so about 3k i think is good

 

Making a joke right? As best shift point on the EVO and the Lancer is right around 5500 to 6000 when trying to maximize acceleration. Always shift to maximize torque (not horsepower). But for fuel economy.. sure 3.5K or less.

 

for those considering track driving there is some good beginner info at http://welcome.to/nwarc
go to events, then performance driving basics

 

Mark, just out of curiosity-I saw you post another thread about street racing and the immediate deletion of the said post upon discovery. I know the logical reasons for this, but are there any potential problems occuring with Johnny Law regarding those posts, and your involvement allowing them to be on the board? Just wanted to know...

 

I know a good DO NOT for the EVO. DO NOT lift off the gas too fast on a high speed corner. Small corrections are your friend, and even if you are too hot, better to push a little and scrub off speed. Otherwise, if you lift too fast, your *** will come out and if you don't get back on the gas, you will spin. The EVO is very forgiving as far as trail breaking goes until you do it excessively at moderately high to high speeds (~60mph+).

 

Hey I got a couple of random questions....first, what's the difference between doing double clutch using your heel and toe compared to regular heel and toe...are they actually the same thing? Second, I drive a mr2 so I'm just wondering what evolutions redline at....I saw some1 post 6500 but do stock evos rev that high to utilize it's full hp?

 

Please do a search, I've seen those questions answered numerous times.

 

Drifting is when, around a corner, you force the rear end of the car to lose some traction (usually by giving a RWD or AWD car lots of gas) It is a balance between losing control and spinning out and staying straight. It is keeping the car between those 2 extremes.


As for speeding illegally, it is so temping. There are times to do it (open freeway, during the day) and times you don't (busy freeway, city, anything residential is STUPID).

 

If you're asking about how to make a 360 auto-x turn and beat an M3, my analysist is this:

Both of you were not doing a good job. Granted with the proper setup and driver, the M3 would not be that far off of your time or would definitely beat you.

in an auto-x 360 turn with the evo, you need to look at the deepest cone in the turn as you approach. This will tell you how much braking you need to apply. When going around the circle, stay as tight as possible on the inside cones and start tip-in on the throttle as soon as you can see the exit cones. The evo turns amazing well and turning radius has jack -s h i e t- to do with the circle.

Your problem was that you were going to hot into the circle and was putting all of the vehicle's weight on the outside front tire which caused you to go wide. If you completed your braking properly while entering the circle, you should be able to coast the car tightly on the inside cones and make fine adjustment to the throttle but still stay tight. That is the quickest way around the 360 turn that you are talking about.

 

here what I would suggest. Don't listen to people on this board, including myself. everyone needs to find their own driving skills to fit their needs.

Because not every technique is right for everyone.

Just study what's out there, there are enormous amount of resource out there, then pick the ones that you think you could do and need.

that is all for me.

 

I am amazed there are so many... legends surrounding performance driving.
Left foot braking. Can be used to:
a) "bring the nose down", shift the weight forward during cornering thus killing understeer: you can use it at corner entry, at the apex and even at the exit. For example my R5 will corner like a dream on gravel, nice lift-off oversteer but it snaps back to understeer at exit. A gentle squeeze on the brake pedal with the left foot and understeer is gone. NOTE: you have to be very gentle, else the car will oversteer. Just practice. I still haven't gooten it quite right,
b) to make the car oversteer/drift. During corner entry you bury your right foot (make sure your gear is low enough) and apply the brakes with your left.
I have practiced a lot on gravel and on snow and I can say that I can get the b) right almost everytime and a) from time to time.
E-brake:
Just leave it alone. Use it only when the turn is so tight, you'd have to stop and reverse the car to negotiate it. If you have/want to use it make sure you push the clutch in (or else your centre diff will suffer: unless it decouples itself as soon as it detects e-brake application: newer Evos have this gadget I think). TURN FIRST then pull e-brake, else the car won't turn. Practice and concentrate on this: the aim of using e-brake is not dragging the rear of the car but just to give it a kick so that it starts to slide. The thing that brings the rear around is INERTIA not locked wheels. Just give the e-brake a little jab before the turn's apex and mash the gas.

Oh, and letting the gas off while exiting a corner is a bad ide in any car I think.

 

can anyone drive their manual transmission car as smoothly as if it were an automatic? is that even possible? if you can please tell me how... i've been driving manual for years now and its pretty smooth.. but when you shift and you're going from pressing the gas to nothing for even a brief moment there's always some momentum still going... i hate seeing my passenger's heads bob =/

 

you have to shift extremely fast to do that or drop to neutral acceleration right before each shift.

 

impossible to do with traditional manual transmissions. you're always disengaging and re-engaging power from the engine, so you WILL lose momentum. hence, the beauty of a dual clutch. if you've ever driven those you'll fall in love with how quick the shifts are. amazing stuff.

 

Its better to get your new car done by engine breaking.It will help improve torque and power too.Dont be scared to race ur engine as new engines comes with a very tight pistons.