Reconsidering class
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From: East Hampton Ct.
Pick the track you will race your Evo on, then rent a Miata or borrow your girl friends car to learn that track at a much slower speed. Then walk that track all the way around and discuss it with a experienced instructor. When you know that track cold, then bring your hot rod Evo out for it's first test.......
^ didnt even think about that, i may do it.
I was given a link on the NASA TT forums..
Seat-Time.com, great website and local for me being at Roebling Road, only 6 hours away. They offer rentals too
I was given a link on the NASA TT forums..
Seat-Time.com, great website and local for me being at Roebling Road, only 6 hours away. They offer rentals too
No problem. As for the region i race in, its Socal. I race with Socal NASA. Its in my sig, and also on my website.
I dont know where you all live, but if i were you i would try to meet some of these guys if they are near you. For instance, apex electric who posted above. Thats Dave. He races his Evo in Super Touring also, but hes on the east coast. As far as TT guys, there is Nate. These guys will be your best resource to getting started if they are close to you.
I know, its 3 hours there, been there several times... Track day cost is super high there, like $350 to $400 a day high.. I can go to CMP or Roebling Road for $220 a day
Pete knows what he's talking about, so I'm not saying he's wrong, but I will say that autox helped me a lot to learn car control. By the time I started doing track events I was very comfortable with driving the car at its limit. You might think that because the speeds are lower its easier, but because transitions happen faster and requires quicker response times it makes you think ahead a lot to anticipate what's coming up and gives you a head start with having a good feel for the car. Also some types of cars might need to be driven a little aggressively at autox, but a majority require fast but smooth inputs which is the predominant technique in most forms motor racing. I'm not saying autocrossers make better track drivers, but if two guys show up for their first track day and one of them has done a few seasons of autox, that guy will definitely have a head start on the other.
Hey like ed said...... I have read more then one thread from you on this subject.....
I stopped modding my car three years ago and put all the money that my friends were pissing away on parts into a much better mod.... ENTRY FEES!!!!
Lessons are some times learned the hard way, fact is.... you are trying to build a car for the track with no base line. All the modding you are doing ids comparative to what? 65' shelby, or whatever you said you drove? haha
Well after 3 years on my stock turbo its just now finally been replaced with an FP red. IMO a great turbo, and matter a fact I have a stock turbo for cheap with name all over it son!
shoot me a PM, I will seriously nearly give this away to ya in efforts to get on the track.
I stopped modding my car three years ago and put all the money that my friends were pissing away on parts into a much better mod.... ENTRY FEES!!!!
Lessons are some times learned the hard way, fact is.... you are trying to build a car for the track with no base line. All the modding you are doing ids comparative to what? 65' shelby, or whatever you said you drove? haha
Well after 3 years on my stock turbo its just now finally been replaced with an FP red. IMO a great turbo, and matter a fact I have a stock turbo for cheap with name all over it son!
shoot me a PM, I will seriously nearly give this away to ya in efforts to get on the track.
I dont understand what you mean by division. Im pretty sure ive never posted my website on the NASA forum. I race in Super Touring. Its in my sig, and everything else is on my website.
As for your situation, i understand. Youre stuck, i get it. Here is what i would do. Just get the car to a point that you can safely drive it on track. That means, your brakes work, your fluid is fresh, your pads have way more than 5mm, and so forth. Beyond that, a simple alignment so that your car drives straight. Thats really it. You want to be able to drive it with confidence. If youre not comfortable/confident, youre not going to be able to focus on learning how to drive your car. Once you get out there, you may start realizing that i wish i did this, and i wish i did that. I wish they told me to do this and that, and so forth. But there is not much you can do without experience and seat time, and there is even less we can advise you because we havent seen or driven your car. That list is pretty much endless, so you need to get out there and just start driving with a car that is safe and comfortable for you. As for autox, ive never done it. But i would recommend that you get as much seat time as possible, so if you want to do some autox also, go for it. The more the better.
As for your situation, i understand. Youre stuck, i get it. Here is what i would do. Just get the car to a point that you can safely drive it on track. That means, your brakes work, your fluid is fresh, your pads have way more than 5mm, and so forth. Beyond that, a simple alignment so that your car drives straight. Thats really it. You want to be able to drive it with confidence. If youre not comfortable/confident, youre not going to be able to focus on learning how to drive your car. Once you get out there, you may start realizing that i wish i did this, and i wish i did that. I wish they told me to do this and that, and so forth. But there is not much you can do without experience and seat time, and there is even less we can advise you because we havent seen or driven your car. That list is pretty much endless, so you need to get out there and just start driving with a car that is safe and comfortable for you. As for autox, ive never done it. But i would recommend that you get as much seat time as possible, so if you want to do some autox also, go for it. The more the better.
Excellent advice! I can't stress how important it is for you to be able to focus on the track and your driving rather than the car. Tune out all the gremlins so that it's like driving ford focus, which means super conservative tune and a recirculated DV and street tires. You won't regret it.