i ahve always wante d to try to autoX...just a lil scaurred i guess...lolz...one day ill try it...

 

Yes, you can use that harness with the stock seats. I recommend passing both the shoulder straps through the middle of the headrest, even if there are 2 seperate straps.

38/40 sounds about right. Check the max psi on your ES100s, then run a little bit below that. I ran 48 front, 46 rear on Falken Azenis, but they have a max of 51! Honestly though, it varies depending on road surface, driver style, suspension settings, etc. so you'll need to experiment. Talk to a local racer about chalking the tires and telling if you have oversteer or understeer. But yes, 38/40 sounds like an excellent starting point.

 

er Fiesty said 40 in the front, 38 in the back. I think Brian is trying to say that 38 in the front and 40 in the back is the better starting point. I have yet to really try playing with my tire pressure settings. All i know is that I was running about 42 psi all around during the Learning Curve and the car felt great...I tried 38 all over for the last autocross and the car felt good also. It really depends on the condition of the track and weather is also a big thing too. But like Brian said, chalk your tires and see what that tells ya.

 

Actually, I was talking about 40 front and 38 rear, but it's been so long ago. Maybe she should start with 40 all around so she gets an unbiased feel for the car like you did.

 

man can the next one hurry up and get here

 

I'm autocrossing for my first time in a few days at the edmonton air base =) I just put on new 17" Falken zeix rims (gunmetal), with G-series rubber. hopefully I'll do alright, im a bit scared myself haha

 

actually it is not that scary as you think..you get a little nervous then time comes you go tend to take it easy at 1st but then after a while i didnt even care i was tearing it up...even lost the back end and tires squealing left and right, it was great

 

yea, dont be nervous. what i do when im in line with my helmet on and stuff is visualize the course and remember spots that were tricky from your last run. all i think about is the course and take deep breaths. listening to some music before kinda helped too but after the run, my hands are ALWAYS shaking, not because im scared, but because of the adrenaline rush! it's just gonna be fun as hell taking your car to and past its limits glad you had fun tho fiesty!

 

ok well I hope it goes well, I'll hopefully have some pictures and timeslips and stuff too =)
although someone smashed the windows on my car so i hope someone locally can replace
all those with parts in stock or I cant race due to no-windows. :P

 

New to autox, this worked to get my wife involved.

Step 1
Find someone who knows their way around Solo events and pick their brains. 99% of people involved in autocross will be more than happy to help you out (until you start beating them!). Most regions of the SCCA have novice classes for newbies.

Step 2
Attend and drive in as many events as possible! The more seat time you acquire, the better you will be.

Step 3
Decide how much of your life (and finances) you can delgate to solo. Like Brian said, driver, tires, and then the list can get expensive.

Step 4
Above all-HAVE FUN.

Hope this helps, and I have been autocrossing off and on for 17 years+.

 

I got my new rims and tires so i'm very excited for this sunday. You guys are a big help, too bad i didnt have guys like you around to help me out at the autox's, that would be nice lol.

 

yea everyone is very helpful from what i can tell at my one event i went to...anything i needed help with or questions all you had to do was ask...also part of the appeal

 

yea definately, autocrossers are the nicest bunch i've ever met..im very serious about this too. i just turned 18 but everyone i've talked to treats me with respect. these people are very cool.

 

Yeah, autox OZs represent! Glad we're building up a group for it. Hell, since we're near-ish each other, we should do a meet, or gather at an autox. OZs turn heads at autox'es since we're not especially common and still perform pretty well in our class and others. ^_^

 

I actually put up a question for discussion on the scca forums www.sccaforums.com seeing what people think about breaking STS up into a coupe class and a sedan class, which should equal out most of the weight differences and give 4 door Civics, Lancers, etc. a more fair place to race. I figured with how large STS has grown, it can afford to break into 2 classes.