My First Auto-x...
Originally Posted by Smogrunner
Great writeup. I'm both impressed and jealous. I'd be surprised if my car could pull off times like that. I'm set up too much for big track and 1/4 mile stuff. Thanks. You have the rear of your suspension really low. I'm just curious how that either helped or hindered you this weekend.
The coilovers are at the height they were when they came out of the box, I'm running -1.9 F and -1.2 R camber (I think, lol), the front swaybar is non adjustable, the rear is on 2 out of 4 stiffness.
I am going to have the car cornerweighted soon, might lower the front .25" to fight of a tick of understeer the car had, but overall the car was VERY neutral. Tap the brakes the front would bite, otherwise it understeered, a little too much throttle and it would oversteer slightly.
Originally Posted by SuperHatch
I call it the "I don't know WTF to set my suspension to" setup....
The coilovers are at the height they were when they came out of the box, I'm running -1.9 F and -1.2 R camber (I think, lol)
The coilovers are at the height they were when they came out of the box, I'm running -1.9 F and -1.2 R camber (I think, lol)
That's great.
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Originally Posted by SuperHatch
I call it the "I don't know WTF to set my suspension to" setup....
The coilovers are at the height they were when they came out of the box, I'm running -1.9 F and -1.2 R camber (I think, lol), the front swaybar is non adjustable, the rear is on 2 out of 4 stiffness.
I am going to have the car cornerweighted soon, might lower the front .25" to fight of a tick of understeer the car had, but overall the car was VERY neutral. Tap the brakes the front would bite, otherwise it understeered, a little too much throttle and it would oversteer slightly.
The coilovers are at the height they were when they came out of the box, I'm running -1.9 F and -1.2 R camber (I think, lol), the front swaybar is non adjustable, the rear is on 2 out of 4 stiffness.
I am going to have the car cornerweighted soon, might lower the front .25" to fight of a tick of understeer the car had, but overall the car was VERY neutral. Tap the brakes the front would bite, otherwise it understeered, a little too much throttle and it would oversteer slightly.
IMO i think your settings were pretty good just from watching your runs and how the car was reacting...i still think a little more stiffness in the rear sway bar would have helped(especially with the 180) all in all I cant wait to try my hand at it and see how my car does...im just glad i wont have to be in the same class as you 
Very impressive run, especially on street tires!!
Not to discredit your driving at all, but what was the other competition there? The reason I ask is because at the auto crosses that I go to, if you arent on r compunds you basically dont have a chance at ftd... Were people not running their sticky tires due to the wet weather? None the less it is very impressive that you were even close to some of the expreienced drivers times for your first event ever.
Not to discredit your driving at all, but what was the other competition there? The reason I ask is because at the auto crosses that I go to, if you arent on r compunds you basically dont have a chance at ftd... Were people not running their sticky tires due to the wet weather? None the less it is very impressive that you were even close to some of the expreienced drivers times for your first event ever.
Originally Posted by nick735
Very impressive run, especially on street tires!!
Not to discredit your driving at all, but what was the other competition there? The reason I ask is because at the auto crosses that I go to, if you arent on r compunds you basically dont have a chance at ftd... Were people not running their sticky tires due to the wet weather? None the less it is very impressive that you were even close to some of the expreienced drivers times for your first event ever.
Not to discredit your driving at all, but what was the other competition there? The reason I ask is because at the auto crosses that I go to, if you arent on r compunds you basically dont have a chance at ftd... Were people not running their sticky tires due to the wet weather? None the less it is very impressive that you were even close to some of the expreienced drivers times for your first event ever.
The competition seemed like 50% amateurs, 50% experienced folk. Like I said, I really dont know how to judge, never did one of these things before.
