10-17-2011, 02:12 PM
Another AutoX in the books. This course was not technical at all it was mostly long sweepers and a bunch of straights. I ran out of 2nd gear after the slalom and basically had to bounce it off the limiter til I hit the braking points. The car did not feel nearly as good as it did at the college challenge, im pretty disappointed with my performance. Im not 100% sure why the car felt so sloppy, it wasnt rotating at all. It was at the College Challenge, but it could have just been caused by a shitty lot with gravel at the College Challenge. The sloppy could also be that I did the first heat, was still about 50 degrees outside, and I couldnt get any heat in the tires. Times in later heats improved significantly, by 3-4 seconds for some similarly classed cars, with what I thought were similarly classed drivers. I think im just going to blame the obvious.....ME.
Overall I did improve, first run was a 41.152 to a 38.428. FTD in a car was 33.XXX, Elise on R-comps.
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Biggest need is SEAT TIME!!!!! Although, I still need to figure out tire pressures, I tried to keep the tires around 30psi, I think i may drop the pressures to 26 or so, I know Mikey recommended it for the track, but seemed low to me for an autox, but Perrera runs those pressures on his Civic EF. Should have just listened to Mikey all along. I think I may need to up the shocks in the rear to get the car to rotate. But I really just want to get the car aligned and corner balanced before I really focus in on figuring out the suspension. The car is still a fun car.
Depending on if I am working the November NASA event I may be out for another AUTOX with VMSC, My impression of them this time around was better. I came to realize the same people who were jaskasses last time were jackasses this time, so its not the group, just the 2-3 asshats who frequent the events. But, I am definately signing up for the NOV 20th NASA-X at VMP.
Pics from VMSC....
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Overall I did improve, first run was a 41.152 to a 38.428. FTD in a car was 33.XXX, Elise on R-comps.
Results: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://myautoevents.com/pls/mae/frmEventDetail.ShowResults?psEVENT_ID=12225">http://myautoevents.com/pls/mae/frmEventDetail.ShowResults?psEVENT_ID=12225</a><!-- m -->
Biggest need is SEAT TIME!!!!! Although, I still need to figure out tire pressures, I tried to keep the tires around 30psi, I think i may drop the pressures to 26 or so, I know Mikey recommended it for the track, but seemed low to me for an autox, but Perrera runs those pressures on his Civic EF. Should have just listened to Mikey all along. I think I may need to up the shocks in the rear to get the car to rotate. But I really just want to get the car aligned and corner balanced before I really focus in on figuring out the suspension. The car is still a fun car.
Depending on if I am working the November NASA event I may be out for another AUTOX with VMSC, My impression of them this time around was better. I came to realize the same people who were jaskasses last time were jackasses this time, so its not the group, just the 2-3 asshats who frequent the events. But, I am definately signing up for the NOV 20th NASA-X at VMP.
Pics from VMSC....