06-12-2017, 11:43 AM
i'm so proud of you guys *tear*
give it a few more events and you'll be starting to finish at the top. i've seen it myself - guys show up in weird, pedestrian cars that don't have a hint of performance in their DNA, and absolutely clean up with them. 90% driver, 10% car at the local events levels.
even moreso when you get some real traction, aka snow tires.
your follow up to-do list should be get a full-time compressor/tire guage, fix that tranny leak, and then look into cheap skidplates made from whatever you can find. after that, start pulling weight.
if you guys install a manual valve-body ratchet shifter into the taurus you're going to become internet heroes, i swear. maybe a job for the new Madison Auto Apprentices?
i'm sorry, i should have remembered to say something about this - you need to either have a Camelbak or a gallon thermos of ice water with you at these events. you work very long stretches as you found out, its just the way they have to format it, because the course changes and ruts up, or "wears in" which gives the early runs an advantage so they have to fit all the classes into the morning and then run all the classes again in the afternoon to even out the advantages.
there's a reason i don't run events from about June to August. its completely punishing unless you have a canopy shelter or trees to stand under when you work.
give it a few more events and you'll be starting to finish at the top. i've seen it myself - guys show up in weird, pedestrian cars that don't have a hint of performance in their DNA, and absolutely clean up with them. 90% driver, 10% car at the local events levels.
even moreso when you get some real traction, aka snow tires.
your follow up to-do list should be get a full-time compressor/tire guage, fix that tranny leak, and then look into cheap skidplates made from whatever you can find. after that, start pulling weight.
Jake Wrote:Given it's a well-known trans and electronically controlled, I wonder if you could rig up some simple electronic control to force it into either 1 or 2 as an override to the shifter.
if you guys install a manual valve-body ratchet shifter into the taurus you're going to become internet heroes, i swear. maybe a job for the new Madison Auto Apprentices?
*insertusernamehere* Wrote:That meant you stood in hot sun and pillowing dirt for a little over an hour twice a day. You rotate the two groups once before lunch and then once after lunch. I got sick last thursday and super low on energy so that work schedule just didn't sit well with me.
i'm sorry, i should have remembered to say something about this - you need to either have a Camelbak or a gallon thermos of ice water with you at these events. you work very long stretches as you found out, its just the way they have to format it, because the course changes and ruts up, or "wears in" which gives the early runs an advantage so they have to fit all the classes into the morning and then run all the classes again in the afternoon to even out the advantages.
there's a reason i don't run events from about June to August. its completely punishing unless you have a canopy shelter or trees to stand under when you work.
2010 Civic Si
2019 4Runner TRD Off-Road
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Past: 03 Xterra SE 4x4 | 05 Impreza 2.5RS | 99.5 A4 Quattro 1.8T | 01 Accord EX | 90 Maxima GXE | 96 Explorer XLT
2019 4Runner TRD Off-Road
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Past: 03 Xterra SE 4x4 | 05 Impreza 2.5RS | 99.5 A4 Quattro 1.8T | 01 Accord EX | 90 Maxima GXE | 96 Explorer XLT