06-26-2017, 08:44 PM
TL;DR: I'm slow but had a blast in auto-x. This car is great and feels good.
I have put about 400 miles on my car since transforming it to a lightly prepped STR car. I decided to run an auto-x this past weekend even without an alignment. The car still felt fine and ran great. These dampers are very very good and worth the struggle I went through. I run them daily at 3 from soft front and 4 from soft in the rear. I turned them up to 8 from soft front at front and kept the 4 from in the rear for auto-x. Nothing would upset the car at all. Bumps in turns at redline? No big deal.
I placed 5th out of 10 in STR against guys with more experience and more modifications done to their car. This was my 5th auto-x overall with the car. The previous 4 were a stock car on the stock size all-seasons. I ran without getting an alignment since the install (~380 miles). I removed 7 seconds off my time over 5 runs. I was .6 seconds away from 3rd place. I ran 32psi in the tires and left them as is. I did not make any adjustments at all to the car. The only thing I did was turn off stability/traction for the last 2 runs as I felt more comfortable with how fast I was going. I easily left 1-2 seconds with in my limits of the basically new to me car which would've put me in 2nd. The 1st place guy had a fully prepped e36 M3 for STR (seats, harnesses, etc...) along with more driver mod. He was 2.9 seconds faster than me. I would not be surprised if I could beat his time or come close in the future as I learn the car, get a proper alignment, and actually get the car dialed in. This car is plenty capable with this suspension and grip level... I'm very happy with the results all things considered. I'm very much looking forward to more events in this thing. It's so much better than stock and I couldn't be happier at the moment.
[youtube]Bj0ji2h762U[/youtube]
Car is at an alignment shop getting a custom alignment of:
Front -
Caster: Max Positive
Camber: -2.5
Toe: -0.05
Rear -
Camber: -2.0
Toe: 0
Next autox event is Friday. So, really looking forward to that for more seat time and fun.
I have put about 400 miles on my car since transforming it to a lightly prepped STR car. I decided to run an auto-x this past weekend even without an alignment. The car still felt fine and ran great. These dampers are very very good and worth the struggle I went through. I run them daily at 3 from soft front and 4 from soft in the rear. I turned them up to 8 from soft front at front and kept the 4 from in the rear for auto-x. Nothing would upset the car at all. Bumps in turns at redline? No big deal.
I placed 5th out of 10 in STR against guys with more experience and more modifications done to their car. This was my 5th auto-x overall with the car. The previous 4 were a stock car on the stock size all-seasons. I ran without getting an alignment since the install (~380 miles). I removed 7 seconds off my time over 5 runs. I was .6 seconds away from 3rd place. I ran 32psi in the tires and left them as is. I did not make any adjustments at all to the car. The only thing I did was turn off stability/traction for the last 2 runs as I felt more comfortable with how fast I was going. I easily left 1-2 seconds with in my limits of the basically new to me car which would've put me in 2nd. The 1st place guy had a fully prepped e36 M3 for STR (seats, harnesses, etc...) along with more driver mod. He was 2.9 seconds faster than me. I would not be surprised if I could beat his time or come close in the future as I learn the car, get a proper alignment, and actually get the car dialed in. This car is plenty capable with this suspension and grip level... I'm very happy with the results all things considered. I'm very much looking forward to more events in this thing. It's so much better than stock and I couldn't be happier at the moment.
[youtube]Bj0ji2h762U[/youtube]
Car is at an alignment shop getting a custom alignment of:
Front -
Caster: Max Positive
Camber: -2.5
Toe: -0.05
Rear -
Camber: -2.0
Toe: 0
Next autox event is Friday. So, really looking forward to that for more seat time and fun.