Tigawoods' 1995 Celica, Racing n Stuff Options

[Tigawoods]

IM SO EXCITED!
i went to a meet in pittsburgh last night and talked with this subie guy. one thing led to another and he told be to come to an auto-x tomorrow. $25

CHEAP AS HELL!
im excited to test out all the suspension work

[Stambo]

we have a autox tomorrow in milwaukee but its raining all weekend

[rj8807]

so how did the auto-x go? DC region had one today, but i was working :-(

This post has been edited by rj8807: Apr 26, 2009 - 5:13 PM

[Tigawoods]

just got back. i liked the set up of the course because it tested me in a way that i hadnt been in previous events.

2 main notable points where a mid speed 2500rpmish turn into a straight where i found out on the low end celicas do not perform well.
and then in a small S turn where i had to downshift to first, which took me two runs to go from high speed 2nd brake brake brake and shift to 1st

at this event i also saw how outclassed i am in BSP.
the FTD car was in BSP(TurboWRX) and ran a 49.2 with the avg. of the day was around 54ish.
I will probably try out DSP for a couple events and see if its more my kind of cars

it was a test event to play around and get used to my suspension set up.

all in all it was alot of fun and cant wait to get back to philly and start running there.

[Stambo]

At our events so far in milwaukee, i didnt get that low in the rpms to downshift. The celi's are slow when its down in the low rpms

What times did you end up running?

[Tigawoods]

yeah it was a surprise to everyone when they set it up. after my second run i got used to it and kind of liked it. i had a smooth transition from 2nd to 1st.

the main main problem was trying to gain speed from that low rpm in 2nd gear. i had to feather the pedal to be able to keep my rpms steady so i can exit and gain speed quicker than what i did in the beginning which was staying a constant speed around the turn, and then gassing it on the exit, and it took a few seconds to build up speed. it sucked
my times where(all estimates till i get the final results)

Off Course (6 cones in slalom)
69.936 +1 cone (+2sec)
64.961 +1
61.914


i was ahead of a vette until he pulled a 59.911 his last run
there was a ASP Porsche 911 and a AS S2000 that i got faster times than
there where a few other cars that i had better times
i know if i had gotten at least 2 more runs i would have gotten down to 58

[Tigawoods]

i just ordered a "D" to replace the "B" so now ill have both. one for being conservative, and the other if i feel like getting torn up

[808celica]

could your steelies be holding you back?? nice bro i wish to do some autoxing

[Tigawoods]

they are 35lbs each. i am looking into hoosiers and some 13's. in DSP or BSP you can run slicks


daaaaamn. 295 a tire is the cheapest

This post has been edited by Tigawoods: Apr 26, 2009 - 10:12 PM

[lagos]

i just ordered a "D" to replace the "B" so now ill have both. one for being conservative, and the other if i feel like getting torn up

So what your saying is that you did not do as well as you thought you would, so you decided to remedy this by buying a new sticker for your car?

[JustinCapps]

Right on dude!!
just curious, how did you get the rubber stuff under the seat so clean?? or was it jut like that?
mine is just horrible. haah

[95st-celica]

lol...you love stickers...anyway lookin real good mike...im likein the thread so far but whats next on the list for it?

[Tigawoods]

i just ordered a "D" to replace the "B" so now ill have both. one for being conservative, and the other if i feel like getting torn up

So what your saying is that you did not do as well as you thought you would, so you decided to remedy this by buying a new sticker for your car?

they are magnets ass. and u have more stickers than me!

oh. i want to get sponsored by a company so i can get those hoosier tires for a bit cheaper. so dont yell t me when i start branding their name

Right on dude!!
just curious, how did you get the rubber stuff under the seat so clean?? or was it jut like that?
mine is just horrible. haah

what rubber stuff? under the back seats?

lol...you love stickers...anyway lookin real good mike...im likein the thread so far but whats next on the list for it?

just basic odds and ends. money is going into the camera and auto-x events.
maybe farther along down the road when my warranty is up. cams. and if it every pops up again, supercharge, but thats a longshot

This post has been edited by Tigawoods: Apr 27, 2009 - 8:47 AM

[Stambo]

Looks like overall for you personally, you progressed throughout the day. I dont know if its just me, but when i see a higher performance car just a second or two ahead of me i really try to push myself more to feel like i really did good that day. If you were keeping up with a vette on that one.

Did you film your runs?

Also i just bought "the gripper" and i am very impressed at how stable it really is!

[Tigawoods]

nah. i was very unprepared for this. all my stuff was a home. helmet numbers vidcamera. etc.
still learned and had fun.

ur gunna have fun with the gripper. worth every penny of the 100.03

[Stambo]

I wish i had like 4 of them so i could make a better "montage" if you will of one run with different angles.

[Tigawoods]

thats what my autox vid kind of was. putting the camera different places and stitching the video together like it was one run

[Tigawoods]

found a guy with a 70-200 2.8 and asked him if i can get some good pics of me racing.

[jimmykay]

Thats so awesome. I went AutoXing sunday as well. We just got the times back today. I ended up in 9th out of 17 on the PAX. 2/2 in my class by a half of a second. No camera's or anything but it's a blast. Not bad for only my third event.

[Tigawoods]

not bad at all. im glad there are others on here that are interested in auto-x.
its so much fun and you find out alot about your driving skills and your cars abilities