Autocross, Collection of the 6gc Member's thought on AUTOX Options

[boosted_K2]

good thing to get in your frame for taking vids: hands and head, hands to show your steering input (too much, too jerky, too slow/fast etc..) and head to see where you're looking, look ahead, look WAAAAY ahead.

[jdg371]

Yea.. hopefully I get that done lol.. Ill probably use the mini dv for the upcoming event.

What tire pressure are you guys running? with 205/50s I used 46font 36rear.. it felt like it was sticking and the tires were folding too badly, just right. I might run more in the rear like 46/39

[creis]

on your bigger profile tires I would say 46 is high but should keep the sidewalls strong, 39 is a little low, try 45 all the way around, I run at like 42ish, but dont make it exact, just keep it a little over 40 on my tires. (toyo proxies 215/40)

and yeah, always be looking atleast 2 moves ahead, be planning your moves in as much advance as you can so you can better set your position and angle for them when you get there.

[jdg371]

I always try thinking ahead.. but once the car starts moving that "thinking" disappears lol

[jdg371]

good thing to get in your frame for taking vids: hands and head, hands to show your steering input (too much, too jerky, too slow/fast etc..) and head to see where you're looking, look ahead, look WAAAAY ahead.

hmm 2 cams then? lol

[boosted_K2]

not necessarily 2 cams... if your camera is attached to the passanger seat (i assume by the view it is), push the seat back as far as possible and as high as possible, aim it at the windscreen with a buddy in the driverseat and fine tune it so you can see the back of his head and his hands. you should still be able to see a good amount of the track, keep it zoomed out all the way.

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[boosted_K2]

looks like a fun course, i love it when designers are obsessed with slaloms and constant radius/sweeping turns


EDIT: ALSO REMEMBER!!! All my advice is speculative. take it all with a grain of salt. i run an ES MR2 with race rubber, my eyes are trained to read a course with my car in mind, your car WILL behave slightly differently so you may want to run a modified line off mine. ALSO REMEMBER my advice is based on an assumption of scale and distances, if in doubt, error on being smooth and balanced, modify your line each run as you figure out what sections run differently than the course map or the course walk. ALSO NOTE track conditions, error away from large and/or fresh oil spots and large puddles (esp. on race tires and around high grip maneuvers) that stuff gets on your tires and takes a little while to come off, if you go galloping through oil and water you will loose tiregrip for more than the time you are in/on the element.

[jdg371]

The cam is being held by a straight bar conected to both headrest..


thats some in depth advice right there doo!

[boosted_K2]

hmm... in that case you probably cant get the type of angle i am suggesting.

[jdg371]

hmm... in that case you probably cant get the type of angle i am suggesting.

probably you can see part of my hand movement in the current setup


Damn. I cant find the pics I took.. there was a sick LS1 Miata and a Orange Elise (that actually raced!)

This post has been edited by jdg371: Aug 7, 2006 - 3:19 PM

[boosted_K2]

what cars are really nuts are the CM 5.0 mustangs...




no, that was not on accident, no he did not tip/loose control, yes, that car is VERY quick.

[jdg371]

umm DAMN! the mustangs here are just loud and slide theyre rear all day

[creis]

not only quick, that is some serious grip to not just slide out but enough to pick it up, very pricy tires on that sucker.

[jdg371]

Pics of the Celica. On the Sunday event. I ate a cone.. w00t! also I had 1 wheel up a couple of times.. Didn't think I could get my car to do that..









I got a vid.. just need to find the link for now..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mstxA0oXKV0&eurl= for the vid.. also first time I hit.. or should I say run over a pylon.. the laughter is crazy

This post has been edited by jdg371: Aug 21, 2006 - 6:07 PM

[airfron]

nice vid

looks like fun

[jdg371]

it was fun. even when I got crap for time haha

few more pics from other people





This post has been edited by jdg371: Aug 21, 2006 - 7:17 PM

[boosted_K2]

cool, looks like that was teh course i gave advice on right? how did it drive compared to the map and my advice? you gotta fix that camera mount hehe the blue sky is beatiful, but it wont help you through the cones

[jdg371]

haha yea. Im thinking of getting the mount that one of the guy has.. it attaches to any bar so its good for me. The whole course was tweaked. Like the slaloms were really wide (forgot the name they told me..) and the smooth turns became sharp. Also driving with a huge blister isnt good haha. I was faster tho.. its the reverse of my first autcross which I got 90 on.. on this one I got 77

I did do what you said about understeer. Helped alot especially when im close to knocking down a wall of cones

[boosted_K2]

excellent! congrats man.

[jdg371]

well.. another one in 2 weeks time.. I like the upcomming one more since its a shorter track so not much speed is required