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

[jdg371]

yea the kart grabs FTD for Raw mostly.. our PAX winner is usually Miata or MRS. Theres a couple veterans here.. not sure if theyre national champs tho. A bud of mine raced his 89 Tercel back then.. I mean back then early 90s at the Autox I think he was in the Yokohoma SCCA challenge or something like that. He still has the car, disassembled tho. Hes planning on throwing it in for Grassroots

[boosted_K2]

FWIW since you havent seen me around here before here are my cars:
my old celica:
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/348357
my old MR2:
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/487215
my current MR2:
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2203889
i need to get new pics of the current MR2 those are from a year ago.

my girlfriend and i definatly have a toyota fetish, she owned a 00 celica GTS 6-speed and traded that in about 2 weeks ago for a '07 scion tC.

[andrewb0x29a]

Actually, all the 7th gens are G stock. I autoX against one at the DC events. The GTS used to be D stock and got moved this last year. All of the 6th gens were under consideration to be moved last year but that didn't happen. The ST used to be *the* car to have. It even got bumped up from H to G stock. That was before the new Mini came on the scene. I sent in a proposal to have them moved at the end of this season but it probably won't happen. I asked one of the SEB members about it and was told that the car is too old and they don't want to risk the chance of making an out of production car the dominant car in a class.

What would be interesting would be to build an FSP 6th gen GT. If I could find a no-frills (no sun-roof, cloth seats, manual windows, etc) '94 GT nearby I might looking into doing that. For now I will just continue to get beaten every other week. It doesn't help that I'm running against drivers mentioned in Sports Car as contenders at nationals. However, the car for GS may no longer be the Mini S. The Sentra SE-R was moved last year and its my pick for nationals this year. Unfortunately I can't make nationals this year but I will try to go next year. Boosted, let me know if you plan on coming to any DC events next year.

[jdg371]

my girlfriend and i definatly have a toyota fetish, she owned a 00 celica GTS 6-speed and traded that in about 2 weeks ago for a '07 scion tC.

haha were HxC yota fans here..

hmm I went from.. Camry to 5GC to 6GC.. my brother.. 89 Corolla GTS, 85 Supra Ptype, 81 Starlet, 86 Corolla SR5, 00 MRS

[boosted_K2]

Actually, all the 7th gens are G stock. I autoX against one at the DC events. The GTS used to be D stock and got moved this last year. All of the 6th gens were under consideration to be moved last year but that didn't happen. The ST used to be *the* car to have. It even got bumped up from H to G stock. That was before the new Mini came on the scene. I sent in a proposal to have them moved at the end of this season but it probably won't happen. I asked one of the SEB members about it and was told that the car is too old and they don't want to risk the chance of making an out of production car the dominant car in a class.

What would be interesting would be to build an FSP 6th gen GT. If I could find a no-frills (no sun-roof, cloth seats, manual windows, etc) '94 GT nearby I might looking into doing that. For now I will just continue to get beaten every other week. It doesn't help that I'm running against drivers mentioned in Sports Car as contenders at nationals. However, the car for GS may no longer be the Mini S. The Sentra SE-R was moved last year and its my pick for nationals this year. Unfortunately I can't make nationals this year but I will try to go next year. Boosted, let me know if you plan on coming to any DC events next year.

ya, i have heard that the SE-R can give the cooper-S a run for its money however never seeing one run (atleast w/ a competitive driver) in person leaves me still skeptical.

the DC pro is on my wish list to attend next year for sure, as far as national tour i'll likely attend peru but not sure of what else... maybe dc

[andrewb0x29a]

ya, i have heard that the SE-R can give the cooper-S a run for its money however never seeing one run (atleast w/ a competitive driver) in person leaves me still skeptical.

Eric Kriemelmeyer was 3.5 seconds faster than me in his SE-R this weekend on a 40-45 second course. I got him to drive my car for a couple of fun runs and he was still 1.7 seconds faster so the car is still capable. He said the handling and turn in was great. It's just lacking in the power department. I may co-drive his car at one of the events after nationals just to see the difference.

the DC pro is on my wish list to attend next year for sure, as far as national tour i'll likely attend peru but not sure of what else... maybe dc

I'll be going to at least one pro next year (I won a free entry at this year's DC pro for the first 0.500 reaction time). I will try to get another one or two in as well and am planning on going to nationals. Not sure if I will still be driving the Celica or not. I'll probably keep it for local events and try to co-drive someone else's car for remote events.

[boosted_K2]

ya, codriving is the way to go, saves so much money. my buddy and i codrive my ES MR2, we will be doing it again next year then he plans to build a 240Z for BSP the following year. We hope to prove that car is competitive in the class or disprove it and get it moved to a different SP class.

this weekend will be my first event in a month, we are going to Grattan raceway for a western michigan region event, then i only have 2 more events left this season in detroit region and 2 or 3 events at my university.

[hitcachi]

boosted, it would be nice if you could possibly post up some short vids of you in action or anyone from some of the events that you attend. I can honestly say that through this tread, i am now totally into auto x and just want to learn more. Thanks so far for all your help.

-jim

[boosted_K2]

alex just got back from the oscoda detroit/saginaw valley two day event in my car. i unfortunatly was unable to make it b/c my boss' wedding. he got 2 good videos from the sunday SVR event, he won his class both days (only one driving ES at SVR)... anyway i will work on posting the videos i have on youtube, i just need to reduce the file size.

i posted this link on the first page:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsz46XcNRug

alex's second run at waterford hills raceway. he ended up second at this event.

[boosted_K2]

for more videos from the detroit region:

an autox buddy of mine, Jon. He drives a supercharged cavy in TSM (street tire street mod... its a popular local class) this is his 3rd run at waterford hills (same event as above)
http://www.airtonics.com/Racing/2006/AutoX...ker/JonRun3.wmv

heres a more artistic video from this seasons opener:
http://happytiger.net/kevin/videos/chicane.mov

[jdg371]

andrew. are you going to the NASA event on Oct 1st? its at richmond.

[boosted_K2]

two more vids of my car being driven by my codriver
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k55uvg6zlFw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7FSJuuCu6o

[hitcachi]

+1. Great videos. You autocross in the rain? holy crap.

[boosted_K2]

weve autocrossed in a blizzard before lol

more videos after monday, 3 days of SCCA events this weekend for labor day at Grattan Raceway in Belding, MI. Club Racing sat, sun, and autocross monday. im leaving to head out there tomorrow.

[jdg371]

No Autox for me this sunday. I decided to skip this one. The cars been feeling wierd and having issues

[jdg371]

Mmk. Guys im getting some ASA AR-1s 16x7.5 for cheaps Right now I have some Potenza 050As to slap on them..

Which would be the best tire all around?

-Fuzion HRi ($66)
-BFG G-Force ($72)
-Fuzion ZRi ($82)

All 225/50/16s

My brother had the G-Force in his car.. and those thing gets real sticky. He started shooting rocks at me when I followed him lol

-After I recover from the tire/wheel purchase.. im grabbing some strut/spring hahah -sucks being in HS.. and only a part time job

This post has been edited by jdg371: Sep 4, 2006 - 10:29 AM

[hitcachi]

225/50/16's? damn, see, i cant go that wide being as low as i am. Keep that in mind when purchasing springs. i think im going to go with a 215/50/16.

[jdg371]

215s would be stretched in 7.5 wheels.and its cheaper to get 225s lol
also how low are you?

[boosted_K2]

wow i am so exhausted. what a long day out at grattan but that track is pretty wicked. I finished 2nd of 9 in class, my codriver alex was third. im not sure what i will end up at in PAX but i dont expect to be very high because there was a long drag section across the finish line (4th gear ~90 MPH across the lights) so PAX gets all skewed when courses are run like that. a little E-Stock MR2 just doesnt have the power to put up a PAX fight.

shower now... maybe vids on youtube a little later... but likely tomorrow

[boosted_K2]

my 4th run at grattan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWwJz1yErus

enjoy