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First AutoX First time ever Autocrossing. The car is a 2002 WS6 with full exhaust, Strano Springs, bilstein shocks, on 275 Conti Extreme Contact sports. I ran in CAM C and there was a really nice 4th gen and 1LE 6th gen that beat me. Next time I go, I'll be running in STU where I would've been 2nd fastest today.
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I'm thinking my next round of upgrades will include stainless steel brake lines and a strano front sway bar.
Hey, I shot you a PM. Nice job Saturday for a first time! The guy in the 6th gen 1LE wasn't too happy I put 1.6sec on him. Great guy, so I certainly hope he doesn't get discouraged.
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Great driving for first time. Like S111 said, you will have much better control and your arm wont get wore out with both hands on the wheel at 9 and 3. Also I'd suggest a better lineup at the start, get the car pointed how you need to based on the first cones and straighten the wheel. Starting with the wheel turned its gonna spin more than it already wants to.
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Great driving for first time. Like S111 said, you will have much better control and your arm wont get wore out with both hands on the wheel at 9 and 3. Also I'd suggest a better lineup at the start, get the car pointed how you need to based on the first cones and straighten the wheel. Starting with the wheel turned its gonna spin more than it already wants to.
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First time ever Autocrossing. The car is a 2002 WS6 with full exhaust, Strano Springs, bilstein shocks, on 275 Conti Extreme Contact sports. I ran in CAM C and there was a really nice 4th gen and 1LE 6th gen that beat me. Next time I go, I'll be running in STU where I would've been 2nd fastest today.
https://youtu.be/b30RCHyMdjI?t=8
https://youtu.be/b30RCHyMdjI?t=8
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It looks like your seat is back about 1 or 2 clicks too far..
your angle of your elbow looks pretty flat,, that will slow the wheel rotation down.
Of course its not the right angle and I cant see it that well in the video...
Looked pretty good for a early try..
your angle of your elbow looks pretty flat,, that will slow the wheel rotation down.
Of course its not the right angle and I cant see it that well in the video...
Looked pretty good for a early try..
I don't think there is a displacement restriction... but technically his car isn't legal for STU or ESP because it has an S60. I do not think in a local AutoX anyone would call that out or care. The S60 serves no advantage. Normally the guy that wins STU in Detroit region runs about the same time I do. So it won't help him to run STU vs CAM-C. I ran into this problem when I started AutoX... unless you build the car for a class, competition is tough. That is why I was happy when CAM came around.
Agreed. I run/ran in STM.
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Figured I'd bump this back up. I continue to run CAM C. Since April I upgraded the front sway bar, did a strut tower brace, and installed a Watts link. This past weekend I got about 20 runs in between "Solo School" yesterday and the official event today. Unfortunately my SD card was fighting my GoPro all weekend so I didn't get many videos of my runs, but here is a video of one of my better runs from yesterday's solo school track.
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Made it to another local event today. Course was super easy and I've made some adjustments to the Watt's link since the last video I posted. Really starting to learn the car now.