I'll be there heckling. Which heat are you running in? I don't wanna just stand there all day.
Maybe I'll dig up the giant cowbell.
Philly SCCA Autocross - Holbert Memorial Event - 8/25 & 8/26
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It's likely because we've been training the others to autocross.
This one's gone to her Furdad, but we've got a 2 week old kitten that just opened it's eyes so we're about to start teaching it to look ahead and then trail brake.
We call him Black Bean... Bean training pics coming soon.
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my cars autopilot would have me exit at sweetwater right after chatanooga out of habbit.
brain go brrrrrr
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Big Brain Bradley wrote: ↑Thu Aug 23, 2018 5:09 pmmy cars autopilot would have me exit at sweetwater right after chatanooga out of habbit.
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA
I'm picturing you going to Starbucks and getting a coffee or some shit, at 2am in the morning to take off. You finally get on 12 and start to play with your phone while the car does its thing and then you yell as it immediately pulls onto the first exit. LOL
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I'd be interested to see how well you can close the gap on the ND with some stickier tires. From what I've casually read, with similar prep, the ND is a tenth or two ahead.[user not found] wrote: ↑Mon Aug 27, 2018 10:09 amFirst day was a DFL - only car in the class on non-200TW tires, and it was something of a test-and-tune day for me. New car, fresh sealant on the lot, it was very much like figure skating.
1T str 141 Leach, Ryan 2016 Mazda Mx5 36.995 35.352 49.555+dnf 34.846 34.846
2T str 41 Babin, Nick 2016 Mazda Miata 37.140 36.341 35.593 35.263 35.263
3 str 25 Taggart, Darian 2006 Honda s2000 36.858 35.922+1 35.946+2 35.475 35.475
4 str 23 Borkey, Bryan 2001 Honda S2000 36.508 35.732 40.678 35.569 35.569
5 str 12 Herron, Christopher 1997 BMW M3 37.302+1 37.179 37.051 36.508 36.508
6 str 4 Leach, Rachel 2016 Mazda Miata 42.975+1 38.182 37.547 37.369+1 37.547
7 str 3 Gill, Robert 1997 BMW M3 coupe 39.938 39.280 38.128 54.420+3 38.128
8 str 22 Repp, Zachary 2009 Mazda MX-5 40.161 38.656 39.566 38.421 38.421
2nd day I felt a lot more comfortable, figured out tire pressures, still dealing with non-200TW tires but I did what I could. I beat the M3, but overdrove the car trying to catch the ND miata in front of me on RE71Rs.
1T str 2 Laluces, Hezron Honda S2000 CR 40.067 40.107+dnf 39.231 39.056 39.056
2T str 141 Leach, Ryan 2016 Mazda Mx5 40.893 40.632 40.293 40.008 40.008
3T str 23 Borkey, Bryan 2001 Honda S2000 41.336 40.402 40.095 40.404 40.095
4T str 21 Caserta, Jon Honda S2000 CR 41.510+1 40.683+1 40.402 40.264 40.264
5 str 41 Babin, Nick 2016 Mazda Miata 50.097+3 40.497 40.915 40.409+dnf 40.497
6 str 25 Taggart, Darian 2006 Honda s2000 41.483 40.814+1 41.318+2 41.312 41.312
7 str 4 Leach, Rachel 2016 Mazda Miata 43.404+2 45.119 42.364 42.055 42.055
8 str 22 Repp, Zachary 2009 Mazda MX-5 44.315 43.862 42.862 42.873 42.862
9 str 3 Gill, Robert 1997 BMW M3 coupe 45.749 44.226 44.311 43.921 43.921
10 str 5 Cutilli, Greg 2001 Mazda MX-5 53.388+dnf 54.017 46.915 46.403 46.403
11 str 79 Rennard, Ellie Miata 51.130 101.541+dnf 62.881+1 55.690 51.130
12 str 9 Gaydos, Patti 95 Miata 60.807+dnf 67.466 59.061+1 56.138 56.138
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I don't mind shorter courses. Less elements to fuck up and when you perfect it it's awesome. And more runs is always good. We did an endurocross and my god, 190 seconds of a course with only 2 runs is really not that fun. Wears you the hell out and you can't make more runs to be more conservative to fix those downed cones on other runs.
The last few times I've gone at warminster it was 4-5 runs but the times varied. It was usually between 30-50 seconds. I don't think I've ever done a minute course there.
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I had a slow carGberg2119 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 27, 2018 10:43 amThe last few times I've gone at warminster it was 4-5 runs but the times varied. It was usually between 30-50 seconds. I don't think I've ever done a minute course there.Johnny_P wrote:
When I was doing it, at Warminster, it was 3 runs. But they were longer courses, like 50-60 seconds. 5 on a shorter course would be more fun, IMO.
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That thing was such a shitbucket
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I don't what was on it in that picture, but here's the list of stuff it eventually did have:
-Multimatic inverted damper suspension kit
-22mm rear sway bar
-Brembo blank rotors and Hawk HPS pads
-(later) 17" wheels and Falken Azenis RT-615 tires (mondo upgrade)
-Underdrive pulley, stupid fucking mod, just made the lights flicker
-AEM intake for lolz but it ended up killing downstream sensors
-Ported throttle body
-Short shifter
-Polyurethane dogbone transmission mount
It was fun to drive but slow af. And honestly I never liked the suspension I put on it. Should have done the cheapo SVT suspension system, it was only like $240 for dampers and springs but NOOOOO I had to have the Multimatic shit. Which blew a strut in 15k miles. Garbage. Honestly the tires, rear sway, and shifter/trans mount mods were the best.
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Oh 4 and then listing your best of the set, ahhh.[user not found] wrote: ↑Mon Aug 27, 2018 11:14 amOnly 4 runs.
Also, would everyone about "run time."
It's autocross.
I got what I wanted out of it. A chance to flog my car mercilessly and figure out how it responds at the limit without getting a ticket.
Yeah I mean it's a fun time either way.