So I turn faster than you, but you crush me in the straights by 10 mph.
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So I turn faster than you, but you crush me in the straights by 10 mph.
Most definetly a wheel bearing. I just dealt with this exact issue.
You'll get better Sho. The more seat time and learning your car inside and out will help with setups for braking, accelerating, and finding out were you need to adjust your driving line on the course.
I agree with #1 that course was very wide open and I found myself braking when I normally do but I was going much faster with this course so I ended up carrying too much speed into the corners. The whole course felt very unnatural to me. I like the tight little courses where I can keep up with #1 lol
It was a good course to start out on Sho. Not at all technical which can really get confusing when you're new, especially at the airport.
I thought you did a great job, with every run came improvement! The first thing I noticed is that you were tentative going to the throttle and on the brakes early. But you'll get more aggressive the more time you spend doing it.
I thought you did a great job, with every run came improvement! The first thing I noticed is that you were tentative going to the throttle and on the brakes early. But you'll get more aggressive the more time you spend doing it.
You guys keep getting us confused. haha. I might have to start going by my nickname, Lew.
lol, silly kids
that's a huge gap in mileage and not a huge gap in price
can't tell if the red one has the tech package or not either, the black one does.
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Thanks, Will. Definitely noticed i was braking way too early after riding along with others in the later heats, i was so nervous/excitied haha. Hopefully i can make it to one more event before school starts kicking my ass
Ya you're probably turning a little bit faster than me. Your car weighs at least 250lbs less so that's probably a contributing factor. My power made up for that though. Also, I wasn't getting the rotation I wanted in the rear, even with the rear tires inflated 8psi higher than the front tires. The balance is perfect for tracks like Mid-Ohio where I definitely don't want a lot of oversteer. If I raise my rear suspension 1/4"-1/2", increase camber in the front, and decrease camber in the rear, it should rotate better.
That course felt very natural to me as the majority of my racing experience is on a track (was only my 3rd Auto-x ever). That high-speed slalom at the end of the course was soooo much fun!
Yeah it's tough to get the braking part right. But the good thing about autocross is that if you leave it too late you just get some cone scuffs on your bumper, no big deal. 
Acceleration is easy, get to full throttle with as little wheelspin as possible, as quickly as possible!
BTW, I think this only applies to Patrick and Marlon but I'll be joining you guys at Mid-Ohio on Monday. I heard back from Jason earlier today and he gave me the instructor info.
Acceleration is easy, get to full throttle with as little wheelspin as possible, as quickly as possible! BTW, I think this only applies to Patrick and Marlon but I'll be joining you guys at Mid-Ohio on Monday. I heard back from Jason earlier today and he gave me the instructor info.
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Yeah it's tough to get the braking part right. But the good thing about autocross is that if you leave it too late you just get some cone scuffs on your bumper, no big deal.
BTW, I think this only applies to Patrick and Marlon but I'll be joining you guys at Mid-Ohio on Monday. I heard back from Jason earlier today and he gave me the instructor info.
Cool, see you there! I think Tom Cabral might volunteer as an Instructor as well. It will be good to see him in the RX-8 again...
Dual purpose (autocross/track) suspension setups are tough to come by. You're almost always making a compromise for one or the other. And in your case with it being a car that gets driven on the street a lot it gets even tougher.
But changing your setup too much to favor autocross can completely ruin it on the track.
Going from track to autocross is way more difficult than the other way around. But yeah that course definitely helps with the transition.
I agree, it's probably very difficult. I'm not going to adjust the car too much for auto-x. I also forgot to mention the BC coilovers have adjustable damping and I was running them a little stiffer in the rear for the auto-x, trying to get more rear rotation. I think I can make the camber and height adjustments and not see much of a compromise on-track. Here's a suspension setup plan I came up with to see if I can setup the car for track and auto-x:
For track days: Set the Front damping setting stiffer than the rear, keep tire pressures fairly even in the front and rear, use the middle stiffness setting on the rear sway bar= Should corner pretty neutral with minimal oversteer.
For Auto-x: Use same setting for Front and Rear damping (possibly stiffer in rear if necessary), over-inflate rear tires (8-10psi higher than front), use stiffest setting on the rear sway bar= Should give me more oversteer for better rotation.
I agree, the track experience has helped tremendously with auto-x. I don't think I would be getting 1st if it weren't for the track experience. On-track, you get a very good feeling for how the car reacts at the limit and where that limit of traction is. I did notice at the Toledo auto-x and definitely at the Lakeland auto-x, I actually had to force myself to make quicker inputs as far as braking and turning.
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My brain is fried from work, I guess I wanted to increase the wetness of my suspension HAHA thanks