mspeedP5 Auto-X Report

[mspeedP5]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msCF4_YZuuE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3SVnygcB48
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5extU6miAM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcQ2c73TYmw

Solo I today!

 

[mspeedP5]

3rd gear finally went Adios!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHzjNLETVh0

 

[conewagon]

bummer.

 

[mspeedP5]

Some footage prior to the gear letting go...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqkoCWcGMcU

 

[niky]

That took a long time...

 

[jsooke]

Same club .... fast PAX by HS Mazda Protege5 ... keeping the P5 spirit alive while Mark fixes his car.

Video of fast run:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAwnAGG2HOE&hd=1

Jay

 

[mspeedP5]

Holy crap Jay! Joined in 2003 and only 14 posts!!!!
BTW, nice going on Sunday. I'll be back in a few months. My cylinder head is getting built right now and then the car goes to Bullfrog for the tranny build.

 

[mspeedP5]

10 months later I finally get to another event. Car ran flawlessly but the driver needs some practice!

Raw Times

Pax Times

 

[conewagon]

would you guys say that you "rotate" the car a lot while you are driving? I have found the ability to rotate with trail-braking and I was wondering what you guys thought.

 

[mspeedP5]

My car will rotate easily enough with lift-throttle. I need more seat time at a wide-open venue like last weekend to try some left foot trail-braking. Most of my local auto-crossing is done at a track with not a lot of run-off room for playing around...

 

[conewagon]

ahhh, I see. I wasn't left-foot braking necessarily but the car rotates when I do that too. I hear what you are saying about the wall, I have watched some of your videos and your club definitely takes risks that mine won't. Looks like an awesome venue but high risk.

 

[mspeedP5]

Ran at a local club event last Saturday. Got in 7 runs with the last being the quickest. I tried using a different position for the GoPro with each run except for the final 2 which are the same...

Run 1

Run 2

Run 3

Run 4

Run 5

Run 6

Run 7

Oh ya, and this was on street tires because the weather called for rain so I left the slicks at home!

 

[mspeedP5]

Video from last Sunday...
From the work station:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3i1t1n95QA
From the car:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xpo9zHs4c0