newbie questions about X-cross
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Originally Posted by kwescott
or street tire stock class (what is it again....SK1/SK2?) if you want to stay with street tires.
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Obviously real seat time is king, and I would heartily reccomend that you check out a racing school like Evolution. I got 80 runs in a weekend with multi-time national champs for just $450 for 2 days worth. It took me a whole season to make those lessons habit and be able to use them, but I wouldn't trade that for any piece of equipment.
Secondly, and it might sound a little Mickey Mouse, but buy a Playstation, GranTourismo 4, and a wheel/pedal set. You can play for hours and learn a LOT about the correct racing line. There's a reason that tons of pro racers play the game regularly.
Secondly, and it might sound a little Mickey Mouse, but buy a Playstation, GranTourismo 4, and a wheel/pedal set. You can play for hours and learn a LOT about the correct racing line. There's a reason that tons of pro racers play the game regularly.
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Another way to see how far you are off, is have one of the top drivers drive you around the course on an "instructor" run. See how they run your car, see what their times are...to see how far you are off the pace (given their experience level).
I've had Ulllose and MP5 both drive my car at actual events. I am about even/ a little behind MP5, but am about 1.5-2.0 seconds behind Ulllose. You'll learn alot by sitting in your own car, seeing the speeds at which they enter and exit corners, how they handle soloms and transitions, as well as line and break points.
This has been the most helpful for me.
I've had Ulllose and MP5 both drive my car at actual events. I am about even/ a little behind MP5, but am about 1.5-2.0 seconds behind Ulllose. You'll learn alot by sitting in your own car, seeing the speeds at which they enter and exit corners, how they handle soloms and transitions, as well as line and break points.
This has been the most helpful for me.
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Alright, I've got a new autox newbie question. I want to get a set of numbers and am unsure whether to go with magnetic or vinyl. I'm assuming vinyl is the way to go, but figured I'd post it up and see what they rest of you are using.
Incidentally and unrelated point for the moderators - might be a good idea to sticky this thread in order to maintain it as a gathering place for noob autox questions.
Incidentally and unrelated point for the moderators - might be a good idea to sticky this thread in order to maintain it as a gathering place for noob autox questions.
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I was under the impression that the magnetic numbers were just magnet-impregnated vinyl sheeting.
I bought a 10'x1' roll of white "magnetic sheeting" for about $30 shipped off of eBay. I printed out appropriate clip-art letters and numbers from MS Word to use as stencil and cut them out of the sheet with an Xacto knife. I used Krylon spray paint for plastic applications to give it more contrast against my silver car.
If you go this route, cover the back side of the sheet (the site that will touch the paint on your car) with masking tape before you paint it. If you don't, the spray paint may run and get on the back side and then embed itself in your paint.
I bought a 10'x1' roll of white "magnetic sheeting" for about $30 shipped off of eBay. I printed out appropriate clip-art letters and numbers from MS Word to use as stencil and cut them out of the sheet with an Xacto knife. I used Krylon spray paint for plastic applications to give it more contrast against my silver car.
If you go this route, cover the back side of the sheet (the site that will touch the paint on your car) with masking tape before you paint it. If you don't, the spray paint may run and get on the back side and then embed itself in your paint.
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Originally Posted by TeamRX8
modding your car and getting knocked out of the Stock class will be a mistake, it won't do all that well anywhere else without serious mods and serious driving, so learning the rule allowances for the various categories would also be a good starting place
Nice brake pads if you are doing track rather than cones in a big plain field.
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Originally Posted by takahashi
Nice brake pads if you are doing track rather than cones in a big plain field.
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Originally Posted by trumant
Alright, I've got a new autox newbie question. I want to get a set of numbers and am unsure whether to go with magnetic or vinyl. I'm assuming vinyl is the way to go, but figured I'd post it up and see what they rest of you are using.
Incidentally and unrelated point for the moderators - might be a good idea to sticky this thread in order to maintain it as a gathering place for noob autox questions.
Incidentally and unrelated point for the moderators - might be a good idea to sticky this thread in order to maintain it as a gathering place for noob autox questions.
I've seen a whole set of numbers and class letters being sold on ebay before. This may be the way to go if you don't have a consistent number for each event.
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