whenson417

I would like to go but I might be short on the funds. If I have the money then count me in.

L8APEX

I will be too busy burning it up at RA, so I will not be there.

Wes, I think the intake forces us out of most classes, and drops us directly in STU. It is hard as hell to compete with those damn STI's, the are just so fast. And in the rain, there is no competition. One guy ran a 48, which was really close to the best time that was set in the dry conditions.

It was fun anyway, Don got some good pictures, tells me I really need my sways, and some coilovers. That would help, lot's 'o body roll. By next season I will have those, and a few other little toys. WE will have to see the difference.

whenson417

How unfair. A slow *** AT running against an STI just because of an intake that may give me 2hp which is still far below a manual and and STI in hp. Guess I should just run TO and compare my times myself. I don't really need a little trophy sticker. The fun is when I am out on the course.
I too noticed a lot of body roll in the pics of my car so I guess a set of sways and coilovers should be in my future as well, as well as ram duct, tires, mazdaspeed strut bars, tinted windows, and a torque converter (if anyone will make an aftermarket one to get better acceleration times)

L8APEX

Had he done any better, I would hav ethought that the Saleen as a little out of place in STU. It is just for fun for me really, but I do like the competition, and it makes me drive better. When I have a goal, it helps.

Sways, and a rear brace will do a lot, but coilovers will really make the car handle well too. Sticky tires would be great, but STU has to run street tires.

L8APEX

here are the preliminary results from yesterday, official will be in a couple days

splan8:
1-DNF
2-53.656
3-52.311+1
4-51.671

I think he ran moslty in the wet conditions.

Whenson417:
1-58.288
2-57.940
3-58.274
4-60.481

he got three good dry runs, then the wet hit on lap 4, but it was good enough for #4 of 9 in the novice afternoon group.

We both got to run around in the rain, and big puddles.
spyder_doo:
1-68.428
2-60.603
3-56.849
4-DNF, (no DSC :D )

trhoads:
1-60.440
2-57.396
3-56.312
4-56.738

that was good enough for 3rd in STU, glad Nabil was not there. Up against two STI cars, one of which wins every event. So I am happy.

L8APEX

I wonder if he could use the sway bars from a 6 speed car, since I will be getting rid of mine, HOPEFULLY this week. Hurry up RacingBeat.

Spyder_doo

That's right, running with the DSC off did cost me a DNF but man that was fun. I just hope the weather holds for this weekend in Alabama.

Jamie

whenson417

The sways are different on my car than with the GT setup? What the hell was I think because I never thought of that. I thought the sways would be the same on all the cars and it was the shocks and springs that may be a little different. I think what I would like to do is maybe get the Racing Beat sways and lowering springs and see if Charlie has a set of GT shocks sitting around when I get around to doing it all.
As far as my times go, I changed my tire pressure from 32.5psi to 35 psi after my second run based on some advice from an exprienced M3 BMW driver that was just ahead of me. Unfortunately I did not hear my 3rd lap time and it was not recorded on the tables because the Fmod cart was passing by the tables on the track so the people couldn't hear the times. I did notice that my car wasn't handling as well at that PSI so things just got worse when the rain hit. Well lesson learned but it was a blast plowing thru the course!!!

SilverEIGHT

How did I miss this sticky! Man, I'm really slipping up these days!

Spyder_doo & whenson417... did you guys see the images?

L8APEX

you did not miss it, it got moved, and merged with other autox events in the SE. I had a hell of a time figuring that one out.

whenson417

I did see the images and I thought they were great. They showed that I had more body roll than I thought so with a little tweaking of the suspension I could definately post better times.

Splan8

OK, I am going to Tally this weekend, taking a trailer and such. Racing in the afternoon. See you guys there...

Spyder_doo

glad to hear that someone else is making the drive. See you there. I'm racing morning so maybe I'll be able to catch a ride with you this time.

Jamie

Spyder_doo

Well that course was so amazing. That was the best track I've ever had my 8 on so it was a different experience. How'd you end up doin Splan8? Do you know when they'll have scores up? You didnt happen to get any pics or video did you?

Jamie

Splan8

No pics or video, but some kind of mild heatstroke. I really had a good time, but probably only got 3rd place.

I had to use 3rd gear the WHOLE way around. I think the 13" wheels are just too small for something like that. The tires did very well though. My best time was an "88.something". Not good enough for first.

THere are pics posted on the SOLOAtlanta.com forums. There are pics of you in there...

Spyder_doo

Yeah I saw you get the 88 something but I wasnt sure if you beat that. That miata of yours sure does hug the turns really well. I'll check the website for the pics, if you find them before me please link them to me.

Thanks,
Jamie

whenson417

Man I wanted to go but I missed the registration. I didn't realize that the cutoff was Friday at noon or so and I was thirty minutes late when I went to registar. Maybe next year!!

Spyder_doo

They messed up the online registration. It ended 24 hours before it should have. They were letting people register on site. It was lonely being the only 8 there.

Jamie

whenson417

Well if I would have known that I would have made the trip but I wasn't about to drive all the way out there not knowing if I would get to run or not.
What place did you get in this one?

L8APEX

all results and info for the events can be found at:

http://www.soloatlanta.com/forum/index.php

not a bad idea to be a member there and keep checkingback before events.

L8APEX

Registration is now open for the September 4th autocross at AMS. Anyone else going, I am already signed up.

Spyder_doo

I'll be there

Splan8

I will be there as well...

So have you gotten your sways on yet, T?

L8APEX

Got them yesterday, and I can feel a difference, I am looking forward to putting them to a real test, since it was raining during most of my in car time yesterday.

SilverEIGHT

YEA!, welcome to the sway club!