Most clubs wont allow a nos bottle in the car at an autox. One time on a Sat night in PHX we were setting up a course for our Corvette club and I test drove it in our Miata with a 50 shot of nos... The next day none of the vettes, even mine, could beat the time the Miata put down on the bottle.

 

We dont need one... We will just take the SB one.

 

He will go down eventually, oh yes.

 

Very good read for noobs: http://www.tirerack.com/features/solo2/handbook.htm

 

Maybe the SD Cup can be the red housing

And then if you are really good (i.e. Ulllose) you can win both the SD and Fontana events in the same month and have both the rotor and housing

 

PAX does not give us an advantage, it gives him more of an advantage...doesn't BS get more handicap when compared to BSP and STU?

 

Yes, PAX gives us stock guys an advantage, but it does nothing to help me against ULLLOSE. What it does is allow me to beat BSP without actually beating your times.

Some numbers:
BS .822
BS .843
STU .820

STU actually has it the easiest. For a typical 60 sec course, BSP would have to run about 1.25 secs quicker than BS.

 

Having said that, I'm down to run heads up with you guys for awhile. Just thought I'd throw the info out there. I haven't shown you my real stuff yet, just sandbagging so far...

 

STU does not have it easiest though, cause the tires kill you in that class....I know.

Have you or Ulllose ever run on stock tires?

 

I only meant that STU has the "softest" PAX, not that it was easy to be competitive. Yes, I drove on the stock tires for almost a year. The stock tires suck, but the top street tires (Yokos) are getting closer to r-compounds in grip.

 

thats what I was saying.








Nitrous..... damn that sucks, I reallyt thought it would be nice to run a 50 shot. are there rules against it? (in the rule book)

 

Just did my 30k service and had the dealer put in Redline fluids for the diff and tranny... unfornuately the morons forgot to put the fill plug for the diff back in.

Fluid all over the exhaust and a nice smell to match. I'm stuck at home now and they're not open tomorrow. Hopefully I can get things sorted out tomorrow and make the event Sunday.

 

I hope you get it all worked out!

 

yeah, that stuff does smell bad...I can't imagine what is smells like when it is burning....

 

Yes street tires suck but the mods in the class more than make up for it. The STU index is weak when you look at the other ST classes. STS and STX cars both have to go faster on ST tires than they do in stock class trim for PAX, STU does not have to go as fast as the stock class cars that make it up, that is why it is weak. I am sure if the class lives that will change over the next few years.

 

Long story short I was in and out of the Dr's all week and made it as far as Denver last night when I got sick again. So I am back in town and am going to try to hit the Sun event. I don't want to wait all day for BS or BSP to run so if I show I will run SM or PAX in the AM group.

I think all the RX8s should make an assult on SM sun.... The class is being owned by a chick in a BMW.

 

Couldn't track down a plug that would fit the diff properly, so I got no car for tomorrow. If I can get a ride up to the event, who would like the priveledge of letting me co-drive their 8?

 

Anyone, anyone? Looks like I can get a ride up in time for the afternoon groups... but don't want to go up without a car lined up. Any co-drive spots open?

 

What class are you running? A friend and I are planning to run BSP... you can run my car in BS.

-Rick
#781 Mostly Stock White RX-8 (Whiteline front sway bar bushings)

 

Thanks for the offer. Now it looks like I'll be there for morning runs due to my ride having to leave early... so we'll see what the options are.

 

1st heat cleaning the course in BS Pax:
64.637
63.831 +1
64.626

 

Ceasar got to 64.885 in practice

 

Drove James Wilson's old school RX7. Pretty cool of him to hook me up since he barely know's me.

2 spins
1 spin
2 cones (69.882)

Sorta forgot the car didn't have ABS the first 2 runs. Once I realized my spins were due to locking up the brakes too much I was able to at least get through the 3rd run without getting backwards. Think the car could easily do 67s, but was too scared of spinning again on the last run. Reminded me how much I suck... had fun though.

 

Sat practice was a different course.

 

Here's the results from the 1st running of the RX8 CUP Invitational. These are corrected times, including time penalties:

64.577 (Ulllose)
64.641 (Ulllose)
65.251 (Ulllose)
66.485 (Kwescott)
66.519 (Speeddemon32)
67.411 (Kwescott)
67.479 (Vipers)
67.493 (Speeddemon32)
67.552 (Sft05)
67.574 (MP5)
68.120 (Car # 681)
68.483 (Kwescott)
69.075 (MP5)
69.099 (Vipers)
70.020 (Snowfl8k)
71.825+2 (MP5)
72.421 (Snowfl8k)-DNF
70.617 (Vipers)
73.706 (Snowfl8k)
75.997 (Car # 376)
78.514+1 (Speeddemon32)