I'll be there late, like 11:30. Looking forward to seeing everyone (who autocrosses)

If everything goes well, all my changes will make it seem like I'm driving a completely different car.

If it doesn't go well, I won't be making tech.

I took today and tomorrow off of work to 'attempt' to get mine ready but after a full day today I'm not thinking I'll be able to pull it off. I'm still so far away I'm hoping I make the first event :(

What else do I need to bring besides numbers, rule book cover, helmet and SM trophy?

Body armor.

TahoeWRX owns a sign shop and would most likely make you numbers / letters cheaper than anyone else could. just drop him a PM , or i could maybe text him for you, if you're interested.

or text me as i'll fall off the boards in a few weeks as usually .. :P

my car should be faster than before, as i've lost a tiny bit more paint , and I'm actually cleaning the dirt out of the car on occasion.. :lol:

I do need to double check my front end links, it feels like I've broken one again (29mm front sway + dirt driving = broken end links) and an alignment if i want to be competitive...

Who is going to make it out this weekend? I will be there.

Yes, need to test out some new bits on the MINI saturday, hopefully there is some test and tune time available amongst the school day.

There will be quite a bit, including for those of us who will be instructing.

Oh yes, plenty of T&T time. I'll see you guys there!

I'll be there Sunday only. Jeana is a maybe ... her C-section was just 4 weeks ago (on saturday) and she didn't feel to great when i took a turn really sharply last night... she says braking is fine, but sharps turns not exactly ..

she did get cleared by the doctor to drive 2 weeks ago but might need a little more healing time.

Course is set, ready to rock and roll!


If you get the line right, it's a blast! If you get it wrong, it will eat your lunch...

Or drink your milkshake? :)

Darn, that's not good! I'm not that great of a driver anyway and I'll be in the wife's Speed3 tomorrow :(

Had fun yesterday. Learned a few things too, "shuffle the wheel" and "Look where you want to go, not in front of your hood" were the two things I heard constantly haha, so hard to break the habits. Unfortunately, I don't think I'll be taking my rex out to any other motorsport events any time soon. I learned that my setup SUCKS. My tires are horrible, stock suspension is a no no, and I care too much for my daily car to throw it around a course/track how I want to do it to be competitive with my time. Maybe I'll turn my integra into a track oriented car...hmmm.

That's not a bad idea...and it's possible that you could make it turn as good or better for less $$ than it would cost to do it in the subaru. There is a reason some high end exotics use unequal length double wishbone suspension :)

Oh, crazy day today too!!!
Cory, you held up to the stress well ;)

Stock suspension works for stock class with good tires...

But ya you need to feel comfortable out there in whatever you are driving whether thats cause of cash flow, extra car, setup , or pure on delusion that car can't break ( my style) ..

If you are worried about braking your car it will totally take youout of the zone, and ruin the fun

To be honest, a soft car on crappy tires is sorta the "ideal" setup if you want to learn to drive fast. Granted, stock subarus tend to be so pushy they're not that much fun to autocross... but it isn't a terrible platform to learn with.

I'd suggest sticking with it a little bit. The first 5-10 events, you'll find yourself figuring things out and reducing lap times by multiple seconds each run. Once you get used to the car and find that you're not improving tons every lap, then it's time to consider mods or switching to something else.

On the other hand, Integras are fun cars too. You can't really go wrong with that either. But again, stick with it for a bit before trying to build your car. Many of us went down that road and a) ended up taking longer to improve as drivers because we were trying to use mods to fix what was really driver error/inexperience, and b) spending lots of extra money because once we got better we figured out the mods we thought would help, didn't.

Round 1 results posted.

1st place! I'll enjoy it while it lasts. :lol:

Crazy weekend, but I had a great time. Good to knock some rust off. It is an interesting challenge to drive with intermittent power steering. :eek:

Thanks Cory, Dean, and everyone for keeping it together with all the hectic changes!

So... Kevin. What happened?

As long as it only goes out in the straights you should be fine.

I wish that would have been the case. Of course it was mostly on the sharp corners. :lol: