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Originally Posted by sperry
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Originally Posted by tysonK
Dean and Scott:
Being 5 plus seconds behind you two what is a reasonable amount of time you think I should be able to make up with better driving? Last season I was about 2.5 or 3.5 seconds off Scott's times at the end of the season.
Dean you said there was a 53 in your car but not in you maybe jokingly. I just want to find the limits of my car. Plus I can't afford the WHOLE STX package right now, only the Koni's then nothing else for probably the rest of the season.
and as side note:
No one is in D-Stock and I am buying the Koni's maybe I should go back
to stock. Maybe I should hone my skills in D-Stock? But I really like driving on the 17's and being in the class with you two.
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I'd say you should be able to make up 3 or 4 seconds on driving alone. All the crap Dean and I have done it for getting those last few tenths. Good tires and lots of seat time and you should be up there, especially considering the great PAX value STX has. Once you get those Konis on and adjusted to your springs, that thing will rail. |
Go back and look at the list of upgrades in order we made a while back. The overwhelming winner for best mod was seat time! IMHO you will learn to drive better more quickly the closer your car is to stock, crappy tires and all.
Stock stuff forces you to drive smothly to go fast. If the only thing you have done to kick you out of DS is wheels, 16" wheels and NDS may not be to bad an option with John's struts. Nothing keeps you from comparing times if we are in different classes.
In addition to keeping out of reach of Scott clawing at my heals, I am endeavoring to beat the Evanses and Lucas and be in the top 20% raw. Yes, there was a 53 in the car Sunday, but the driver couldn't find it. I know where I made mistakes that cost me those tenths. Do you?
How many seconds? Don't know, 2-4 maybe? Lets all RNP Sat. afternoon and swap cars and find out... Remember lat year. I drove my stock WRX on DK's Kumhos and ran a 44.8 vs. Scott's 44.5, John's 44.3, and your 48.0.
No matter what, don't get discouraged. Unless I am mistaken, I now have about 10,000 track miles, and maybe 300 autocross runs under my belt, and I know I can drive better than I do, so I'll keep trying. I'm just hopping you youngins don't catch me to quick.
