Autocross Chat 2009 - Page 16 - Subaru Enthusiasts Car Club of the Sierras

Kevin M · 2009-10-04, 08:19 PM

The two most impressive runs I saw were Silvio's 38.2 in RNP, and Adam Kovac's 40.6 from TES- after a snow flurry, on a badly graveled course!

MPREZIV · 2009-10-05, 06:38 AM

Yeah, it was seven rounds of bare-knuckle-boxing yesterday afternoon. The scary part was neither of us having any brakes in the cold, and barely making the stop at the finish!

20psiMR · 2009-10-11, 02:33 PM

Looks like you guys had fun! I had friends in town and just barely got the shock back from KW that Friday, so didnt have time to get an alignment. Next event Im out in Oklahoma again, so looks like season is over for me

Time to order some parts and get ready for next year! I did bump up spring rates and put on a rear sway last weekend though, so should be fun learning the car again. I can definitely feel the rear is a bit looser now! Time to put the snows on, need to get the bald tires stripped off the advans. Im just leaving the new RE's in the closet so they stay nice and toasty lol.

A1337STI · 2009-10-14, 09:15 PM

AutoX on the 26th out at RFR ... anyone else dumb enough to want to camp out a lohotan lake? i did that on the autox that it snowed on us.. was a bit chilly in the tent... lolz.

anyone have a spare inner/outer tie rod that works on an STI? will GD parts work on it? both my driver and passenger sides are like fused. at the GRS i tried to give my front end a lil toe out, but ended up towing it in due to the shit being all stuck

i'll autoX again toe in , in the front but its a lil lame.

van · 2009-10-15, 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by A1337STI

AutoX on the 26th out at RFR ... anyone else dumb enough to want to camp out a lohotan lake? i did that on the autox that it snowed on us.. was a bit chilly in the tent... lolz.

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Final 2009 Solo Weekend Will Be at Stead! by Jim Gandy at 10:03 am, Oct 12
Reno Region SCCA's season-ending Solo weekend October 24th & 25th has been moved to Stead Airport! All our usual procedures and schedules will apply. The run group orders are: Saturday WBYG, Sunday GWBY.

cody · 2009-10-15, 07:55 AM

Wow! That makes it easy for me. Man, I miss racing 2 miles from my house. Surface conditions?

van · 2009-10-15, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by cody

Surface conditions?

Roughish

20psiMR · 2009-10-19, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by van

Roughish

LOL. I guess the question is any different from when we first went out there? Did a bunch of Air Race traffice pack it down some?

Dean · 2009-10-19, 12:52 PM

Debbie mentioned that the sweepers were running full blast the day she was at the air races early that week...

van · 2009-10-19, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Dean

Debbie mentioned that the sweepers were running full blast the day she was at the air races early that week...

Hopefully that helped. When we went out for fun there for the 'fun runs day' we were able to wear one or two of the turns down to the old surface.

van · 2009-10-23, 04:36 PM

Course has been set!

Dean · 2009-10-23, 05:24 PM

From Jim...

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Originally Posted by Jim gandy

Attention all Solo drivers: the surface at Stead Airport appears to be much improved!

I've just come home from Friday set-up, and I can report that a full summer's heat, heavy air race traffic and many hours of sweeping by the airport staff seem to have tremendously reduced the gravelling problem at Stead. We won't know for sure until we hit the course at speed, but course-checking runs didn't loosen much gravel, if any. So, I'm very optimistic that our season-ending Solo events Saturday and Sunday (the 24th and 25th) will be just as much fun as we've come to expect.

Even if you're planning on taking a pass on these events, you should at least drop by during the weekend to see for yourself. If all goes well, we just may be able to resume "normal" Solo operations in 2010!

May have to drop bye and check it out. Maybe take a ride or coach some...

van · 2009-10-25, 05:03 PM

Damn fuel pump!
Thanks to Kevin,Nina,Kevin,Heather,Brian,Silvio and the Jacob Read for hanging out and helping me with my car.
Super big thanks to Scott Knauf for trailering my sorry ass home.

MikeK · 2009-10-25, 05:22 PM

Results posted.

MattR · 2009-10-25, 09:10 PM

Holy Crap Kevin W...No more morning ride alongs for you...you kicked my ass today, glad I chose to run BSP, haha. It looks like Kevin M and I split the PAX wins on consecutive race weekends, if only I would have scored better today I could have taken 3rd in season PAX, but I just missed it...

Great driving everyone...It appears the AWD cars have a stronghold on events at Stead for the time being, we'll have to see how the surface holds up over the winter.

MPREZIV · 2009-10-26, 06:35 AM

Dammit, no trophy for 5th in pax... Still pretty proud of that.

Kevin M · 2009-10-26, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by MattR

Holy Crap Kevin W...No more morning ride alongs for you...you kicked my ass today, glad I chose to run BSP, haha. It looks like Kevin M and I split the PAX wins on consecutive race weekends, if only I would have scored better today I could have taken 3rd in season PAX, but I just missed it...

Great driving everyone...It appears the AWD cars have a stronghold on events at Stead for the time being, we'll have to see how the surface holds up over the winter.

The surface definitely got better as the weekend went along. I ended up putting down a clean 50.5 on my last RNP run!

k-dogg39 · 2009-10-26, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by van

Damn fuel pump!
Thanks to Kevin,Nina,Kevin,Heather,Brian,Silvio and the Jacob Read for hanging out and helping me with my car.
Super big thanks to Scott Knauf for trailering my sorry ass home.

No problem man. Hope its an easy fix!

Quote:

Originally Posted by MattR

Holy Crap Kevin W...No more morning ride alongs for you...you kicked my ass today, glad I chose to run BSP, haha. It looks like Kevin M and I split the PAX wins on consecutive race weekends, if only I would have scored better today I could have taken 3rd in season PAX, but I just missed it...

Great driving everyone...It appears the AWD cars have a stronghold on events at Stead for the time being, we'll have to see how the surface holds up over the winter.

Ha Ha! I was pretty surprised when I looked at the results. The surface was a little warmer for the afternoon runs yesterday which Im sure helped out. Plus the run groups were pretty small, so we were going pretty quickly. The AWD factor will definitely have a good advantage at those Stead events. Yesterdays pax 7 out of the top 10 cars were subies!

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Originally Posted by MPREZIV

Dammit, no trophy for 5th in pax... Still pretty proud of that.

Hell ya, you should be! I was happy to just sneak in to the top 10.

dknv · 2009-10-26, 10:32 AM

Matt, Cory, Vic, Kevin M and Kevin W -- 5 of the top 10 in open pax, with Renee taking Ladies pax, that's impressive, Congratulations!!

I thought I heard at some point on Sunday that Kevin thought there was a 50-second run in the car -- and I think my comment was, "maybe, for an alien". Congrats Kevin, on that awesome run! I was also really impressed with Nina's 53 second run, Wow!

Kevin M · 2009-10-26, 10:49 AM

Nina and I both benefited from a better surface in the afternoon. Plus, everybody that RNPed saw lots of improvement in their times as we adjusted to the surface.

cody · 2009-11-11, 10:49 AM

Wow.

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show...postcount=1297

sperry · 2009-11-11, 11:30 AM

17"x12" +0 w/ 315 tires, eh?

I'm clowning when he gets beat by a car on 17x9's that has proper steering geometry.

sybir · 2009-11-11, 11:49 AM

jesus.

Dewey · 2009-11-11, 12:10 PM

That's stupid.

Dean · 2009-11-11, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by sybir

jesus.

Yes, those allow you to drive across water a la jesus lizard.

2009-10-04, 08:19 PM	#376
Kevin M EJ22T Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Reno Posts: 9,445 Car: '93/'01 GF6, mostly red Class: 19 FP	The two most impressive runs I saw were Silvio's 38.2 in RNP, and Adam Kovac's 40.6 from TES- after a snow flurry, on a badly graveled course! __________________ FWD is the new AWD Last edited by Kevin M; 2009-10-04 at 08:22 PM.

2009-10-05, 06:38 AM	#377
MPREZIV Token Real Name: Le Stig Afrique? Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: sitting next to a big yellow box Posts: 3,589 Car: 2001 Impreza 2.5 RS Class: 05 TDSP No, I won't work on your car. F your car*	Yeah, it was seven rounds of bare-knuckle-boxing yesterday afternoon. The scary part was neither of us having any brakes in the cold, and barely making the stop at the finish! __________________ "...these condoms have a topical anesthetic to reduce sensitivity, so you can last longer. What a paradox. You can't feel a thing, but you can f*ck for HOURS..."

2009-10-11, 02:33 PM	#378
20psiMR EJ18 Real Name: Chris Jeanguenat Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Spanish Springs Posts: 71 Car: 06 Evolution MR Class: #20 SM Do WORK son!	Looks like you guys had fun! I had friends in town and just barely got the shock back from KW that Friday, so didnt have time to get an alignment. Next event Im out in Oklahoma again, so looks like season is over for me Time to order some parts and get ready for next year! I did bump up spring rates and put on a rear sway last weekend though, so should be fun learning the car again. I can definitely feel the rear is a bit looser now! Time to put the snows on, need to get the bald tires stripped off the advans. Im just leaving the new RE's in the closet so they stay nice and toasty lol. __________________ Chris #20 SM ROBISPEC /// WORKS / WHITELINE / ADVAN RS / RE-01R / ZEITRONIX PERFORMANCE FRICTION / ETS / FERODO / COSWORTH My Picture Thread and Dyno Sheet Tuned by ME!

2009-10-14, 09:15 PM	#379
A1337STI EJ205 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 1,840 Car: Impreza and an Impreza Class: AS / CRS PerfStock "pedal on the right"	AutoX on the 26th out at RFR ... anyone else dumb enough to want to camp out a lohotan lake? i did that on the autox that it snowed on us.. was a bit chilly in the tent... lolz. anyone have a spare inner/outer tie rod that works on an STI? will GD parts work on it? both my driver and passenger sides are like fused. at the GRS i tried to give my front end a lil toe out, but ended up towing it in due to the shit being all stuck i'll autoX again toe in , in the front but its a lil lame. __________________ Fighting uphill battles, one bullet at a time!

2009-10-15, 07:55 AM	#381
cody Candy Mountain Real Name: Cody Join Date: May 2005 Location: Californication Posts: 7,751 Car: 03 Pussy Wagon, now with more pink! Class: TESP OMG Internet!	Wow! That makes it easy for me. Man, I miss racing 2 miles from my house. Surface conditions? __________________ Slow and low, that is the tempo.

2009-10-19, 12:52 PM	#384
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	Debbie mentioned that the sweepers were running full blast the day she was at the air races early that week... __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids...

2009-10-23, 04:36 PM	#386
van SECCS Brewmeister Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: on the edge of a marsh Posts: 1,451	Course has been set!

2009-10-25, 05:03 PM	#388
van SECCS Brewmeister Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: on the edge of a marsh Posts: 1,451	Damn fuel pump! Thanks to Kevin,Nina,Kevin,Heather,Brian,Silvio and the Jacob Read for hanging out and helping me with my car. Super big thanks to Scott Knauf for trailering my sorry ass home. Last edited by van; 2009-10-25 at 05:20 PM.

2009-10-25, 05:22 PM	#389
MikeK Captain Turbo Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Reno Posts: 3,318 Car: 05 STi	Results posted.

2009-10-25, 09:10 PM	#390
MattR El Matador Real Name: Matt Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 10,660 Car: 2012 Toyota Tacoma Class: ?	Holy Crap Kevin W...No more morning ride alongs for you...you kicked my ass today, glad I chose to run BSP, haha. It looks like Kevin M and I split the PAX wins on consecutive race weekends, if only I would have scored better today I could have taken 3rd in season PAX, but I just missed it... Great driving everyone...It appears the AWD cars have a stronghold on events at Stead for the time being, we'll have to see how the surface holds up over the winter. __________________ "Dallas..We have a problem.”

2009-10-26, 06:35 AM	#391
MPREZIV Token Real Name: Le Stig Afrique? Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: sitting next to a big yellow box Posts: 3,589 Car: 2001 Impreza 2.5 RS Class: 05 TDSP No, I won't work on your car. F your car*	Dammit, no trophy for 5th in pax... Still pretty proud of that. __________________ "...these condoms have a topical anesthetic to reduce sensitivity, so you can last longer. What a paradox. You can't feel a thing, but you can f*ck for HOURS..."

2009-10-26, 10:32 AM	#394
dknv EJ207 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: 39n53, 119w90 Posts: 2,698 Car: RX-8 Class: CS maybe	Matt, Cory, Vic, Kevin M and Kevin W -- 5 of the top 10 in open pax, with Renee taking Ladies pax, that's impressive, Congratulations!! I thought I heard at some point on Sunday that Kevin thought there was a 50-second run in the car -- and I think my comment was, "maybe, for an alien". Congrats Kevin, on that awesome run! I was also really impressed with Nina's 53 second run, Wow!

2009-10-26, 10:49 AM	#395
Kevin M EJ22T Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Reno Posts: 9,445 Car: '93/'01 GF6, mostly red Class: 19 FP	Nina and I both benefited from a better surface in the afternoon. Plus, everybody that RNPed saw lots of improvement in their times as we adjusted to the surface. __________________ FWD is the new AWD

2009-11-11, 10:49 AM	#396
cody Candy Mountain Real Name: Cody Join Date: May 2005 Location: Californication Posts: 7,751 Car: 03 Pussy Wagon, now with more pink! Class: TESP OMG Internet!	Wow. http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show...postcount=1297 __________________ Slow and low, that is the tempo.

2009-11-11, 11:30 AM	#397
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	17"x12" +0 w/ 315 tires, eh? I'm clowning when he gets beat by a car on 17x9's that has proper steering geometry. __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?

2009-11-11, 11:49 AM	#398
sybir The Don Real Name: Aaron Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Sacramento Posts: 3,097 Car: '97 Legacy / '05 FXT Class: low	jesus. __________________ Tact is for people who aren't witty enough to be sarcastic.

2009-11-11, 12:10 PM	#399
Dewey EJ251 Real Name: Chris Dewey Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Reno Posts: 520 Car: 98 RSTi Unicorn! Class: Street Modified	That's stupid. __________________ Sponsored HEAVILY by BC Tuning.

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