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First Auto-X of the season...(Pics and Video)

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SHOspazz92

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Finally...my first Auto-X of the year. It was just a test and tune so not much care was given about all out time....and regardless...my fastest time wasn't recorded anyways (It was a work one session, run as many times as you want for the rest of the day format, so the timing van was REAL busy). Regardless, the car did pretty good once I got some heat in to the rear tires...otherwise it was just all over the place as I couldn't get the rears to warm up for the life of me. Still a lot of fun tho. Like I said...once I did manage some heat in the rears, the car did GREAT...but then the car "Broke" and my day was done. As a reminder, I run 275/40/17 front and 245/40/17 rear (Hankook Z214 in the C71 Autocross compound).

As far as my wife Ashley and her Mazdaspeed 3...well, she is getting damn fast. Before the start of the season we bought some 17x8 wheels (Stock is 18x7.5) and some 245/40/17 hankook R-S3's for her car (225/40/18 is stock). She loved the difference and it showed on course, she was flying! Can't wait to see what the season brings for her and her little Mazdaspeed 3.

(Pics taken by either Ashley or I)

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And here is my "Blooper" reel essentially. Please not that most of the clicking you here is the unused harnesses hitting the rollbar/seats. Watch in HD.


A few years ago I had a small battery leak...well, that caught up to me this weekend as the bolts on the battery box broke and ended my day early (Just as I was getting in to the thick of things). Oh well! First points even later this month.

Here are the rest of the pictures we took (Note: There were more cars then we got pics of, it was also a picture "test and tune" for us as well)

http://s663.beta.photobucket.com/user/shamrockinz8/library/TSCC 2013/Test and Tune LJVM
 
i still have a month till my first event, and i get my car back hopefully in 2 weeks, should be interesting this year. i drove a DS mazda speed at the end of last season, dear god did that thing push. im guessing the STX bits fixed that right up
 
The car only Pushes if you can't control your right foot , food for thought. We didn't really have any issues. With that being said the car is 100% stock, however changing with tire diameter and wheel width bumps it to STX. Regardless the only real suspension mod we plan is a rear sway-bar as the rear end of the car will not rotate under any circumstances, that needs to be fixed =)
 
i only got one run in it so i wasnt sure what to expect. i beat the owner of the car so thats all that really matters. he added a rear sway bar and says its much better
 
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