Change your plugs.. change your brake pads.. I don't care.. they won't affect the car the way tires do in an autoX. The stock pads are fine, it's only when heat dissipation becomes a factor that the stock pads show their weakness. I've never been in an autoX that is more than 2 minutes. And if you can heat up your brakes enough to get brake fade in that amount of time.. my hat's off to you. You're a much better driver than I'll ever be.
The rules should be the same as SCCA rules. Everyone is familiar with them and shouldn't have a problem. Creating our own rules is not just stupid, it's idiotic. There already exists countless organizations that cover this, there is no reason to go and try to rediscover the wheel.
I'd certainly like to know up front what I'm going there for instead of finding out when I get there. From what I've heard I'm just going to run with the regular SCCA guys anyway. I'm intersted in finding out who's the best contour driver, but I personally think that not being allowed to come out and run your best is a waste of mine and everyone else's time.
As for the tires.. gee perry, I think I need those subframe connectors, a blower and Bear brakes so I can be competitive..
HA, while I'm sure they help, the fact is there are some things to make the car go faster but your talking maybe 2 seconds on a 60 second course. While that's a big difference, to people without experience, they'll probably make enough mistakes to end up towards the rear of the pack.
(no offense intended there gr8ride... btw mind If I try your car out???
I want to try out a lowered LSD car)
I saw something a while ago about detailing for the show part.. to be honest, that's just time and if you have the time to invest you can detail your car no matter how experience you are, and I'm sure that someone will be there to give you tips and just in general help you out.
Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way for us on the track. 1 mistake, adds 1 sec... 2nd mistake.. another second.. 3 tenths here... 4 tenths there.. stay on the gas too long swing wide (example.. watch the contour rolling over) off the course.... tap the brakes.. back end swings out wide.. another 5 tenths.. No one can help you when your on the track.
AutoX'ing is a matter of who made the least mistakes, not a matter of who has the most power. The better the tire, the larger the margin for error or the closer to the edge you can get.
But enough of this..
who started this thread again?
