Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Autocross and Open Track Auto X - Oct 13

And also don't be afraid to tell your "instructor"
to shut up... LOL... heh...

So are you coming up this weekend? As long as dave comes he'll be riding on my race tires.. Victoracer V700 vs his Escta V700.
I need a vacation...

I'll be there - but only until I need to go to work.
YOU need a vacation?!

PS
I went off course twice!

Yeah but Twice in the first run, only counts as once..
all your other runs were on course IIRC

Yes, I never went off course again. Only hit one more cone as well.
Personally, I'm proud of my times. I was better than several of the WRX's that were there.
Even if it was their first time, it was mine, too!!
(I seem to be a bit better at this than drag...)

Eric! I meant to ask you a question.
In my trunk I left the full stereo setup in there while autocrossing: one 12" sub in a bottom fired box and a trunk board fabricated out of 3/4" mdf As you can tell that would be quite heavy.
What would have been the benefits of removing it? As you can tell by looking at the car the suspension has settled quite a bit but the gaps looked fairly close front and rear. I think that would have done a lof for my f/r weight ratio. However, the back end did seem to get just a bit squirrely on me a couple of times.
I guess just do it again and pull the junk out? What do you think? Think I could have been into the fourties? Only needed another half a second...

I'd Say pull it out.. Sure your F/R ratio might be better but I think that More of a disadvantage to have that stuff back there..
Being able to accellerate out of the turns is important.

As far as the rear getting Squirrely.. I'd say its normal.. My Cougar does it, Daves tour does it although his settles down quicker. And once conquered you can use it to your advantage..