The Great Autocross Mega Thread!

[asshanson]

I had the only other 2g there, maroon. I was running 36-39s for the morning because I was going WAY too fast in the carousel. For me the best times were not sliding, because my front end pushed out and I steered more to correct. Probably the best thing I learned was to straighten out the wheel to regain traction.

Also riding with the instructors over lunch showed me you floor it during the straights, then get hard on the brakes, I wasn't that extreme. Once I started doing that, and braking enough to not push in corners, I was doing consistent 33's and pulled off a 32.9 very last run.

What were those subarus running, there were 3 black ones that looked pretty fast.

And big turbos FTL in auto-x. They wanted us to stay in 2nd gear for the course, but around some slow corners I was maybe going 20, 1st gear into 2nd would have been WAY quicker because my car is laggy.

[s1ngletracker]

Originally Posted by asshanson

I had the only other 2g there, maroon. I was running 36-39s for the morning because I was going WAY too fast in the carousel. For me the best times were not sliding, because my front end pushed out and I steered more to correct. Probably the best thing I learned was to straighten out the wheel to regain traction.

Also riding with the instructors over lunch showed me you floor it during the straights, then get hard on the brakes, I wasn't that extreme. Once I started doing that, and braking enough to not push in corners, I was doing consistent 33's and pulled off a 32.9 very last run.

What were those subarus running, there were 3 black ones that looked pretty fast.

And big turbos FTL in auto-x. They wanted us to stay in 2nd gear for the course, but around some slow corners I was maybe going 20, 1st gear into 2nd would have been WAY quicker because my car is laggy.

What was the deal with the blue smoke? Turbo or motor? Your idle is great too, BTW If you need any advice on that, let me know. I'm kindof an expert on fixing DSM idles now.

[asshanson]

Originally Posted by s1ngletracker

What was the deal with the blue smoke? Turbo or motor? Your idle is great too, BTW If you need any advice on that, let me know. I'm kindof an expert on fixing DSM idles now.

Blue smoke is either valve seals or turbo, both were just rebuilt, one isn't right. Bad idle is because my ISC just died last week. I got a replacement the night before but didn't have tools to swap it out.

[cmspaz]

Originally Posted by asshanson

Blue smoke is either valve seals or turbo, both were just rebuilt, one isn't right. Bad idle is because my ISC just died last week. I got a replacement the night before but didn't have tools to swap it out.

Should have told me, I had everything needed with me. Could have done it during the first run group.