'11 AutoX thread Reply #60 – September 13, 2011, 09:04:41 PM fordguy545, That is some serious stick to lift TWO tires off the ground. Congratulations on winning your class and being tough competition for those Corvettes, Miata, and Solstice.If I remember correctly, your torque arm rear suspension doesn't allow the rear end to pivot like it should. That is why MM has a heim joint type of setup at the front of the torque arm. Could that be it? Quote Selected
'11 AutoX thread Reply #61 – September 13, 2011, 10:37:03 PM I think it only did it there because of the bump that was there. It articulated pretty good when I had the 350# springs in the rear. Lifted the front 6-8" and still had the rear on the ground. Now the rear has 500# springs and it usually sticks pretty good. Truthfully, the mm setup is nicer in that respect, but is far weaker than mine. So far I havent really seen any detriment using this setup since it seems to work great, but at this point I think I just have the car so stiff that it doesn't like bumps. On concrete its absolutely AWESOME! Quote Selected
'11 AutoX thread Reply #62 – September 13, 2011, 11:59:45 PM Thanks Gumby. I'm going to check mine just in case.fordguy, congrats for getting air (bump or no bump). Quote Selected
'11 AutoX thread Reply #63 – September 25, 2011, 10:02:59 PM Today I managed to get 3rd fastest out of 50(This event smallest turnout for NWORSCCA each year) and the two drivers in the solstice got me. One only got me by .1 but the person who owns it got me by 1.3s. Also even with being 3rd fastest, I only managed 17th in index which really kinda surprised me. This course was VERY dirty having had patches put in the lot like the tar and chip paving with way too much rock to tar. Most of it was broken up by the end of the day and had mounds of rock around the course. If you got off the clean stuff, you were sideways into a massive cone wall. I also had a codriver today that actually managed to pick up 20 cones - yes thats 20 cones, but he had never driven a turbo car before either. He normally runs an ss camaro in cp thats still FS legal. Quote Selected
'11 AutoX thread Reply #64 – September 26, 2011, 06:08:37 AM Top 3 overall is great!I stayed home due to rain Quote Selected
'11 AutoX thread Reply #65 – October 24, 2011, 05:44:58 PM Got out again on the 16th and ended up running the majority of the day w/o rear brakes. Popped a rear line on my second run. Cleaned up, shut the prop valve off, and put it back in grid! 5 DNF's in a row followed by a clean 49sec run was good enough for second in class, haha!http://home.comcast.net/~vbrunamonti/cscc/2011-10-16_Results.pdfhttp://home.comcast.net/~vbrunamonti/cscc/2011-10-16_Overall.pdfAlso got an updated points list; looks like I will be winning my class for the year also!http://home.comcast.net/~vbrunamonti/cscc/CSCC_2011_Points-Rev%201.pdfAnd found a couple of sets of pics from different guys that include my car:http://metzphotos.smugmug.com/Other/Columbus-Region-2011/17307645_NdLQ7q#1314031397_SxwtJnthttp://www.aaronjphotography.com/Client-Albums/Events/CSCC-SOLO-10-16-11/19635217_Wq357T Quote Selected
'11 AutoX thread Reply #66 – October 25, 2011, 10:34:32 PM ^wow, your car actually rolls Alot! Congrats on doing well with only half your brakes, lol. Whats with the tire handicap thing? Havent ever seen that before.I ended up going to national trail raceway for a race with OVR SCCA on 10/22. Great course other than being bumpy(we'll get to that later), but ended up being the fastest car. I had 3 F125 karts and an FM ahead of me http://www.ovr-scca.org/uploads/ax_results/2011/11_raw_2011-10-22.htmI actually indexed 4th!http://www.ovr-scca.org/uploads/ax_results/2011/11_pax_2011-10-22.htmAND beat a former national champ! I figure its a good way to finish out the year - even though I ended up bending something with the panhard bar(I said it was bumpy!!)Picshttp://incom-racing.com/images/gallery/OVRSolo20111022/index.html Quote Selected
'11 AutoX thread Reply #67 – October 26, 2011, 04:59:00 PM nice runs, and pics!The tire handicap is for guys runnin street tires(>140 treadwear) in street classes where R-comps are allowed.Alot is a relative term....it doesnt roll as much as your red car, haha! Quote Selected
'11 AutoX thread Reply #68 – October 26, 2011, 05:43:25 PM gumby, I wouldn't say your car leans a lot. The car sits too low to roll to much.fordguy, congratulations on your timings! I was reviewing the pictures... are you riding the brakes? heel tow driving? Quote Selected
'11 AutoX thread Reply #69 – October 26, 2011, 06:29:31 PM gumby - touche, lol. my red car rolls ALOT!, hence why you only had one capitol letter, roflShredder - yes I left foot brake. It seems to settle the car and allow me to get right back on the throttle. Quote Selected
'11 AutoX thread Reply #70 – October 26, 2011, 07:00:57 PM Congrats guys! It's fun to watch how you are doing. I totally suck around the cones. Quote Selected
'11 AutoX thread Reply #71 – November 06, 2011, 05:03:24 PM Amazing final event today!Lookin at just the raw times, I finished ahead of alot of guys I have never beat before. Car felt great, new tune cleaned up throttle response and drivability, left the street tires on cause I think my rear race tires are junk. Was cool today, and I have been having major issues gettin the rear R-comps up to temp so I just decided to leave them off.Finally beat that vette I have been chasing all year!Results once they are posted. Quote Selected
'11 AutoX thread Reply #72 – November 06, 2011, 05:21:57 PM Congratulations! Can't wait to see the results and pics. Quote Selected
'11 AutoX thread Reply #73 – November 08, 2011, 10:08:03 PM Here ya go. So close to a top 10 in raw.....guess that will hafta wait till next year.http://home.comcast.net/~vbrunamonti/cscc/2011-11-06_Overall.pdf Quote Selected
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