2014 auto cross inquiry

Greg, a 245 on an 18x9.5 will 'look' significantly more stretched than on a 17. Though 245 mm is equal to 9.646"; so even on any 9.5 wide tire it is technicaly pinched. It's is not ricer forum that is talking about this, it is autocross tire forums. When you do this it helps stiffen up the side wall of our street tire which are inherently soft compared to that of an A6.

 

My gold wheels are 9.5 and these tires are the 245s that came on the car. They aren't stretched that much... It's almost perfect...

 

So who all is coming out to points 5 next Sunday?

 

I will be there. My wife hadn't decided if she is driving yet so i haven't signed up yet.

 

We're in and running TO in the afternoon After the Match Tour, I realized I need more seat time. STX is a bit stacked with great drivers. Time for me to catch-up.

 

I registered and I'll be attending! My first ever autocross. Pretty excited!

 

I will be there too, probably with out new tires. The ones I am trying to get seam to hard to find, plus the wheels too.

 

Any victory had againest you will be tainted because I know your tires are SHOT.

Good luck on the wheel and tire hunt though.

 

I hope you signed up in novice, its a great deal you get a driving coach to help you along your way.

I would get there early for the morning session so that you can get some ride alongs.

 

This is my first time entering out of the novice class, I'm already planning on last place in STX :rofl:

 

I did indeed sign up for Novice. I plan on getting there around 10am

 

Whom ever is doing a rain dance for tomorrow needs to stop... Lol

 

haha.

So do they just give you a credit for the next one if it rains or what?

 

Credit? No racing? Because of rain? We are like those pansy ass Nascar folks. We race in the rain... I still need to give tune my rain setup though.

 

Andrew I missed you yesterday. You were working while I was doing Time only runs, but I saw that you got randall a couch.

You have fun?

 

I think he enjoyed it Every run was quicker. We did learn that his ABS light is on for a reason.

 

ABS? Who needs ABS?

 

Me. Just not in snow...

 

I had a great time! Thanks for everything!

I will be coming out again for sure.

 

Thats is good to hear. Looking forward to meeting you next time. The wife and I had a party to go to, so we had to rush off.

Preliminary results are up

Final
PAX
RAW

 

Miles I have offically been humbled... You beat me with bald tires... Very nice driving man.

However that is the best overall finish I've ever had. Super happy with that.

Since I am running up a class I always look at the B-Street times. I would have been safely in first had I not been running STU.

I was looking at the result page and noticed they dont give Novices actual times... That's kinda counter productive I would think. Dont you want to know how you did, wither you hit a cone or DNF'd?

 

Thanks, Zack. Its was also one of my best finishes overall. I also left BS because there was more competition in STU. Which I think will make us/I grown faster as drivers.

Novices do not have numbers, so it is impossible to track there time. Also it is not really the point to get times in novice.

 

I totoally agree with that, and plus its so much more fun when there are alot of other people to race againest.

Did you autox your car last year?

 

I got an unofficial written time every run I had in novice. I improved every run thanks to great instruction. It was nice to see an improvement.

My fiance took some pictures of everything with her camera. I'll post them up after she finishes editing them.

 

Pictures!!!

I've been trying to get pictures of me driving my car all year. I've gotten 1 so far.

 

Looked like a great course, unfortunately all I had time to do was run by for the end of session a spectate , walk the course and head back home to the weekend duties
Hopefully I will be running the next one though !

 

Glad I bumped into you for the moment you where there.

This goes out to everyone, I am more then happy to help instruct you. If you see me standing around, come say hi. At least, I can watch from the side line and give you guys pointers. I can also jump in and coach you on course. It's never a problem.

I'm going to try and help with the Novice instructing more. If I see a Subaru, I'll try and grab you. It makes sense to get instruction from a driver that's familiar with your car's driving style.

Anyway, it's pretty bad ass seeing all these RS/WRX/STi out, being raced. We do make the best noises out there

 

Here are some pictures!



















There are more to be edited so if you don't see your Subaru there is a good chance it's coming up.

Also if anyone wants full resolution then shoot me a PM and I'll email it.

 

I will absolutely take you up on that. This was my first event out of novice but I still very much consider myself a novice. Although it is a competition I'm really just out there to have a good time and become more familiar with my car. I could care less about what I place as long as I'm consistently improving if that makes since. I'd also like to say that everyone I've met from here are extremely helpful, genuine people and I appreciate the time you take to point us new comers in the right direction.

 

Thanks for the pictures!

That is a good one of the black car. haha

 

It's all fun. If you're out there to win, there's a Pro class for you. If you want to just learn your car and have a blast doing it, then you're in the right place.

kohlby777, let's try and get you in our car for a run. Either Laraine or myself, it'll help you understand the whole: Brake. Turn. Throttle. Inputs needed to get our cars to turn quickly and not push so hard. Talk is one thing, but seeing it first hand is best.

Side note: I have a set of stock bugeye wheels. $150 and there're yours. You can wrap with better rubber for a season or 2. Until needing more tire comes into play. I painted them flat black so the brake dust doesn't show as much. They'll fit 16/225/50 - 5x100

 

I highly recommend any tire upgrade for anyone

Tires and seat time make ALL the difference.

Randall I want a ride in your car as well. I need to wrap my head around the steering input thing. Your tip on me over tightening upon the occurance of understeer is spot on. That is going to be wicked hard habit to break.

 

Yes Sir! Bring it. We need to get you to brake harder, later, in a straight line. Or with a flick of the wheel to get the car sideways if you're going to brake and turn at the same time Either works, not both

 

I think I might have stubbled upon the flick thing at the last event. Not sure if we are talking about the something, but I was doing it on initial turn-in after braking and then coming back to the 'required' steering angle. Kind of like over clocking and the coming back :/

 

Here are my videos from points 5.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbnyMIpHafw&sns=em

Here are my belated videos from the match tour.

http://youtu.be/uHWFHiw8iTg

 

I have a brand new set of 235/45/17 pilot super sports I'm going to be putting on soon, just wanting to get maybe one more autocross out of my current tires. I didn't get any seat time at points 5 and I feel like that was a huge mistake

 

For those that are not Facebook friends with me. I finally got the wheels and tires mounted. here is a little teaser

Khionê They don't look that bad, and so far I like the feedback they provide is very nice; not sure how much is the tire or the wheel.

Also some links for Points 6 and Points 7 sign up:
Points 6 - Sunday, June 22, 2014
Points 7 - Sunday, June 29, 2014

 

Yup... Now i haven't got a hope in hell of beating you... Lol

Looks good from a fitment point of view.

 

Keepin' up with the Wilkinson's

I'm riding with you again, I want to see the difference with the turn-in. It should be quicker by a lot. Bring a water sprayer. Our tires got greasy on our last runs. ZII's, right?

 

Keepin' up with the Wilkinson's, and Whittaker's is more like it. Bummed though, James has already said he won't be there this weekend.

I do not know about it being faster, no coil overs and all, but you a welcome to ride along.
I want to get some time only runs too; hopping we are not in heat 4. I need to get some set time with this new setup.

I aways mean to bring a water sprayer, but I always forget hnoes:
Any idea what temps the tires start falling off at? I cannot find anything on this

 

I'll have sprayer that you can borrow between runs.

Ya I've been expecting to see James, but haven't in a long while.

Have you scrubbed in the tires yet? Or are you going to burn the stickers off on the first 2 runs? Lol

 

They have been on the car for about a week. So hopefully they are good and scrubed.

 

That is prolly best. I went out on mine with pieces of sticker that wouldn't come off still on there. It was a very interesting first run. Lol

 

I don't know what temp is the melting point. But I found it, and it fucked me
Spray your IC, too. It helps a little. Maybe filling the sprayer up with ice is the way to go. I haven't tried that yet.

 

That isnt a bad idea, although I will likely be using the ice to put drinks in rather than keeping my spray bottle cool.

 

I just signed up. It's going to be hot out there. See you all out there.

 

Anybody doing extra runs with me?

 

I will be trying, but that's only if ST_ is not in the 4th heat. If we are third I will be running in 3rd for points and 4th for time only.

I will be there all day, and more than happy to ride along with anyone, if they want a second opinion.

 

Mulhouse I'll be there all day as well and would benefit from any ride alongs/seat time. Looks like we're going to have some nice weather for most of the day

 

It was great weather out there. It was warm but with a nice breeze going.

Nice to put a face with a screen name Kohlby.

Millhouse... I am SOOOO glad you werent in STU yesterday... lol I was driving like a tool. I think through my 5 runs due to timing issues I killed about 6 cones. I only had 2 clean runs. Only managed to get it down to a 45.9.