Originally posted by Sid_RallyX_82
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not in any real order. just as i happen to think
#1 just get out there and start driving. The best thing is seat time in the car. So drive it. Drive it as much as you can. I dont daily my autocross car and it kills me. Drive it as muc as you can.
#2 Autocross it even if you dont have a good suspension or motor swap. The more you get used to the cones flying by the better.
#3 walk the track several times. look at each turn as its very own turn AND look at each turn as well as the turn before and after. Sometimes its faster to go slow in one section so you can hit another section better and faster.
#4 ride with others. Get in the car with other drivers to see what they do. If they are faster then you i bet the 1st thing you notice is how smooth they drive. (my big issue is driving smooth)
#5 drive smooth. i have power for days but when i control the power and smooth it out i run fastest.
#6 look a turn ahead. if you focus on the cone at the car you will mess up the one thats next. always look a turn ahead. If you focus on a single cone thats to long. you always want to keep the focus moving forward. it will help slow down the speed at which the cones seem to pass you by.
#7 tire pressure. You want to find your tires best psi. Im not sure where to even start here as i have no real idea. I just simple adjust tire pressure so that my tire is using all its tread and none of the side wall. If you look at the tire after a run you will see where the smoothness stops and the snad paper looking rubber starts. That snad paper looking part is the rubber that has pulled off the tire and deposited on the side. Adjust tire psi down if your smooth section is not to the edge of the tread pattern. tire pressure up if the smooth section is all the way on the side wall. After a run look at others tires to get a better idea as to what i mean. Again im new and this may be off. This is just what i do for now!!!
#8 Car setup. The better you dal in the car the better chance you have at doing good. I have been through a lot of different parts to find what works for me. So far i have to say 100% what charlie says about the setup seems to be the best. I will list my build below
aspire front brakes
festy lca
festy inner tie rods
rio power steering rack
aspire outter tie rod ends
full advanced suspension front and rear (120# front springs, 105# rears)
festy rear drums redrilled to match aspire bolt pattern.
no rear brakes (not sure this will matter in autocross or not)
motor is a bp
trans is the g series
motor is turboed
core support has been done
motor is moved forward quite far
i made a 3rd trans mount
all mounts are made with rubber. no hard mounts
My trans has the mfactory lsd (charlie says this might be hurting my times) i have not tested an open diff yet.
The car is gutted (everything is gutted out of it- the car is autocross only no lights, doors, glass, hatch, dash, nothing)
camber plates in the rear -3.5 and the front is cambered as well
13" slicks off ebay
I started out with an aspire rear beam with sway bar and 120 pound springs in rear. 150lbs in front. the car was way to stiff and had lots of understeer. The car seems to do best "soft" everyone tells me at each race man you need to add rear sway bar its lose...but the car does best for me when its lose. I still drive the car like a total noob. i dont left foot brake. i dont transfer weight. i dont really stick to a plan. I get to excited and just drive fast. I need to work on taking a breath and chill out. Gotta focus more on what to do vs hit the gas.
ask anymore questions yo want. i still suck so this is all a noobs opinion
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