My first Autocross season (Updated after races)

[Gforcefd]

Maybe I just wasn't thinking when I was looking at the pictures I saw :-)

Now that I looked at the other cars your totally right, your car was really flat. Some of those more expensive cars looked like they where going to roll compared to you :-)

I hope to be following you into the AutoX world very soon. Gtiva just got her cage in and new seats for better support of me.

I have a set of new tires ready to go on, along with some camber bolts to get really flat tire patches.

[quaddawg]

I wish I had a video of the Rabbit GTI, it was awesome, it ran like 7th overall... killed much faster cars with better handling.... it would hike one rear wheel in the air around the small sweeper, over 80 feet.... looked killer....

I should be hiking a tire when the wheels for my slicks get here. Diamond racing wheels sure isn't in any hurry to deliver.... bah...

[Gforcefd]

Oh BTW, switch the description of your autox run to have the word festiva in it, so when ppl search festiva it comes up! And why do people pick on us for using festivas, when they are so similar in size to older golf and rabbits!

[quaddawg]

I used Festiva in the tags, not sure why it isn't coming up, bit I will add that to the title too

[quaddawg]

Hey, event #3, getting better!

Wheels for the racing slicks still aren't in.

SO, these kills were on my old hard street tires still.

I actually had my buddy (who can drive) enter my Festy also, so I could race against someone in my class... I beat him, but just barely, He would be after the WRX in the list below.

I actually won the D mod class (even though it was just the two of us..lol) and got a trophy (beer glass and a 1st place sticker...lol) But still, it's the Festy's first trophy... LOL...


Festy is not that slow, not at all.

89 Ford Festiva 51.790
04 Subaru WRX 51.904
04 MINI Cooper S 52.489
00 VM Golf GTi 52.779
03 Mazda Protege 5 53.413
84 Corvette Coupe 53.590
98 Mitsubishi Eclipse 54.509
91 Chevy Caviler 54.362
97 Ford Probe GT 54.433
95 Honda Accord 54.636
05 Acura RSX 57.180
85 Toyota Corolla GTS 58.212

[Silv3rBull3t]

Good job!! I hear Santa coming down the chimney, OH WAIT, that's the UPS guy knocking on your door w/the wheels!! :-P -Kyle

[quaddawg]

Still improving. Of course the tires shot me a few more places ahead.. still have some pretty fast cars to chase down... but the list of kills gets bigger each week.

Week 4 kills:


89 Ford Festiva....................42.324
91 Honda CRX....................42.360
07 VW GTI..........................42.400
00 Corvette........................42.414
02 Subaru WRX...................42.717
86 Porsche 944 Turbo..........42.846
00 Ford ZX3.........................43.018
02 Honda S2000..................43.297
92 Mazda Miata...................43.297
98 BMW M3 ...................... 43.565
97 Ford Probe....................43.820
04 Mini Cooper S...............44.060
04 Lancer Ralliart...............44.124
95 Mustang Cobra...............44.670
98 Subaru Outback..............45.471
07 Corvette...........................45.653
84 Corvette..........................45.708
01 Mazda Miata ....................46.480
95 Honda Accord LX ..............47.607
05 Scion tc ............................47.815
05 Scion TC ..........................48.560
85 Corolla GT-S......................49.736
91 Nissan 240sx.......................55.994

[xanthinic12]

i guess a festiva's real home is in autocrossing
thats awesome goood job

[quaddawg]

Well... second outing on the slicks. Did better again. 26 out of 57.. here are the confirmed dead:

Beat my friend by 1.3 seconds or so (both driving my car)

Here is a course map.

http://www.worscca.org/images/solo/courses/2007/PE5.gif

The Hoosiers just hooked up today.. loved the track too.. it was fun. I was only 3.68 seconds off of fastest time of the day... It was a bad Vette...

89 Ford Festiva...........45.383
06 Scion TC...............45.570
04 Mazda Miata............45.676
92 Chevrolet Corvette.....45.758
04 BMW Z3.................45.773
03 WRX....................45.797
90 Ford Mustang GT........46.017
92 Miata..................46.077
06 Mini Cooper S..........46.103
03 Suburu WRX.............46.454
92 Mazda Miata............46.470
02 Mazda WRX..............46.481
89 Ford Festiva...........46.677
07 Honda Civic Si Sedan...46.747
00 Mazda Miata............46.774
92 Miata..................47.084
06 Mazda Rx-8.............47.695
89 Nissan 240 SX..........48.451
87 Fiero..................48.957
91 Nissan 300ZX...........49.013
06 Subaru WRX.............49.559
00 Volkswagen GTi.........49.633
94 ford mustang...........49.655
87 Fiero..................50.183
87 Porsche 944............50.940
87 Porsche 944............51.410
00 Pontiac Trans Am.......51.703
78 Datsun 280z............52.316
04 Neon SXT...............53.236

[quaddawg]

Pics:

I have videos, but they aren't anything to look at really.

[packrat427]

SWEET !!
That is too cool Andy , nice to see you smoking the competition

[Silv3rBull3t]

Love the pix and congrats on the time! Now you just need to get rid of that body lean! FLATTER IS FASTER!! -Kyle

[quaddawg]

Yeah... I know.

It's killing me.

I guess I need a set of ground controls and adjuster sleeves??

What would YOU do if you had limited resources (cash) and needed to flatten out THIS car????

Check out this pic of three wheeling:

[shorestiva]

hey quaddawg have you seen this post? http://www.fordfestiva.com/forum/vie...stom+coilovers

[quaddawg]

Thanks, that gives me some ideas...

I am thinking at LEAST 250 for front, prolly more... and 200-300 for rear.

I rode in a friends Rabbit GTi, he had 400's on the back, and 500's on the front, with adjuster sleeves, and his car does what I want mine to, or rather, his car doesn't do what mine is doing now... (BODY LEAN, and PLENTY OF IT!)