YUP! you can only do so much with your driving technique...i used to get real frustrated when id be running at an event...with my times dropping slightly every run..but then i hit a wall...either im not driving the car to its full potential yet...or thats as much as my car can take....sometimes the tires just can take anymore... sometimes its because you can cut it just another inch or half an inch to a cone... or maybe your not taking the apex exactly how you should be! there are alot of factors that go into effect when your doing track and or autox. just that inch or two closer to a cone...or that when you take that apex just right can shave off a lot of time! to me 2 tenths or even 1 tenth of a second is a long time....

i compete against another girl in my class and she drives a celica gt... we're always a couple of tenths away from each other...and i know its my driving skill...i can take it alot closer to the cones than i already am... if i look at pictures of her and me in the same corner...she takes it alot closer than i do...something new to improve on! these events.... always have lots of room for improvements...just got to work on them one a at time...i use to be a full 10 seconds away from the girl in the celica...now im just a couple of tenths...it takes time...lots of learning to do



http://www.lvrscca.org/?page_id=70

btw the results are in for this weekends run! i ran STSL....beat my boyfriend that runs STS by .2 seconds....there were a few other tC's that ran as well as my roomie that co-drove my car!

 

^^ Yea I know exactly what you mean. I kno i have not reach my cars potential at all and until I do at every single autox event then I know I havent fully learned the capabilities of my car and me as a driver :D

 

yeah and plus once youve reached lets say your street tires full potential at every event...maybe its time for some better tires? a change is usually good.... and then of course once again it takes time getting used to something new on the car...it may respond differently..which you got to adapt to... changes are good...but sometimes they could be bad...gotta do some homework before putting some new on the car...

sometimes people have the misconception that...if i throw all this on my car... spend all this money on the car...it'll make my car faster...whereas before buying something new you gotta do some research...will spending $ on this or buying this for the car really benefit me...plus people automatically assume that an intake, for example, will add 10 hp to a car... just kuz it says it on the box...and your "butt dyno" makes you FEEL like you just added 10 hp...whereas the only way you'd really know for sure how much power your car has...is to actually DYNO it... i hate it when ppl are like yeah i had 160 hp...threw on an intake and now it has 170 hp... the way i always get them is when i ask..."so do you have the paper from your dyno that says that?" and they always say no it said it adds 10 hp on the box...my reply..then how do you really know it added 10 hp and didnt take it away? plus whatever hp it says on the sticker at the dealership doesnt mean that you actually have that 160 hp.. that 160 is just at the crank...but at the wheels its different....yeah sorry im hehehe but yeah...

throwing on an aem intake on a tc can have different effects than throwing it on a honda or something else... not every car is the same...not ever car will react the same to whatever you do to it...its all different! what could work for someone else's car may not work for your car....i know someone that threw on headers...and intake...and actually lost wheel hp instead of gaining...

 

Wait...you mean I dont have 200hp with my I/H/E setup? But I added all the dyno numbers up... I think there is way too much hype over the dyno sheets. And autoxtc is right, it's the driver that makes the difference in autoX. Although having a subie thats spits fire, which I saw firsthand, wouldnt be too bad either. Thats why they say the track is for fast cars, while autox is for fast drivers.

 

im not saying no you dont have 200 hp...just a dyno sheet would definitely be a good way to go to see your gains in power... just to know for sure.... the mazdas and i are planning a dyno challenge...autox and drag challenge... kind of like a challenge among ourselves i suppose... but yeah it wouldnt be bad at all to have a subie that spits fire!

btw did u see how you did on the results? http://www.lvrscca.org/?page_id=70

heheheh im so glad i became a member...my boyfriend and i are tied for 5th place in STS for a trophy...i still got a long way to go for STSL but im trying! trophy trophy trophy i hope at the end of the year!!!

 

Yea I saw the results. I cant believe that Viper did the course in 53 sec. Thats sooooo sloooooowww... and I was kidding about the 200hp thing. So wuts up with the event on the 30th? I havent seen anything on the site. It still says tentative. Good luck on your persuit for a trophy. I think you're gonna get one this year. Sounds like you're close.

 

yeah you'd be surprised at how many of the high end cars: vipers, z06's etc etc dont do so well in an autox...they may do better in a track event...but sometimes its the driver... sometimes the course is just too small...it really depends... there was a lambo that came out once and i think he had a hard time with the course since it was sooo tightly packed and the cars are wide so i would imagine it being harder for him to get through a tight course vs. us. hehehe yeah i know you were kidding!

new updated on the website www.lvrscca.org check the schedule...we have the permanent dates from now till the end of the year...plus maybe one more event on nov 11 hopefully!!! *crossing fingers* yeah we have an event on the 30th for sure! preregistration is up...hehe i was the first one to register!! heh yippie! so yeah check it out!

 

AHH!! I WANT TO GO!!! My friend wants me to help her at anime expo instead. Well atleast there is an event on July14th. Im definately going to that one. Gives me some time to get rid of my 18's... Perhaps I can not help her and autox instead...

 

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I know what you mean. I was at an event with a fairly small course (smaller parking lot) and there was a Noble M400 there. The car looked like some kind of caged lion trying to break free. I just don't think the autocross is a good place for a 200mph track beast.

 

We had a twin turbo Supra at one of our smaller courses 2 yrs ago... he couldn't keep a hold of it. Just not the right course for all the power... either that or the driver was just trying too hard to be a badass or osmething.

 

yeah...those high end cars are more for track events...but it is pretty surprising when they make it happen on the autox courses.... some drivers can do it and some just cant... we've got a few out here in vegas that make it happen on the course and do real real well for a car thats usually used for track... its nice to see that happen at autox...great cars....great drivers...