June 15 @ Dunnellon - Killer Course!
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Loren Williams
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June 15 @ Dunnellon - Killer Course!
40 drivers braved the heat and dodged the potential rain for 5 runs on a very fun course of around 40-44 seconds (for most).
What else is there to say? It was a perfect day of autocross!
Thanks to all who participated and did their part to help the day go smoothly.
Results are up.
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What else is there to say? It was a perfect day of autocross!
Thanks to all who participated and did their part to help the day go smoothly.
Results are up.
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Loren Williams - Loren @ Invisiblesun.org
The "Push Harder, Suck Less" philosophy explained:
Push Harder - Drive as close to the limit of your tires as possible.
Suck Less - Drive something resembling a proper racing line.
The "Push Harder, Suck Less" philosophy explained:
Push Harder - Drive as close to the limit of your tires as possible.
Suck Less - Drive something resembling a proper racing line.
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Loren wrote:What else is there to say? It was a perfect day of autocross!
ANY day of autocross is better than ANY other day. Kind of like fishing, or smoking (your tires) ,or sitting thru an opera, or a Brahms's symphony or pushing a lawn mower very slowly with a bad back, or getting a white circle painted around your left nipple and having to listen to the insane laughter from the person who did it?
Looks like a Miata with no tread beat an EVO with some tires It poured in Spring HIll and Brooksville today twice after 3pm.
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Loved the course! Nice to be able stretch out the Gti a little. Thanks for a great event!!
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Glad we missed the rain and while it was hot, it wasn't much more tolerable with the cloud cover.
Enjoyed the course, had trouble with the turn-around and setting it up right, much different from brooksville, where the setup was predictable and you can point and shoot it, whereas today's course, I didn't get it until my last run. The ending section was another part, that feels like I could have carried more speed, but wasn't sure how to judge how much speed to scrub off to transition to the finish.
Also thanks a lot to Gene for the ride and the drive in the GTI, your setup is really good and very easy to drive and the vaq diff on it works really well, no complaints about wheel spin coming out of corners that has constantly frustrated me on my mk6.
Video of my run.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7izUHZn8C8&feature=youtu.be
Enjoyed the course, had trouble with the turn-around and setting it up right, much different from brooksville, where the setup was predictable and you can point and shoot it, whereas today's course, I didn't get it until my last run. The ending section was another part, that feels like I could have carried more speed, but wasn't sure how to judge how much speed to scrub off to transition to the finish.
Also thanks a lot to Gene for the ride and the drive in the GTI, your setup is really good and very easy to drive and the vaq diff on it works really well, no complaints about wheel spin coming out of corners that has constantly frustrated me on my mk6.
Video of my run.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7izUHZn8C8&feature=youtu.be
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No tread you saytwistedwankel wrote: ↑Sat Jun 15, 2019 7:52 pmLooks like a Miata with no tread beat an EVO with some tires It poured in Spring HIll and Brooksville today twice after 3pm.Loren wrote:What else is there to say? It was a perfect day of autocross!
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I said "a Miata with no tread and an EVO with 'some' tires" Why are the outsides worn out? That is mysterious with your alleged insane negative camber going on? Maybe you love toe in? Dude you have twice the power and fatter tires, a new drive line and AWD. Whoa. All hail the Drewster in the shit Miata turbo with a tune.CaptainSquirts wrote:EVO with some tires It poured in Spring HIll and Brooksville today twice after 3pm.
No tread you say
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Someone's triggered today, you alright buddy? I guess I should join the miata circle jerk so I dont trigger the Mayor .twistedwankel wrote:I said "a Miata with no tread and an EVO with 'some' tires" Why are the outsides worn out? That is mysterious with your alleged insane negative camber going on? Maybe you love toe in? Dude you have twice the power and fatter tires, a new drive line and AWD. Whoa. All hail the Drewster in the shit Miata turbo with a tune.CaptainSquirts wrote:EVO with some tires It poured in Spring HIll and Brooksville today twice after 3pm.
No tread you say
Here's my quickest run.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4yHZtMTnmk
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Umm, thanks? Or screw you? Not sure which.twistedwankel wrote:All hail the Drewster in the shit Miata turbo with a tune.
Minehart's stalker was fo sho on race tires, so not MA class.
Loren wrote:Freakin' Drew and his freakin' Mustang.
dan wrote:Freakin' Drew and his freakin' Miata.
Rawkkrawler wrote:Freakin’ Drew and his OTHER freakin’ Mustang!
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So close to the 37 second club today for me Today I learned that if you want to make a car feel faster, take out the windshield. That you can feel small in a Miata if you bolt a fixed race seat to the floor. Oh and that turbos are for cheaters
The Miata in M3 with the gold white wheels
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Steve was stellar.
Car was stellar.
I had super fun. Just giddy on all 5 runs.
'New wheels' with wider width and track, plus a little more spring rate helped make the car love the course.
Car was stellar.
I had super fun. Just giddy on all 5 runs.
'New wheels' with wider width and track, plus a little more spring rate helped make the car love the course.
Critical damping ??? We don't need no stinking critical damping !
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Bill's suspension tuning is stellar.
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So yeah, what Loren said - solid event. Very much appreciate everyone's help, and especially Gene and Shirley for dealing with an "extra-hassle" lunch. (and nice driving, Gene!)
Like I said above, and have said before, each time Bill messes with his car, it gets better. It responds well to being flung around (almost a necessity to get a faster time), and when flung it's nicely controllable, to a fairly high limit anyway (the last right on my last run sure showed that - I blew what must've been a sub-40 run). cough 225s cough
The course was cool, definitely. Lots of straights, which made planning ahead for them interesting. Good times!
See everyone back there in a couple weeks.
Like I said above, and have said before, each time Bill messes with his car, it gets better. It responds well to being flung around (almost a necessity to get a faster time), and when flung it's nicely controllable, to a fairly high limit anyway (the last right on my last run sure showed that - I blew what must've been a sub-40 run). cough 225s cough
The course was cool, definitely. Lots of straights, which made planning ahead for them interesting. Good times!
See everyone back there in a couple weeks.
Steven Frank
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Proud disciple of the "Push Harder, Suck Less" School of Autocross
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I'll get to it. Eventually...
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Thanks Steve , nice driving too!
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It looked beautiful out there. Squirmy at the limit bit able to keep it under the control to straighten it out.Native wrote: ↑Sun Jun 16, 2019 11:00 am
Like I said above, and have said before, each time Bill messes with his car, it gets better. It responds well to being flung around (almost a necessity to get a faster time), and when flung it's nicely controllable, to a fairly high limit anyway (the last right on my last run sure showed that - I blew what must've been a sub-40 run). cough 225s cough
The course was cool, definitely. Lots of straights, which made planning ahead for them interesting. Good times!
See everyone back there in a couple weeks.
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achoo 255s excuse me.. sniffNative wrote: cough 225s cough
Critical damping ??? We don't need no stinking critical damping !
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What was done prior to this event Bill?
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Bill, you found 15in steelies in wider widths for 5x112 bolt pattern? I could have sworn I've seen mercedes wheels in 15x8 width on craigslist a few times, but not steelies.mymomswagon wrote:Steve was stellar.
Car was stellar.
I had super fun. Just giddy on all 5 runs.
'New wheels' with wider width and track, plus a little more spring rate helped make the car love the course.
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CaptainSquirts wrote:What was done prior to this event Bill?
Went from 15x6 et47 to 15x7 et37. I believe 'new wheels' are old Passat spares.
Went from a cheepo 7/8th” thick spring rubber up front to a 1.25” thick, higher durometer spring rubber.
Went from a combo of 300# bump spring stacked on bump stop material to just the spring plus delrin packers.
More tire support, more track width, firmer rates front and back.
Critical damping ??? We don't need no stinking critical damping !
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Dan didn't think you were worthy of joining club 37, but I invited you anyway. Sorry you couldn't make it. Dan and I had fun, though.Kshader wrote:So close to the 37 second club today for me
Loren wrote:Freakin' Drew and his freakin' Mustang.
dan wrote:Freakin' Drew and his freakin' Miata.
Rawkkrawler wrote:Freakin’ Drew and his OTHER freakin’ Mustang!
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Loren Williams - Loren @ Invisiblesun.org
The "Push Harder, Suck Less" philosophy explained:
Push Harder - Drive as close to the limit of your tires as possible.
Suck Less - Drive something resembling a proper racing line.
The "Push Harder, Suck Less" philosophy explained:
Push Harder - Drive as close to the limit of your tires as possible.
Suck Less - Drive something resembling a proper racing line.
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