Today's AutoX
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Today's AutoX
First off, a very special thanks to Impala SS for giving me something to drive today. I had a blast. I also thought I was doing pretty damned good at 54.299 until Rob, Chris and Paul put me in my place.
Ed, I have you pressure gauge (which explained why my helmet was so much heavier). Let me know if you need it before the next event and I'll bring it down to you.
Cheers, Joe
Ed, I have you pressure gauge (which explained why my helmet was so much heavier). Let me know if you need it before the next event and I'll bring it down to you.
Cheers, Joe
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It was pretty cool... I got a 53.44x, paulc got a 53.48x, and Rob blew our doors off with a 52.4
Cool part is we got in car video of Rob's fastest run. I just did some crudimentary sycronization between different movie windows and you can see where I lost all the time....
If someone could host the movies, that would be very cool. Contact myself or PaulC (he has better bandwidth at work)
It is also interesting to note the difference between Rob's JIC's (bouncy bouncy bouncy) to my DMS 50's (smmmmoooooothh)
Fun course, easy to lose time on.
Cool part is we got in car video of Rob's fastest run. I just did some crudimentary sycronization between different movie windows and you can see where I lost all the time....
If someone could host the movies, that would be very cool. Contact myself or PaulC (he has better bandwidth at work)
It is also interesting to note the difference between Rob's JIC's (bouncy bouncy bouncy) to my DMS 50's (smmmmoooooothh)
Fun course, easy to lose time on.
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Joe : just bring the tire gauge next week.
Much happier with the car (and my driving) today. Got a 54.7 on the second run, and was putting together this KILLER run (to try and beat Joe at least
) on the third run.....until I took that last "jog" before the final U-turn a bit too hot and smacked a cone (and got the car so upset it slowed way down).....DOH!
Martin : do you have a bigger copy (resolution) of the pic of car #94 below? If so, e-mail it to me at Ed_Runnion@RegionOfDoom.com
BTW, Car 52 is Chris.
I watched the in-car video....worked well, I'll see what I can do as far as ripping it to Computer.
Joe (or Tim if you're reading this) : can you ask Tim what the website was that he got that Wide Angle lens from? Want to buy one for my Camcorder.
Much happier with the car (and my driving) today. Got a 54.7 on the second run, and was putting together this KILLER run (to try and beat Joe at least
) on the third run.....until I took that last "jog" before the final U-turn a bit too hot and smacked a cone (and got the car so upset it slowed way down).....DOH!Martin : do you have a bigger copy (resolution) of the pic of car #94 below? If so, e-mail it to me at Ed_Runnion@RegionOfDoom.com
BTW, Car 52 is Chris.
I watched the in-car video....worked well, I'll see what I can do as far as ripping it to Computer.
Joe (or Tim if you're reading this) : can you ask Tim what the website was that he got that Wide Angle lens from? Want to buy one for my Camcorder.
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Originally posted by chrisw
It is also interesting to note the difference between Rob's JIC's (bouncy bouncy bouncy) to my DMS 50's (smmmmoooooothh)
Fun course, easy to lose time on.
It is also interesting to note the difference between Rob's JIC's (bouncy bouncy bouncy) to my DMS 50's (smmmmoooooothh)
Fun course, easy to lose time on.
Originally posted by stratos
Yeah, It feels Like I am getting tossed all around in there. I guess its a get what you pay for thing with the JIC's, they are not all that expensive as coil-overs go. May also be that my spring rates are pretty high.....
Yeah, It feels Like I am getting tossed all around in there. I guess its a get what you pay for thing with the JIC's, they are not all that expensive as coil-overs go. May also be that my spring rates are pretty high.....
or get other springs...
or get other coil overs...
or
-Gagan
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Originally posted by stratos
Yeah, It feels Like I am getting tossed all around in there. I guess its a get what you pay for thing with the JIC's, they are not all that expensive as coil-overs go. May also be that my spring rates are pretty high.....
Yeah, It feels Like I am getting tossed all around in there. I guess its a get what you pay for thing with the JIC's, they are not all that expensive as coil-overs go. May also be that my spring rates are pretty high.....
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Originally posted by joltdudeuc
I think they are, so you'll have to stiffen the settings for dampening to match it...
or get other springs...
or get other coil overs...
or
-Gagan
I think they are, so you'll have to stiffen the settings for dampening to match it...
or get other springs...
or get other coil overs...
or
-Gagan
Sunday was my first autocross, what a great time seeing you dudes fly through the course. I hit 59 on my last run with all four tires screaming, what a blast. Does anyone have advice on how to keep power around the last big "drift" turn?
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Originally posted by Impala SS AutoX
Joe : just bring the tire gauge next week.
Joe : just bring the tire gauge next week.
I'll leave it in my helmet so I don't forget.
Much happier with the car (and my driving) today. Got a 54.7 on the second run, and was putting together this KILLER run (to try and beat Joe at least ) on the third run.....until I took that last "jog" before the final U-turn a bit too hot and smacked a cone (and got the car so upset it slowed way down).....DOH!
) on the third run.....until I took that last "jog" before the final U-turn a bit too hot and smacked a cone (and got the car so upset it slowed way down).....DOH!
Joe (or Tim if you're reading this) : can you ask Tim what the website was that he got that Wide Angle lens from? Want to buy one for my Camcorder.
Cheers, Joe
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I can host the videos for someone to mirror. I can't leave them up for people to download as I'll be hijacking my work's net connection.
So, if someone with a decent connection steps up I can provide the fastest runs for Chris, Rob and I for comparison. They are about 7MB each.
Paul
So, if someone with a decent connection steps up I can provide the fastest runs for Chris, Rob and I for comparison. They are about 7MB each.
Paul