▲ 223 r/Autocross
16 and fell in love with AX. Bought an 86. Had school and baseball all day, so it's 11pm and he's getting his car ready for tomorrow. Good luck beating me, kid.
u/Sunstoned1 — 5 days ago
r/Autocross
▲ 21 r/Autocross
What’s on your autocross bucket list?
Let’s hear your autocross bucket list items. Mine is pretty short right now:
Attend an event at Packwood
Drive a D prepared car
u/overheightexit — 3 days ago
Am I Doing This Right?
Title is just a teaser. Rained right before run and figured I could have some fun :-).
Engine/drivetrain:
• turbo inlet and intake
• catless dp
MHD Stage 2+ OTS tune
XHP custom stage 3 trans tune
• X-delete 30/70 power split
Suspension:
x3m sway bars
x3m endlinks
spherical bushing thrust arms
prototype double bypass, dual adjustable coilovers
swift springs 10K/14K
20x10 et28 wheels with 13mm front spacers for 101% track width ratio
285/35/20 extreme contact 02
Chassis:
x3m chassis/subframe braces
antigrav battery
Weight is 4280 with a 50.1/49.9 distribution.
u/LapReaperX3 — 3 days ago
Fingerless Glove Recommendations
It's getting hot, and sometimes my hands are sweaty. This is a disaster waiting to happen.
I would like to try out a pair of fingerless gloves, so I can use my data logger and camera (touch screen) while in staging.
I would like something thin, with minimal padding to keep feel of the wheel similar.
What do you guys recommend?
u/SmoothAnkle — 6 hours ago
Current Miata owner, have owned a c6 z51 among many other cars over the years, a few German (996 911) and JDM (04 and 08 STI) too. I’m considering a 981 Cayman / Coxster as well, but feel like the upkeep and overall reliability may be better with the C7, as well as straight line speed advantage and lovely v8 sounds.
How has this car been for enthusiasts ? I’d imagine it’s a fairly reliable workhorse ? Always see vettes killing it at events.
PFA
u/No_Tower_7026 — 8 days ago
▲ 10 r/Autocross
Anyone use a Honda Crz?
Interested in getting into autocrossing! I have a manual crz and I was just curious if any drives or has seen a Crz on course?
u/Tune-Puzzled — 2 days ago
▲ 6 r/Autocross
Are you all driving to the event on the tires you are going to be running or do you swap your wheels when you arrive? If you do swap, how are you transporting your tires in something like a Miata?
u/Fast_Ad_4936 — 8 days ago
Think it's time to finally give in and get something bigger tires for my over powered Fiesta ST. Maybe coilovers right along with them, The factory suspension is showing its age (91k miles) and I need way more grip at this point in XB against the absolute monsters I'm against.
RE71RS - 205/50r15. Could maybe get 245/40r15s up front now and the same in the back if I put on my camber plates, or get the coilovers.
Positive side, I was the fastest FWD at the event and finished 23rd out of 61 Raw time.
u/New_Astronomer_1552 — 11 days ago
▲ 6 r/Autocross
Would you run these for an event?
2017 brz, stock suspension, Michelin PS4 A/S
Haven’t gone on a track day yet, booked two feeler sessions and have a set of new rubber on standby.
(Did brakes, fluids and oil cooler already)
Tyia :)
u/ItsZahza — 4 days ago
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u/faeetspelly — 12 days ago
▲ 2 r/Autocross
Lightweight “regular” batteries?
Looking for a lightweight, yet full size/standard installation battery.
I had to finally replace the Panasonic OEM Subaru battery that weighed about 31lbs, but my issue is the replacement battery now weighs 40lbs.
Is there a battery brand, suitable for daily driving, that’s around 30lbs or less? The OEM Panasonics are no longer available through the dealer.
I’m not looking to drop the cash on a featherweight 10lb battery,(yet) but I hate the idea of adding weight(10lbs+) without any advantages.
Seems like the cheaper Napa batteries are the lightest standard production battery I can find at 34lbs-
u/Advanced_innovation5 — 5 days ago
Dedicated, all-weather, autocross + track day/HPDE tires?
I've seen a lot of threads on here re autocross and track day tires, and most are full of the compromise of a single tire for daily + track/autox use. I have a spare set of wheels that need to be shod, and would like to make that set my "compromise" tires for wet-dry autocross and light track day/HPDE use.
Coincidentally, the spare rims I bought have BFGoodrich g-Force Comp 2 A/S already mounted (albeit one has a chunk missing out of the sidewall), and I've seen favorable mention of those on here and elsewhere.
Was just looking at Costy-co and they are running specials on the Comp 2 A/S-Plus and Phenom T/A atm, was wondering if anyone had used them for autocross and track (without concerns of daily driver wear-n-tear, etc).
Thanks!
u/arpieb — 4 days ago
Here’s a POV video of my best run driving a 2021 BMW M340i xDrive at a recent autocross event. I wanted to share an example how much fun it can be to drive this car hard after only a few simple modifications.
Mods listed below:
- Apex flow formed wheels 19x9
- Continental ECS02 255/35R19 tires (square)
- Front lower control arms w/ -2.3deg camber
- AWE touring catback exhaust (no real performance gain but brrr)
Otherwise this car is completely stock. Hope you enjoy the watch!
u/Mountain_Hour6030 — 13 days ago
▲ 0 r/Autocross
Alignments - Disconnecting sway bars?
I usually go to a local shop that has a hunter rack. They never disconnect a singular end link in the front and one in the rear before doing an alignment. I’m not corner balancing the car at that point in time.
Curious, is not disconnecting the front and rear sway bar mean I’m inducing preload and not really aligning correctly? Is it crazy to ask a shop to do that, or would that also require them to weight me correctly in the seat too? Appreciate the tips.
This is for an ST car on coils, with aftermarket bars and end links.
u/AcceptableBanana1978 — 2 days ago
▲ 4 r/Autocross
Understeer, understeer, understeer...
2nd AutoX of the season for us. New car with OEM tires, so we are still figuring it out. Should have Vitour X1's here in the next few weeks. That'll help. 😃 Love this facility. It's the EVOC in Douglas County, Colorado near Denver.
u/MatthewAMEL — 4 days ago
u/Brunette_kangaroo — 10 days ago
▲ 32 r/Autocross
damn I need some more seat time, gotta step my game up
u/wratx — 9 days ago