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Me: I’ll take the new ride to AX#1 since it will be straightforward and I can try a simple slalom and not wreck my paint.
Dave: Hold my beer.
I actually bought a 1999 Mazda Miata and decided last minute to take it instead of my GTI. Not a big deal since X class, but just to clarify. I think I have it chosen in the database now.
To be fair, I’m far from stock… my GTI has some mods on it for canyon carving before I decided to try autocross… Lighter wheels, Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires, H&R “small” sway bars, stiffer linear springs, a couple chassis braces, and upgraded to the Golf R/Audi S3 turbo with supporting mods and tune which dynos ~330hp.
Thanks for the feedback! I think more gas/more brakes makes a lot of sense… I wasn’t looking ahead early enough so I felt kind of tentative with how much speed I could carry and how much gas I could use.
I’m slow because I’m a n00b — this was my 3rd autocross. Thanks to Paul, Eric, and Jeff who coached me Saturday. With their help I went from 57 and change first run to 6th run (and my best of day) at 53.2??.
I feel like I am leaving at least 3s on the track and posting this to solicit some suggestions to work on for June!
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmEVvLEmD1I[/video]
