Went to an autocross for the first time yesterday. Holy crap that was fun! I don't think you could have more fun for $30. Learned alot about my car. What it can and can't do.
The good:
I can leave it in 2nd gear the whole time and still power out of low speed corners.
The Wilwood brakes work wonders.
I was impressed with my street tires: Hankook Ventus V12 245 front, 275 rear.
Didn't hit a single cone all day!
The bad:
Body roll! I need thicker sway bars. Still have the stock ones. The Koni shocks set to firm all around did help some.
Steering: Too much steering input for such little steering change. Can we switch to a better steering ratio?
Here is a map of the course. Basically it is a road course with cones. There were 2 spots where I hit over 60mph (not that I was looking at my speedo though)
Here's some video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsPu1W7Xg8k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsPu1W7Xg8k
And here are the results (note the car that finished behind me)
1T 43 N GREGG MASSEY 00 HONDA S2000 69.783
2T 11 N KELLY COSGROVE 09 CORVETTE ZO6 69.968
3 511 N JEFF JANES 01 HONDA S2000 70.780
4 666 N ROD STRUMBEL 04 MUSTANG COBRA 71.048
5 964 N MATT DOWELL 92 PORSCHE 911 71.178
6 102 N ANDREW BOLTER 05 HONDA ACCORD 71.631
7 173 N TRACI AUSTIN 08 MAZDA SPEED3 72.044
8 124 N MIKE GOODHART 04 SUBARU WRX 72.871
9 400 N QUANG TRUONG 03 MAZDA 6 73.255
10 939 N LEROY THYDEAN 96 CHEVROLET CAMARO 73.472
11 54 N KYLE KRENZ 89 FORD MUSTANG 73.486
12 8 N CHRIS RASH 98 LINCOLN MARK VIII 74.210
13 650 N FARNAM TOUSSI 07 BMW M6 74.248
14 90 N NATE SMITH 06 ACURA RSX 74.382
15 200 N CARSON TUNRQUIST 02 FORD LIGHTNING 74.452
16 216 N CURT CROUSE 03 MERCURY MARAUDER 74.459
17 248 N ERIC GUEVREMONT 02 PONTIAC GRAND AM 75.589
18 99 N DAN NEINSTADT 03 MUSTANG COBRA 75.818
19 42 N GLENN MASSEY 07 HONDA S2000 75.897
20 488 N MIKE HARMS 93 FORD T-BIRD 76.213
21 80 N JOEL CAMERON 06 VW JETTA 76.246
22 107 N MATT SHUEY 05 FORD FOCUS 77.550
23 10 N MIKE BALOGNA 08 VW GTI 78.045
24 777 N STANN BRANNAN 08 MITZ EVO X 78.400
25 230 N SINA MOASSESFAR 06 AUDI A3 80.421
The good:
I can leave it in 2nd gear the whole time and still power out of low speed corners.
The Wilwood brakes work wonders.
I was impressed with my street tires: Hankook Ventus V12 245 front, 275 rear.
Didn't hit a single cone all day!
The bad:
Body roll! I need thicker sway bars. Still have the stock ones. The Koni shocks set to firm all around did help some.
Steering: Too much steering input for such little steering change. Can we switch to a better steering ratio?
Here is a map of the course. Basically it is a road course with cones. There were 2 spots where I hit over 60mph (not that I was looking at my speedo though)
Here's some video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsPu1W7Xg8k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsPu1W7Xg8k
And here are the results (note the car that finished behind me)
1T 43 N GREGG MASSEY 00 HONDA S2000 69.783
2T 11 N KELLY COSGROVE 09 CORVETTE ZO6 69.968
3 511 N JEFF JANES 01 HONDA S2000 70.780
4 666 N ROD STRUMBEL 04 MUSTANG COBRA 71.048
5 964 N MATT DOWELL 92 PORSCHE 911 71.178
6 102 N ANDREW BOLTER 05 HONDA ACCORD 71.631
7 173 N TRACI AUSTIN 08 MAZDA SPEED3 72.044
8 124 N MIKE GOODHART 04 SUBARU WRX 72.871
9 400 N QUANG TRUONG 03 MAZDA 6 73.255
10 939 N LEROY THYDEAN 96 CHEVROLET CAMARO 73.472
11 54 N KYLE KRENZ 89 FORD MUSTANG 73.486
12 8 N CHRIS RASH 98 LINCOLN MARK VIII 74.210
13 650 N FARNAM TOUSSI 07 BMW M6 74.248
14 90 N NATE SMITH 06 ACURA RSX 74.382
15 200 N CARSON TUNRQUIST 02 FORD LIGHTNING 74.452
16 216 N CURT CROUSE 03 MERCURY MARAUDER 74.459
17 248 N ERIC GUEVREMONT 02 PONTIAC GRAND AM 75.589
18 99 N DAN NEINSTADT 03 MUSTANG COBRA 75.818
19 42 N GLENN MASSEY 07 HONDA S2000 75.897
20 488 N MIKE HARMS 93 FORD T-BIRD 76.213
21 80 N JOEL CAMERON 06 VW JETTA 76.246
22 107 N MATT SHUEY 05 FORD FOCUS 77.550
23 10 N MIKE BALOGNA 08 VW GTI 78.045
24 777 N STANN BRANNAN 08 MITZ EVO X 78.400
25 230 N SINA MOASSESFAR 06 AUDI A3 80.421