Auto X at Western Speedway

[Marke]

Alright, forget building my car for show, Auto X gets first priority. I'm hooked. Went out with GTR-J and McNab. J and I were first timers and we really ripped it up. McNab did a great job keeping his times in line with ours. He had to work a little harder too, because of the lack of awd. Track conditions were poor.

I definately need better tires and need to eliminate understeer. Understeer hurt my times the most.



Some pics of McNab

[Touring240]

Nice pics! I was talking with Lyle (McNabs brother) earlier and he said you guys went today. I should have come out and watched. Always a blast!

[mcnab]

Good stuff! Thanks for taking those pics Marke. I couldn't believe how well you guys did for your first time out! Im in for a spankin next time around

[klys]

nice to see skylines on the track in "winter" heheh

[Marke]

Whats winter?

[klys]

what you guys had before us :O

but that you don't usually have

[Marke]

I must have gone into hibernation, I don't remember any such event

[GTR-Dad]

Re: Auto X at Western Speedway

Alright, forget building my car for show, Auto X gets first priority. I'm hooked. Went out with GTR-J and McNab. J and I were first timers and we really ripped it up. McNab did a great job keeping his times in line with ours. He had to work a little harder too, because of the lack of awd. Track conditions were poor.

I definately need better tires and need to eliminate understeer. Understeer hurt my times the most.

Great pix! Glad you had fun on the track. You realize you've just done the automotive equivalent of trying crack "just for fun". Your life will never be the same. (That's not a bad thing though! )

Think torque split controller, some adjustable dampers and adjustable anti-roll bars. You can tune the understeer right out of your baby.

Between 'fixes' you'll enjoy reading Ross Bentley's Speed Secrets series. He's a great teacher and coach. He'll hammer 'smoothness' into your brain and make you faster and faster. You'll also get some ideas on how to adjust your driving style instead of tuning your suspension to get rid of understeer. I say 'Do both!'.

Cheers,
Dan

[Marke]

Shots of me in action.

[Marke]

Did my second Auto X today. Huge difference with the new tires. Instead of being 5 seconds behind the leader (jacked up Talon AWD with very schooled driver) to 3 seconds. No pics as I ended up going by myself.
Hopefully someone from the club that put on the event will have some pics.

Now I need to get rid of some body roll. Also signed up for some driver training. Pretty soon Mines and XS Engineering will be knocking my door to be the wheel man in their Time Attack GTR's. Watch your back Tarzan.....I crack me up.

[mcnab]

Glad to hear the tires made a big difference for yah...I'll be out with you guys as soon as I get er back on the road.

Hopefully I can cought up some extra cash so I can get into the driver training with yah. We will see!

[MNW]

what kind of tires are you running?

[Marke]

BFG g-Force KDW 225/50zr16

[MNW]

BFG g-Force KDW 225/50zr16

how do you find them? I have heard they are pretty sticky for a street tire.

I autoX with advan a032r in a 235/40r17, and after having autoX'd with normal performance tires, i'll never go back from R compounds.

[Stinky_1]

I used to be tempted to go run in autoX and such. But can somebody who is extremely poor with a family do it and be competitive?

Nice pics though. I am more scared I will find out how terrible a driver I am. And in a car as legendary as a skyline I worry everyone will think they suck bad after I do so terrible.

Any thoughts?