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Well, since school has started back up in Cookeville at TnTech (although I am not attending this year, as I was last year) the car (autocross) club has also started up again. Today was the first autocross of the season and I made the quick trip out to see them.
Evidently the knowledge I have gained from my summer-bout with the ETRSCCA region has made me a faster driver and a better course designer. I helped build a killer mid-30 second course (had parked cars that cut our lot 2/3 our usual room) with what space we had, then commenced to kick butt. All the guys who would usually trounce me were falling seconds behind within my first three runs, as I have learned, make the most of every lap.
Fourth run, launch perfect slipping clutch at 4500rpm and cut to the right out of the start gate, go to turn back to the left for the first sweeper and WHAT!!! Power steering is completely locked up, will not turn left! Brought the car to a halt (without hitting any cones thankfully, only about 20mph when I realized) and found only at idle could I overpower whatever was buggered in my steering system. I limped back to staging and it atleast freed up enough that I could get it to turn left, although extremely difficult... Supra is out of comission for the rest of the race.
Cars tried, but none got to me, closest was a stripped, built motor (~200hp) probeGT on some killer wide rims and unknown but very tight suspension. Other cars that previously worried me,
Jason Aderholdts 200sx turbo, 12psi, drop springs, koni sports all round, es100's on 300z stock rims, 500# advantage.
Moe Mondals early 300z turbo, stock for now, good driver.
And there was a camaro z24...
Wrote a freaking story, sorry about that.
--BillyM
Excited about FTD today, not much love for gstock under-dog on 420tw street tires usually.
Evidently the knowledge I have gained from my summer-bout with the ETRSCCA region has made me a faster driver and a better course designer. I helped build a killer mid-30 second course (had parked cars that cut our lot 2/3 our usual room) with what space we had, then commenced to kick butt. All the guys who would usually trounce me were falling seconds behind within my first three runs, as I have learned, make the most of every lap.
Fourth run, launch perfect slipping clutch at 4500rpm and cut to the right out of the start gate, go to turn back to the left for the first sweeper and WHAT!!! Power steering is completely locked up, will not turn left! Brought the car to a halt (without hitting any cones thankfully, only about 20mph when I realized) and found only at idle could I overpower whatever was buggered in my steering system. I limped back to staging and it atleast freed up enough that I could get it to turn left, although extremely difficult... Supra is out of comission for the rest of the race.
Cars tried, but none got to me, closest was a stripped, built motor (~200hp) probeGT on some killer wide rims and unknown but very tight suspension. Other cars that previously worried me,
Jason Aderholdts 200sx turbo, 12psi, drop springs, koni sports all round, es100's on 300z stock rims, 500# advantage.
Moe Mondals early 300z turbo, stock for now, good driver.
And there was a camaro z24...
Wrote a freaking story, sorry about that.
--BillyM
Excited about FTD today, not much love for gstock under-dog on 420tw street tires usually.