first let me say ahead of time sorry for my bad driving as i am new and this is my first time out with my new set up. oh and sorry for the bad video and sound quality. ill make it better next time.

full disclosure.

started autoxing this year. this is my 6th run.

first run with new set up for RTR B stock.

tires

Dunlop ZII 245 f @ 41 psi and 255 r @ 38 psi. i adjusted them and the tires are not rolling over. ( from what i read the little triangles should not be getting worn or making contact ) I didnt get to write down the temps since i didnt have a temp gauge for the tires. it will be my next purchase, i am logging as much data as i can on my little notebook.

Gendron front bar and UK alignment ( yeah yeah i know its bad but i havent had a chance to put my new FLCA since my compliance bushing and bolt are seized along with my tie rods. )

my previous set up before was 4 y/o R1R and wow what a night and day difference.

anyways this post is here so that you guys can burn on me or give me advice. lol, i will be attending Evolution School next week. i know i have a lot of things to work on.

so on to the video!

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmTonjuvujM&feature=player_detailpage[/media]

 

Really solid fundamentals! You're seeing the line very well and turning in early in a good way. You're seriously 80+% of the way there and much better than I was in the first few years... Nice job!

 

Thank you C kit! i hope to get much better.

 

Four thoughts:

Try to get tighter on the apex cones; sometimes you're really close to them (as you should be), but sometimes you're a few feet off of them. Don't worry if you hit a few -- that happens.

Try pushing the car harder in corners and transitions. If you're on street tires, you should ideally have them screeching almost every time you turn the steering wheel -- that's an indicator that you're using all of the available cornering grip.

Pick a few spots where you're driving straight-ish and make you sure floor the gas there. For example, from 0:46 to 0:47, and also at 1:00 to 1:02, it looks like you could have used more gas than you did.

Last but not least, find one of the local PAX / Pro class guys and pick his or her brain on how they're driving the course. If you can, ride with them and/or get them to ride with you to accelerate the learning process.

You're driving well for a first year autocrosser -- you're generally on line and just haven't yet figured out the limits of the car.

 

you hit it right on the head, i am still unsure of my driving and new tires definitely raised the bar quite high from where it was before. looking at it now i definitely was not on the gas in sections where i could have been full throttled. ( i guess it came from the fear my old tires gave me ) i could be on the gas sooner too coming out of exit from the sweepers. i was playing around with trail braking in some parts. i always try to get a ride in with the local hot shoes since it helps me feel where the car can be pushed harder. i will try and stick closer to the lines as you mentioned. in this event i was focusing more on throttle control since i was told that i need to be able to roll on the throttle and not just to be "on and off"

thank you for the critique. it seems the s2k's arent as well represented in the RTR class. most are in STR or BS? well in my area anyways.

 

RT / street tire participation varies depending on where in the country you are. My understanding is that they haven't really caught on on the East Coast, but where I run (Seattle and Portland), there are literally no S2000s running in B Stock; instead, we're split around 2:1 between RT and STR.

 

yeah here in the northeast its pretty much dominated by STR.

 

Where are you in the northeast?

 

im in NJ, this is a good example STR and Bstock s2000. at the PCA event after that, the coordinator was surprised that most of the field was made up of S2K's. "If we got into a fight, i think us Porsche guys are outnumbered even in our own event." that made me chuckle

 

hahaha yep, we're like a disease up here. Yeah I wasn't at that event but I do the NNJR SCCA events quite often at that stadium. Unfortunately NJ sucks for instructing due to their silly no passenger rules, otherwise I'd say look me up and I can instruct. If you ever find yourself in philly events then definitely come find me.