lpmagruder
11-06-2023, 09:37 AM
Made it to my region's (KCR) last autocross of the season yesterday! I was incredibly slow, spun once, and took out some cones but the car and I made it through in one piece. The last time I drove competitively was in 2012 and that was in a FSAE car. Definitely not like riding a bike, a lot of life has happened between then and now.
I feel like I had NO rear traction. I couldn't get a solid start in any of my 4 runs, and it felt like almost any throttle input with the car not completely straight would rotate the car (honestly that was kinda fun to be sideways all the time, but super slow!)
I'm on an open diff, and I don't have the front ARB in right now. I'm hoping the ARB helps looseness in the corners but I'm not sure what to do for the launches. I'm running Zeknova RS606 R1 235/40/17 in the rear, maybe it's the cheapo tires. Guessing a LSD will help there, but I need to financially recover from my build a bit before dropping another grand!
Anyway, super excited to have made it this far. The car is not "done" but it's registered and has an Autocross event under its belt, so I think it at least qualifies as "done-ish"
I feel like I had NO rear traction. I couldn't get a solid start in any of my 4 runs, and it felt like almost any throttle input with the car not completely straight would rotate the car (honestly that was kinda fun to be sideways all the time, but super slow!)
I'm on an open diff, and I don't have the front ARB in right now. I'm hoping the ARB helps looseness in the corners but I'm not sure what to do for the launches. I'm running Zeknova RS606 R1 235/40/17 in the rear, maybe it's the cheapo tires. Guessing a LSD will help there, but I need to financially recover from my build a bit before dropping another grand!
Anyway, super excited to have made it this far. The car is not "done" but it's registered and has an Autocross event under its belt, so I think it at least qualifies as "done-ish"