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The Road to Lincoln, NE - Chiketkd's official 2009 Autocross Blog (B-stock RX-8)
The 2009 season is less than 2 weeks away from starting. Shawn will be co-driving with me once more and we'll be travelling to Lincoln, NE the new site for Solo Nationals!
Over the winter, I've primarily been doing maintenance on the car which has included:
I also installed the Hotchkis 27mm MX-5 front swaybar which is 3-way adjustable. The settings are 13%, 33.7% and 60% stiffer than the stock RX-8 bar. Our National event schedule in 2009 will be as follows:
I also took out a season subscription with the WDCR, so I'll be attending all of those events as well. The car proved that it can be competitive with the very best last season, we just need to take our driving to the next level.
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Re: The Road to Lincoln, NE - Chiketkd's official 2009 Autocross Blog (B-stock RX-8)
First local events will be a dyno day on 2/28 with an autocross club in Richmond, VA followed by an autocross on 3/1 with the Virginia Motorsports Club.
Looking forward to getting some baseline power numbers on what the car makes in B-stock trim.
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2/28/09 Dyno Day @ Performance Autosport
The previous weekend when I was replacing my coils, I broke off a vacuum line fitting on my car and ordered a replacement - the part didn't arrive in time and needless to say, my car wasn't running at 100%. My car made 164.4whp and 129.79 wtq which is down about 15-20whp from what I was expecting...
9.5K rpms anyone? My dyno graph: My friend Michael brought out his lightly modded Cobalt SS S/C and his dyno graph is below: I have since received the parts and replaced the vacuum line and fitting. The car will be redyno'd on 3/21. Btw, I didn't attend the 3/1 autocross with the VMSC in Richmond as 5-8" of snow were in the forecast that day/night.
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Re: The Road to Lincoln, NE - Chiketkd's official 2009 Autocross Blog (B-stock RX-8)
3 way adjustable = 3 mounting holes per end for the end links (?) How far are the holes actually spaced apart?
-Bill p.s. are you going to make any of the events over in Waldorf?
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Yes, they're 3 mounting holes per side - I guess that technically that makes it 9-way adjustable (even though I'll be using it as a 3-way adj bar). I'm not sure about those events just yet. Might run a tighter local schedule this season to save money. I'll definitely be at the WDCR Fedex events though.
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First event...
My first event for the 2009 season will be the Dixie National Tour in Cecil, GA on March 13-15. Shawn and I will be heading out on Thursday afternoon, in order to be at the event site early Friday morning to take part in the test & tune.
Press release from the Dixie Region about this event is shown below: Quote:
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