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Also, the brake linings, I think, refer only to the pads (and with older cars, brake linings), not rotors. But then again, rotors aren't mentioned at all . I agree with most of what has been said in this thread, however, I do believe a totally stock SVX can be competitive in G Stock, if one assumes "competitive" means within the top five (of G Stock). And with the SCCA index'ing, it is also competitive. The best point made is driver ability. I have seen an excellent autocrosser beat the pants off of most with a TOTALLY STOCK Saturn - it was his girlfriend's car - considering the SCCA index'ing. Also, the best rule of thumb I have heard re modifications is that if you are doing any mods that bump you into a higher class, then do ALL the mods available and stay in that higher class. Doing one mod (like different springs) only is not going to help a great deal in the next higher class. And the name of the game is to have fun, and the SVX can be a fun autocrosser. And people are a bit amazed to learn that this is a car with a 4,450 lb GVW! CHIKE, you will have to drive up from Charlottesville to one of our autocrosses here in the Winchester area - next Sunday, assuming the high school / school board approves our application for a school parking lot. And we can talk autocross on 5 Jun at the mini-meet at my house..... Later, Harry
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I'll be at your house on June 5th. May not be able to make it up to your neck of the woods before then, but I'll definitely want to witness a few AutoX events this season... I have a lot to learn, and I want to be sure I'm prepping my SVX correctly to be competitive in G-Stock AutoX competition! -Chike Quote:
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Yeah, that might be a point of contention ...I like to ignore the "manufactures' year" and interprete it as "year manufactured" - which means I'm good since my SVX was built in 1991. -Bill
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Yeah, what Harry said I'd add that, if I had to go is over again, the first thing I'd have done is bought a set of R-compound tires off of Ebay (Kuhmo Victoracers or Hoosiers) and bought another set of stock SVX rims to mount them on. I just read an article in the SCCA magazine on autoX'ing and tires, shocks, autoX alignment (think negative camber), and driver skill are the 4 things the article stressed. -Bill
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Thanks, Matt |
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Agreed. Every car is set up differently from the factory and what works for our SVX's wouldn't work for a rwd BMW.
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Try posting on more neutral boards like automotiveforums.com. Also, a good wealth of info would be fellow BMW owners competing at the AutoX events with you...
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Try going to a SCCA-sanctioned autocross event as a spectator and ask every BMW driver you see about how they've got their car set up. There is a M3 that runs in my run group that is always very fast! He's running Kumhos on BMW rims...I can ask him about his set up, if you'd like - I just won't be able to until the next autocross, which is the 13th of June. -Bill
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Thanks, Bill. A guy with a 325i has been running Bilstien Sport shocks with Eibach springs. He seems very happy with them. I just figured I would get opinions from some car nuts. I bet most guys here qualify. And car nuts always have an opinion when asked about cars. I know I do.
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I think you meant 3450 lb.! BTW: Brake LININGS is the universal term describing the wearable friction surface- shoes or pads. It does NOT include the rotors (or drums, for that matter). Chiketkd: The zip tie thing works- use a BUNCH of them. We put them every 1/2". That was not enough. Put them touching each other, and pull them tight with pliers. Don't use the really small ties (they are only like 4 lbs test). The ones we used were about 7" long, I think. We just cut off all the scrap.
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svxhunter do you recall where you bought those 7" zip-ties from? Would any hardware store/ Walmart have them? I plan on doing this mod this coming weekend and posting some pics in the mod section...
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