Chike's official 2007 AutoX Blog thread (D-Stock)

[Chiketkd]

Originally Posted by Royal Tiger

Who let the rustangs enter?

Tenth, not bad, but you let two other Subies beat you.

I'd like to see what you could do with a Cayman S.

LOL! Those Shelby rustangs are pretty darn quick!

Even with my leaky stock struts, I could have cut at least another 1.5-1.8 seconds off of my combined time - on my fastest runs per course, I made mistakes before and during the slaloms.

I doubt I'll ever be in a Cayman S...I'll be competing in this car for at least another 2-3 seasons.

[Royal Tiger]

That's why I said I'd like to see it. rustangs are in D-Stock? Or where you just sharing pics? Maybe the Mrs. will get you a twin turbo 330i for x-mas. I'd still take the Cayman S though.

[Chiketkd]

Originally Posted by Royal Tiger

That's why I said I'd like to see it. rustangs are in D-Stock? Or where you just sharing pics? Maybe the Mrs. will get you a twin turbo 330i for x-mas. I'd still take the Cayman S though.

No the Shelby's, mustangs, camaros, firebirds, etc are all in F-Stock which is the muscle car class.

Not a fan of the twin turbo BMW 335i as it has no rear lsd - just an open diff.

[Royal Tiger]

Oops. 335. If money were no object I'd go GT3 RS or if you wanted a conventinal car, the new AMG CLK63 Black Series. The 997 TT is faster, but the idea of driving a F1 Pace Car is appealing! Is the new Skyline GT-R going to be AWD?

[Chiketkd]

Originally Posted by Royal Tiger

Is the new Skyline GT-R going to be AWD?

You betcha! That car is going to be beastly!

If money were no object, I'd autoX a 996 911 GT3. It's classed in SS and sounds heavenly at full song!

[Royal Tiger]

Don't like the new 997 GT3 RS? Lighter and faster.

I'd love to see the new RUF version of the Cayman.

[Chiketkd]

Originally Posted by Royal Tiger

Don't like the new 997 GT3 RS? Lighter and faster.

I'd love to see the new RUF version of the Cayman.

I love the 997 GT3 and GT3 RS, however, they're classed in ASP and aren't legal for Super Stock (SS). The 996 GT3 is legal for SS which is why I'd want one to autoX if money wasn't an object...

[benebob]

Originally Posted by Royal Tiger

I'd love to see the new RUF version of the Cayman.

I don't get 'em. To me they look like a modern VW Ghia.

[rufus]

Originally Posted by benebob

I don't get 'em. To me they look like a modern VW Ghia.

You are kidding, right?

[Chiketkd]

Took about 1.5hrs to do the install at my friend Steve's house. Very straight-forward and everything went smoothly - it's awesome working on my low mileage Impreza which has zero rust/corrosion on the bolts.



I compared one of my stock front struts to one of the new Tokico's. On the stock strut, when you push the piston in, it goes down with some resistance, but when you let go, the piston rebounds v-e-r-y slowly to being fully extended again. The tokico strut on the other hand, takes some *serious* force to compress the piston and when you let go, the piston rebounds in a flash!

I can definitely feel the difference on the road. Car responds very quickly to transitional inputs and settles down much faster afterwards.

I'll be getting my car aligned next Saturday morning, and Sunday is WDCR event #4!

Chike

[Royal Tiger]

No more 11ths behind two other Subies!

[Chiketkd]

Originally Posted by Royal Tiger

No more 11ths behind two other Subies!

LOL! We'll see. Besides...it was a 10th at a National event.

I've got to get re-adjusted to my car again...it'll be fun though!

[Chiketkd]

Got my car re-aligned this morning at Central Tire in Verona, VA (after the front strut install last Sunday). We maxed out front -ve camber and zero'd out the front toe settings. Rear camber is fixed from the factory and I'm currently running an 1/8" of toe out per side to help the car rotate a little easier in transitions (this has been my 5th alignment for the season). Current alignment specs sit as follows:

LEFT ------------------------ RIGHT

Front
Camber: -1.5 deg ---------- -1.5 deg
Toe: 0.00" ------------------ 0.00"

Rear
Camber: -1.5 deg ---------- -1.2 deg
Toe: 1/8" out --------------- 1/8" out

WDCR event #4 is tomorrow!

Chike

[Royal Tiger]

I hope you did good today. Post your results.

[SSSVX]

Do these struts handle and stop better?

How much change for the ride quality?

I hope you get better times with them.