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First SCCA session for the season!
A "test'n'tune" at FedEx Field this past Sunday - most of the time on a wet course (a first for me)....looks like the "winter mods" are working....now I just have to get the Konis bolted on (thanks again, Todd!!) and something else ..... I'm not going to mention...
'G Stock' - Total Entries: 12 Trophies: 3 Times Total Diff. 1T 62 Brian Garfield 2005 MINI Cooper S Black 54.347 53.513+2 53.218 52.600 52.600 - 2T 39 Paul Evans 2002 MINI Cooper S Blue/White 58.007+2 56.953 57.258+OFF 54.563 54.563 1.963 3T 33 Kenny Sorensen 2003 Toyota Celica GT Blue 66.185+OFF 56.641 55.928 55.108 55.108 0.545 4 34 Gene Lemoine 1992 Nissan Sentra SE-R Gray 56.798+OFF 57.151 57.769 58.688 57.151 2.043 5 16 Lee Owens 2003 Mini Cooper S Yellow 59.005+2 73.794 57.437+1 57.209 57.209 0.058 6 19 William Cutlip 1992 Subaru SVX black 62.955 62.742 60.938 58.053 58.053 0.844 7 64 Craig Newcomb 2005 Mini Cooper S Purple 61.102+1 58.438+1 59.628 58.964 58.964 0.911 8 144 Peter Griffith 2004 VW GTI silver 62.135+1 61.139+2 61.613 60.871 60.871 1.907 9 13 Kurt Styer 1994 Ford Probe GT Black 68.373 80.617 63.859 61.566 61.566 0.695 10 32 Derek Balch 2003 Mini Cooper S Green 62.968 61.929+OFF 61.788 62.572 61.788 0.222 11 44 Collin Griffith 2004 VW GTI silver 64.925 65.315 64.291+OFF 64.920 64.920 3.132 12 23 Denis Vashuk 1989 NISSAN 240SX White 72.435+1 74.872 68.847 68.331 68.331 3.411 Note: Brian Garfield competes at the National level(he had the best PAX time for the entire event), as does Kenny Sorensen...GS is said to be one of the toughest classes in the region (just my luck! ) 4 runs for each person, next number is your fastest time, and the last number is the time differential between you and the person who finished before you. The +numbers are numbers of cones hit (which add 2 seconds a piece to your time -- ouch!) -Bill ("stock"...that's my story, and I'm sticking to it....okay, so tech said I'll need to put my back seat back in next month to stay in GS )
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Ya know, youre pretty fast,
for an old guy. J/K
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same back at ya!
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Checked the PAX ranking, and.....
I did pretty well
33rd out of 209 total runners! 33 GS 19 William Cutlip 1992 Subaru SVX black 58.053 *0.782 45.397 0.200 4.264 GS's PAX index is 0.782, thus my "PAX time" was 45.397. This was .2 seconds behind the car that finished 32nd and 4.264 seconds behind (a virtual lifetime in autoX) the 1st place PAX time (the previously mentioned Mr. Garfield...) might just have to try this again next month! -Bill (looking forward to seeing how the Ben&Hocrest "beast" does its first time out, along with the rest of the SVX AutoX team!!)
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Retired NASA Rocket Scientist Most famous NASA "Child" - OSIRIS-REx delivered samples from asteroid BENNU to Earth in Sept. 2023 Center Network Member #989 '92 Fully caged, 5 speed, waiting for its fully built EG33 '92 "Test Mule", 4:44 Auto, JDM 4:44 Rear Diff with Mech LSD, Tuned headers, Full one-off suspension '92(?) Laguna, 6 spd and other stuff (still at OT's place) My Locker Last edited by SVXRide; 03-22-2005 at 09:19 PM. |
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Are you running the, um..., OEM 21.5 mm front bar and 22 mm rear bar?
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-Chike P.S. Great run Bill!
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just the OEM 21.5 mm front bar at this time....the OEM 22 mm rear bar is still waiting on OEM end links.... -Bill
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Retired NASA Rocket Scientist Most famous NASA "Child" - OSIRIS-REx delivered samples from asteroid BENNU to Earth in Sept. 2023 Center Network Member #989 '92 Fully caged, 5 speed, waiting for its fully built EG33 '92 "Test Mule", 4:44 Auto, JDM 4:44 Rear Diff with Mech LSD, Tuned headers, Full one-off suspension '92(?) Laguna, 6 spd and other stuff (still at OT's place) My Locker |
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I did pretty well
33rd out of 209 total runners! Way to make us proud! Do you leave it in 3rd, or what? |
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You would never reach third gear. I left mine in first and let it force the shift to second.
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1st gear it is!
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-Bill
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Retired NASA Rocket Scientist Most famous NASA "Child" - OSIRIS-REx delivered samples from asteroid BENNU to Earth in Sept. 2023 Center Network Member #989 '92 Fully caged, 5 speed, waiting for its fully built EG33 '92 "Test Mule", 4:44 Auto, JDM 4:44 Rear Diff with Mech LSD, Tuned headers, Full one-off suspension '92(?) Laguna, 6 spd and other stuff (still at OT's place) My Locker |
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Very Cool...
V. nice job. I've never raced an automatic. What are you running for brakes/pads? I would think you'd find the steering too slow. Love to watch some runs, barring that, how about video? Any chance of video of you in action? I must be getting old...even though I've seen some photos of a road race SVX, I hadn't really thought about what it would be like to really ring one out. It's an auto and it weighs 3600 lbs! I may have to take my SVX to the local auto cross or up to Willow Springs. Anyway, congrats and I hope to see video soon...hell, I'd pay to see some of that action. Maybe you could put together a Flash presentation. I'd be happy to help...my company's done 2 infomercials.
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Great racing, Bill ! Way to represent the svx!
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Billy, Billy,
Great runs, and very consistent too!! Well done. Those Mini's are something else, aren't they! I hope you are coming out to some of the Mercedes Club autocrosses - still would like to see how your "stock" SVX compares to mine Harry
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I will definitely come out for at least one MB event in Winchester! The plan this season is to maximize the amount of "seat time" without getting the wife totally "bent" about how much time I'm spending "racing" The car definitely feels faster than last season...I'm starting to instinctively apply a lot of the lessons I learned in last year's level 2 SCCA autoX class - found myself looking several cones ahead this time!! The Konis are going in this Monday, with the OEM rear bar soon to follow (which should basically do it for all suspension work) - the plan being to keep the car stable throughout the season and just work on becoming a better driver. -Bill
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Retired NASA Rocket Scientist Most famous NASA "Child" - OSIRIS-REx delivered samples from asteroid BENNU to Earth in Sept. 2023 Center Network Member #989 '92 Fully caged, 5 speed, waiting for its fully built EG33 '92 "Test Mule", 4:44 Auto, JDM 4:44 Rear Diff with Mech LSD, Tuned headers, Full one-off suspension '92(?) Laguna, 6 spd and other stuff (still at OT's place) My Locker |
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I'm running SS lines and slotted discs on all four corners (fronts are also dimple drilled). Pads came with the discs (from RaceConcepts - before Wood sold the company) - boxes are still in the garage, just can't recall right now the brand... I'd seriously recommend at least replacing the stock bushings on the front and rear sway bars with urethane pieces (Energy Suspension, for example - do a search of this site for more info) before taking your SVX to Willow Springs. I'm definitely up for filming my SVX in autoX action - do you happen to have access to a small video system I could mount in the SVX's grill? I've looked at a couple of systems and they're all a little rich for my blood at this point in time (i.e. $$ is better off spent on parts for the car ) PM me if you'd like to discuss this further. -Bill
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Retired NASA Rocket Scientist Most famous NASA "Child" - OSIRIS-REx delivered samples from asteroid BENNU to Earth in Sept. 2023 Center Network Member #989 '92 Fully caged, 5 speed, waiting for its fully built EG33 '92 "Test Mule", 4:44 Auto, JDM 4:44 Rear Diff with Mech LSD, Tuned headers, Full one-off suspension '92(?) Laguna, 6 spd and other stuff (still at OT's place) My Locker |
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