Autocross advice wanted ...

[mpozzi]

Thanks everyone I'm trying to absorb all this info. More about the car. It is a street car. Tires are Dunlop 8000 series rear and 8080 series front. I dont know any of the traction specs, if you do let me know if I made a good choice or not. The autocross I'm going to do is at the Goodguys in Costa Mesa. Also how do I find out about the event at El Toro Mary? When I had the car aligned I used some pretty agressive specs I got fron Carl C. As I remember I went fairly agressive with camber and I think its got 1/16 toe out as I remember. The car is automatic trans now. Soon to have a Tremec. I think for a rookie, auto will be good for 1st time. I looked at the Dunlop site it looks like the tires have treadwear of 200. Too hard huh.

No problem and the cool thing about autocrossing is you can take it in steps. The Goodguys autocross is held by Ride Tech (air ride Technologies) and the course is pretty small as they don't have a lot of space to work with. From past years, the times have been under 20 seconds but the good thing is you get as many runs as time permits. I haven't run their autocrosses but hear very good things about them and that they're fun. Also a great place to socialize with other gearheads like us.

I hope to be down at the Costa Mesa Goodguys next year and look me up.

Toe-out will help with corner entry but will also promote some tire wear. Err on the side of caution and zero the toe if you get the steering aligned as your tires will love you. For a course of this size with tight turns at low speeds, turn-in isn't as critical. Increase tire pressures to about 35 psi. And the good thing is ART specifies a treadwear limit so you're not competing against R-comp shod cars. Your 200's should be fine.

An automatic trans is not a liability and can be an advantage as you can left foot brake. I've never gotten the hang of this but most of the fast guys swear by it. For me, I swear AT it ... but then that's why I'm going to the school I mentioned earlier. I'll send you a PM once I get more information and the date I'll be there.

Cheers,
Mary Pozzi