Who's ready for AutoX season??

stuy486

My car has been relegated to daily driver duties only, I'm racing a STU 350Z this year.

First local event is already in the books (Thank you SoCal weather ): Final Results - Autocross Sunday #1 Hosted by the Board - Sun 01-18-2015

The STU field locally here in SoCal is nuts this year, and with Bryan Heitkotter buying Brian Peters' car to run in STU as well, national events are going to be even crazier. I was very happy to narrowly take the win, especially considering it was the first event out for the car with a majority of the go-fast parts installed (including a diff installed the day before).

Car owner Mark DeShon has done an amazing job building the car, and I can't wait for the next event in two weeks to see how the changes he's making effect the balance. We were really struggling with rear grip at this event, there's still a ton of performance to find.

Here's a video: http://youtu.be/dBM-cA761Lc

cruzthepug

[QUOTE=stuy486;3095042]My car has been relegated to daily driver duties only, I'm racing a STU 350Z this year.



First local event is already in the books (Thank you SoCal weather ): Final Results - Autocross Sunday #1 Hosted by the Board - Sun 01-18-2015



Looks like the 370 in BS held its own against the S2k's


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cruzthepug

My F14's should be ready this week with V2 RS3's. Are you doing 275's or 285's?


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14BlackCherry

I still need to order suspension. I looked at tire rack and saw that their tires aren't showing an available date until late April:

Size: 275/35ZR19
Sidewall Style: Blackwall
Serv. Desc: 96W
UTQG: 200 A A Price: $320.00 (each)
Estimated Availability: 04/30/15
Shipping Cost/Delivery Date
Qty:
Tire Rack Road Hazard Protection Included
($25.04 value. Exclusions apply.)
Set of 4: $1,280.00

Guess I'll be on last seasons ZII's until then lol.

PharmDZ

Just ordered Nitto NT01's to replace my R888 which do double duty for AutoX and HPDE. I use them when I can't find anyone to bring my Hoosier A6's down for me. Instead of going 275 square I decided to go a little meatier out back with 275/40r18 front and 305/35r18 rears. Hopefully the stagger doesn't mess with my setup too much! I guess with all the adjustability I have with the KW coils and adjustable camber arms I can help dial out under steer anyways ough, right?

cruzthepug

My wife just sent me this.........




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cruzthepug

Now I'm ready

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nismosis

Did you stay with stock widths and offsets?

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cruzthepug

18x9-42 front
18x10-25 rear

285/35/18 all around

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j-rho

Drove the car to work today. It scraped EVERYWHERE. Paint lines dividing lanes scraped the exhaust system and the new bug splat on the front bumper must have been when I rear-ended a spider.

But seriously, the car is low, not sure what I'm going to do about it. It has a 2-finger "gap" already. The front air deflectors are 1.25" above the ground, exhaust system is about the same.

Looks kinda cool though.

ufoz8mycow

I ran my car is B stock last month... Pretty much just showed up and drove to get a baseline feel for how the car acts on track. Somehow had two 400+hp EVO Xs in my class so I came in third out of three.

Running again next weekend... New rotors, pads and lines, also got a set of K&N short ram intakes. I'm on 245/285 Bridgestone S04s which were surprisingly not crappy at the first event although I'm guessing that as I get faster I'll probably end up getting a dedicated set of track wheels/tires.

Does anyone here run 18s for track wheels with sport package brakes?? I'm thinking thats the direction I want to go for the cheap/light factor.

cjwsrt6

A few posts above you are 2 guys running 18" f14's, definably can be done and will save some money on tires.
I'd look into the rule book on scca's website, I don't think the short ram intakes are legal in stock class. Not sure if you're wanting to run Bsp or BS just thought I'd let you know

03threefiftyz

Probably because with your mods you are in ASP, which is where 400hp evos run...

PharmDZ

I run Enkei PF01 18x9.5" +35 18x10.5" +15 rims with Toyo R888 275/40r18 square right now. I have Nitto NT01 275/40 front 305/35 rear I want to use this season. This fits over the sport brakes without spacers as well. Loved the R888 for HPDE and autocross. My region runs on a long airstrip with runs that last up to 80-90 seconds and sometimes get into 3rd gear for a majority of the run, so the R888 do have a time to heat up. Semi-slicks like that aren't always the best choice for autocross at smaller events. Also, like someone had already said, those Evos sound like the ASP cars I run with (ugh they're not easy to beat). Maybe should have someone re-evaluate which class you're in.

03threefiftyz

Meh an ASP 370z should be faster than my car and I would have won ASP even on a much slower coned run at Nationals this year...