Sure it will be, but Hoosier costs too much.

Do you guys adjust front camber on site? What effect does it do to the toe? Does it make it more toe-out or more toe-in.

The reason I ask is that I plan to run less than -3 on the street, but preferably for auto-x you want to run more than that.

I'm going to my first auto x ever next weekend, I'm pretty stoked. Getting lost on the course is my main concern haha.

You'll do fine, just take it easy your first run to learn the course and try and have an instructor ride with you.


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Make sure you get there early, check everything on the car over again (torque lug nuts, check tire pressure, etc), and walk the course a bunch of times with someone who has done it before. You'll have a great time!!

Thanks guys, I'm running and working in the afternoon so I should be able to get a couple of walks of the course and maybe ride along with a friend who runs earlier(also a noob). I'll definitely take it easy, I'm there to have fun not to push it and make super times. Yet haha.

Also I have a dash cam installed so I should be able to post up vids of my run for y'all to critique and giggle at.

I think everyone gets lost at first just try not to run over any course workers. It can seem like a sea of cones. Walking the course is a must but it will be different at speed. Ask someone with experience to ride along with you because that can help a lot.

Anyone want to build an FP 370z using a motor similar to what was used on the PWC and Conti series 370z's?

You could make more power in an FP 3.7 than the World Challenge cars ever made...

Getting ready for KC region SCCA solo and am going to pull the trigger on some magnetic numbers. What size is everyone running and which would you all recommend between 8, 10 and 12 inch?

SCCA rules state 8" numbers and 4" letters.

Also our doors are aluminum so don't expect magnets to stick. Reuseable vinyl works well though.

I've always had good luck getting my numbers from SPS Performance.

FP 370z could be interesting. Have to figure out how wide the porsche is right now and see how the size goes. Power could definitely be in the 400+whp range, just matters if the car can be light/narrow enough.

Zack

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My local club is doing an endurocross this weekend, each run is going to be 5-6 laps of the course. Should be a lot of fun, they do it once a year and this will be my first one.


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take video

Magnets are still good for the fenders and quarters. With that being said, I like the balance look of having number on the doors

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8415/2...caf8567e9d.jpgAutoX_9089 by lthnmsrtkn, on Flickr

Will do :)


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Honestly, there were courses where Dave in his 914 was only marginally faster than my BSP car. Totally course dependent, but seeing as how I could make 100whp more and take about 250-300lbs out of the car it would have been a pretty even fight at worst. That said, when Tom O ran the 914 we were never in the same ballpark.

Tonda and I are signed up for the afternoon session (in the FRS). This will be the first endurocross for both of us too.

Nice! I'll be in the morning session.


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Here are my two endurocross videos. First run was pretty wet, second run it started to dry out and I was 19s faster.
https://youtu.be/hlq8yGeIDyc
https://youtu.be/_HbhLur6xoc


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what kind of front camber are you guys seeing in b street trim?

-1.0 and -1.25 front camber on mine :crying:

I won the Dixie Champ Tour in B Street this past weekend! :driving:

Managing the awful stock VLSD was the main challenge with 2 very tight hairpin turns, plus slight kinks at the starting line where other cars are not affected. The car has to be pointed straight to put power down.

Congrats man!! Friggin manhandled that car :tup:

Awesome job! What are you using for your data logger/gps app?


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Thanks! I have the VBOX Sport GPS which is highly accurate with a 20 Hz refresh rate. This stores the data to it's own SD card as a ".vbo" file. I then import the VBO and video files into Racerender and it overlays the gauges on the video. The camera is 100% independent from the GPS until I merge the files with Racerender.

The VBOX also has bluetooth which can talk to apps real time like Solostorm, Harry's Laptimer, etc. The VBOX also comes with it's own desktop software which is very powerful for data analysis. For this event I had Harry's Laptimer going (you can see my phone in the video) to give me real-time data between runs.

What is allowed in B-Street? I have no idea on the rules. LOL Noob!!!

Dampers (but not springs), one sway bar (your choice although on our cars it would be the front), CBE, +/-1" wheel diameter but still factory width and offset, and 200TW tires (whatever you can fit on the allowed wheels). That's pretty much it.

what sway bar do you recommend my friend? Im looking to buy the front sway bar but dont know If go with White Line or Hotchkis :confused:

I run mine in ASP so my setup isn't going to be the best comparison. I know when Street/Stock class ran Hoosiers the Hotchkis bar was the bar or choice. With the move to street tires I'm not sure what the preferred option is now.

Thanks for the info bro! well Hotchkis is the one im going to buy :)

My last alignment showed -1.3 on the right and -.7 on the left. I'm thinking about buying a couple used left control arms to see which will yield the most camber.


Related question. My stock endlinks recently went bad. They are still holding but just noisy. The obvious choice would be to upgrade to spl but many people say they can be noisy which I'm not okay with. Has anyone found a more street friendly solution or found a way to make the spl work?

For what its worth the car never gets driven in bad weather so if that's what it takes to keep the spl cherry that's cool.

I've got SPL everything except front upper control arms, haven't noticed any increase in noise


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Can you tell me what front upper control arms do you have on your Z? Im making my list on suspension mods hahaha! I know the SPL are great but daaaamn! that price :eekdance:

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Still stock, I'm saving up for SPL. Depending on your set up you might not need it, if you are dropped and need your camber back to stock then yes you need something, but the only thing I can't get back to stock is camber and I don't want to, I want the additional negative camber, but if I want more negative camber I need some upper control arms.


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Thanks for the info bro! I really appreciated.:tup: Im going to start saving to complete my suspension setup :p

I have the Kinetix camber arm, they seem to work ok.

Were you in the driver's seat when the camber measurement was taken? Driver weight can/will yield different readings than when the car is empty.

great and good to know it! im going to search more info about them!:tup:

I have the SPL front endlinks that I'm willing to sell. Never used. PM me an offer if anyone is interested.

Nope. I will see if tires plus will let me try that next time.