better for auto-x
11-25-2003 | 03:36 PM
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Originally posted by b16aEGcivic
well I already did the motor swap, so doesnt that put me in the unlimited class already? I heard if you dont change displacement that you can usually stay in the stock class??
well I already did the motor swap, so doesnt that put me in the unlimited class already? I heard if you dont change displacement that you can usually stay in the stock class??
Which is not unlimited but like Civicracer said it's a very competitive class.
But if you just want to go out there and have fun. Go at it.
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11-25-2003 | 07:34 PM
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Well since you already did the swap just take your first year with a grain of salt, meaning get ready to be humbled. Don't show up thinking your hot stuff 
Cause you will be humbled by a 70hp Fiat if one shows up
Your first year of autocrossing is a learning experience anyway. So what you want ot do is get as much seat time as you can. Have someone drive your car, jump in other people's car (if your region lets you), passenger in someone else's car, etc... Take a novice school if it's offered.
In my book mods will only do you so much compared to seat time. A $1000 coilover system may shave off .5-1 second on a 60 second course. Whereas a Novice School can shave off 4-8 seconds on the same course.
Last year I took an Evolution School (http://www.autocross.com/evolution) and I thought I was hot stuff. I ran the course in 38.xxx seconds. Got it down to 36 seconds by lunch. My instructor wanted to run my car and on his first run he ran a 34.xxx! First run mind you. By the end of the day I got down to a 34.xxx also, but I was just amazed that this guy who didn't know anything about my car beat me
Cause you will be humbled by a 70hp Fiat if one shows up Your first year of autocrossing is a learning experience anyway. So what you want ot do is get as much seat time as you can. Have someone drive your car, jump in other people's car (if your region lets you), passenger in someone else's car, etc... Take a novice school if it's offered.
In my book mods will only do you so much compared to seat time. A $1000 coilover system may shave off .5-1 second on a 60 second course. Whereas a Novice School can shave off 4-8 seconds on the same course.
Last year I took an Evolution School (http://www.autocross.com/evolution) and I thought I was hot stuff. I ran the course in 38.xxx seconds. Got it down to 36 seconds by lunch. My instructor wanted to run my car and on his first run he ran a 34.xxx! First run mind you. By the end of the day I got down to a 34.xxx also, but I was just amazed that this guy who didn't know anything about my car beat me
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