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ZfrkS62
07-24-2005, 09:03 PM
Spent all day out at the Autocross today. Even got to drive my roomate's E30 325is :D I was about a half second behind him in the lap times, which i think was pretty good since i didn't know his car too well. Fortunately BMW's are extremely predictable in what they will do. The E30 pretty much tells you when you're overpowering the steering because the the feel gets quite loose, which is fixable by backing out of the throttle a bit. However this surface was a shitty parking lot at Cajun Field that caused nothing but gravel to get ripped up so understeering issues were abound due to "track" surface.

I wasn't able to get pics of all the cars i wanted to because i wanted to record my laps, however we couldn't figure out how to secure the camera :( (sorry Al, i wasn't able to get shots of the "Team Laughing Stock" Mini)

But i hope you enjoy what i was able to catch while i was working the corners :D

Ferrari badged shifter kart: (just for looks i'm sure)

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/2923/img00315se.th.jpg (http://img180.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00315se.jpg)http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/6333/img00280qw.th.jpg (http://img180.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00280qw.jpg)http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/6430/img00323kj.th.jpg (http://img180.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00323kj.jpg)

E30 M3: (ARMAN, keep your hands on the keyboard!!!)

http://img315.imageshack.us/img315/494/img00299xs.th.jpg (http://img315.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00299xs.jpg)http://img315.imageshack.us/img315/2895/img00303vk.th.jpg (http://img315.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00303vk.jpg)http://img315.imageshack.us/img315/117/img00356ey.th.jpg (http://img315.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00356ey.jpg)http://img315.imageshack.us/img315/4268/img00362zd.th.jpg (http://img315.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00362zd.jpg)

BMW Z3 3.0 Coupe:

http://img315.imageshack.us/img315/3002/img00156qs.th.jpg (http://img315.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00156qs.jpg)http://img315.imageshack.us/img315/487/img00164dh.th.jpg (http://img315.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00164dh.jpg)

Datsun 510:

http://img315.imageshack.us/img315/5535/img00100qx.th.jpg (http://img315.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00100qx.jpg)http://img331.imageshack.us/img331/7259/img00098ay.th.jpg (http://img331.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00098ay.jpg)

Nissan 350Z's:

http://img331.imageshack.us/img331/7687/img00200az.th.jpg (http://img331.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00200az.jpg)http://img331.imageshack.us/img331/7001/img00210qb.th.jpg (http://img331.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00210qb.jpg)http://img331.imageshack.us/img331/6382/img00247um.th.jpg (http://img331.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00247um.jpg)http://img331.imageshack.us/img331/5382/img00255pv.th.jpg (http://img331.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00255pv.jpg)

SR20DET powered 240SX: (kid and his dad build these locally)

http://img331.imageshack.us/img331/6459/img00338nk.th.jpg (http://img331.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00338nk.jpg)

MG 6 powered by a Chevy 400Cid destroked down to a 386 pushing 600+ HP at the wheels :D

http://img331.imageshack.us/img331/4777/img00266dy.th.jpg (http://img331.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00266dy.jpg)

C5 Corvette and Z06:

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/518/img00180dc.th.jpg (http://img50.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00180dc.jpg)http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/7559/img00197de.th.jpg (http://img50.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00197de.jpg)http://img277.imageshack.us/img277/6479/img00053dq.th.jpg (http://img277.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00053dq.jpg)http://img277.imageshack.us/img277/6735/img00063vn.th.jpg (http://img277.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00063vn.jpg)

C2 Corvette: (constructed out of lightweight material. Only weighs 1500Lbs)

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/3374/img00074zj.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00074zj.jpg)http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/7321/img00087bd.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00087bd.jpg)

Mitsubishi Lancer:

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/3535/img00176fx.th.jpg (http://img329.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00176fx.jpg)

I think there was an EVO VIII as well, but the pics didn't come out, along with the 2 open wheel racers.

All in all it was a fun day :D
Schwalbe
07-24-2005, 09:17 PM
Autocrossing is always an exciting activity. When you can take part like you did ZfrkS62, that's even better. I find your lap time very fast despite it wasn't your own car. :wink:

Cheers !
ZfrkS62
07-24-2005, 09:24 PM
Thanks Schwalbe :D This has just served as anpther incentive to get a vehicle of my own worth running :D
ViperASR
07-24-2005, 09:59 PM
auto-x is an awesome sport. i got into it using my bros 1999 Honda Civic SI. It is alot of fun and can teach you how your car will react to certain situations. I stopped doing it over here in Melbourne, because it was $20 and you only got 4 runs, each run was about 40 seconds or so. And u were stuck there all day. It was good fun though.

I really love the autocross portion of Live for Speed. Im addicted to that game thanks to u guys!
ZfrkS62
07-24-2005, 10:21 PM
well, this cost $35 and got 4 runs, but my final lap time was a 71.675. Not bad for my first autocross :D i'll grab the track layout tomorrow and post it.

Before the next event (which may be in August, depending on wether we want to drive over an hour to get to it :roll: ) I'm going to rig up a mount for my camera and take my laptop so i can upload the runs and post them here :D
ViperASR
07-24-2005, 10:43 PM
hell yea, the incar vids are always cool. 35 bucks is kinda expensive though. and it is really habit forming, because it is soo much fun... Do u have a website with all the other competitors times posted?
ZfrkS62
07-24-2005, 10:50 PM
www.scca.com <= Click on "solo" should have the info you seek 8) Not something i could get THAT involved in. If i'm going to run around the country racing with the SCCA, i damn well better be doing it on actual courses :?

More than anything though, this thing attracts a freaking insane amount of Miatas :shock:
ViperASR
07-24-2005, 10:55 PM
yea it does. one of my best friends has a Miata that he has all done up for auto-x. i finally convinced him to do a track day, so i think that he might be more into the track days now. It deffanitly attracts a ton of Miatas and Hondas though. Over here there are a suprising amount of guys in Corvettes, Evos and STis. I dont know about over there though.
ZfrkS62
07-24-2005, 11:21 PM
here it's about 95% Miatas. They're in just about every class somehow :lol: There were a small handful of Hondas there. Including one early 70's Civic, two or three S2000's, a last gen Prelude, a 98 Civic and 3 early 90's Hatchbacks. There were a few Acuras there as well, but the Miata's were definetly in the majority :lol:
Herceg
07-25-2005, 01:53 AM
haha id kill for one of those lil go kart things!! lol great pics!!!
T-Bird
07-25-2005, 02:06 AM
hey I just went to one of these at the old AMC proving grounds here in Wisconsin and I took some pics but they are crappy as hell. We are actually in the process of acquiring a small car to turn into a Solo 2 car prfereably a Miata then dropping in a small block chevy.
ZfrkS62
07-25-2005, 02:22 PM
hey I just went to one of these at the old AMC proving grounds here in Wisconsin and I took some pics but they are crappy as hell. We are actually in the process of acquiring a small car to turn into a Solo 2 car prfereably a Miata then dropping in a small block chevy.

That's about the fastest way into the E-Modified class :lol:
ARMAN
07-25-2005, 04:48 PM
E30 M3: (ARMAN, keep your hands on the keyboard!!!)

http://img315.imageshack.us/img315/494/img00299xs.th.jpg (http://img315.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00299xs.jpg)http://img315.imageshack.us/img315/2895/img00303vk.th.jpg (http://img315.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00303vk.jpg)http://img315.imageshack.us/img315/117/img00356ey.th.jpg (http://img315.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00356ey.jpg)http://img315.imageshack.us/img315/4268/img00362zd.th.jpg (http://img315.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00362zd.jpg)


Wtf does THAT mean??? :shock: :lol: Look! no hands :mrgreen:

Had to me fun and driving e30 even more as they are good cars for this kind of events as I heard :)
T-Bird
07-25-2005, 04:56 PM
screw it I'm gonna post my EXTREME crap pics taking film to digital never turns out good.

Oh and yeah I know that would put us in E-mod but that's the point go all out or don't go right?
ZfrkS62
07-26-2005, 01:13 AM
screw it I'm gonna post my EXTREME crap pics taking film to digital never turns out good.

Oh and yeah I know that would put us in E-mod but that's the point go all out or don't go right?

Exactly :D Go check out the vid i posted a while back in the VV with the Camaro :D ( he has since sold it and ran his E21 320i this year :D )

@ ARMAN- He said you would take 12,000 for it (USD of course) massive suspension set up and front seats beautifully recovered :D )
ZfrkS62
07-26-2005, 11:35 AM
Sounds like you had a great fun driving the 325is! :D The E30 is the perfect car for this kind of events!

It did really well. Was the slowest of the Bimmers there though. The E21 had some Khumo's on it so it actually found traction and beat us by a good 3 seconds :?

But we're looking forward to the next event now that we've solved the wheel hop problem (shitty shock mounts) He's going to re-ring the engine though because that event started showing the engine's mileage (200K+) and was giving off little puffs of oil smoke.

The E21 it turns out has 317K miles on it and it just looked like a 007 Smoke Screen going ino the turns :lol:
ZfrkS62
07-26-2005, 07:42 PM
someone else was taking pics there and forwarded shots of the 3 cars that were unofficially representing my dealership.

E21: the driver is the owners nephew. This has been the only car in H Stock the last 2 events it's attended :lol:

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/1082/brett5gx.th.jpg (http://img231.imageshack.us/my.php?image=brett5gx.jpg)

E30: my roomate and i were driving. This just happens to be me in this one :D unfortunately there were 3 cars in D Stock. This one, a WRX and an R32 Golf :?

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/6272/chris6qu.th.jpg (http://img231.imageshack.us/my.php?image=chris6qu.jpg)

E36: he got red flagged on his last run for fucking off :lol: he decided it was his last run so he was just going to get loose in ever place he could :lol:

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/3985/matt2zv.th.jpg (http://img231.imageshack.us/my.php?image=matt2zv.jpg)