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Originally Posted by cmiovino
I mainly look at overall PAX now since DS is a clusterfuck. We don't have a lot of ST drivers in general and many of those may not be fully setup for the class. For example, DS had 15 drivers this weekend, STX had 1 and it was a semi-prepared RSX.
Steel Cities is quite competitive. I once broke into the top 1/4 overall in PAX, but I'm usually around the top 1/3. I'd be really pleased to be in the top 1/4 consistently.
I guess I'm looking at the car and less at myself because my co-driver for the first half of the season here used to own a first gen and last year was in the top 1/10th of PAX in a GS Civic Si many events. If we're both in my BRZ and we're right within a tenth of each other almost every event, I'm thinking it's less about me and more about the car being at the low end in DS. I feel like I'm doing a lot right in the driving department.
That example of a 36.4 vs a 34.0 was with Todd Kunze who was visiting from OH. I know he's a good driver. But hell, even if STX trim got me to 35.0 from that 36.4, that would have moved me up in PAX a good bit.
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Yeah. I've ran with or against most of the top Steel Cities folks and my last 2 autocross cars ended up in that region. They seem to really like to travel to Bristol and Charlotte a lot at the beginning and end of the year.
You don't have to go crazy with STX, but you do want to touch all the big things (wheels/tires, some kind of coilovers, header, tune, camber adjustment) to be competitive. I spent money on exhaust/tune, but I'm on ProParts Megans, left over SSC front sway bar, and OEM diff and I think my car is good enough to win anywhere.