Areddi's Autocross Video Thread

[Biggins]

Nice job! It would have been nice to see if I could get faster in the afternoon, but I had stuff to do. Those tight ~5mph turns were killer though. I have no videos as always

[Areddi]

Originally Posted by kanundrum

Awesome! Where does the corvette club usually run? You had mentioned columbia

Lincoln Tech parking lot off of Snowden River Pkwy. The courses are decent, pretty slow compared to CDC and really slow compared to SCCA, but still some fun seat time, and everyone there is really friendly.

[kanundrum]

Originally Posted by Areddi

Lincoln Tech parking lot off of Snowden River Pkwy. The courses are decent, pretty slow compared to CDC and really slow compared to SCCA, but still some fun seat time, and everyone there is really friendly.

haha wow that is def really close to us didnt know they autocross in the lincoln tech parking lot

thats awesome!

[DarkSunrise]

Ah I was wondering what club was running there. I've seen them a couple of times.

[Areddi]

Had a great time today at CDC in Bowie. Ended up with a 40.5 that I was pretty happy with. Really felt dialed in on the last run:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kf1gM6H0w8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kf1gM6H0w8[/ame]

[Areddi]

Had a good time yesterday. Weather cleared up and was able to get some dry runs in. Enjoyed the course, and really like the sound of the new exhaust:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cVx-1nqQ5k"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cVx-1nqQ5k[/ame]

[kanundrum]

Hmm Def a Interesting Course Setup!

[Areddi]

Good course today, but had a tough time fighting some understeer. Was cool to hang out and chat with everyone in our make-shift shanty-town:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB1FOECrG8o"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB1FOECrG8o[/ame]

[Areddi]

So another fun one today out in Winchester. Fairly fast course, and enjoyed competing again the usual suspects. Particularly fun size changing slalom was the highlight as well as some fast sweepers.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEX7e52eqxs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEX7e52eqxs[/ame]

Looking forward to AI and SCCA at the end of the month.

[Areddi]

Here are the two videos from AI today. They change the course between morning and afternoon, basically having us drive it backwards, but with some changes. I really liked the courses today for sure. Check out the vids, I think the afternoon was more exciting:

Morning:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsrrJncXAe0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsrrJncXAe0[/ame]

Afternoon:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUrFEeZlE14"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUrFEeZlE14[/ame]

[Areddi]

And from the swimming pool at FedEx yesterday, wish I could have had at least 1 dry run on that course:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8o9u6L5BJE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8o9u6L5BJE[/ame]

[Biggins]

You guys did not have Mother Nature on your side. We had drying (okay) conditions by our fourth runs, but you guys were just fighting. It was not fun working the course in those downpours.

If you're still dealing with understeer as it appeared in Waldorf, I'd definitely try playing with your tire pressure if you're still running a square setup.

I coned away first place and unfortunately got my quarter-panel dented in grid, but other than that, I had a fun weekend. I *think* I have a set-up I can actually drive now.

[Areddi]

Originally Posted by Biggins

You guys did not have Mother Nature on your side. We had drying (okay) conditions by our fourth runs, but you guys were just fighting. It was not fun working the course in those downpours.

If you're still dealing with understeer as it appeared in Waldorf, I'd definitely try playing with your tire pressure if you're still running a square setup.

I coned away first place and unfortunately got my quarter-panel dented in grid, but other than that, I had a fun weekend. I *think* I have a set-up I can actually drive now.

Phew tell me about it. What a miserable day it was for our group.

Anyway, with regard to the understeer, yes, it is still there a bit. I have tried monkeying with tire pressure some but I just can't seem to get it just right. I'm considering doing a slightly stiffer rear bar to try to dial some out. Otherwise I don't know what pressures have made me happy. I ran 35 square this whole weekend, but I have tried +/- 3 either side of that in both front higher and rear higher configurations. Plus with the mix of high speed and slow speed courses I am finding that that is affecting it as well. More playing to be done I suppose.

[Areddi]

Short course in Woodbridge today but still fun. AI tomorrow:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AqW7bVNN6M&feature=c4-overview&list=UU6780ugqgKbKwKs7vFqzwyQ"]CDC Autocross: 7/13/13: Best Run - YouTube[/ame]