South Louisiana Thread

[Enigmus]

Originally Posted by Mitch

I'm out of CS with my wheels

you mean with the 17x8 rpf1s?

Originally Posted by -max-

Its an STX car. Specs wise, I dont think it can go anywhere els. I'll run in x till its classed. But if it goes anywhere else I'll be suprised. It will be buried in STR.
The SEB is waitung till after nats I bet. Dont want to upset anyone till then.

Sorry I'm a noob at autox classing. The SCCA solo pdf file is dizzying with the sheer amount of info on there. so i ended up reading http://noraracing.net/new-to-autocross/car-classing
so why is it better in stx than str?

[Mitch]

Originally Posted by Enigmus

you mean with the 17x8 rpf1s?

Sorry I'm a noob at autox classing. The SCCA solo pdf file is dizzying with the sheer amount of info on there. so i ended up reading http://noraracing.net/new-to-autocross/car-classing
so why is it better in stx than str?

Yeah, Vinh, since I planned on going ST from the get go I went with a wider than stock wheel, so that bumps me straight to ST. And yes, there's a lot of info in the SCCA rulebook. You should check out the rulebook for a wheel-to-wheel series sometime. I'm trying to build a Chump Car right now and I spend more time reading rules than anything else. And that rulebook is thin compared to the racing series's not tailored to $500 crapcans!

As far as STR vs STX, go to the sections showing which cars are legal in which classes, then look at the nationals results from last year. For STX it's Civic Si's, some e30 and e36 BMWs, and some RX-8's for the most part. STR is mostly populated by S2000's. We can have a lot of fun in STR, but we probably won't ever be competitive with the S2000s directly. They have more power, torque, and displacement. The RX8 is a much better benchmark if you want to compare power vs weight. I had a hotshoe STX RX8 driver drive my car at a Cenla autocross school a few weeks ago and he made the comment that it felt like his RX8. Obviously not a quantifiable comparison, but it gives you a good idea of where the car belongs. If it gets classed in STR it simply won't ever win a national title. In STX it has a pretty good chance.

[-max-]

The RX8 has not proven to be the it car in STX. The older BMWs have been faster. Some say the 08 WRX will develop into the car to have. THe twins might develope into the car to have, so what. "IT" cars come and go. The SCCA needs this car to be competative. I mean look at the last Delta event. There were 4 and it has only been out a month. When has that happened.

[CBThib307]

New here from Baton Rouge, LA. Just ordered my FR-S and I was quoted 2-3 months. Gonna be a long wait.

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They had a asphalt one at Price Leblanc when I was there Wednesday.

[Deebeaux]

A Raven came in at Northshore with mine on Wednesday, not sure if it was spoken for or not.

[-max-]

Got my KWs in yesterday. Probably won't go on till next Friday. Wheels ant tires are mounted, but will not fit on the stock suspension. They rub an the strut.

[Mitch]

Originally Posted by -max-

Got my KWs in yesterday. Probably won't go on till next Friday. Wheels ant tires are mounted, but will not fit on the stock suspension. They rub an the strut.

I'm going to get my KWs in sometime this week. If all goes according to plan and I can find an extra set of hands, I'll have them installed for the Heat Stroke Pro-Am on Sunday. Will you be running then? If so, it'd be nice to get some help dialing them in. Whatever settings we come up with would directly translate over to your setup and give you a one event leg up. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

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No, ill be working. First event in the car will be chenault on the 12th.
I've been meaning to start a kW v3 thread in the suspension section. So people can share set ups and settings. But I have no problem sharing my setting here. Ill have them on Friday. I will probably just start in the middle and go from there. This is the first set of doubles I've had, so its kind of new to me. I think Kerry will be there on the 12th. Ill try to pick his brain. Let me know what you come up with and we can compare.
Next cenla event is the 19th at NPR. Working for that one also
The timers and the display have been rebuilt. So that's good.

[Mitch]

Sorry to hear you're otherwise predisposed. I'll see what I come up with and let you know when I have a first guess on setting. I feel like I'll be wandering in the wilderness for a few events without some competition to compare against.

That said, does anyone know a place in or within an hour or so's drive of Baton Rouge I can go to for corner balancing? Priority 1 will be finding those settings at race and street driving ride heights. A good shop for alignments would also be appreciated! Some place that doesn't mind tweaking alignments as my misguided whim sees fit would especially fit that mold!

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I think Chris Carver does corner balancing at Carver Motprsports ill check and get back to you. If not Fast Guys does.
The Firestone off O'Neil? Has lifetime allighments for a pretty good price. I can find out which one for sure.
What kind of tops are you using? Do you have any camber adjustment front and rear? I need to order some front bolts and decide what I want do with the rear. Shoreline make a rear bolt kit, or you can buy a lower control arm. Probably buy the bolts.

[-max-]

Sound like you plan on changing your ride height to race?

[Mitch]

Originally Posted by -max-

I think Chris Carver does corner balancing at Carver Motprsports ill check and get back to you. If not Fast Guys does.
The Firestone off O'Neil? Has lifetime allighments for a pretty good price. I can find out which one for sure.
What kind of tops are you using? Do you have any camber adjustment front and rear? I need to order some front bolts and decide what I want do with the rear. Shoreline make a rear bolt kit, or you can buy a lower control arm. Probably buy the bolts.

I'll check them out for getting the car aligned after I get everything installed.

I went through FT-86 SpeedFactory and ordered the following:
Whiteline camber/caster mounts
Whiteline front camber bolt kit
Whiteline rear camber kit

Hopefully those parts together will give me the camber I need for clearance and to touch all of the tire tread under track conditions and tire pressures.

[-max-]

Sounds like exactly what ill be running.