S2000 Autocross #1 **POSTPONED**
02-08-2006, 08:23 AM
#42
Originally Posted by stantaur,Feb 7 2006, 04:41 PM
FWIW, make sure you arrive in time to do all of your setup (air pressures, shock valving, ECU downloads/mapping, floormat/etc. removal...) before you walk the course. In my case, at least 3 course walks allow me to get a feel for the varying pavement surfaces (gravel, paint, clear), course/section flow, camber changes / bumps and the like.
02-08-2006, 08:43 AM
#43
Originally Posted by QUIKAG,Feb 8 2006, 09:23 AM
And I thought it was the extra 100+rwhp you had that allowed you to beat me by a few tenths at one of the last autocrosses.
02-08-2006, 10:28 AM
#45
Originally Posted by Clovis,Feb 8 2006, 11:21 AM
Easy on my boy...I'd hate to have to bring up the 2 full seconds. 
02-08-2006, 10:45 AM
#47
Yeah, I admit the walks do me a world of good in sorting things out before I get behind the wheel. A good preview in short-term memory helps me look way ahead while driving the course. Difference between being proactive and reactive. Absent the preview, I've never been happy with the way I've driven on those days.
Driver's side floormat has to be removed for SCCA & I thought for our club as well. And while we all keep an eye on weight removal, don't run too low on gas in the S if you're on sticky tires and have a course with long left-hand sweepers (fuel starve). Somewhere between 1/2 and 1/4 of a tank has kept me out of trouble after we fuel starved at the National Tour.
Driver's side floormat has to be removed for SCCA & I thought for our club as well.
And while we all keep an eye on weight removal, don't run too low on gas in the S if you're on sticky tires and have a course with long left-hand sweepers (fuel starve). Somewhere between 1/2 and 1/4 of a tank has kept me out of trouble after we fuel starved at the National Tour.
02-08-2006, 10:56 AM
#48
Originally Posted by Clovis,Feb 8 2006, 11:30 AM
That's his car, 3 runs, and street tires jerkie. 
02-08-2006, 10:59 AM
#49
Thread Starter
It really is good idea to walk the course several times before hand. Pick out the important cones and turns (those leading into fast sections), check the surface, and put together a map in your head. Then, imagine driving the course a couple times while you're waiting in grid. Autocross is as much of a mind game as it is driving skill.
If we get Ego out for some course walks this year you guys are going to be in even more trouble...
If we get Ego out for some course walks this year you guys are going to be in even more trouble...