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Autocrossing the SC?

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Old 08-17-11 | 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by cmh
sweat where in fl are those
Sebring, Homestead, PBIR, Daytona, or go north to robeling road for a cheap fun and fast track
ill help you out finding a group for FL
http://www.trackweekend.com/

join up and be part of the addiction. PM me if you want more details about road courses and Auto-x, i like getting people started in what literally is the most fun thing you can do with your car.
Old 08-17-11 | 10:47 PM
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maybe only road course where there are some fatty straightaways to pull em in on..
Old 08-18-11 | 06:02 AM
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Originally Posted by jamdun17
Sebring, Homestead, PBIR, Daytona, or go north to robeling road for a cheap fun and fast track
ill help you out finding a group for FL
http://www.trackweekend.com/

join up and be part of the addiction. PM me if you want more details about road courses and Auto-x, i like getting people started in what literally is the most fun thing you can do with your car.
hey thanks man...
Old 08-18-11 | 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by suislide
the SC is as competitive as this in Auto-X

Now that's funny.
Old 08-18-11 | 01:41 PM
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Oh, btw, take a look at the classes and allowable mods before doing anything specific. You can make what seems to be a minimal mod that flips you into a new class where you won't be competitive, if that's your goal.
Personally, I prefer to run in a class that has lots a friendly folks that we have a good time with, since being competitive takes more time than I have right now.
Old 08-18-11 | 01:56 PM
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Just run whatever class they throw you into and have fun. This is a better road course car if you can get 275's on all around.
In autox;
You won't be competitive in FS
You won't be competive in ESP (or DSP?? not sure where this car fits)
You don't stand a chance in SM
Maybe in your local region you can land a class win by default if nobody else runs in it, but theres little hope for this car on a national level.

Too heavy with not enough room for big tires up front.
Old 08-18-11 | 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by INTIMAZY
Just run whatever class they throw you into and have fun. This is a better road course car if you can get 275's on all around.
In autox;
You won't be competitive in FS
You won't be competive in ESP (or DSP?? not sure where this car fits)
You don't stand a chance in SM
Maybe in your local region you can land a class win by default if nobody else runs in it, but theres little hope for this car on a national level.

Too heavy with not enough room for big tires up front.
You can get pretty huge tires up front. I'm running 265's with a lot of room left. You just can't be hellaflush low. SChema is running 285's up front if I'm not mistaken.
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Originally Posted by BartleDoo
You can get pretty huge tires up front. I'm running 265's with a lot of room left. You just can't be hellaflush low. SChema is running 285's up front if I'm not mistaken.
Wow that's impressive. Mind sharing your offsets? Are those the +38 version rpf1's??? I'd like to get 275's up front for occasional roadcourse duty.

285's would be a good start for autox. However, with 3200-3400 pound mustangs (FS and ESP) running 315's all around I don't know if that's gonna cut it.
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Originally Posted by INTIMAZY
Wow that's impressive. Mind sharing your offsets? Are those the +38 version rpf1's??? I'd like to get 275's up front for occasional roadcourse duty.

285's would be a good start for autox. However, with 3200-3400 pound mustangs (FS and ESP) running 315's all around I don't know if that's gonna cut it.
Yes they are +38 but with a 5mm spacer up front to clear brakes. I don't think anyone on CL has reached the limit on front tire sizing. You can get 275 up front with no problem (unless you are super low where handling would already suffer greatly due to suspension geometry). I do agree with autox not being the natural home for such a long and large car.
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