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05-17-2012, 10:29 AM | #1 |
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Yes. I do believe i read the same thing.
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05-17-2012, 11:26 AM | #2 |
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Hmm. Sounds like I need to venture over to Buccaneer and check out your setup. I'm over in Valdosta (Dixie Region) and just picked up a 2012 Yaris L 3D. Do you guys still run at Hutchinson Island or are you over at Roebling?
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05-17-2012, 11:31 AM | #3 |
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I think all of you guys need to take a road trip to So-Cal and run in CalClub to give me some company
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05-17-2012, 03:27 PM | #4 |
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We run mostly hutchinson and have 2 events at roebling. Ive been to dixie region once 3 years ago. Havent been able to get the time to go again. That was with my crx though and was still a beginner.
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05-17-2012, 08:30 PM | #5 |
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We finally got to see Hutchinson Island last time we raced at Roebling, looks like a fun coarse, hope I can run there some day!! The Wife liked it to, thinks she might want to drive it herself...
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05-17-2012, 11:44 PM | #6 |
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Well we have an event on Sunday (20th) at Spence Field in Moultrie. I'm not running (still breaking in the engine/car) but would love to check out ur car I u head this way! :)
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05-17-2012, 08:32 PM | #7 |
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Keep in mind. We dont use the actual track. We use the padock and use pit lane to grid up. At roebling we start at the line and go thru turn 1,2,3,4.
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05-17-2012, 09:48 PM | #8 |
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Some of my buddies go down to Hutchinson about once a year and race the full coarse, thats what I wanna do!
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05-18-2012, 07:47 AM | #9 |
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Yea. It opens up for clubs who pay a huge amount to run. Ferrari club, Z club, Porsche club, etc..
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05-18-2012, 05:11 PM | #10 | |
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05-18-2012, 07:43 AM | #11 |
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Thanks. I am still on vacation this weekend. It prob wont be til later in the summer early fall before i can make a road trip out of an autocross event.
That just made me think of something. If your region has a website that post up event dates thru out the year can you post a link so i can add to my calender and see which one i will plan on doing a few months in advanced. After my wedding next year i wanna hit up as many events as possible on the east coast. I had planned to do that this year until i proposed :facepalm: lol.
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05-18-2012, 10:04 AM | #12 |
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http://www.dixiescca.com/
Under "About Our Events" ---> "Event Schedule" I would LOVE to see a crowd of Yaris owners at our events! |
05-19-2012, 09:24 AM | #13 |
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Well. I will say i am sure those Ferrari guys are only putting %50-%70 what that car is capable of. There are alot of concrete walls on that track. Esp after the first long stretch and S turns. There is no run off. If you lose control its all wall.
About 10 years ago a bunch of street racers used to hang out back there cause it wasnt closed off. A kid died racing hitting a wall. Shut that while track down. Owned by ga ports athority now. Gotta pay them to open it up.
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05-20-2012, 08:59 PM | #14 |
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here are the BuccaneerRegion in Savannah, Ga. event schedule
http://buccaneerregion.com/soloevents.html Here are my results from my event a couple weeks back. http://buccaneerregion.com/ce-4-12.html
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06-13-2012, 12:20 AM | #15 |
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Well its my turn to add my results to this thread. While I didn't get in the top 20 like I was hoping for I did pull a 45/138 which in San Diego isn't bad. We also had a couple of FRS show up which it was cool to see but they turned out to be much slower than I was expecting. This event was also an experiment for me, I wanted to test to see how the car performs with the front sway bar disconnected. The one thing I noticed immediately was the car had way more traction off the line, this helps because I can rev the nuts off the engine and get it moving whereas before I would flow the passenger tire away. Handling wise the car is completely different you would definitely need much stiffer springs to do this since body roll increases dramatically which also causes turn in to suffer. The car also developed a pretty bad tenancy to oversteer when lifting off and applying the brakes it was easily controllable but it kept me from keeping the car on the edge of grip. The main benefit to removing the front bar was the insane amount of grip available on corner exit, I've been so used to the inside tire spinning I wasn't trusting the car was going to have grip available when I got on it but it held on each and every time.
Here is a video of my fast time, my driving wasn't very good since I didn't have a great feel for how it was going to behave but overall I'm satisfied with the results. http://www.sdr-scca.com/solo2/result...-7_pax-web.htm Video of the run you can see how unsure I am with the way I'm driving. The car also seems to have lost a small bit of lateral traction which if fine since it's gained so much corner exit grip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqAVDlZPhc8 |
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If your car has the 24mm front try and locate a 23mm, helps with rotation and getting power down, but its not as big of a leap as pulling the bar.
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06-13-2012, 12:48 PM | #17 |
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The 22mm bar is from a 07 sedan correct?
Yeah I don't have anywhere near enough front spring to handle not having a bar, it was completely apparent the tire rubbing on the fender. I liked the corner exit traction but trail braking felt terrible I would oversteer with to moderate brake application so it kept me from really getting on the brakes late. |
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Just look for the paint dot. http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/sho...&postcount=749
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