Serious Autocrossers?

[ozmdd]

Interesting approach. The biggest difference I can see is that our chassis is much stiffer than the old VW's, so factor that in.
I can attest that the rear bar made a gigantic difference in handling and limiting roll, probably cut 2 seconds off my time on a 45 sec course.

I'd love to do the LSD, but it bumps me to an absurd class.
Keep us informed, and I'll update you after my new alignment this week.

[Tamago]

Originally Posted by ozmdd

I'd love to do the LSD, but it bumps me to an absurd class.
Keep us informed, and I'll update you after my new alignment this week.

there's absolutely nothing absurd about FSP lol.

[kngrsll]

Originally Posted by ozmdd

Interesting approach. The biggest difference I can see is that our chassis is much stiffer than the old VW's, so factor that in.
I can attest that the rear bar made a gigantic difference in handling and limiting roll, probably cut 2 seconds off my time on a 45 sec course.

I'd love to do the LSD, but it bumps me to an absurd class.
Keep us informed, and I'll update you after my new alignment this week.

yea, well, i think with normal spring ratio's, the rear bar is very helpful.

the LSD should put you in STX if you stay with street tires, right? you will never be competitive there, but if you switch to street prepared and got slicks, you may be able to be competitive, who knows.

i am not a serious autoxer, i do mostly track days, and i will still do the occasional autox. right now, i slot into ST, and should stay in ST until the LSD goes in. i wont buy slicks just to autox, so i dunno what class i would end up choosing when i go next spring.

i prefer track days, and i would like to do some NASA time trials. we have a ton of points to use bc the class we are in, TT-G, doesnt exist anymore, so to compete, you automatically have to be in TT-F, which frees up alot of points for you to use. so an LSD is no hinderance there. if i remember right, i can go to slicks, shed alot of weight, and even supercharge the car before worrying about the next class. id consider taking more weight out of the car if its simple and doesnt hurt the daily driving of the car, and i dont mind getting another set of wheels and slicks, but i probably wont supercharge it. you can also do a swap, but you assume the class of the car that the engine came out of. i think the perfect engine would be the 2.4L camary, 168 hp and its the same class as the yaris so it *may* be no penalty, but i doubt that. it shouldnt put you in TT-E though, so thats good lol.

keep up the conversation, ive been waiting to chat about these ideas for quite some time now.