STF posts

[ilikerice]

Last event of the year just happened Sunday. In the overall points for the year I was 3rd in my region. I couldn't get 1st even if I did come in first last event. BUT 2nd was only .6 points away. So all I needed to do was beat they one guy and I would have 2nd in the season.

And the result, I did very well, I did end up coming in 2nd on Sunday. I did beat him in Pax. He ended up in 4th or 5th, can't remember.

I did have a co-driver this event. He did good. Sorry no videos. Hoping to get a GoPro this christmas.. maybe.. I got alot of things on my "want" list.

So that puts me 2nd place for this season in the Buccaneer Region. I will post up the results when they are on the website. 10th place last year. I think I did exceptionally well this year.

[xnamerxx]

Nice :)

So whats on the "want" list?

[ilikerice]

Custom mid pipe
Light weight rims
Fresh RS-3s
Thats the realistic list. The fantasy list is much bigger

[xnamerxx]

Good list, just make sure your mid pipe doesn't use a center muffler it'll be a hateful experience on the streets.

[xnamerxx]

Well today was the first time in a long time I didn't have to run a PAX class to have competitors.
I was given a DC header to test against the header I'm making and I hate to say this but the DC header is a dog below 4k rpm's. I was seeing some top speeds way higher than what I would normally see but when the engine dropped below 3.5k it was rough the car just didn't want to move.

I lost class by 3/10ths (racer excuse - I have been sick and had some pretty severe vertigo which makes going around corners interesting) but the car still performed awesome, even though it was a dog down low the power gain up top sort of made up for it, so I had lots of tail out action and I was drifting around some of the corners because I could get the car going fast enough before the corners for liftoff oversteer to occur. I didn't bother taking a camera this time since I figured my results would have been pretty useless since I'm still recovering from a inner ear issue. Still had a great time though I'm loving the car more and more with these custom shocks and new tires.

[Jason@SportsCar]

Originally Posted by xnamerxx

Well today was the first time in a long time I didn't have to run a PAX class to have competitors.
I was given a DC header to test against the header I'm making and I hate to say this but the DC header is a dog below 4k rpm's. I was seeing some top speeds way higher than what I would normally see but when the engine dropped below 3.5k it was rough the car just didn't want to move.

I lost class by 3/10ths (racer excuse - I have been sick and had some pretty severe vertigo which makes going around corners interesting) but the car still performed awesome, even though it was a dog down low the power gain up top sort of made up for it, so I had lots of tail out action and I was drifting around some of the corners because I could get the car going fast enough before the corners for liftoff oversteer to occur. I didn't bother taking a camera this time since I figured my results would have been pretty useless since I'm still recovering from a inner ear issue. Still had a great time though I'm loving the car more and more with these custom shocks and new tires.

Get that thing on the dyno.

[xnamerxx]

Yep, I'm waiting to see if my co worker is coming back this week otherwise I'll setup an appointment with RMR or Church's this Fri.

[justjesus]

I'll say it again. You and that car looked good out there. I liked how the tail came out just enough, then it gripped and you pulled ahead. It was sweet.

And you outpaxed me! Punk. LOL - I mean, congrats on that finish :)

[xnamerxx]

LOL I didn't PAX that much higher

I'm loving the car more and more its just such a blast to drive at the limit , you pretty much drive it with the throttle. I just need to learn to left foot brake and I can unlock a bunch of speed :) I'm still a few seconds off a top 10 PAX but it'll happen with some more practice...I hope.

[justjesus]

yup yup - not too much more. I'm sure you'd kill me if I were in STF.

Too bad I never picked up left foot braking with the Civic.... I was getting a handle on it with the Yaris back in my CST days ( I practiced on the street. I don't daily the Civic, so I can't do the same)

[xnamerxx]

Well today was the trial by fire for my long tube headers and man what a difference they seemed to make. I was actually having trouble getting power down, but the car worked out fantastic and I finally managed to beat the Mazda 3 thats been whooping me all season by a second so I'm pretty happy about that.

I don't know why sound didn't record on the video but that probably explains why the thing was beeping.

Last race of 2012

[justjesus]

aw man. i didn't know about that race.
we could have co driven!
i thought my next race would be end of January!

[xnamerxx]

Sorry bout that, but it was just a test day for me to make sure nothing broke. I didn't fail sound, which is always a good thing, but I have a bad in cabin drone I need to figure out.

[justjesus]

...or Adams

[ilikerice]

2nd place Overall Pax for the year..

1st place was a Mini Cooper S in DS

3rd was a 300Z in SSM

[xnamerxx]

Well the results for the event san Diego finally came in,i managed to place 13th in pax which is something I've never done. I even came ahead of some jacket holding nationals winners which was a bit of a surprise to me.

[Steve35]

Originally Posted by xnamerxx

Well the results for the event san Diego finally came in,i managed to place 13th in pax which is something I've never done. I even came ahead of some jacket holding nationals winners which was a bit of a surprise to me.

A very well earned victory in STF!!

Steve

[Jason@SportsCar]

Originally Posted by xnamerxx

Well the results for the event san Diego finally came in,i managed to place 13th in pax which is something I've never done. I even came ahead of some jacket holding nationals winners which was a bit of a surprise to me.

Nice work. Tough crowd down there.