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what counts is what happens at nationals. i am fast in south florida i am slow, extremely slow on a national level.
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10-14-2009, 10:21 PM | #74 |
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Well one Yaris does compete on a National level.
06 Scion tC 06 Mazda 6 92 Honda Civic 05 Scion xB And a small handful of others that made it to most, but not all of the events.
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10-14-2009, 10:28 PM | #75 |
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Tamago what about a Yaris on slicks? You can run those in HS. Just make sure you don't roll it.
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if you run slicks in HS, go buy that FSB. it goes against everything i say about a big front bar, but for the lvoe of god don't roll it
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10-14-2009, 10:46 PM | #77 |
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for what its worth I have driven my Yaris in HS, STS and now SM.... out of every class best bang for you buck is STS - hands down. Have a few bolt ons, beat some crappy newbs and call it a day. HS was fun to me cause I could scare the living **** out of anyone due to the body roll, definitely worth a laugh, but you will NEVER really be competitive even with RComps in HStock. The car just doesn't have the characteristics of the worst year civic or <insert-any-crappy-HS-car-here> But by far my biggest contribution - After spending lots of both time and money on the Supercharger, RComps, Spacers (no offense Joel), Water/Meth, Springs and Sway bar.... in a heart beat I'd give it all up to go back to do it over again and spend all my money on the miata I picked up in July. Even with all of this I am not really competitive for FTD and on occasion get it handed to me by a stock mr2/miata. Its not that I'm not a good enough driver, its that the yaris just WAS NOT DESIGNED to do this type of driving - no matter what anyone says. As long as you keep that in perspective the yaris is a fun toy to screw with people at the track Part of the appeal for me is to be the girl (considering I've seen only 2 other females at my region in the past 2 years) and to stay mid-pack in my econocar. If you want to go fast and compete nationally, I hate to say it, but stick to what works and get a beater miata/civic/focus/mr2 and start there. Start with something fully independent, something seriously supported in the racing community and get lots of seat time. It sucks but if you don't accept that the Yaris will never be a national competitor you will waste lots of time, effort and money chasing that pipe dream :/ On a happier note, NOTHING beats scaring the hell out of someone in my car at the track who has just written me off as some chick with a hatchback up there to support her boyfriend
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10-14-2009, 10:47 PM | #78 |
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I'm not going to run on slicks but your saying that if you want to run slicks in HS get the front sway bar from Garm? Why would you do that?
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For stock you need some nicely adjustable shocks, r-comps, roll cage (maybe?) and take your spare tire out... there's not a whole lot you can do with the Yaris but the jump to STS is exepensive - GL
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10-14-2009, 10:58 PM | #81 |
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I wasw going off of what tamago said. If you look at a classing sheet you can change your FSB in HS. Im not going to do this because my car is already classed in ST now but only just got classed there. I have only ran in 2 events this year and they were in SM because my back seat was out.
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just don't flip your yaris please
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10-14-2009, 11:04 PM | #84 |
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I was only wondering why you recommend a FSB when running slicks?
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so you don't flip your stock-height yaris.
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10-14-2009, 11:12 PM | #86 |
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Ok simple enough.
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10-14-2009, 11:34 PM | #87 |
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How would you flip it? I ran my xB with r-compounds and never once did anyone say it looked like I was about to flip. Our cars are not top heavy like most people think.
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10-15-2009, 12:11 AM | #89 |
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Ohhhhh trust me. it can happen. I've seen a few flip in Japan.
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10-15-2009, 08:44 AM | #90 |
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i have got to say, i loooooove seeing the racing forum finally hoppin!
that being said, yes, the car is not exactly sporty. i think if you are really serious about autox and you want to be competitive on a national level, you are really starting with a hand tied behind your back. that being said, when i bought my car, autox was not my intention. i bought it bc it was practical as hell, cheap, and could be fun with a few light mods. well, i think i am right on all those fronts! i have really enjoyed the car for the purpose it serves for me. i am not going out to be HPDE national champion, or win regional autox events, but if i can compete locally, cool. if i can have fun at a track day, even better! i have moved 5 times with the car (school, bouncing around from apartment to apartment) and each time, the car was perfect for the job. so is it going to be a class changing competitior? probably not, but it is still going to be fun and cheap! when i finish school and have a little bit of money, i plan on getting an S2000 and trying my hand at regional/national level autox and then NASA TT's. But i may just look into doing TT's with the yaris as well, i dunno. but i reeeeally want an S2k if i get into serious racing and keep the yaris for daily driving.
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