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I traded my '03 EX in for a Mazda3, handling wise its a good bit tighter, but it seems a bit heavier than the Vic, and it shows during cornering.
The 3 is in GS though, whereas the Civic (well, every trim but the Si) remains in HS, so you're not likely to run into one, at least running in those classes
THe Mazda 3 is an update of the Protege, which has allways been a pretty decent car for autocross... dont see them around here that much, Should do well locally... but there are better G-Stock cars out there, so I dont think you'll see many at nationals.
Autocross: Because Life is more fun on three wheels......
"I know Solo only comes one minute at a time, but what an intense, non-stop, fast-forward car control exercise minute it is. Sure, the velocity is higher in road racing, but inside the car it is slow-motion in comparison. In Solo, the turns come like machine-gun rounds. "
Randy Pobst
GS is a class for more pwoerful cars then cars in H stock?
The revs stay lower at the same speed and gears then my vic.
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Originally Posted by dre2600
I traded my '03 EX in for a Mazda3, handling wise its a good bit tighter, but it seems a bit heavier than the Vic, and it shows during cornering.
The 3 is in GS though, whereas the Civic (well, every trim but the Si) remains in HS, so you're not likely to run into one, at least running in those classes
Even if they did, it doesn't matter. The 2003, open differential, 215HP SRT-4 is in D Stock. As it currently stands, any boost upgrade immediately puts a car into SM. When it comes to auto-x performance, which awards handling over anything else, the Celica, Cobalt, Type-R and SRT-4 are all in one group, while the RSX-S is 3 classes behind. People can post about their perception of things, but I still stand behind an organized racing body that evaluates large sets of result data to classify new cars and reclassify old ones.
Autocross: Because Life is more fun on three wheels......
"I know Solo only comes one minute at a time, but what an intense, non-stop, fast-forward car control exercise minute it is. Sure, the velocity is higher in road racing, but inside the car it is slow-motion in comparison. In Solo, the turns come like machine-gun rounds. "
Randy Pobst
Autocross: Because Life is more fun on three wheels......
"I know Solo only comes one minute at a time, but what an intense, non-stop, fast-forward car control exercise minute it is. Sure, the velocity is higher in road racing, but inside the car it is slow-motion in comparison. In Solo, the turns come like machine-gun rounds. "
Randy Pobst
So toyota has a better front strut set-up or the celica gets away with this shortcoming because of its light weight?
the Celica GTS is MUCH lighter then the RSX-S, by some where around 200+ LBS. 2500 Vs 2700... But they have a similar problem too. Once you start to modify the cars, you can over come the struts short comings.
Autocross: Because Life is more fun on three wheels......
"I know Solo only comes one minute at a time, but what an intense, non-stop, fast-forward car control exercise minute it is. Sure, the velocity is higher in road racing, but inside the car it is slow-motion in comparison. In Solo, the turns come like machine-gun rounds. "
Randy Pobst
, next set will be though. 
