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Just curious, who currently Runs Autocross or has done it in the past?

Info on me.
I've been autocrossing Here in Las Vegas For Little over a year, Came in 1st place STS last season (2003) and I ran at the SCCA National tour down in Phoenix for the 2004 season Opener. (placed 15th out of 17, would have done better if it kept raining). THis season I've been asked to Co-Drive an 89 Civic Si preped for STS at both local and National events (Solo 2 and Pro Solo) Should be a good season!



Edit: My current set up is......
Neuspeed FU Strut tower bar
Eibach Pro Kit springs
03 Ex Front anti-Roll bar (16mm)
RSX Rear anti-roll bar (19mm)
Rota Slipstreams in 15X6.5
Falken Azenis Sports 205/50-15
Energy suspension bushings (Front lower control arm only)

Basic Bolt on Engine parts, Hedder (DC) Intake(Hayami) Exaust(Greddy EVO)

Next part..... Koni Yellows

 
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newb cone dodger here

First event was last week, goin again on the 4th, and will keep on goin.

Setup:
Neuspeed front strut tower bar
Progress rear sway bar with Tie bar
Stock RSX shocks/springs
RSX brakes
RSX rims wrapped in the worst tires ever (Cooper Lifeliner 205/55/16)
Injen SRI
Skunk2 custom catback
and the k20a2

next mod, TIRES!!!

 
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^impressive setup for the engine... looks like your balling for a straight line performance though right now hawk!
get some new rotors and pads... well actually pads will work great. I like my HPS pads. Get some new struts and sway bars! Body roll is the enemy!
I dont autocross myself im afriad of cones but I am going to be circut racing my baby when I get money for that turbo plus accesories.

slotted cross drilled rotors in theory disapate heat better, currect me if Im wrong zz but I dont think it is proven yet?

 
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Yea i'm gonna get some new brake pads sooner or later, the braking is actually really good, the RSX brakes pull down the car nicely. But the body roll is a problem. i'm gonna get a rear strut tower bar and some coilovers hopefully this spring. But first is wider tires and a different set of rims.

 
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I've done it once before, and plan on doing it again, asap, right now my car is vastly underprepared, but that will change with time.

 
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WhiteCastle: Body Roll actually isnt the real issue. yes its good to reduce it so you get less camber change durring a turn, but its not the most important thing when tuning your suspension. What you should be adjusting is the Roll Couple (Difference in Roll resistance at the Front of the car Vs the rear) that differnece gives you the different handling chareteristics of the car. an example of this, I recently downsized my front anti-roll bar to a 16mm bar (Stock is 25.4). By doing so I have reduced the cars tendency to understeer in lower speed corners, Great for autocorss, but it does allow the front to Lean over more. No big deal, the benifit of changing the roll couple out weighs the loss of traction at the nose from camber change.


Brakes.... Slotting and Cross drilling doesnt help heat dessipation. Proper Venting of the rotor does. I allways say Avoid Dirlled rotors in performance applications, to many issues (the tire rack says this about Drilled rotors.... "drilled brake rotors are not recommended by The Tire Rack for track use or intended to be used in conjunction with race compound brake pads on the street. " Slotted rotors may acutally be good because they help reduce the chance of glazing pads under Heavy Prolonged use (Like at a track day) other wise Blanks are perfectly good. Picking the Right Pads will yeald better braking performance, and you need to pick the right one for what you do with the car. also, tires are probably the most important part of your braking system, because you can only stop as quickly as your tires will let you.


and theres no reason to be afraid of the cones... Cause if you hit one Remember that it was you who ran its punk *** down. also, Cone juice wipes off.

 
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i'm pretty much still a rook. i did 2 events last year one regional, one cendiv.

current setup:
17" konig traffiks
215/45/17 toyo fz4's
neuspeed FU
goldline drop springs (comming in a month tein flex's)
revo short shifter
magnaflow cat back
SRI

and thats about it right now, i will be getting new brake pads and fluid (having a hard time chosing the right pads), rear camber kit, and moving my battery to the trunk (have to make sure it's legal first)

oh and i run STS in the SCCA detroit region

 
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I have been Auto Crossing for almost two years now but not consistantly. I think I have ran in 12 events total.
I only went to 5 events last year and still came in 7th for the 03 season in Novice. This year I am running STS and my first event I came in 5th out of 6 people. Now that I have extra wheels and tires I will be on for the whole season this year.

My current setup is: 01 Civic EX (this year I am #14 STS)

SUSPENSION:
Neuspeed Front StrutBar
RSX Rear Sway along with Grey's Endlinks with Shaft Collars
Eibach Prokit Springs
SPC Camber Kit
Energy Suspension Front CA Bushings
15 x 7 Alessio wheels (DIY Painted) "they were free"
205/50/15 Falken Azenis

FUTURE SUSPENSION:
Koni Shocks (I gave up waiting for Tokico)
Cusco Rear Strut bar
03 Civic front Sway

STOPPERS:
Brembo Slotted Front Rotors
Porterfield R4S Front Brake pads

ENGINE:
AEM CAI
DC TCS Exhaust (that rattles on my rear sway)

TRANNY:
Alluminum Shifter Bushings

FUTURE TRANNY:
Short Shifter

 
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My ****:
JIC FLT A2 Coils (503/559 lb-in springs), I actually want to get some softer springs for the front; traction issues in transistions and rough spots, the kit assumes the weight of a K20 is there, obviously there isn't one.
Neuspeed Upper Front
Cusco Upper Rear
Spoon Lower Rear
19mm RSX Rear Sway
Stock 25mm front sway
Ingalls Camber arms w/ poly bushings (pure ****, want to get J's or JIC ones if they weren't $300+)
15x6.5 Esses Speedmaster SM046 w/ 205/50/15 Kumho MX
Next order of business is the brakes. I was hoping to make it another month, doesn't look like it'll happen.
RS*R Exmag fart cannon and I'm building my own intake.

Last year was my first full season, by the end, I didn't suck too much any more. As soon as I figure the car out this spring, I hope to be in business.

 
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I've been AutoXing for...ok so I've only run in 3 events now...lol
Placed in the top 20 at each event in the Novice class...slowly moving up each time


My Set-up...

Neuspeed Upper Front Strut Bar (Good mod for the $$)
Neuspeed Race Springs (A little too low IMO, but I still LOVE 'EM)
Koni Yellows (Second best investment in the car)
AEM CAI (Hurts more than it helps on race day)
Enkei 5+ w/ Khumo Ecsta Supra (Daily Driver)
Stock Steelies w/ Falken Azenis (Race Day) (BEST INVESTMENT IN THE CAR TO DATE!!)
STICKERS ON MAGNETS!!! lol j/k

Near Future...

03 Front Sway Bar (FREE from a friend)
RSX-S Rear Sway Bar

Further down tha road... lease:

Cusco Rear Strut Bar
Rota Slipstreams
Cat-back exhaust system (haven't decided on which one yet)
BOOST (putting me in the SM class, but oh well...I WANT BOOST, lol)



imp:

 
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Ran my first real event sunday, now im totally addicted. I took a driving school couple weeks ago too. I didnt see teh stats & the official stats arent out yet for sunday, but I wasnt too bad being my first time out, I was like 3 seconds behind lberry on the last run, hopefully ill do better with my new rims/azenis.

02 coupe
K&N intake
DC SS adapter
Kuhmo supra 712s on steelies w/ hubs

I have a set of Kosei RT MAXi 15X7 wheels, 12 lbs!!, w/ azenis en route so theyll be on there for the next event. & I need to invest in some manet sheets cuz I cant get the damn masking tape off my doors!! Im sure goo gone will do the trick, but I didnt know masking tape would be such a pain in the ***...

 
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I'll be running this year for sure in the SoloII events

AEM CAI
DC 4 into 1
DC TCS
Progress front and rear lower sway bars
Progress Tie Bar
Neuspeed upper strut tower brace
Neuspeed Sport springs...Soon to be KW damper kit
Bridge Motorsport Grounding Kit
16" Konig Blatant..To be replaced with Team Dynamic (size undecided)

 
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Only ran 3 events but the season starts soon!

Suspension
JIC FLTA-2 (450/503)
ES front control arm bushings (not installed yet)
ES rear control arm bushings
ES sway bar bushings
24.5mm front/19mm rear sways
Generic rear tie bar
OBX rear strut bar
Neuspeed front strut bar
Neuspeed front under X brace (yes I know it is illegale for STS, but shhh!)
Powerslot rotors
EBC green stuff pads
ATE Superblue DOT 4 brake fluid

Performance
Custom intake
DC header
DC TCS cat back
OBX short shifter

I just need lightweight rims and tires and I am done for now!! Muhahaha

 
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I'M TELLING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 
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Autocrossing is life!

My set up so far....

18" Enkie RPM-2's with Kumho Ecsta Mx's (i know big but the wheels only way 18 lbs)
Tein Springs
Neuspeed Upper Front
Eibach Anti-Roll Kit (Sway Bars for the un-educated)
Revo Short Shifter
DC 4-1
DC TCS2
Carbon Fiber Hood
AEM CAI

This Springs additions:

Spoon Lower front, rear, upper rear bars
Looking into Coil-overs Tein or JIC
Brakes probably something slotted
SF Turbo kit???? maybe maybe not...

 
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You race in SM like that? That CF hood will put you in SM. so if you don't want to be up against turbos and swaps, i say swap your hood out for race day.

 
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i must say, though i havent auto-xed yet, i am very pleased so far with the performance of the Si's stock brakes. the rotors on my 01 EX coupe were prone to warping and fading after just a few minutes of spirited driving. i went to a meet in White Marsh the other weekend and we were driving around on back roads for a good 3 hours.... no warpage or even FADE yet!

probably the only brake mmods ill do is maybe Hawk HP+ or Green Stuff pads...

i havent been to an auto cross event yet, but would like to get started... where should i start obtaining info on events nearest to me?

thanks

 
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Start here:
http://www.autocross.com/autoc/clublist.htm

 
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thank you, i will

 
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wow, tons of info already, and ive only been on a few minutes!!

 
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there is an AutoX FAQ in suspension that I will move when the sub forum appears!

 
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w00t we have forum!

 
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^werd

 
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Ok, my turn.

This is my 2nd season of autox, although I only ran a few events towards the end of last year. My car is pretty lightly modded, since I'm still learning to avoid cones and not make a fool out of myself. Plus, being in college = poor, so my car fund is lacking.

I'm currently running the following setup:
- 16x7 Rota Slipstreams (steel grey)
- 205/50-16 Yokohama AVS ES100's
- Eibach Pro-Kit spring set

If I get a little cash I might throw an RSX rear sway bar in, just to try and get the back to tighten up a bit.

 
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well, you can count me in as an auto-x'er

they hold auto-x's at two places near me, one is about 15-18 miles away, the other is about 5

i will DEFINITLY be attending a bunch.

im going to sign up for their novice class one weekend, then ill be set!

there are also 3 motorsports clubs near me and a shop with a DYNApak

Cool Beans!!

 
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my setup so far is:

stock 2003 EP3
215/45-17 Kumho Ecsta Supra 712's(soon to be replaced with 225/45-17 Kumho Ecsta MX's, or some new 16" wheels & tires)
DC Sports SRI(sale Pending)

Future Mod's
Rear Sway(Progress? im undecided as of now)
Possibly Eibach Pro-Kit's
Neuspeed Front Strut Tower Bar
Bushings?
Mid-Pipe
Header
EBC GreenStuff, or Hawk HP+ Pads all around
Brembo Blanks(if needed)
more than that, just cant think of anymore at the moment(Autox know-it-all's, comments?)

 
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started solo2 last July, wasnt any series register last yr
setup was
h&r spring with broken front driver strut
17" pro n1 with 215/45/17 es100
19mm rear sway
neuspeed front upper
spc camber kit
fipk2, magnaflow catback

this yr will register for full season casc regional and 2 other local series
setup will be
15" slipstream with 205/50/15 victroracer
kw v2
cusco upper rear
neuspeed or skunk2 rear tie
19mm rear sway
neuspeed front upper
spc camber kit
fipk2/magnaflow catback
autox brake pads make by local performance shop

hope to have HUGE improvement with the much more lightweight wheel/tire setup and better gear ratio, and its night and day comparing the v2 with h&r spring with broken shocks, I CANT WAIT!!!!too bad weather here still bad and season wont start until end of april

 
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I wasnt aware of that... that explains why i had to run street mod a couple times... haha makes sense now.. thanks!

I notice a lot of us are using the Neuspeed upper strut bar... hmm... makes me glad i did get rid of the DC Sports bar for the Neuspeed... dont really feel much difference.. but wheel hop seems less?? maybe its just me... i dunno...

 
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Yeah any CF or interior missing will count as weight reduction which automatically throws in you in SM. You don't want to be in SM without a turbo/swap or you have serious weight reduction. I know one guy over at b15sentra.net that has his whole interior gutted, as much CF as he can get, and a lighweight body kit. He only has around 100hp but he is light!

 
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I've solo2 a few times. I would like to start full time, but I want to get a second car to solo in. I ranked 9th out of 60 novices in h-class. I just dont have the money or time because of school.

When I did, I was bone stock. I now have:

eiback pro kit
revo ss
RH Evo 17' CPS w/ Nitto Neogen 205/40/17
K&N air filter
DC 4-1 header
DC TCS