Originally posted by D16ROCKET
Is that right, you shaved 8 seconds off your morning times? You really must have been all over the place.
I always run with a half tank. Good balance between weight, and ensuring I don't starve the fuel pump.
Well my worse run I got sideways: left, right and then left again and came to a skidding stop with both feet in (on the brake and clutch). Put it back in first and got going again.
1/2 tank is BAD!!! full tank or near empty is better. This is what happened to me. When you have a 1/2 tank and enter a corner fast and hard the gas will slosh to the opposite side you are turning causing almost a late rotation. I ran with 1/4-1/8 a tank and never had problems. The Honda gas tanks are baffled well that I ran with my fuel light on with no starvation. I went to fill up at the gas station and put in 11 gallons and my car holds 12. Fords don't have good baffles. And a lighter car means more power to the ground. 1 gallon of gas is about 6-7 lbs. 12 gallons is 72-84lbs. 2-3 gallons is about 12-18 lbs.
To figure out PAX use this:
http://www.scca-susq.com/pax2002.htm
Take the number and mutiply it by the person's time to figure out where the stand compared to others. It's in the SCCA handbook too.
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