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Originally Posted by b16aEGcivic
thats right bish...
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Originally Posted by CivicSiRacer
No I didn't write that to be mean. Just alot of people think that a set of tires is going to make them killer. Or a sway bar is going to make up 2 seconds. Nothing will drop your times more than just a school. Average time dropped is around 4-8 seconds for a typical newbie. Can't do that with $2000 Moton shocks.
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Originally Posted by CivicSiRacer
Well the funny thing is that I've showed you how to setup your car Sean. You don't seem to take advice very well. You cannot run same pressures front and back. The car is just going to keep understeering which it's supposed to do for safety reasons.
The car is plenty capable of doing well in HS. You cannot expect to be all God powerful in HS your 1st year out. Expect to get your butt handed to you - I expect it once in awhile too. Attend an autocross school and it will do wonders for you and your car. To become good at autocrossing you need at least 1-2 years behind the wheel. You've done like 5 events?
Remember Autocross is 90% driver, 5% car and 5% luck. You think it's 90% car/tire, 10% driver. I've done over 150-200 autocrosses in 5 years. That's almost 30-40 autocrosses per year. Not to boast but right now I know I can jump in just about any car (that I've never driven before) and drive it as good as the owner if not better.
That's where you need to be. You can buy $900 Hoosiers, $600 Konis, and still get beat by the same Minis, Lancers, and other HS cars if you don't listen to advice.
The car is plenty capable of doing well in HS. You cannot expect to be all God powerful in HS your 1st year out. Expect to get your butt handed to you - I expect it once in awhile too. Attend an autocross school and it will do wonders for you and your car. To become good at autocrossing you need at least 1-2 years behind the wheel. You've done like 5 events?
Remember Autocross is 90% driver, 5% car and 5% luck. You think it's 90% car/tire, 10% driver. I've done over 150-200 autocrosses in 5 years. That's almost 30-40 autocrosses per year. Not to boast but right now I know I can jump in just about any car (that I've never driven before) and drive it as good as the owner if not better.
That's where you need to be. You can buy $900 Hoosiers, $600 Konis, and still get beat by the same Minis, Lancers, and other HS cars if you don't listen to advice.
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wait, are you trying to kill understeer by a 2psi difference in tire pressure? I usually run Kumho 712s at 44psi up front and 711's at 38psi out back. So thats a 6psi difference on top of a major difference in sidewall stiffness.
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Originally Posted by white_n_slow
wait, are you trying to kill understeer by a 2psi difference in tire pressure? I usually run Kumho 712s at 44psi up front and 711's at 38psi out back. So thats a 6psi difference on top of a major difference in sidewall stiffness.
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Originally Posted by CivicSiRacer
Well the funny thing is that I've showed you how to setup your car Sean. You don't seem to take advice very well. You cannot run same pressures front and back. The car is just going to keep understeering which it's supposed to do for safety reasons.
The car is plenty capable of doing well in HS. You cannot expect to be all God powerful in HS your 1st year out. Expect to get your butt handed to you - I expect it once in awhile too. Attend an autocross school and it will do wonders for you and your car. To become good at autocrossing you need at least 1-2 years behind the wheel. You've done like 5 events?
Remember Autocross is 90% driver, 5% car and 5% luck. You think it's 90% car/tire, 10% driver. I've done over 150-200 autocrosses in 5 years. That's almost 30-40 autocrosses per year. Not to boast but right now I know I can jump in just about any car (that I've never driven before) and drive it as good as the owner if not better.
That's where you need to be. You can buy $900 Hoosiers, $600 Konis, and still get beat by the same Minis, Lancers, and other HS cars if you don't listen to advice.
The car is plenty capable of doing well in HS. You cannot expect to be all God powerful in HS your 1st year out. Expect to get your butt handed to you - I expect it once in awhile too. Attend an autocross school and it will do wonders for you and your car. To become good at autocrossing you need at least 1-2 years behind the wheel. You've done like 5 events?
Remember Autocross is 90% driver, 5% car and 5% luck. You think it's 90% car/tire, 10% driver. I've done over 150-200 autocrosses in 5 years. That's almost 30-40 autocrosses per year. Not to boast but right now I know I can jump in just about any car (that I've never driven before) and drive it as good as the owner if not better.
That's where you need to be. You can buy $900 Hoosiers, $600 Konis, and still get beat by the same Minis, Lancers, and other HS cars if you don't listen to advice.
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Originally Posted by white_n_slow
wait, are you trying to kill understeer by a 2psi difference in tire pressure? I usually run Kumho 712s at 44psi up front and 711's at 38psi out back. So thats a 6psi difference on top of a major difference in sidewall stiffness.
Originally Posted by CivicSiRacer
Yeah I told him the same thin in PM.
I can't wait a month... I need an event now...
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if you want to get a handle on your tire pressures before the next event, do a few runs in an empty parking lot somewhere to get a feel for what pressures you should be running. If the car still understeers bad, don't be afraid to drop the rear pressure even more than 6psi. If I had the same tires front and rear, what I'd be running now would probably be equivalent to a 12psi difference or more.
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Next event is April 17, I really want to get a handle on the car before the summer rush kicks in. I am still considering another car, something I can autox so that I can daily drive the Accord.